A few scenes of 009 action from the Model Rail Scotland 2019 event, which was held at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow on Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th February 2019.
Photos taken on the Saturday of the show, include Angst Lesspork, Ghylldale and Waterhulme.
Angst Lesspork
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Ghylldale
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Waterhulme
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More photos of the layouts can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/david-hennessey/albums/72157707112198644
Also on display were samples of forthcoming 009 releases, from Bachmann and Heljan respectively.
Bachmann
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Heljan
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Comments/thoughts on the layouts and models, welcome as always.
Thanks for posting. Wish I could have been there!
Quote from: Tom Haythornthwaite on February 26, 2019, 19:31
Thanks for posting. Wish I could have been there!
Thanks Tom. Always next year's event (21st, 22nd and 23rd February 2020; get it in your diaries folks)!
Hi all,
Well - I was there for the full show - on NGS duty thoough and had very little time to look at the layouts.
Did manage a quick visit to each layout and was impressed by them all.
Now - the political bit....
Why doesn't the 009 sales stand come to Glasgow?
From talking to other people I am sure it would be a successful venture up here.
Thanks
Phil H
No harm in asking Phil, but you have to consider the cost to the Society.
It would involve a 5 day trip with the cost of travel , accommodation and meals.
Stand costs are very high (ask Dundas Models).
Mind you, if you could allow the Society to have a free stand, they may jump at the chance !
Why not have a word with Ian Porteous (Exhibition Manager) to see what they could do, it may attract more narrow gauge modellers through the doors
which all helps.
I am sure there could be some 009 layouts that could be invited from over the Border.
Having exhibited at Glasgow on three occasions, I can certainly recommend the show to anyone who has never been.
Take a chance Phil and see what happens.
Stan.
Quote from: Scottish Modeller on February 26, 2019, 21:19
Now - the political bit....
Why doesn't the 009 sales stand come to Glasgow?
First of all the Sales Team don't just turn up at events, they have to be invited to attend! They are not a trade stand and are "what it says on the tin" - Members Sales. If you check out the priority listing of how they manage and prioritise invites to attend that Lee Bryant has published on the sales page in 009 News (can't remember which recent issue, but there has been one in the past 3 or 4 months) then that will most probably answer why the sales stand does not attend Model Rail Scotland - or Warley or Alexandra Palace for that matter!
The top priority is to support the members own events - such as the very popular area group members/open days, this is then followed by the NG specific events which are not specifically aimed at members such as Expo NG, NG North etc and then the general mainstream events but with the diary already full with invites to cover the first two priorities as announced in the most recent 009 News, then that may partially explain why you won't see Members Sales at a big commercial show, but you will see them at very small events such as the Tyne Tees Group members day, which I think is as far north as they have got to so far, where the small sales turnover doesn't even cover the fuel costs of getting there let alone accommodation etc but has been attended as a high priority booking as it directly supports the members who have requested it.
I know that members in Scotland are fairly thinly spread location wise, and there isn't a Scottish Area Group (at the moment) but I'm sure if someone wants to organise a meet and invite Sales, then given sufficient notice, that the team would give very serious consideration to travelling to it and attending.
A very good example is this coming weekend where a volunteer member of the sales team is taking the full sales table from Dorset to Beccles in Suffolk, a round trip of nearly 500 miles, to support a relatively small event being organised by the Norfolk and Suffolk NG Modellers Group, which comes just one week before travelling north to Leeds for NG North and then Merseyside for the AGM and Stan's NG show 3 weeks later.
I'm only answering as a mere member just like you, so may well not be fully up to date, but I think I've more or less got it right - check up what Lee has published in 009 News.
Oh and by the way, many people on here are still referring to "Brian" as the Sales Officer. The sales team do indeed still meet at his home in Colehill where the mail order operation is conducted every Thursday but the Sales Team is a team of half a dozen or so regular volunteers without an appointed "Sales Officer" but is fronted as its spokeperson by Lee Bryant, who represents the Society at most events that the sales table attends and also publishes the sales news information in 009 News. As most members are aware, the regular online mailing list is managed by Brian Ellsmore.
Mick
Many thanks for taking and posting the photos, David.
Quote from: hughn on February 27, 2019, 12:17
Many thanks for taking and posting the photos, David.
My pleasure Hugh!
Quote from: Stan Williams on February 27, 2019, 09:08
Having exhibited at Glasgow on three occasions, I can certainly recommend the show to anyone who has never been.
I'll second that!