The 2022 exhibition was another great success with seventeen layouts attending, one of which was exhibited
under construction. There were thirteen diverse scale/gauge combinations on show including those in 0, 0-16.5, On30, 5.5mm/ft
scale, S, P4, EM, 00, 00-9, H0, 3mm/ft finescale, British N and 2mm/ft finescale. As always, something for everyone!
Layouts traveled from as far away as Avon, Devon, East Yorkshire, Essex, Hampshire,
Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex, West Yorkshire and Wiltshire portraying British and American broad, standard
and narrow gauge prototypes.
Twenty members of the trade, including specialist manufacturers, had a presence at the show. This year we welcomed
several new members of the trade to the exhibition; Green Scene, Light Railway Stores, NuCast/Branchlines and Pete Goss Figures. We also
welcomed our first mainstream manufacturer, Rapido Trains UK, who attended with a promotional stand bringing along many of their pre
production models for our visitors to see and ask questions about.
There was a display by the model engineers from the Bentley Miniature Railway as well as popular demonstration stands
manned by guests Gordon & Maggie Gravett (French project), Jerry & Kim Clifford (2mm/ft modelling) and Roger Sawyer (soldering).
We also hosted The Scalefour Society for the first time, who attended with a small publicity and demonstration stand.
The show was very successful, with many comments being received as to the high quality of
the exhibits, the variety of trade goods on offer and the general friendliness of those taking part.
