Scenes from a fairly big gathering at the All Saints Parish Hall in Rainford, Merseyside. The second meeting of the Merseyside & South West Lancashire area group since the end of lock down, this event, organised and brilliantly executed as ever by Stan Williams, featured a small variety of layouts in attendance (some in 00n3, 7mm and other various scales alongside 009), as well as a handful of traders. There was a good number of punters through the doors, with highly positive remarks being made.
Below is a selection of photographs of the 009 layouts in attendance, these including the debut of Rob Rossington's Turtle Bay, alongside the likes of Loch Ewe, Green End and Raleigh Weir. More pictures from the day can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/david-hennessey/albums/72157719826524146
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Costaguana (Chris & Frank Sidebottom)
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Green End (David Gander)
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Knightsbridge (David Davies, Rainhill MRC)
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Knightwing diesel conversions on parade (Garry Whiting and David Hennessey
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Loch Ewe (Dave Johnston, with assistance from Stuart Bass)
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Quecarajo (Bob Hughes)
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Raleigh Weir
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Tan Y Frydd (Thomas Lowton, Stephensons MRC)
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Turtle Bay (Rob Rossington)
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Bonus: Invasion of the 'Upnor Castles' at Turtle Bay!
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Comments welcome as always.
Excellent David, thanks for posting your photos and the link on here as well as NGRM as there are some members here who aren't on the other forum, so everyone gets a chance to see!
Good photos of Costaguana, I don't know if the current owners have changed the lighting recently. I have taken a number of photos over a period of several years of this layout both in the possession of Chris and the original builder of the layout and have not yet managed to achieve anything like an acceptable photo of the layout due to very intense lighting that was used with a very blue colour cast. I think Chris told me last time I saw her that she had purchased the layout when it was shown by the original builder, David Treby, at the last NG Southwest, Shepton Mallet 2017.
Also - you credited Loch Ewe Harbour to David Johnston and Stuart Bass. Is this now a joint layout for them? Since Stan passed the layout on, I have always had it down as being owned by David, who scratchbuilt at least the puffer that is currently moored, whilst Stuart has always been named as his assistant. I only ask because I am trying to update my own roving reporter blog which is currently some 15 events and 4 years out of date and I am currently at an event which features this layout but is named as David's not David and Stuart, so if you know that it belongs to both of them, I will make sure I give it proper credit in my own captions.
Well done, keep up the good work!
Mick
Quote from: MickT on September 25, 2021, 19:35Also - you credited Loch Ewe Harbour to David Johnston and Stuart Bass. Is this now a joint layout for them? Since Stan passed the layout on, I have always had it down as being owned by David, who scratchbuilt at least the puffer that is currently moored, whilst Stuart has always been named as his assistant. I only ask because I am trying to update my own roving reporter blog which is currently some 15 events and 4 years out of date and I am currently at an event which features this layout but is named as David's not David and Stuart, so if you know that it belongs to both of them, I will make sure I give it proper credit in my own captions.
Thanks Mick.
Regarding Loch Ewe, I was going by the captions of a post over on
NGRM, but I'll alter it just in case. David Johnson is the owner, and was being assisted on this day by Stuart Bass.
I've just got your PM message David. Thanks for confirming things.
Mick