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THORNCOMBE RAILEX 2011.
Pre-event Press Release:
MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION.
Saturday November 5th 2011.
OUR BIGGEST EVENT EVER! Open 10.00am to 5.00pm.
Thorncombe Village Hall & School – TA20 4NE
15 exhibitors plus trade support, grand raffle, refreshments, Public’s Favourite Exhibit & Chairman’s Choice awards, free parking and disabled access. Adults £3.00. Senior Citizens £2.50. All accompanied children by donation.
New Name – and our biggest event yet! Following on from last year’s record success, we have secured the use of the Main Hall in the adjacent school in addition to the Village Hall, thus giving us 45% extra floor area to fill with eye catching layouts. In line with this expansion we have changed the name to “Thorncombe RailEx” to reflect this enlarged presence.
This year we have assembled a range of exhibits that encompass all that is best about our wonderful hobby:
“Penrhos” by Dave Spencer, has been featured as “Railway of The Month” in a recent Hornby Magazine.
“Corris 1930” which narrowly missed out on top prize last year, makes a welcome return, now more complete with even better presentation!
“Tank House Sidings” first ever appearance in the UK is small in size, but big on industrial “stygian atmosphere”. The wonderful sound adds the final touch.
“Polpendra”, by Simon Addelsee, has been featured in a recent Model Rail Magazine, and evokes West Country charm in a small scale that anyone could accommodate!
Finally if that is not enough, we have a local celebrity to open proceedings, none other than Steve Flint – Editor of Railway Modeller, a well known rail enthusiast who also takes many of the excellent photographs for the magazine. We are delighted to have him visiting today, I am sure he will bring his camera!
A similar "flavour" but different ingredients: Regarding the exhibition this year, we have a distinctly similar "flavour" to the range of exhibitors this time. Of course, the major scales are all represented, but we also have no less than TWELVE NEW EXHIBITS that have not previously visited us, covering scales and gauges of O, OO, 3mm, N, 009, and American On30.
We are delighted to have “Stodmarsh” for its whimsical humour, “Colorado River And Pacific” with its arid ambience, and “Bishop Street Yard” for its inner city Hustle and bustle!
Trade Support: To back this up, we once again have generous support from:
Buffers Model Railways of Colston Cross, Axminster. (One of our two principal sponsors).
Peco from Beer will also be in attendance with dioramas and display boards (showing their latest products).
Aspire Gifts & Models make their first visit with a diverse range of stock, accessories and tools.
Second hand railway items are also to be found courtesy of Rod Saunders.
Finally, Alan Corwood returns with a diverse and interesting range of railwayana, and books.
Grand Raffle: Hoping to repeat last year’s success is the inclusion of a Grand Raffle. All our trade support and other local shops have kindly donated some superb prizes that should whet the appetite of even the most jaundiced of "rail enthusiasts". Maria at Buffers has very kindly agreed to donate a starter set, and this will surely be a perfect way to get a boy or girl on the “road” to railway modelling.
New this year: “Chairman’s Choice Award”: As the standard of exhibitors rises year on year we have decided to offer a second award to the exhibit that we feel has the most “scenic quality and atmosphere”. An unenviable task looking at the list below!
Provisional line up of Exhibitors:
Tormouth Quay – (OO scale), Graham Bean. Bleadon – (O scale), Mervyn Kendall. Corris 1930 – (OO9 4mm scale), Rod Allcock. Exverton – (N gauge), Stephen Ash, Nailsea & District MRC. Stodmarsh – (O scale), Kevin Cartwright. Park End trams – (OO scale), Bob Pritchard. Dunkton Coombe – (3mm/ft), Richard Pope. Egdon Heath Tramway – (OO9), South West OO9 Group. Tank House Sidings – (OO scale), Keith Foster. Penrhos – (OO scale), Dave Spencer. Polpendra – (N gauge), Simon Addelsee. Bishopsmead - (OO scale), Ted Olney, Bath. The Head Shunt - (00 Scale), Chris Phillimore. Colorado River And Pacific – (On30), Mendip NTRAK. Bishop Street Yard – (OO scale), John Long.
Trade Support:
Peco, Buffers Model Railways, Aspire Gifts & Models, Rod Saunders (second hand & die cast), Alan Corwood (railwayana & books).
All in all, a great exhibition in the offing! We look forward to seeing you all on the day.
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Simon Addelsee’s “Polpendra”, exudes a flavour of the West country in compact small scale dimensions. Charming! Photo courtesy Model Rail.
Keith Foster’s evocative “Tank House Sidings” has raised the bar for a first time exhibitor, with this gritty midlands diorama – complete with superb sound!
Stodmarsh; all that is missing from this shot is “sister Dolly’s upside down pudding”. (Corporal Jones has probably eaten it). Fantastically whimsical entertainment! Photo courtesy Model Rail
Geoff Broadhurst’s hand carved slate in Rod Allcock’s “CORRIS 1930” drew many plaudits last year. 1930’s Welsh village atmosphere, captured in abundance! Photo courtesy Mick Thornton OO9 Society.
Work horse at “Penrhos”. Dust pervades the air on this skilfully created masterpiece! Photo courtesy Hornby Magazine.
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