That's what I want to see when I arrive at a show!
The event itself is held in a social club next to the clubrooms, but feeding, and the club layouts, are upstairs. We'll come to that later.
This is another small show, that punches above its weight. The first layout I spotted, was David Wright's new project Bessie Bulls. It's more diorama than model railway, but I know I'll be photographing it for BRM at some point.
I saw Effingham Street at Stafford, and it's another one on my "to do" list.
Lydd on Sea is a simple model, but it captures the atmosphere of Dungeness. That seaside desolation and emptiness.
Always pleased to see a tramway layout, The Electric Tram grabbed my attention. The presentation was very nice, but they were having running problems, although this didn't seem to reduce interest in the model.
Crawford Viaduct models the real viaduct, and looks lovely. The design allows for a constant procession of N gauge trains too.
There were other layouts, but my phone is producing such tiny depth of field (I need to look at that) that the photos weren't great. Several will be on the end of my professional attention in the future though.
But what of the food?
Well, the hot cobbs were overfilled with sausage - I think the treasurer might suggest two sausages split, rather than four full ones, would be better for the club funds.
I wasn't complaining! Mind you, I was too full for cake...
But it would have been rude not to try some, so a piece of Victoria sponge came home with me. I'd actually had a discussion about the consistency of the buttercream with the owner of the layout Fried Egg Street, and Bachmann's own Richard Proudman. Amazing who you meet at these events, and what you talk about!
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