tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post1925269040024360725..comments2024-03-29T10:07:41.792+00:00Comments on Phil's Workbench: Model railways without exhibitions?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-21705421122716563232020-03-09T17:23:07.605+00:002020-03-09T17:23:07.605+00:00Paul B - Not sure there are many councils with the...Paul B - Not sure there are many councils with the cash to be "forward thinking" nowadays. All those sort of luxuries are long gone according to people I know who work there. Yes, they might bring in more people but you can't quantify this for the accountants or voters who just want lower Council Tax. <br /><br />Anonymous - I'd like to believe you are right, but think we are a long way from the end of this, if we ever reach that stage. If a venue is shut for 9 months, can many survive financially? <br /><br />My feeling is that many would be easy to sell for short-term gain and I know of one where it will soon be in the middle of a housing estate instead of fields. <br /><br />Another issue is that if all the indoor trade shows are cancelled for the same period, who would rent the venue when normality returns? The chances are those organisers will also have gone bust. Phil Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673614093646938053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-73615446124576344672020-03-09T11:40:27.118+00:002020-03-09T11:40:27.118+00:00Hmmm, with the death of the high street could empt...Hmmm, with the death of the high street could empty shops be used as exhibition venues?<br />The larger ones will have toilets, easy loading facilities (big enough for artics in some cases), good lighting, parking won't be such an issue and there's always plenty of cafes around.<br />The problem would of course be cost, but maybe a forward thinking council could help out, after all think of the extra people visiting the town, paying to park, buying lunch in the local eateries, and maybe doing some shopping as well.Paul B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05278773151546187084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-45246781484825214142020-03-09T09:22:21.036+00:002020-03-09T09:22:21.036+00:00Whilst there may be temporary closures of such eve...Whilst there may be temporary closures of such events this is unlikely to last long enough for the sites to be sold off as brownfield sites. Next year all will be back to normal. We are lucky enough that. With so many shows I can pick and choose which ones to attend. Even living in the remote south west most are within 50ml and the only one more than 100 is Warleys NEC show which is a weekend away with about 8-12 other club members. There seems to be a slow down of new cases in China so hopefully all will be back to normal come November..<br />More at risk is short term imports from China.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-6683526536531082732020-03-09T07:56:40.779+00:002020-03-09T07:56:40.779+00:00I live in Country Victoria, my nearest Railway clu...I live in Country Victoria, my nearest Railway club is 80k (50miles) away, they hold an exhibition once a year and another town about 100k away also hold one exhibition a year but they are Australian Layouts with limited interest for me. there is a big exhibition in Melbourne (Caulfield) but that is 127mile away (Mile Stone on my local station platform, no passengers). So don't get to that very often, that is the nearest train shop as well. no railway club near me so most of my inspiration is on the WWW, your blog, There used to be four of us in town doing model Railways in town but two have passed away an one moved. so only me left that I know of.Geoffrey Loosmorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-35420547491293487972020-03-08T15:48:34.559+00:002020-03-08T15:48:34.559+00:00I belong to the European Train Enthusiasts in the ...I belong to the European Train Enthusiasts in the North Eastern USA. We have two chapters locally; I belong to both. One has mostly home visits and the other goes to shows as well as a few meetings every month in member's homes. The main display layout is huge and requires a two-axle trailer and a sizeable SUV to pull it. Like the UK a number of our members are getting beyond lifting heave baseboards out fo the trailer so the logistics of setting up mean only 3 - 4 shows a year. We also have a smaller layout that lives in a smaller trailer and needs only a small SUV to pull it. I show this one about 2 -3 times a year; the longest haul is around 80 miles to the Springfield show in Eastern Massachusetts (come and see us there if you can!). I also have a mini-HOm layout that fits in the back of me SUV and I show whenever I can - particularly to demonstrate that you don't have to have an enormous layout to enjoy the hobby, and that it needn't take a huge amount of your free time to build something. <br /><br />I believe that the effort showing layouts is worth it; nearly all our new members are a result of being at exhibitions. It's the best way to grow the hobby.Salmotruttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14003754505406208871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-30696363977793296672020-03-08T13:08:15.328+00:002020-03-08T13:08:15.328+00:00The apparently different philosophy and physical p...The apparently different philosophy and physical properties of US model railroading and British model railways fascinates me but it's very hard to have a conversation with US modellers about the differences because they seem to take any discussion of difference as implying criticism.<br /><br />It's a shame because I believe both have something to learn from the other.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04690742272982191327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-14623581545074750042020-03-08T08:22:28.193+00:002020-03-08T08:22:28.193+00:00Hello from Germany,
It's by no means universa...Hello from Germany,<br /><br />It's by no means universal, small and large model exhibitions in hired venues are mounted too, but quite a lot of model railway clubs here are focused on the construction of a large permanent layout in their clubrooms. For them, an exhibtion means inviting people from the local area to see the layout in operation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com