Welcome to the new Area Group Section for Scotland!
It is open to all Society members, but we ask that posters keep posts related to activities taking place in Scotland.
The combination of Covid restrictions and the widely and thinly spread nature of 009 Society members in Scotland have come together making it a logical development to create 'virtual' Area Group, and so we asked for a separate section in the forum to be set up. Many thanks to our Chairman and Webmaster for looking into this and putting it in place.
While other established Area Groups have 'gone virtual', meeting up over Zoom, having previously operated genuine get-togethers, Society members in Scotland have struggled in the past to get sufficient people together in the same place and at the same time to hold regular meetings. Time will tell, but Zoom (other tele-conferencing systems are available, as they say) may be the making of a Scotland Area Group (or groups). We can hope that when we are able to meet in person again, the links established between members will help promote at least some in-person meetings.
Perhaps good news for the Scottish Group.
Aberdeen MRC will be putting on a show 28th/29th October 2023 Sat 10 to 5pm and Sunday 10 to 4pm
Free Parking.
Refreshments available.
Venue, Curl Aberdeen, Eday Walk, Aberdeen AB15 6LN ( next door to Tesco ).
By the way, I used to enjoy the group reports, but they seem to have died off.
Stan.
Thanks Stan.
Yes, ScOONs have been invited and John has already been on a 'reccky' visit to the venue. It looks like it will be an excellent venue with good access and parking. We should think about getting it in the diary.
Thanks for your comments about the reports on our Zoom meetings. We stopped as we didn't appreciate there was an interest. We can discuss whether we restart them, at least if anything of note happens!
Good afternoon. I am pretty new to 009 but have a small circular layout that is almost finished, it's a bit bigger than a large pizza! I was hoping to start exhibiting it as it is turning out nicely. I was hoping to start with the Perth show but not sure where to start enquiring about booking a space?
Thanks in advance.
Keith
Well... for one thing, you are invited to shows - you can't book a space. (at least, not in my experience)...
The exception would be Members' Days.
Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh.
(I won't say more as this is not quite the thread for this sort of discussion)
I have started a discussion thread here https://www.009society.com/forum/index.php?topic=5727.0 (https://www.009society.com/forum/index.php?topic=5727.0)
Keith - there is a way you can go to the ball (assuming things go as hoped) as we have a good chance of exhibiting at Perth this year.
Have you seen the ScOONs piece in the February 009 News? A good way to exhibit a small model such as a pizza layout (or larger) is to take part with, and help out on, a ScOONs stand. It will also mean that you are with others and not stuck running a layout unaided with limited opportunities to take 'comfort breaks' and visit the show.
If you are going to Model Rail Scotland in a couple of weeks, come along and see us on stand B22, and/or join us on our next Zoom meeting on Monday 17th February (details in this section of the forum).
Quote from: K Cameron on February 10, 2025, 14:20Good afternoon. I am pretty new to 009 but have a small circular layout that is almost finished, it's a bit bigger than a large pizza! I was hoping to start exhibiting it as it is turning out nicely. I was hoping to start with the Perth show but not sure where to start enquiring about booking a space?
Thanks in advance.
Keith
Thank you for everyone's input, I have responded on the new thread that has been set up.
Keith