Look at that FILTH!
Lovely stuff, and a good part of the appeal of the Statfold Barn show.
The main event takes place in an excellent exhibition hall. Because of the venue, there is a higher percentable of 009 layouts than normal, but that suits me perfectly. Trade is perhaps a little box-shifter heavy, but this is a general show with a good percentage of families in attendance, and so specialists aren't going to do well. There was a reasonable mix of new and second-hand on sale, with a few gems for those with a sharp eye.
Nice as the layouts are though, the other appeal of the venue is seven steam locos and a tram batting around the site. The £14 ticket covered everything, including all the rides you wanted. The only extra bill would be for those wanting to try the "Driver for a fiver" sessions - and there were plenty of takers for this!
All in all, an excellent day out. My only complaint was that the excellent cake stall that's been present in previous years hadn't turned up, but since my Dad and I arrived when the show opened, and left as it closed, we can't complain.
Most of my photos are of the real stuff I'm afraid. There was a little layout shopping for work, but I can look at toy trains every day, and they don't smell as nice!
G'day Phil,
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DC automation, prototype & not yet to the market.
I'm also looking into Rare Earth magnets for uncoupling, sure nothing new but seems more delicate in N Scale.
Rare Earth magnets are good foe reed switches for more simple DC automation than what's posted above.
The next big & last thing is coal smoke smell.
Charcoal incense seems to be one.
Cheers Woz
P.S. My apologies for not contacting you direct as I'm not tech savvy (note DC automation) & my new computer seems to give me the runaround of which is good on a model railway but not so on the PC.