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Expo NG - Swanley, Kent; 27th October 2007
Topic Started: 4 Oct 2007, 09:01 PM (1,640 Views)
MTA	4 Oct 2007, 09:01 PM Post #1
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	Is anyone here planning on going to this event? If not to persuade you a bit more a few GN15 layouts are on offer I will be there on the Amberley RailGroup museum stand, if I am not to be found there I shall be roaming around in a bright purple T-shirt wearing my Amberley Museum name badge See you there....? Expo NG website
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


stuwebb	5 Oct 2007, 08:37 AM Post #2
Deputy Manager Posts: 436 Group: Member Member #255 Joined: September 11, 2007	Not only planning but exhibiting. I will be there with the Tarrent Valley Railway 009 layout.



chris krupa	5 Oct 2007, 05:25 PM Post #3
Porter Posts: 23 Group: Member Member #56 Joined: October 27, 2006	As a very long standing GDNGRS member, I'll be there. Chris



MTA	5 Oct 2007, 05:57 PM Post #4
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	See you both there then
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


stuwebb	25 Oct 2007, 10:15 PM Post #5
Deputy Manager Posts: 436 Group: Member Member #255 Joined: September 11, 2007	Just a quick note to say that if you are planning to come there is a traffic warning for the M25... please see the website MTA posted for the full information Stuart



MTA	26 Oct 2007, 03:33 PM Post #6
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	See you all tomorrow guys. As my original post I will be on the Amberley stand, do come and say hello
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


stuwebb	26 Oct 2007, 06:45 PM Post #7
Deputy Manager Posts: 436 Group: Member Member #255 Joined: September 11, 2007	MTA Oct 26 2007, 02:33 PM See you all tomorrow guys. As my original post I will be on the Amberley stand, do come and say hello Indeed...just finished loading the layout into the hire van....early start in the morning . Just beware of MickT and his camera........



MTA	26 Oct 2007, 06:54 PM Post #8
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	stuwebb Oct 26 2007, 05:45 PM MTA Oct 26 2007, 02:33 PM See you all tomorrow guys. As my original post I will be on the Amberley stand, do come and say hello Indeed...just finished loading the layout into the hire van....early start in the morning . Just beware of MickT and his camera........ I've been told of Mick and his camera. Never one to be shy in front of the camera myself so I should be fine I am also hoping to visit the Swanley New Barn Railway at some point during the day, that is if it is not p*****g it down with rain
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


stuwebb	26 Oct 2007, 10:42 PM Post #9
Deputy Manager Posts: 436 Group: Member Member #255 Joined: September 11, 2007	MTA Oct 26 2007, 05:54 PM stuwebb Oct 26 2007, 05:45 PM MTA Oct 26 2007, 02:33 PM See you all tomorrow guys. As my original post I will be on the Amberley stand, do come and say hello Indeed...just finished loading the layout into the hire van....early start in the morning . Just beware of MickT and his camera........ I've been told of Mick and his camera. Never one to be shy in front of the camera myself so I should be fine I am also hoping to visit the Swanley New Barn Railway at some point during the day, that is if it is not p*****g it down with rain Yes indeed....there are not that many of us but we are frienldly with alot of there volunteers that occasionaly come and run the Moors for us!!! May have to try and get away have been offered a play in there signal box



MTA	27 Oct 2007, 09:02 PM Post #10
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	None of us made it to the SNBR in the end. Oh well, always next year! Pics tomorrow possibly...
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


stuwebb	27 Oct 2007, 09:25 PM Post #11
Deputy Manager Posts: 436 Group: Member Member #255 Joined: September 11, 2007	MTA Oct 27 2007, 08:02 PM None of us made it to the SNBR in the end. Oh well, always next year! Pics tomorrow possibly... Yea realy annyoing that...nice to finaly meet u Simon though



MTA	27 Oct 2007, 09:39 PM Post #12
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	stuwebb Oct 27 2007, 08:25 PM MTA Oct 27 2007, 08:02 PM None of us made it to the SNBR in the end. Oh well, always next year! Pics tomorrow possibly... Yea realy annyoing that...nice to finaly meet u Simon though Likewise Stuart. It's always good to put faces to names
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


MTA	31 Oct 2007, 04:47 PM Post #13
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	Pictures gents: This 5.5mm layout was next to the Amberley stand. Admittedly I'm a bit lost when it comes to the NG scales. 009 and 0-16.5 I can understand but the others are just a maze to me The County Donegal layout (OOn3). This layout, Crackington Quay (0-16.5), won an award. I forget which one as my attention was elsewhere :rolleyes: A diesel Garratt on the Eitomo layout (009). Based on a little bit of East Africa, constructed in 1977. Aww, bless A small scene is depicted here on the layout adjoining the Avalon Models stand. (GN15) Eitomo station. It is amazing at how much detail can go into these models. A tractor seen on the Tarrant Valley layout (009). A pretty 0-4-0ST on the Futtocks End layout (GN15). An expanded view of the GN15 layout on the Avalon Models Stand. The quality of the models just gets better and better. When I get around to building my layout, first port of call will be KB Models as they produce Hudson bits and pieces.
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


MTA	31 Oct 2007, 04:47 PM Post #14
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	Pizza's were the theme for the 2007 competition. This one is a little scene on Starbottom Lane. These layouts just get smaller and smaller! This is on the 009 stand. I liked the little military base on the Tarrant Valley layout, so I had to take a picture! Another pizza layout. A very preety little engine on the Willowdale Light Railway (1:50 Scale). Another time locked scene on the Starbottom Lane pizza layout. Terra Cotta is a freelance diorama based on a clay ware factory. The scale is 1:87 and the gauge is 6.7mm representing approximately two feet. The Shadow Sound system works with loudspeakers under the diorama. Sensors in the track perceive the position of the trains and a system of faders and amplifiers create a sound that seems to come from the train. An extra subwoofer plays the very low frequencies needed for a good quality diesel sound. A Peco Hunslet outside the shed on Stoney End (0-16.5). A beautiful scene outside Tarrant Gunville. A WD Hunslet waits for the 'tip'.
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


MTA	31 Oct 2007, 04:48 PM Post #15
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	Tarrant Gunville. A Traction Engine is parked up for a stop over at Tarrant Gunville. Another timelocked scene. This time on the Tarrant Valley layout. I bet it looks even better painted B)
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


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