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Exhibition Report

Leamington & Warwick
22/23 January 2005
Our first visit to the Leamington & Warwick MRS Exhibition held at Myton School, Myton Road, Warwick. Officially opened on the Saturday at 10.00am by Pete Waterman. We were located in a classroom adjacent to the Main Entrance with the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS). Plenty of room to spread out and provide a few chairs for visitors to sit and watch.

Pete Waterman officially opens the exhibition. Doug Kightley, Digman, Neutronic, Leviathan1949, 250787 and Mark Miller . jp4712, Doug Kightley and Neutronic talking Trams. SpoorSim gets its first showing.

We were very pleased to welcome a number of UKTS members as demonstrators - Mark Miller and his mate, trainmad and fairlie, 250787 and Digman, and visitors to the stand who enjoyed chatting about all things TrainSim and TramSim - Doug Kightley, jp4712 (Paul). Doug and Paul spent a couple of hours pouring over the two new tramsims on Pauls laptop - NET and Metrolink.

Fleur in HOm (HO metre guage). Fleur in HOm (HO metre guage). Sand Hutton Central in 1:48 scale. Sand Hutton Central in 1:48 scale.

Routes demonstrated included the latest Beta version of Yorkshire Coast, MidEast, Skipton 1920, Bala Hub, SMJ, Blackpool Tramway, Cannock Chase, North West England, Cambrian, Woodhead, Alston, Bridge Line, Severn Valley Railway, Surfliner and a short run for the new Steam Loco Sim SpoorSim. Also seen running on Alston was Digman's new Class 101 DMU. Trainmad and Fairlie also briefly demonstrated the Midland Railway Butterly route.

Warsash in 4mm from the Cardiff MRE. Warsash in 4mm from the Cardiff MRE (Spot the Leader). Warsash in 4mm from the Cardiff MRE (0-5-0 shunting in progress). Pete Waterman on his stand.
OOn9 in a File Box. A few 7mm models on one of the trade stands. Abbots Bromley in 7mm. Abbots Bromley in 7mm.

The exhibition was well balanced with a good selection of layouts in a variety of scales including one layout in 1:48 scale (1/4inch to the foot), everything scratchbuilt. A good variety of traders were also in attendance providing just about everything modellers could want from Tools, electrics, scratchbuilding parts to box shifters (new and secondhand in UK and American outline).

A two sided layout as Thomas and friends amble through the green and lush countryside. The other side as Thomas and friends chug through the snow. Showing both sides of the two sided layout. Bridport Town in 7mm Narrow Gauge.

Clarendon in 4mm P4 scale. Clarendon in 4mm P4 scale. Brinkley in 4mm P4 scale. Brinkley in 4mm P4 scale.

Our thanks to members who assisted us during the exhibition by demonstrating and to the visitors who dropped by for a chat.

We would like to thank the Leamington & Warwick MRS for the invitation to the exhibition and for the refreshments and warm welcome we received. We look forward to seeing you next year.