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de Havilland Model
Railway Society
Past exhibitions
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16 April 2011 This
year a lift had been installed allowing disabled access to the 1st floor. The
attendees at our 5th exhibition at Ludwick
Way were: Abbey Road, 00 gauge, current day London Underground, John Polley: Metromodels Binns Road, 00
gauge, vintage 3 rail Hornby-Dublo, DHMRS Buntingham, P4, LNER
branch Terminus, Ray Hammond California Coast, Z Gauge, USA,SP & UP
mid 60's to Present Day, Dave Dawes (NMRA) Condicote, 00
gauge, Worcestershire branch terminus, Robert Vaughan Cwmdu, Narrow
Gauge Mine Railway (down t’pit), Nick Wright Elkington-on-Sea, 0-16.5,
Seaside tram system, Roger Elkin (Enfield Town MRC) EMsend, EM
gauge, Rural terminus, Brian Hayward (Bishops Stortford MRS) Havil Junction, 00
gauge, 1952-60 (BR(MR), DHMRS Havilland Falls, G gauge (proprietary Albanrail) Hercules Castle, 009, Industrial narrow
gauge (UK), Danny Figg (Bed & Bucks 009 Group) Konigsheim, H0 gauge, German Alps 1907-1915, Paul Longdon Live Steam, G gauge (+ some electric), DHMRS Nevereech Junction,
N Gauge, BR S&D in the 1960’s, DHMRS Rock Show, N gauge, pop concert with fairground sideshows
(light effects & sounds), Geoff Ellis Tanglewood Common, 00
gauge, W London mainline/underground station, Mike Taylor: (Epping Railway
Circle) 34D Hitchin Depot, 00 gauge modern MPD, DCC
with sound, George Bostock Traders &
Preservation societies
included Albanrail, Deltic
Preservation Society, John Dutfield, LCGB, Joe
Lock, Magpie Scale Models, RCTS |
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Elkington-on-Sea
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Abbey
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April 2010 Our
4th exhibition at Ludwick Way was given
a Canadian flavour by the following attendees. Havilland City (G) Canadian proprietary, (Albanrail) Monte Creek (H0) Canadian main line mountain layout (Martin
Spence Ely & Dist MRC) Mosquito Falls (0N30) Canadian logging layout under construction
(DHMRS) Stoney Hill West (H0)
Canadian main line & loco servicing facility (Chris Round, Wyre Forest
MRC) Traders (with Canadian stock) :- Albanrail
& Railway Memories |
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Stoney Hill West |
Yellow Ridge Mine
a new Canadian layout by Nick Wright was also due to attend but due to ill
health had to be substituted for by Nant-y-glo. |
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The other
layouts and traders attending were Gneiss Farm (GN15) Somerset NG farm (Gerry Bullock) Havil Junction (00)
1948-52 BR(MR) (DHMRS) Jupiter Depot (N) continental industrial diorama (Andrew Starr,
DHMRS) Larkford (0/16.5) NG terminus, Stuart
Marshall (Saffron Walden MRC) Manston Airport (00) 1950s
SR airport terminus (Andy Hopper, Canterbury MRS) Middleton (00) LNER 1930's (under modification) (DHMRS) Spitzwiesertal (N)
German Black Forest present day (David O'Rourke) Strvmstad (H0) Swedish branch 1965
(Patrick Grace, Scandinavian Rlway Soc.) Widnes Road (4mm fine) BR Nth-West 1986 (Paul Smith) Nant-y-glo Mine (Gn15)
(Nick Wright) Displays were G Gauge stock, sound & computer control (Mike
Lock) Hornby Dublo
stock, illustrating
all 3 eras of production at Binns Road (DHMRS) Model Railway Miscellany, the range of scales, gauges &
subjects model railways covers (DHMRS) Weathering (David Cross, DHMRS) Traders &
Preservation societies
included Deltic Preservation Society, John Dutfield, LCGB, Joe Lock &
Magpie Scale Models. |
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Larkford
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Gneiss Farm |
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25 April 2009 The 3rd exhibition in our Welwyn Garden City home
had the following attendees. Bideford Light Railway (G)
preservation light railway (Julian Butcher, DHMRS) Columbia Wharf (00) Essex shipbreakers yard c1950 (Chelmsford & Dist MRC) Dawton New Street (2mm)
South Devon BR modern image (David Evans) Dovington Camp (00) 1960s
MOD depot (Paul Taylor, Nailsesa & Dist MRC) Harchester Stabling Point (00) DCC
diesel depot (John Anderson, Nailsea & Dist MRC) Havil Junction (00)
1960s BR(MR) (DHMRS) Havilland City (G) proprietary (Albanrail) Kingsway Tram Subway (00) London in the 1950s
(John Howe) Mosquito Falls (0n30) Canadian Logging under
construction (DHMRS) Nevercreech Junction (N)
S&D 1960s layout (DHMRS) Peersdowne (0) BR
1950s & 60s (Bill Shackle) Rixworth Green (EM gauge)
Southern 1920s (Colin Wilson) St Albans Abbey (2mm) LNWR 1900-14 (Peter Edmundson) Swansea Riverside (0) GW 1950s loco maintenance
(Luton MRC) Tedburn St Marys (00) GWR
branch in WWII (SW Herts MRC) Test Tram Track (00) automated test/demo
layout (Chris Cornell DHMRS) Traders &
Preservation societies
included Albanrail, Chris Cornell, Peter Cowan, Deltic Preservation Society, Joe Lock, John Dutfield, Magpie Scale Models, Proops,
RCTS plus displays from the Nailsea & Dist MRC and DHMRS, with a number of static displays. |
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Kingsway Subway |
Dovington Camp |
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26 April 2008 The 2nd exhibition in our Welwyn Garden City home
had the following attendees. Bash Street (0) gauge shunting puzzle (Burgess Hill MRC) Beg Steal & Borrow Light Railway (009) British
narrow gauge (Simon Auger - 009 Soc.) Foss Landing (H0) 1920’s USA railroad (Dave & Midge
Grassing) Havilland City (G) (Albanrail) Havil Junction (00)
DHMRS's main line LNER/LMS 1950's (DHMRS) Johannesdorf (0/16.5) Austrian NG (Peter
Smith - Warley MRC) Kings Green Wharf (N) Industrial Sidings (St Neots MRC) Miclav (TT) E German (Mike Hillman -
DHMRS) Minories (EM) 1970s city terminus (The
MRC) Nevercreech Junction (N)
S&D 1950s (Bill Shackel - Stevenage & Dist MRC) The Broadway (2mm) 1920s East Anglian trams (Alan Lawrence -
2mm Soc.) The Whitsend Tramway (009)
Coastal NG railway (Graham & Caroline Watling) Tram Test Track (00) Automatic tram test
track (Chris Cornell - DHMRS) Vintage Hornby Dublo (00)
"New" vintage 3 rail layout (DHMRS) Wantage (0) Light
railway (Dave Cox - Crawley MRS) World War II layout (00) Military display (Tony
Cane - WWII Railway Study Group) Zevendaal (H0) Dutch freight yard (Tom
Nicholls - Carshalton & Sutton MRC) Traders & Preservation
societies included Albanrail, Chris Cornell, Deltic
Preservation Society, Geoff Gamble Books, Joe Lock, John Dutfield,
plus displays from the LCGB, 3mm Society, Benelux Railway Society and a
number of static displays. |
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Whitsend Tramway |
Foss Landing |
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29 April 2006 Our first exhibition in our new home in Welwyn
Garden City, had the following attendees. ACOL (00) Southern Railway - ex Col. Stephens line (Jez Laming) Bideford Light Railway (G)
British NG terminus (Julian Butcher DHMRS) Dewhurst (0) LNWR/GWR joint line 1900's (Amersham MRC) Havilland City (G) (Albanrail) Hedge Lane (TT) BR through station (Ken Lane 3mm Society) Micaville (H0) US modern image with operating cars (Malcolm
Brown) Miclav (TT) Eastern European (Mike
Hillman DHMRS) Mytchett Green (00)
London tramways in 1930's (Gerald Warner) Neware (00)
gauge country branch (Stevenage & Dist MRC) The Blitz (00) Wartime SE London trams & trains
(Chelmsford & District MRC) Traders & Preservation societies included
Alban Rail, Deltic Preservation Society, Epping
Ongar Railway, Geoff Gamble Books, Joe Lock, John Dutfield
& the RCTS. Other attractions included the Welwyn Garden City
Model Engineers plus a number of static displays. |
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ACOL |
Bideford Light railway |
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7 May 2005 Our last exhibition in the Sports & Social
Club at Hatfield. Exhibitors are listed below Chasebury (0) Industrial (Enfield Town
MRC) CAMRA (00) Hornby Dublo
(Arthur Cruttenden DHMRS) Havilland City (G) (Albanrail) Horton (00) BR modern image (Beckenham & West Wickham
MRC) Isle of Sodor (00)
Thomas the Tank (Brian Kennaby, Enfield Town MRC) Melford (00) modern image MPD
(Careless Family, Milton Keynes MRS) Peat Bog (0 -009) NG (Basildon MRC) Portsdown (00) tramways in 1930's (Tod Sloan) Reedham End (00)
SR/GWR (David Devon, Chris Ellicott & Philip McGovern) Shirebeck (EM) 1970's BR freight
(Marlow, Maidenhead & District MRC) Sporle (EM) GER 1920's (31A -
Cambridge MRC) That Dam Railway (009) NG Welsh Contractors
Rly. (Chelmsford & Dist MRC) Toot Hill (H0) USA
Lumber repair yard (John Geary and Malcolm Brown) Walmington Pier Tramway (H0) (Dave
Carson) Traders included Alban Rail, Braintree Models, Deltic Preservation Society, Geoff Gamble, Joe Lock, John
Dutfield, LCGB & RCTS. Other attractions included DEMU (Diesel and
Electric Modellers United) plus a number of static displays. |
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Horton |
That Dam Railway |
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1 May 2004 13th Street Yard (H0) USA freight yard (John Baggaley, Hemel Hempstead MRS) Bash Street (0) Hands on hump shunting (Burgess Hill MRC) CAMRA (00) Hornby Dublo
(Arthur Cruttenden DHMRS) Havil Junction (00)
LMS/LNER 1930's (DHMRS) Havilland City (G) USA 1890's (Alban Rail) Hill End (2mm) GNR branch (Herts & Beds Area Group) Kirkbridge (00) Modern image MPD (Les
Williams) Liftupemdorf (H0) German road vehicles
with tram (John Geary) Milldale (Z) LNER 1930's (Brian Yallop) Nevercreech Junction (N)
S&D 1950's (Bill Shackel, Stevenage & Dist MRC) Porthmeor (00) GWR/BR 40's to 50's
(Christopher Cooper) Roman Road (00) BR 1990's (Hemel Hempstead MRS) Sarum Road Depot (00)
BR(SR) 1950's (Mike Joseph, The MRC) Shirebeck in Emswell
(EM) BR freight 1980's (Steve Grantham) St Gennys III (16mm)
Live steam (Andrew Neal, Beds 16mm group) The Societies other layout, Middleton (00), was
not on the exhibition floor but it was open for limited viewing in our nearby
clubroom. Traders and Sales Stands - Alban
Rail, Braintree Models, Deltic Preservation
Society, Geoff Gamble, Jo Lock, John Dutfield, Ray
Mansfield & RCTS. Other attractions included modelling
demonstrations by members of Watford MRC and a number of static displays. |
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St
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3 May 2003 Our 1st exhibition in the new Sports & Social
Club Alban Rail (G) American "Western" (Alban Rail) Bowes Park (00) GN section LNER/BR 1930's to 1960's (Barnet
MRC) CAMRA (00) Hornby Dublo
(Arthur Cruttenden, de Havilland MRS) Dewhurst (O) LNWR/GWR joint line 1900's (Amersham MRC) East Lynn (S) GER branch 1903 (Trevor Nunn, S Gauge
Society) Elkington on Sea - On
Gauge, seaside tramway (Roger Elkin, Enfield Town MRC) Fantazie (Z) Modern European branch
terminus (Peter McConnell, Oxford MRC) Hollies End (0 16.5) North Wales Narrow Gauge 1940/50's (Brian
Stubbles) Middleton (00) 1930's LNER (de Havilland MRS) PETA (N) Miniature museum of transport (Bill Avery,
Crawley MRS) Stanegate (00)
modern BR (Hemel Hempstead MRC) Steinbeck (H0) USA 1960/70's (Steve Grantham, Marlow
Maidenhead & Dist. MRC) The Societies other layout, Havil
Junction (00), was not on the exhibition floor but was open for limited
viewing in our nearby clubroom. Traders and Sales Stands - Alban
Rail, Braintree Model Centre, Deltic Preservation
Society, Geoff Gamble, Isinglass Models, Joe Lock, LCGB & RCTS. Other attractions included a demo by UK TrainSim, a rolling stock construction demo by John Edgson plus a number of static displays. |
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4 November 2000 Our
last exhibition in the old Sports & Social Club Aythorpe St Mary (EM) East
Anglian light railway (Colin Wilson) Bath Green Park (00) Ex S&D Railway,
1950s/60s (Nth London Soc. of Model Engineers) C.A.M.R.A. (00) Vintage Hornby Dublo
(Arthur Cruttenden, de Havilland MRS) Green Tye (00) Havil Junction (00)
LMS/LNER plus trams Live Steam Rides behind a scale Traction
Engine (John Squire, Nth London Soc Model Engrs) Lone Star (000) gauge vintage commercial model system (Eric
Large) Middleton in Teesdale (00) LNER
1930's (de Havilland MRS) Nant-y-glo Mine (0:16.5) Peersdowne (0) British Railways 1950s
& 60s (Bill Shackel, Riddleford Junction (2mm)
junction station (Hemel Hempstead MRS) Saxted 1890's
GER country terminus (Ray Fricker, Herts & Beds
Grp 2mm Assn) Unserstadt (N) Swiss
SBB electrified line - 1990's (Brian Silby) Whitburn Corporation (00)
Trams & buses on the NE coast - 1930's (Andrew Burchell) Young Street Yard (H0) 1950s |
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A
heavy southbound mineral train approaching Middleton Junction |
Whitburn Corporation |
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Demonstrations - John Baggaley
- modifying proprietary plastic models, Jim Armstrong - modelling techniques
& machining, plus a number of static displays. Traders & Sales
Stands - Kent
Garden Railways, KS Models, MR & ME, Three Counties Models, 712
Preservation Group, Deltic Preservation Society,
German Railway Society, LCGB, RCTS |
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