TINKERS PARK -- MODEL RAILWAYS PLUS 2017

Sat 5th August 2017 - Sun 6th August 2017

Tinkers Park
Main Road, Hadlow Down
East Sussex TN22 4HS


OPENING TIMES:  SAT and SUN 10am-5pm
ADMISSION:  Adults £6.00   Children £2.00    
Concessions £6.00 

The entrance fee includes rides on steam/diesel hauled passenger trains on Great Bush Narrow Gauge railway; mini passenger carrying railway and traction engine trailer rides.

Harveys beer tent, light refreshments, fairground/dance organ museum. Free bus service both days.

Model Railways plus is now in its ninth year. The layouts will be exhibited in two halls providing over 11,000 square feet of space with easy access. Our aim is to provide a friendly, interesting show for all. In addition to the model railway layouts the show includes a 2' passenger-carrying railway, 7.1/4" gauge miniature railway (both featuring live steam) and full size traction engines. There is also a fair organ museum on site We will operate a vintage bus service connecting to Buxted railway and Uckfield bus stations. 

On the Sunday only, we are delighted to welcome our local bus enthusiasts, who will be organising free rides to local town on their classic buses. Light refreshments and real ale will be available. Any profits from the show will go to the Claude Jessett Trust and go towards restoration of the Collection and the Tinkers Park site's facilities..

Tinkers Park is situated on the A272 to the east of Hadlow Down village in East Sussex.


List of Layouts Attending :

Eldon's Sidings 
7mm Finescale Layout, Standard Gauge + 3' 9” Gauge, Modelled in the Edwardian Period. Featured in Railway Modeller April 2007 

Shillingstone Light Railway 
7mm Scale narrow gauge lLayout, modelled in the 1960's period. 


Happisburgh Goods 
7mm (O Gauge) Finescale, depicting an ex-Great Eastern goods yard in the British Railways era of the 1950's. 



Broke Brick Mountain 
G Scale. A Mining/logging town in the American Mid-West - Back again by popular demand. 

Cuttinglye Wharf 
Scale/gauge 0-16.5, Set in the 1930's with all buildings built from scratch. 

Southeastern Tar Distillers 
Scale/gauge 0-16.5 Narrow Gauge. A small tar distillery served by a 2' 3” Narrow Gauge Railway. 

The Glyn Valley Tramway 
OO9. (00, 4mm Narrow Gauge) A compressed model of Glynceiriog Station. 



Sand Point OO9. 
A small narrow gauge terminus somewhere on the south west coast. 

Priory Lane 16mm Scale 
Featuring live steam along with battery powered diesels. 


Spirit of Welshpool OO9 Gauge.

Recreates the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway through the town of Welshpool. 





Lakeside. 
Depicts a tourist line in Southern California in the late 1950's. 

London SW 999 N Gauge. 
A typical street set somewhere in South-West London. 

Lower Shalford 
7mm/ft Standard Gauge. A fictitious Southern Railway terminus in the Guildford, Surrey, Area. 

Maxwell N Gauge. 
Featuring steam to early diesels during operation, Including specials such as the Royal Train and engineering coaches. 

Frimley North 
A new layout presented by a Tinkers Park volunteer. 

Lookout Mountain N Gauge American. 
A fictitious Rail Road set in the coal district of the Appalachian Mountains. 

Aldingbourne Central 
00 Scale 16.5mm Gauge. Have-A-Go fun for young and old! 


Trumpers Halt 
Garden Style Railway.

RAILEX NORTH EAST JULY 2017

The North East's Premier Model Railway Show. 
Sat 29th July 2017 - Sun 30th July 2017

LOCATION:

John Spence Community High School,
Preston Road, North Shields,
Tyne and Wear NE29 9PU

OPENING TIMES:  SAT 10am - 5pm, SUN 10am - 4pm
ADMISSION:  Adults £7.00    Children £3.00  Family £16.00

Welcome to Rail Ex North East 2017 organised by the Blyth & Tyne Model Railway Society. This is the 49th show we have organised and the 1st to be held at the John Spence Community High School.

As regular visitors to the exhibition will be aware, we have continuously been trying to improve the quality of the layouts which are on display each year. It is therefore pleasing to hear the comments from visitors’ that it is something we have been accomplishing. Hopefully we have achieved the same standard or improved again this year.

This year the Exhibition will be officially opened by David Bavaird, Chairman of North Shields Chamber of Trade. We will have up to 40 layouts, representing layouts with a British theme and layouts from around the world ranging from N to O Gauge. We hope they will cover an area that is of particular interest to you or show you something out of the ordinary that will inspire you in your latest modelling project.

We also have 14 Demonstrations, covering most aspects of modelling and displays in Meccano. Also this year we have numerous layouts and demonstrations showing the latest technology in Model Railways - Digital Command Control (DCC). Please take your time to visit all parts of the Exhibition, and ask the exhibitors as many questions as you like. We also have a fine array of Local and National Trade support this year, supplying the railway modeller with just about everything they need, so please give them your support.

HAYLING ISLAND STATION -- N GAUGE LAYOUT

We will also have a modelling area for all children sponsored by Smart Models. All children will be able to construct a free card building and be able to take it home with them. We respectfully ask all parents to assist in the supervision of their children during this task.

This year we have our usual Tombola. This way you get your prizes straight away. There are many fine prizes this year including Loco’s donated by Hornby and Dapol. So please stop by admire the prizes and buy a ticket or two. There is also our usual stand of used magazines available for a donation.

Special thanks must go to the John Spence Team for their invaluable support in helping us arrange this exhibition at the business park and to Booklaw Publications for their continued support.

Also thanks must go to all the Exhibitors for supporting the show and the Traders for their continued support in the programme and the show.

Once again we hope you have an enjoyable time at the exhibition and we look forward to welcoming you to our new venue. Nearest Metro stations are North Shields then Go North-East Bus service 11 to Preston Grange.

MAP

List of Traders Attending :

1) the Junction Box
2) Book Law
3) Hobby Holidays
4) RCTS
5) Contikits
6) Alexander Models
7) Ten Commandments
8) North Road Trains
9) Layouts 4u
10) Smart Models
11) Durham Trains of Stanley
12) DCC Supplies Unconfirmed
13) Squires Tools
14) Adm Turntables
15) Model Railway Signs Unconfirmed
16) Grosmont Bookshop
17) Invertrain
18) TTC Diecast Loughborough Model Centre
19) High Level Kits
20) Stoneybridge Structures
21) P & D Marsh
22) Legoman Biffo DCC Sounds
23) Northumbrian Painting Services
24) Culcheth Models
25) Models Books and Games


List of Layouts Attending :

Z - N Gauge.
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1) Woodhead BR 1950-1970s 
2) Bettws Road GWR 1930s 
3) Marsh Chipping 1960s N gauge 
4) Tate Street Yard - BR 1970's 
5) Donalds
6) Hayling Island BR 1950s-60s

3mm - HO Gauge.
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1) Menabrea Italian 
2) Campo De Leste - Portuguese 1998/2000 
3) Bad Kleinstadt - German 
4) Zurick Strasse - German 
5) Perrapswill - Swiss 
6) Pine Ridge - American

9mm - 4mm/ft (OO9)
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1) Llantrevelyn
2) Canalside Ironworks 

Em - P4 - S4.
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1) Calcutta Sidings P4 1991
2) Middle Peak BR(M) 1950/60's
3) Stop Gap 1930s NER 
4) Seahouses 

HAVANTACLOO -- OO GAUGE YARD (Busy)

OO Gauge
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1) Lomond Street Mid 1980s Depot
2) Fenchurch St Peter 1967 East Anglia 
3) 00 Live Steam 
4) New Bryford North West England 2011-Present Day
5) Cement Quay - BR(W) 1970's.
6) Thorpe Thewles - LNER 1930's
7) Girnigoes End 
8) Havantacloo - Present Day & Heritage Railway (Above)
9) Hazelbury Yard - Hump Yard 1960/70's (Below)

Entrance to yard includes the "hump" to right side.

O Gauge.
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1) Durham Road TMD Diesel Depot 
2) Saltdean 1885 LBSCR
3) Scratchy Bottom Cambrian 1900-1923 
4) Lough MPD 1950-1965 (below)

A BUSY SCENE AT LOUGH MPD

LOVE AND MISS YOU DAD. ALWAYS IN MY HEART. RIP Xx

MISS YOU DAD Xxx



Five years on and it's no easier without you Dad. Xx

Never a day passes without thinking of you in some way, some are more difficult than others but I know I'm still surrounded by your love and influence. I'll continue to remember you in my own way, still showing off your modelling skills, and revisiting places we went when I was much younger. A return trip to York is overdue for this year. 

So "Thank You" for everything Dad, you were the best, you still influence me and I'm going to push on an make my life better and continue to do what I can to remember you further.