Venue - The Robin Park Arena, Loire Drive, Wigan WN5 0UH.
Saturday & Sunday 3rd/4th October 2015. open from 10am to 5.30pm Saturday and 10am to 4.30pm Sunday.
009 Layouts.
Gairloch & Wester Ross by Roger Christian & Stan Williams ( this will be the last public appearance of the layout ).
Maesog. by Charlie Insley.
Fallgate by Stephen & Matthew Little
009 Rolling Stock Building Demo by David Gander ( 009 Society Chairman )
009 Society Publicity Stand.
The Show will also have 30 plus layouts in various scales / gauges along with 50 plus Trade Stands.
Modelling Demonstrations, Preservation Societies, Railway Company Societies.
Come along and join us for a great weekend.
Stan.
Advanced Tickets now available from the the Wigan Website.
www.wiganfrm.org.uk
Adult advanced
Just under three weeks until the Wigan Finescale Show on the 3rd/4th October.
Your last chance to see our layout Gairloch & Wester Ross at a Model Railway Show.
009 Members are welcome to try their hand at operating, just come along and say hello.
If you would like to run stock, you are welcome.
Other layouts taking part are Maesog by Charlie Insley and Fallgate by Stephen Little.
The Society Publicity Stand will have some Society kits available for purchase.
A good selection of Trade Stands ( 55 in all ) which will include Parkside Dundas and A1 Models.
In all 38 layouts in various scales & gauges along with demo stands and Society Stands.
Come along for a great weekend.
See you there.
Stan.
Gairloch & Wester Ross was cleaned and tested today before being boxed up and ready to go for the weekend.
Nice to see Rogers RT Models Peckett handle the layout for the first time.
If you are coming along, come and say hello, we are Stand 10 in the Main Hall, second island up from the entrance.
Stan.
Checked my models today as many of the Gairloch locos do not run on the other layouts, too big. This weekend's appearance at the Wigan show really is the last time the G&WR Rly will be seen in public If you want to see it then come along to the Robins Park leisure centre opposite the DW Stadium. By the way, Wigan Athletic have a League 1 home game on Saturday. Kick off at 3.00pm.
Roger
Gairloch is all set up and ready to go. Bill and Garry have set up their display and Chairman David Gander has arrived to do some demonstrations. Charlie Insley was yet to set up Maesog as well as Stephen Little and Fallgate. There are some extremely good layouts in the show. Though not 009 scale Eaton Gomery and Liverpool Lime Street are two worth a closer look.
Roger
Well the Wigan Show turned out to be a huge success.
Gairloch & Wester Ross has now retired.
We must thank a number of 009 members for helping with operating over the weekend.
Paul Moxham, Alan Mountfield, Stuart Bass, David Johnson, Rob Rossington.
Bill, Garry and David with their own 009 stands.
Charlie Insley and Stephen & Matthew Little with their own 009 layouts.
David Hennessey as the Official Show Photogragher.
Looking forward to next years show, first weekend of October 2016.
Nice to see Roger & Matt Chivers at the show on Sunday.
Stan.
Earlier today I emailed a selection of photos and accompanying text to Tom Dauben for inclusion in the 009 NEWS.
Roger
A selection of photos taken on the Saturday of the event, with Fallgate, Gairloch & Wester Ross and Maesog being featured. To view these pictures, follow the individual links below to the main site at http://wiganfrmexhibitonphotography.weebly.com
1) Fallgate: http://wiganfrmexhibitionphotography.weebly.com/fallgate.html
2) Gairloch & Wester Ross: http://wiganfrmexhibitionphotography.weebly.com/gairloch--wester-ross.html
3) Maesog: http://wiganfrmexhibitionphotography.weebly.com/maesog.html
With thanks to Stephen Little, Roger Christian, Stan Williams and Charles Insley for permission to have their work recorded on the Saturday of the event.
More photos ..
https://picasaweb.google.com/107186483136605841243/GWRWigan2015?feat=directlink#slideshow/6204073527068401170 (https://picasaweb.google.com/107186483136605841243/GWRWigan2015?feat=directlink#slideshow/6204073527068401170)
Stuart