Delightful daughter had a hockey match near Spalding exactly when the Spalding Model Railway Club were holding their exhibition.
My choice was a cold, wet touch-line or the wamth of the Springfield Event Centre… no contest 🙂
The exhibition was super, with 30 layouts in a wide range of scales, gauges, eras and locations. There were interesting demos and a vast array of traders selling UK outline, continental and US stock, tools, kits and materials.
The venue was spacious, there was plenty of room to see the layouts and the grub was good too.
Many thanks to the Spalding MRC team for putting on such a super exhibition.
I am hoping the model railway gods will let me go next year too 🙂
Harkness EM 18.2mm gauge by Tony BucknellHarkness EM 18.2mm gauge by Tony BucknellA light railway running to the Northumbrian seaside town of HarknessBarnwood N gauge by Andrew FardellImpressive port with container, grain and steel terminalsFenland & Spalding Model ClubVery nice dioramasBillingborough 00 by Graham MoorfootSet in the 1960sFreight is mostly agricultural productsI liked the atmosphere, especially this rural sceneCroft Spa N gauge by Les RichardsonA small station in the East Coast Mainline, County DurhamLovely row of terrace housesDCC control with manually operated pointsEyemouth N gauge by John SpenceEyemouth in Northumbria prior to WWIILovely buildings and sceneryLimited passenger service – this is all the passenger stock!Witham 00 by Martin ReynoldsFictitious layout based in SomersetNice BR Western Region themeI liked the church on the hill topBelow baseboard level is this nicely modelled canal sceneCopper Wort 00 by Peter GossEarly 1900s in Burton on TrentThere is a lot of modelling on this layout, and it’s all very high qualityProbably my favourite layout, it has lots of detail and retains a sense of spaceBallyconnell Road Irish Broad Gauge, 3mm/foot, 15.75mm gaugeSet in the Irish Riviera, County Sligo, 1955A circular layout representing 5ft 3in gaugeCharming layout, probably the layout I’d like to own !Burnroyd Works 00 by Chris BurnageSet in 2008 to present dat the layout features a large steel fabrication plantThe plant creates a great backdropI liked the well modelled detailsThe muted colours and weathering were very well doneRumbling Bridge 00 by Nick SkeltonA Scottish branch line in c. 1960Cleverly the viewer must look down into the cuting to see the trains theArcadia Pennsylvania US O gauge by David & Susan GeorgeThis is a lovely layout, gain the colour tones and weathering were fantasticThe stock was huge and had real presenceNicely modelled cameos too
Hi Steve, I was there yesterday afternoon too. Usually go to the show every year for the past couple of decades.Always have a good time but this year was the best yet. A great variety of layouts all quality and a good trade presence too as well as some really interesting people to chat with. It was one of those shows where even Mrs Woody was taken by many of the layouts and I came away inspired as well as with a much thinner wallet. It was even thinner once Mrs W had matched my spend with her’s at the Radley handbag show in the shopping centre! Never mind at least Christmas is sorted and I did sell the day out on the basis that I was taking her out. One thing that caught my eye and I have never seen before was the interior of the office block on the Czech layout Kozel. Nothing new in interior detail but this one had illuminated computer screens! A not too good photo but you can see them on my blog here https://woodysmodelingdiary.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-day-out-for-mrs-woody.html
Woody.
Hi Woody, Good to hear from you. I’m glad you and Mrs W enjoyed the exhibition. I thought it was great, a wide variety of layouts and I was inspired too. I hadn’t noticed the illuminated computer screens though – I will need to find that layout and take a proper look! I didn’t visit the shopping mall next door, not even to buy a handbag 🙂
I didn’t know you had a blog, I really enjoyed reading it!
All the best
Steve
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Thank you for taking time to take photos and share them.
I love all work by Graham Morfoot…he always catches the feeling of the Fens
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Hi Jeremy, Yes, it’s a cracking layout and I hadn’t realised it was made by Graham until I got home and read the show brochure !
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Hi Steve, I was there yesterday afternoon too. Usually go to the show every year for the past couple of decades.Always have a good time but this year was the best yet. A great variety of layouts all quality and a good trade presence too as well as some really interesting people to chat with. It was one of those shows where even Mrs Woody was taken by many of the layouts and I came away inspired as well as with a much thinner wallet. It was even thinner once Mrs W had matched my spend with her’s at the Radley handbag show in the shopping centre! Never mind at least Christmas is sorted and I did sell the day out on the basis that I was taking her out. One thing that caught my eye and I have never seen before was the interior of the office block on the Czech layout Kozel. Nothing new in interior detail but this one had illuminated computer screens! A not too good photo but you can see them on my blog here https://woodysmodelingdiary.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-day-out-for-mrs-woody.html
Woody.
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Hi Woody, Good to hear from you. I’m glad you and Mrs W enjoyed the exhibition. I thought it was great, a wide variety of layouts and I was inspired too. I hadn’t noticed the illuminated computer screens though – I will need to find that layout and take a proper look! I didn’t visit the shopping mall next door, not even to buy a handbag 🙂
I didn’t know you had a blog, I really enjoyed reading it!
All the best
Steve
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