PaulRhB said:
what's the name of the layout in the third post with the house and milk float?
It was called Wellbridge, exhibited by the Crawley MRS. Very nice depiction of BR(S) in the late 50/60s. I should have studied it more, but just stayed oppsite the station. Lots of lovely little details beautifully observed.
The picture of the ex-NE Sentinel was actually a GWR layout called Pudley Lane, inspired by but not a copy of Hemyock - think the track plan may have been a copy but the buildings were disposed diferently and no dairy across the road. Nice scenics and a good "feel" generally.
The narrow gauge line set in a deep valley was Crumley & Little Wickhill by the Hull MRS. I heard the operators discussing the layout - apparently they took two years getting the scenery right before laying the track, but then had a late change of plan which resulted in a short, sharp gradient half-way up one side of the valley. It was causing some of the smaller locos to stall, but apart from that the modelling was exemplary. Standing at the buffers of the reversing station was just like being on a hillside location in the Fells. My only quibble was that as the valley side rose to nearly 6ft from the floor the only public view was from either end of the valley, so viewing numbers were limited at any one time, and people tended to stick.
The narrow gauge line with the steam hoist and derrick ditcher (fully working) was Oro Grande in Sn3 scale with a gauge of 14.2mm.
These apart, I didn't find the show so appealing this year as in the past, and thought the price quite steep as I didn't have a couple of kids in tow who would have got in free; did get a free programme, however.
