February Exhibition 2016 Lineup
The 2016 February Exhibition was held on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February at Eggars School in Alton (GU34 4EQ) and was open from 10.30am to 5pm on Saturday, and 10.30am to 4pm on Sunday.
The exhibition saw our usual wide variety of layouts, traders and demonstrations.
Layouts
- Loch Tat, N Gauge, Scottish Modern Image
- Wellbridge, OO Gauge, British Rail Southern (as seen in November 2015 issue of British Railway Modelling)
- Dock Green, O Gauge, 1950s London
- Wyandotte Siding, HO Scale, USA / Southern Pacific 1950s
- Merstone, OO Gauge, IoW / Southern 1920-1930s
- St Brayden, O16.5, Cornish Narrow Gauge
- Bottle Kiln Lane, OO9, English Industrial Narrow Gauge
- Banbury, N Gauge, Modern Image
- Kew Bridge, OO Gauge, London Trams
- Watercress Line, N Gauge, 2000s
- Hayling Island, OO Gauge, Hayling Island
- Nouvion, 1/35 Scale, French Narrow Gauge
Traders
- Ceynix Trees, Scale model trees (new for 2016)
- Kernow Model Rail Centre, New sales
- Squires, Model and Craft Tools
- Coastal DCC, DCC Sales
- AAR Models, Building kits and model cars
- Railroad Trading, Books
- Engine Shed Toys Ltd, Toy sales
- Ron-Lines, Sales
- Plus Daughters, N Gauge sales
- Weston Models, Buildings
- Kyteslights, Model Lighting Specialist
- Joe Lock, Second hand sales
- Materpiece Figures, High quality 4mm and 7mm scale figures
- Iron Horse Productions, Videos
- A&B Models, Second-hand
- JB’s Model World, Stock Boxes
- Roger Jones, New and Second-hand
Demonstrations
- David Cole, Scratch-building locos and wagons
- Roy Hickman, Scenic modelling
- Ron Neale, Loco building
- Ceynix Trees, Scale model trees
- DCC Demystified with Bob Perrat, DCC
Clubs and Societies
- ADORR Society
- Hollycombe Steam Museum
- Great Western Society
- Mid Hants Wagon Group
- Medway Queen Preservation Society
‘Setting the Scene’
For 2016 we also ran a number of scenery building demonstrations throughout both days. These included creating lightweight scenic forms, the use of plaster/fillers, modelling trees, building large rock formations and the use of static grass materials.