Venue is The Rainhill Village Hall
Weaver Avenue, Rainhill, Merseyside L35 4LU.
Saturday 29th November 2014. open 10am to 5pm.
Venue is a couple of minutes walk from Rainhill Station on the Liverpool to Manchester Line.
The Rainhill Club will be holding their show on the ground floor, the Narrow Gauge Show will be in the Teak Room on the first floor
Entry Fee will
Just a reminder to anyone coming to the NG Show.
The show is taking place in Rainhill and NOT Rainford, which is 009 Society AGM venue.
Looks like its going to be a great day.
Stan.
Just a reminder that the Narrow Gauge Event will also include larger scales/gauges.
There will be a display of 0n30 models.
The 16mm Association of Narrow Gauge Modellers will be represented by Bob & Paul Millington.
There will be a publicity stand and a host of 16mm/garden railway models.
Malcolm Savage will be representing the 5.5mm Society.
Stan.
Chris Ward will be travelling up from sunny Devon to show all his latest models.
A chance to see in the flesh his latest WD Baldwin loco bodies and lots more.
A chance to buy another Christmas Present for yourself ?
Come along and enjoy a great day of Narrow Gauge Modelling and a chance to meet some great NG modellers, who will be very happy to answer questions or queries you have.
If you have problem with a loco or rolling stock thats not running well, someone may put you in the right direction for a cure.
Stan.
A Private Sale of N gauge chassis and locos along with 009 coaches, rolling stock, white metal loco bodies ( assembled & painted )
009 locos and 009 kits.
included will be =
Arnold, Kofs and tank lococ.
Fleischmann 0-4-0t along with Ibertran chassis.
Minitrix 2-6-2t and 2-6-0 tender.
Bandai and Kato 4 wheel tram chassis also bogie shorty chassis.
Bachmann Plymouth loco.
Arnold 0-8-8-0 Mallet.
Caramel 4 wheel chassis.
This is just a sample of what is for sale.
These items can only be purchased at the Rainhill NG Show, CASH only. no facilities for cards or cheques.
Stan.
Remember if you are travelling by train, you can fall out of carriage at Rainhill Station and be at the Village Hall in a couple of minutes.
There will be a Vintage Bus available to take you to the St Helens Bus Museum if you have some spare time.
If you have children with you, then Santa will be visiting and they can meet him on the ground floor at the Rainhill MRC Show.
Refreshments available all day on the ground floor from 10am to 4.30pm
Essential for modellers and visitors at a Model Railway Show.
Stan.
I would like to point out, that the Rainhill Village Hall has facilities for the disabled.
There are toilets for the disabled on both floors.
As we are using the upstairs Teak Room, there is a lift for wheelchair use.
The Village Hall is easily accessible from the carpark without the use of ramps or steps.
Refreshments will be available from a dining area off the main hall on the ground floor.
Available will be hot & cold food, tea,coffee cakes etc.
Stan.
There is also a coffee shop/cafe in the adjacent shopping centre. If arriving by train you have to pass it.
Roger
For anyone requiring Cash on the day for spending money at the show.
There are cash machines at both the Co-op Store and the Post Office on the main road in Rainhill.
Both of these are within a few minutes walk from the village hall.
Stan.
Just 5 days to go for the Rainhill Show.
Plenty of stock will be going on sale,
Kit built coaches , vans, open wagons, slate wagons etc.
009 locos.
N gauge chassis, 0-4-0 Ibertran
Arnold chassis and kato chassis 0-4-0 and Koff chassis.
Minitrix 2-6-2 and 2-6-0
The FR/WHR Shop with Peco, Minitrains and lots more.
Chris Ward with his latest 3D printed locos and railway accessories.
Worsley Works with his etched brass kits, plus a demo on how to solder these products.
Plus demos on various scales.
Come and join us, plenty of refreshments available.
Stan
Under three days to go before the show at Rainhill.
Lots of 009 bargains & N gauge chassis waiting to be bought, so arrive early to catch the bargains.
Plus demos on 0n30 and 16mm modelling.
Radio Control in 4mm & 7mm modelling.
Learn to solder etched brass kits.
John Wooden waiting to give away items from the Ffestiniog/WHR Shop, at the right price ?
Chris Ward with his 3D printed models with info., on how to get that surface right for painting.
Roger Christians South West Light Rly layout, only 3ft x 2ft, but it looks a treat ( No excuse for not having an 009 layout at home ).
Stan.
Will be setting up the hall at tea time this evening, putting out tables and chairs.
We will be setting out some chairs so visitors can rest their weary legs.
If you are travelling by car and find the car park full, you can park in weaver Avenue, but please avoid parking across someones driveway.
If you are coming by train, Rainhill station is only a couple of minutes walk.
Do come along and enjoy the day.
Stan.
Just like to say a big thank you to all who came along today, it turned out to be a great success.
Far more people than we expected.
I know all the lads and lasses involved had a great day and I hope all who spent their hard earned cash will enjoy those models.
The hall is already booked for the 28th November 2015, so it looks like we will be doing it all over again.
Thanks again.
Stan.
Stan,
Could you post some photos for those of us that could not make it? I really would like to see what is going on but living on the other side of the pond it is kinda of hard to get to one of these shows.
Thanks,
Andre Anderson
Portland Oregon USA
Hello Andre,
I do not do photos for Forums, but several people were snapping away yesterday.
If you are a member of the NGRM Forum, you can view some photos that have been shown by Simon Hargreaves and Keith Spencer.
Regards,
Stan.
Just to let you know that the Rainhill NG Show will again take place in the Teak Room, on Saturday 28th November 2015
The usual mix of NG layouts, show you how, trade stands.
Stan.