Thanks for Sharing Keith, I popped along and enjoyed the show. I enjoyed seeing Penworth completed because the last time i saw it was at this show but some years previously and it was a work in progress then.
I've watched Penworth over many years and look to see if Mark has introduced anything new. I have posted some compilation videos on my channel of the layouts progress over the years.
The Christchurch Club may be disbanding, but the show will go on. The SouthWestern Model Railway Club based in Merely near Wimborne is taking on the running of the show from next year. Same location, venue already booked, Saturday 11th Sunday 12th Oct 2025. Look forward to seeing you next year Keith.
Many thanks! It just so happened that all but one of the N gauge layouts were in the same hall. There will be more 00 and 0 gauge layouts in the remaining footage when I get around to editing it.
Another Model Railway Club, down the drain ??? Hardly surprising when you see the standard of layouts getting into supposed "Model Railway" shows in Britain today. And it seems the Internet is much to blame. Youngsters seem to honestly believe they can learn everything on the Internet. And haven't noticed of course, that it is what is increasingly NOT available on the Internet anymore. Mainly due to the inability to protect "copyright" as anything of value that is posted simply gets stolen. I for one stopped posting any hard information due to this fact years ago, as have a number of other well known and highly qualified Railway Modellers !!!
hear hear i for one have often felt that there should be a Ph.D. or at very least a vocational qualification for those wishing to set foot in the railway modeling world.
@@aparrotformrpoirot8906 Well indeed, Railway Modelling is a very complex hobby if it's going to be done well. Certainly you need to be a bit of a Carpenter (for the baseboards), and an electrician for all the wiring. Further you need to have a good "artistic" eye for the Scenery. It is also helpful to have a very good Library full of Railway Reference books, so you can draw on accurate and reliable information. Even more helpful is to obtain original British Railways internal publications. Such as Carriage Working Notices, and Engine Working Notices, which will reveal which shed had what locos allocated to it, at what times. And exactly which carriages were allocated, in what formations across the country !!!
I think that you are being unfair on the layout builders. I think that they should be thanked for showing their layouts, regardless of their skills or knowledge. I certainly appreciate their efforts and enjoy filming the layouts even if they are not prototypically correct. Bear in mind that one aim is to encourage more people to take up the hobby and if every layout is to a high standard, then that is likely to be discouraging.
If that was the case, then very few people would take up the hobby, and I suspect, that many of the exhibitors that I see quite regularly would not qualify.
You can see a heck of a lot in places like this!! I’m impressed by the amount you’ve been able to put onto the first part of this series.
You can travel around a lot of the UK (and even abroad) by visiting a model railway exhibition. There are more places in Part 2.
Lovely to see a good mix of steam and diesel locomotives on this layout!!
I liked the remote atmospheric scenery of this layout.
Thanks for Sharing Keith, I popped along and enjoyed the show. I enjoyed seeing Penworth completed because the last time i saw it was at this show but some years previously and it was a work in progress then.
I've watched Penworth over many years and look to see if Mark has introduced anything new. I have posted some compilation videos on my channel of the layouts progress over the years.
Good to see you again Keith. Los Tanimals won best in show!
About time! Good to see you too! Probably see you again sometime, if not this year, then next year.
The Christchurch Club may be disbanding, but the show will go on.
The SouthWestern Model Railway Club based in Merely near Wimborne is taking on the running of the show from next year. Same location, venue already booked, Saturday 11th Sunday 12th Oct 2025.
Look forward to seeing you next year Keith.
I hope to be there, Ian. Thanks to South Western MRC for stepping in.
lots of n gauge there and the u.s. heavy haulers.. all nicely filmed as always..
Many thanks! It just so happened that all but one of the N gauge layouts were in the same hall. There will be more 00 and 0 gauge layouts in the remaining footage when I get around to editing it.
There must be some giant spiders living around Mafekin. Better call Hagrid!
He was busy looking after his other mythical creatures!
@KeithTucker45 Damnit!
Another Model Railway Club, down the drain ??? Hardly surprising when you see the standard of layouts getting into supposed "Model Railway" shows in Britain today. And it seems the Internet is much to blame. Youngsters seem to honestly believe they can learn everything on the Internet. And haven't noticed of course, that it is what is increasingly NOT available on the Internet anymore. Mainly due to the inability to protect "copyright" as anything of value that is posted simply gets stolen. I for one stopped posting any hard information due to this fact years ago, as have a number of other well known and highly qualified Railway Modellers !!!
hear hear i for one have often felt that there should be a Ph.D. or at very least a vocational qualification for those wishing to set foot in the railway modeling world.
@@aparrotformrpoirot8906 Well indeed, Railway Modelling is a very complex hobby if it's going to be done well. Certainly you need to be a bit of a Carpenter (for the baseboards), and an electrician for all the wiring. Further you need to have a good "artistic" eye for the Scenery. It is also helpful to have a very good Library full of Railway Reference books, so you can draw on accurate and reliable information. Even more helpful is to obtain original British Railways internal publications. Such as Carriage Working Notices, and Engine Working Notices, which will reveal which shed had what locos allocated to it, at what times. And exactly which carriages were allocated, in what formations across the country !!!
I think that you are being unfair on the layout builders. I think that they should be thanked for showing their layouts, regardless of their skills or knowledge. I certainly appreciate their efforts and enjoy filming the layouts even if they are not prototypically correct. Bear in mind that one aim is to encourage more people to take up the hobby and if every layout is to a high standard, then that is likely to be discouraging.
If that was the case, then very few people would take up the hobby, and I suspect, that many of the exhibitors that I see quite regularly would not qualify.