Last Saturday saw me heading out into Staffordshire again for the OO9 society's 50th anniversary show. I could only make the Saturday (That's another story!) but an enjoyable day was had by all, and the weather even held out nicely. A surprising amount of time though was spent shaking hands and saying "Yes, it has been a long time, hasn't it?" with other members...
As always this is by no means a complete exhibition guide, and whilst all the layouts were fantastic, I only seemed to get time to photograph a few. Enjoy!
Sandy Shores (009) - Jamie Warne.
Glendale (009) - Chris Beadle. A compact pizza layout built on a recycled tilting coffee table!
Tren Bach (009) - Richard Johnson.
Turze Ore Mine (HOe) - Lucien Eijdems. Based on a classic design by the late Carl Arendt, this layout uses a nifty concealed sector plate to allow loaded and empty wagons to be exchanged with each other. The original track plan can be viewed over on the Small Layout Scrapbook.
Loctern Quay (009) - Michael Campbell. I've been reading Micheal's blog for years now, so read about the full construction process of this shunting puzzle layout and all the intricate details. What I wasn't prepared for however was how tiny it really is in person! An incredible layout, and the stand in operator seemed to be having great fun (And some difficulty!) with the shunting arrangements.
Slugworth & Co. (009) - Joshua Campbell. Michael's son Joshua created this layout as an entry into one of the old 'Dave Brewer Challenges' that were held at ExpoNG, in this case creating a layout in 50x35cm. Again, another fantastic layout that you'll notice more details on the more you look at it, and another that I really enjoyed reading about the building of over at Michael's blog.
I seem to be seeing an increase of double sided layouts lately. The bug is certainly there for me.
Finally, a big thank you to all the members of the society and Statfold who made today possible. A very enjoyable day out.
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