Hi Guys,
I'm just wondering if there's any other clubs in Scotland that do gala day or has an open day I know Renfrewshire model railway club opens the doors at the local Gala day it seems to be a success but was wondering if it's a success anywhere else
Thanks
Alan
I'm not aware of any run by clubs, but there have been model displays and so on at other events. The Garioch Heritage Centre (in one of the buildings of the old Inverurie locomotive works) ran a summer exhibition that included a number of model railways and (not model railways) the Banff and Buchan model boat club have put on static displays at the Portsoy Traditional Boat Festival along with boats sailing on Loch Soy.
There are of course the open days for Scottish Model Engineering Trust near Perth: https://smet.org.uk/ (https://smet.org.uk/)
I imagine that one of the considerations for running an open day on club premises is their suitability or lack of it for inviting the public in. If it involves hiring a hall it becomes more like an exhibition and I imagine clubs exhaust their resources running their existing exhibition - if they already do so.
Perhaps clubs run member days where members of the club and maybe others are invited to run their layouts but the public are excluded for reasons of security and H&S.
I think this is where piggy-backing on another events is possibly a practical approach. The dealing with the venue operators, promotion, refreshments, the public and so on is all up to someone else.
It would be interesting to hear if open days and similar events do take place. Is there anything at places like Bo'ness?