adrianmc

On 23/09/2024 at 21:26, 298 said:

I'm looking forward to bringing my 1950s Cuban Sugar Mill layout "Central Alonzo" to Uckfield for a rare outing so far away from home.

 

It will be good to see you and layout again - thanks for bringing it down to Uckfield.

39th UCKFIELD MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION

Incorporating Scalefour Southeast, a Scalefour Society Regional Event.

Organised by the Uckfield Model Railway Club.

UCKFIELD CIVIC CENTRE
Civic Approach
Uckfield
East Sussex
TN22 1AE

Saturday 19th October 2024
Sunday 20th October 2024

Open 10am till 5pm both days.

The 2024 Uckfield Model Railway Exhibition will once again be featuring a selection of some of the best quality layouts around. There will be full trade support as well as Demonstration and Society stands. Licensed Restaurant within the Civic Centre will be open throughout the weekend. There will be bacon/sausage baps for early arrivals to purchase - from 9am.

Once again this year sees the inclusion of Scalefour Southeast, a Scalefour Society regional event. Featuring the Society's Publicity Stand and the Scalefour Stores, along with four P4 layouts and a full schedule of demonstrations that should appeal to railway modellers of all scales and skills. We will also have the 2mm Association Roadshow in attendance, featuring the Association sales and membership stand along with three 2mm finescale layouts for you to enjoy.

Also of interest is the debut of Giles Favell's latest creation, Nettlebed Lime, in 16mm/ft scale 32mm gauge (SM-32). The layout features radio controlled steam effect locomotives and various animatronic figures - look out for their heads turning to face the direction of travel. We also have Conyer Creek Signals from Greg Coomber making its second exhibition outing. An article on the layout is due to appear in the next MRJ - No 307.

The show has its usual eclectic mix of layouts, with of the 20 layouts scheduled to attend there will no less than 13 different scale/gauge combinations represented. Standard and narrow gauge British, Continental and American prototypes.

Full list of layouts expected:

Nettlebed Lime - 16mm/ft scale 32mm gauge (SM-32)
Compact narrow gauge quarry line by Giles Favell, Middlesex - exhibition debut.
Conyer Creek Signals - 7mm/ft scale 32mm gauge (0)
SE&CR (ex LC&DR) North Kent wharf scene by Greg Coomber, Kent - HM Jan. 2024 - second exhibition.
Plaxtol Road - 7mm/ft scale 32mm gauge (0)
Colonel Stephens inspired light railway terminus by Tim Tincknell, Wiltshire - RM Mar. 2027.
Clerely End - 7mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauge (0-16.5)
Dorset based narrow gauge terminus by Peter Jackson, West Sussex.
Bunkers Lane - 7mm/ft scale 9mm gauge (0-9)
Mid 1980s 18in gauge preserved railway, constructed by Bill Flude, Gloucestershire - BRM Feb. 2024, RM Oct. 2024.
Emwell - 1:64 scale 0.884in gauge (S)
East Suffolk BR(E) byway presented by Brendan Walsh, Staffordshire.
Ouse Wharf - 4mm/ft scale 18.83mm gauge (P4)
Fictitious LB&SCR East Sussex canal wharf by Barry & Chris Luck, East Sussex  - second exhibition.

Ruyton Road - 4mm/ft scale 18.83mm gauge (P4)
Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway by Paul Bannerman, Bristol - MRJ 75.

Sandsifters - 4mm/ft scale 18.83mm gauge (P4)
Light railway terminus built on a surfboard by Steve Howe, Cornwall.

Yard No. 2 - 4mm/ft scale 18.83mm gauge (P4)
Ex LN&WR goods yard scene by David Barrett, Somerset - MRJ No. 305. 

Wainthrop Bridge - 4mm/ft scale 18.2mm gauge (EM)
Late 1920s ex L&YR branch line terminus by Simon Howard, County Durham - BRM Jun. 2006.

Ettington Verso - 4mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauge (00)
Compact railway terminus by the Uckfield College Model Railway Club - exhibition debut.

Hexworthy - 4mm/ft scale 9mm gauge (00-9)
Dartmoor narrow gauge tourist line terminus by Michael Campbell, West Sussex - second exhibition.

Central Alonzo - 3.5mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauge (H0)
Portrayal of a 1950s Cuban Sugar Mill line by Andy Gautrey, West Midlands - CM Sep. 2023.
Svanda NSB - 3.5mm/ft scale 16.5mm gauge (H0)
1980s Norwegian secondary line terminus by Chris Ford & Nigel Hill, East Sussex - CM Sep. 2017.

Hoath Hill - 3mm/ft scale 14.2mm gauge (3mm finescale)
East Sussex gypsum mine scene built by the late Peter Bossom, exhibited by Geoff Helliwell, Hampshire - MRJ 178, MR Sep. 2017, BRM Dec. 2008.

Meldon West - 1:148 scale 9mm gauge (British N)
1980s BR Devon Quarry line cameo layout by Tom Blount, Berkshire - BRM Jan. 2022, MR Oct. 2022.
Hallam Town - 2mm/ft scale 9.42mm gauge (2mm finescale)
1960s BR urban terminus by Michael Druiett, East Sussex - MRJ 257.

St. Ruth - 2mm/ft scale 9.42mm gauge (2mm finescale)

1960s BR(W) based on Penzance by the Midland Area Group, The 2mm Scale Association - MRJ 239, MR Nov. 2016, BRM Oct. 2019.

Tucking Mill & William Smith's Wharf - 2mm/ft scale 9.42mm gauge (2mm finescale)

North Somerset Light Railway by Jerry Clifford, Wiltshire - MRJs 227 & 244, BRM Mar. 2018 & Jun. 2018.

Trade expected at the present time:

Branchlines - etched kits and components for 4mm scale
C&L Finescale Track Building Systems - suppliers of finescale trackwork and components

Cambrian Model Rail - 4mm wagon kits and 16mm NG parts, stockists of straight wire from Eileen's Emporium

Coastal DCC - extensive range of control systems and components for DCC

Compass Model Railways - local model shop with very extensive range of accessories and ready to run rolling stock

Dart Castings - miniature figures and model railway vehicle detailing parts

Dingo Servo Mounts - servo mounts and control boards
Golden Arrow Productions - resin kits for Southern prototypes and suppliers of bowpens for lining

Green Scene - all your scenic needs

Matthew Cousins GRA - railway artist, known for his views of the Bluebell Railway

Monk's Gate Models - detailed scenic accessories for 7mm scale

Plus Daughters - N gauge specialist stocking British, Continental and American ready to run

Prickley Pear Products - pre grouping rolling stock kits
Rail-Books - all the latest books and publications
Roger Jones - second hand ready to run

Roxey Mouldings - etched kits in both 4mm and 7mm scales

Scalefour Stores - supplies for the discerning modeller including 4mm Dingham couplings

Severn Models - etched scenic buildings and accessories in 2mm, 4mm and 7mm scales
Squires Model & Craft Tools - wide range of tools, glues and raw materials for the modeller
South Eastern Finecast - 4mm scale locomotive kits and scenic builders sheets

The Wagon Yard - specialist in N and 00 rolling stock
W.M. Collectables - extensive range of second hand ready to run

Demonstrations:

Roger Sawyer - Soldering For Beginners.

Mike Ainsworth - Starting your route to P4.
Bob Cummings - Modelling Trees.
James Walters - Templot, including Plug Track.
Ben Mason - Modelling Pre-grouping Railways.
Jeremy Good - Converting RTR to P4.
Roger Barron - Wagon & Bogie Suspensions.
David Lowe - CAD and 3D Printing.

Mark Tatlow - Modelling Signals

Displays:

Uckfield Model Railway Club - membership and information stand

Bentley Miniature Railway - 7.25 inch gauge ground level line in the East Sussex countryside - publicity stand.

Scalefour Society - membership stand and Scalefour Jubilee Layout Challenge display

The 2mm Scale Association Roadshow - membership and sales stand etc

Public access to the Civic Centre is via either the free High Street car park (Civic Approach), or the Tesco Superstore. The venue is also only three minutes walk away from both the railway and bus stations.

Additional car parking at the station car park - with kind arrangement of Network Rail and APCOA this is also now free over the weekend.

More information and layout pictures at http://www.uckfieldmrc.co.uk/exhibition.html

Found the Uckfield 1998 Photo Album - five photographs.

The evident poor quality shows the limitations of the point and shoot compact film camera I had at the time. Didn't go digital until January 2000 when overtime due to the 'millennium bug' funded amongst other things a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S70 3.3 Mega Pixel camera.

If memory serves me correctly it was on the wrong side of £650! 

4 hours ago, roundhouse said:

 

A few last photos of the whole of the Bourne Valley taken in 2010 which I believe was at the Uckfield show and possibly the last time that it was shown in its full length with the new Bourne terminus. Smaller sections were taken to a few more shows before Graham became ill in 2014.

 

Sorry Ian, but the photographs don't show the layout at Uckfield.

Bourne Valley Railway did appear at Uckfield, but way back in 1998 (17/18th October).

It appeared in a 'U' shape as shown in the the Exhibition Guide.

I have probably got some photographs from the show if you are interested - but as they are pre digital will have to find the album and scan them in.

The Leysdown team had a really great weekend, thanks Chris for inviting us.

5 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

That's lovely. I shall, all being well, see you at some point over the weekend and have a catch up. 

 

Looking forward to meeting up Rob.

As you can see the train set is up in the garage making sure everything is still working for Railwells after being packed away since ExpoEM last year.

According to the plan we are upstairs in the main hall - hoping its not going to be too hot.

14 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

But I agree that a proper East Anglian J67/68/69 is needed. Thankfully AS have hinted that these are pencilled in for batch 2 so hooves crossed they do appear. 

 

For the alternative reality of a SE&CR location, I have pretty much everything with motive power being as envisaged for Lambsdown, a Terrier and a P class. A couple of four wheel Hattons coaches and an assortment of wagons. 

I must be getting confused between the GER and the SE&CR!

GER Buckjumper Class S56 (LNER J69) No 52 at Leysdown SE&CR (SR).

Unfortunately the Railwells website, from which Gordon A has copied the above information, is I believe out of date there having been several changes in exhibitors.

For example there has been some layout changes - Rob withdrew Lambsdown from the show back in early June and the space has now been filled by the East Somerset Modeller's bringing along Iain Rice's P4 layout Trerice.

Also I don't think that Terry & Simon Bendall are exhibiting their P4 layout Elcot Road.

The show guide can now be downloaded - Railwells 2024 Guide

I'll be bringing the train set - as pictured on the exhibition poster. The team are looking forward to it.

Larkrail - the main hall at 11:30. 

Just delivered by the postman in not so sunny West Sussex.

1 hour ago, Fair Oak Junction said:

Absolutely stunning, but then your work always has been! I remember seeing Midland in Bristol at the Uckfield show back in 2019. It was an absolute work of art, and so is this 👌

After appearing at Railex and then Uckfield in 2019, Midland in Bristol was acquired by the late Don Leeper.

Don's widow, Pauline, kindly donated it to the East Somerset Modellers who I believe are looking to exhibit it sometime in the future.

15 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

And on the subject of anticipation, Barry Norman's next layout should be a corker. East Anglian branchline, J15, love it. 

 

Rob. 

I agree - another East Anglian branch line layout originally based on Eye with a Y14 (J15) will be great.

NG&IRM Review Issue 138 has also just arrived - so that's my reading material for the weekend sorted!

Mine has just arrived and with MRJ 303 arriving yesterday I've now got my reading material for the weekend!

Subscription copy through the letterbox yesterday morning.

Edited by Jerry Clifford

1) Letters

2) Drws-y-Nant by Nigel Ashton

3) Accurascale Manor to EM by Gerry Beale

4) 'Project PGA' by Guy Molyneux

5) Drifting Away from Eye by Barry Norman

6) Wheels and Axles by Adrian Garner

7) EB1 Locomotive Build by Alex Duckworth

8) Mike Doherty Obituary

9) The First Great Project Part 2 by Jerry Clifford

Looking forward to the weekend with Sandford & Banwell (P4).

We believe we are up on the second floor - come and say hi.

Photograph courtesy of Steve Flint / Railway Modeller 

Hi John,

Would you be able to post a copy of the Show's handbill that we can download?

4 hours ago, Modelrailwayquest said:

Due to a last minute cancellation

Which layout has had to pull out?

Regarding the Tri-ang 0-4-0T, has there been some erroneous posting?

Nellie was the blue locomotive, Connie was the yellow one and Polly the red?

Thanks - appreciated.

Have just logged on via World of Railways Plus and it now appears in the Archive.

For those that couldn't make the show is the Warley Special / Best of BRM edition of the magazine going to be made available as a Digital edition to those that have the World of Railways subscription (including Gold RMweb members)? 

A retrospective of the Uckfield Exhibition has just been uploaded to the Uckfield Club's website.

http://www.uckfieldmrc.co.uk/exhib23nf.html

I just wish to say thank you to Andy for agreeing to bring Butley Mills along as part of the Iain Rice Extravaganza - its appearance was much appreciated by our visitors.