past exhibtions

de Havilland Model Railway Society

Past exhibitions

25 April 2009

The third exhibition in our Welwyn Garden City home had the following attendees.

Bideford Light Railway - G gauge, preservation scene light railway (Julian Butcher, DHMRS)

Columbia Wharf - 00 gauge, Essex shipbreakers yard c1950 (Chelmsford & Dist MRC)

Dawton New Street 2mm gauge, South Devon BR modern image (David Evans)

Dovington Camp - 00 gauge, 1960s MOD depot (Paul Taylor, Nailsesa & Dist MRC)

Harchester Stabling Point - 00 gauge, DCC controlled diesel depot (John Anderson, Nailsea & Dist MRC)

Havil Junction - 00 gauge, 1960s BR(MR) (DHMRS)

Havilland City - G gauge, proprietary (Albanrail)

Kingsway Tram Subway - 00 gauge, London in the 1950s (John Howe)

Mosquito Falls - 0n30 gauge, Canadian Logging under construction (DHMRS)

Nevercreech Junction - N gauge S&D 1960s layout (DHMRS)

Peersdowne - 0 gauge, BR 1950s & 60s (Bill Shackle)

Rixworth Green - EM gauge, Southern 1920s (Colin Wilson)

St Albans Abbey - 2mm gauge, LNWR 1900-14 (Peter Edmundson)

Swansea Riverside - 0 gauge, GW 1950s loco maintenance (Luton MRC)

Tedburn St Marys - 00 gauge GWR branch in WWII (SW Herts MRC)

Test Tram Track - 00 gauge, automated test/demo layout (Chris Cornell DHMRS)

Traders & Preservation societies included Albanrail, Chris Cornell, Peter Cowan, Deltic Preservation Society, Joe Lock, John Dutfield, Magpie Scale Models, Proops, RCTS plus displays from the Nailsea & Dist MRC and DHMRS, with a number of static displays.

Kingsway Subway

Dovington Camp

26 April 2008

The second exhibition in our Welwyn Garden City home with the following attendees.

Bash Street - 0 gauge shunting puzzle (Burgess Hill MRC)

Beg Steal & Borrow Light Railway - 009 gauge British narrow gauge (Simon Auger - 009 Soc.)

Foss Landing H0 gauge USA railroad in the 1920's (Dave & Midge Grassing)

Havilland City - G gauge (Albanrail)

Havil Junction - 00 gauge DHMRS's main line LNER/LMS layout running in 1950's mode (DHMRS)

Johannesdorf - 0/16.5 gauge Austrian NG (Peter Smith - Warley MRC)

Kings Green Wharf N gauge Industrial Sidings (St Neots MRC)

Miclav - TT gauge E German layout (Mike Hillman - DHMRS)

Minories - EM gauge 1970s city terminus (The MRC)

Nevercreech Junction - N gauge S&D 1950s layout (Bill Shackel - Stevenage & Dist MRC)

The Broadway - 2mm gauge East Anglian trams in the 1920s (Alan Lawrence - 2mm Soc.)

The Whitsend Tramway - 009 gauge Coastal NG railway (Graham & Caroline Watling)

Tram Test Track - 00 gauge Automatic tram test track (Chris Cornell - DHMRS)

Vintage Hornby Dublo - 00 gauge "New" vintage 3 rail layout (DHMRS)

Wantage - 0 gauge Light railway (Dave Cox - Crawley MRS)

World War II layout - 00 gauge display layout (Tony Cane - WWII Railway Study Group)

Zevendaal - H0 gauge Dutch freight yard (Tom Nicholls - Carshalton & Sutton MRC)

Traders & Preservation societies included Albanrail, Chris Cornell, Deltic Preservation Society, Geoff Gamble Books, Joe Lock, John Dutfield, plus displays from the LCGB, 3mm Society, Benelux Railway Society and a number of static displays.

Whitsend Tramway

Foss Landing

29 April 2006

Our first exhibition in our new home in Welwyn Garden City, with the following attendees.

ACOL - 00 gauge Southern Railway - ex Col. Stephens line (Jez Laming)

Bideford Light Railway - G gauge British narrow gauge terminus (Julian Butcher DHMRS)

Dewhurst – 0 Gauge LNWR/GWR joint line 1900's (Amersham MRC)

Havilland City - G gauge (Albanrail)

Hedge Lane - TT gauge BR through station (Ken Lane 3mm Society)

Micaville - H0 gauge US modern image with operating cars (Malcolm Brown)

Miclav – TT gauge Eastern European (Mike Hillman DHMRS)

Mytchett Green - 00 gauge London tramways in 1930's (Gerald Warner)

Neware - 00 gauge country branch (Stevenage & Dist MRC)

The Blitz - 00 gauge Wartime SE London trams & trains (Chelmsford & District MRC)

Traders & Preservation societies included Alban Rail, Deltic Preservation Society, Epping Ongar Railway, Geoff Gamble Books, Joe Lock, John Dutfield & the RCTS.

Other attractions included the Welwyn Garden City Model Engineers plus a number of static displays.

ACOL

Bideford Light railway

7 May 2005

Our last exhibition in the new Sports & Social Club at Hatfield. Present at the exhibition were 14 layouts, 4 demonstrations/displays and 9 sales stands, as listed below.

Chasebury - 0 gauge Industrial (Enfield Town MRC)

CAMRA - 00 gauge Hornby Dublo (Arthur Cruttenden DHMRS)

Havilland City - G gauge (Albanrail)

Horton - 00 gauge BR modern image (Beckenham & West Wickham MRC)

Isle of Sodor - 00 gauge Thomas the Tank (Brian Kennaby, Enfield Town MRC)

Melford - 00 gauge modern image MPD (The Careless Family, Milton Keynes MRS)

Peat Bog - 0 -009 narrow gauge (Basildon MRC)

Portsdown - 00 gauge tramways in 1930's (Tod Sloan)

Reedham End - 00 gauge SR/GWR (David Devon, Chris Ellicott & Philip McGovern)

Shirebeck - EM gauge 1970's BR freight (Marlow, Maidenhead & District MRC)

Sporle - EM gauge GER 1920's (31A - Cambridge MRC)

That Dam Railway - 009 gauge Welsh Contractors Rly. (Chelmsford & District MRC)

Toot Hill - H0 gauge USA Lumber repair yard (John Geary and Malcolm Brown)

Walmington Pier Tramway - H0 gauge (Dave Carson)

Traders included Alban Rail, Braintree Models, Deltic Preservation Society, Geoff Gamble, Joe Lock, John Dutfield, LCGB & RCTS.

Other attractions included DEMU (Diesel and Electric Modellers United) plus a number of static displays.

Horton layout

Horton

That Dam Railway layout

That Dam Railway

1 May 2004

Exhibits at the exhibition were :-

13^th Street Yard (H0) USA freight yard (John Baggaley, Hemel Hempstead MRS)

Bash Street (0) Hands on hump shunting (Burgess Hill MRC)

CAMRA (00) Hornby Dublo (Arthur Cruttenden DHMRS)

Havil Junction (00) LMS/LNER 1930's (DHMRS)

Havilland City (G) USA 1890's (Alban Rail)

Hill End (2mm) GNR branch (Herts & Beds Area Group)

Kirkbridge (00) Modern image MPD (Les Williams)

Liftupemdorf (H0) German road vehicles with tram (John Geary)

Milldale (Z) LNER 1930's (Brian Yallop)

Nevercreech Junction (N) S&D 1950's (Bill Shackel, Stevenage & Dist MRC)

Porthmeor (00) GWR/BR 40's to 50's (Christopher Cooper)

Roman Road (00) BR 1990's (Hemel Hempstead MRS)

Sarum Road Depot (00) BR(SR) 1950's (Mike Joseph, The MRC)

Shirebeck in Emswell (EM) BR freight 1980's (Steve Grantham)

St Gennys III (16mm) Live steam (Andrew Neal, Beds 16mm group)

The Societies other layout, Middleton (00), was not on the exhibition floor but it was open for limited viewing in our nearby clubroom.

Traders and Sales Stands - Alban Rail, Braintree Models, Deltic Preservation Society, Geoff Gamble, Jo Lock, John Dutfield, Ray Mansfield & RCTS.

Other attractions included modelling demonstrations by members of Watford MRC and a number of static displays.

Sarum Road Layout

Sarum Road

St Gennys III Layout

St Gennys III

3 May 2003

Exhibits at the exhibition were :-

Alban Rail (G) American "Western" (Alban Rail)

Bowes Park (00) GN section LNER/BR 1930's to 1960's (Barnet MRC)

CAMRA (00) Hornby Dublo (Arthur Cruttenden, de Havilland MRS)

Dewhurst (O) LNWR/GWR joint line 1900's (Amersham MRC)

East Lynn (S) GER branch 1903 (Trevor Nunn, S Gauge Society)

Elkington on Sea - On Gauge, seaside tramway (Roger Elkin, Enfield Town MRC)

Fantazie (Z) Modern European branch terminus (Peter McConnell, Oxford MRC)

Hollies End (0 16.5) North Wales Narrow Gauge 1940/50's (Brian Stubbles)

Middleton (00) 1930's LNER (de Havilland MRS)

PETA (N) Miniature museum of transport (Bill Avery, Crawley MRS)

Stanegate (00) modern BR (Hemel Hempstead MRC)

Steinbeck (H0) USA 1960/70's (Steve Grantham, Marlow Maidenhead & Dist. MRC)

The Societies other layout, Havil Junction (00), was not on the exhibition floor but it was open for limited viewing in our nearby clubroom.

Traders and Sales Stands - Alban Rail, Braintree Model Centre, Deltic Preservation Society, Geoff Gamble, Isinglass Models, Joe Lock, LCGB & RCTS.

Other attractions included a demo by UK TrainSim, a rolling stock construction demo by John Edgson plus a number of static displays.

East Lynn

Stanegate Layout

Stanegate

4 November 2000

Our last exhibition in the old Sports & Social Club. Present at the exhibition were 14 layouts, 4 demonstrations/displays and 9 sales stands, as listed below.

Aythorpe St Mary (EM) East Anglian light railway (Colin Wilson)

Bath Green Park (00) Ex Somerset & Dorset Railway, 1950s/60s (Nth London Soc. of Model Engineers)

C.A.M.R.A. (00) Vintage Hornby Dublo (Arthur Cruttenden, de Havilland MRS)

Green Tye (00) BR ex Liverpool St electrified branch - 1970's (Paul Godwin, Barnet MRC)

Havil Junction (00) LMS/LNER plus trams Midlands area - 1930's (de Havilland MRS)

Live Steam Rides behind a scale Traction Engine (John Squire, Nth London Soc of Model Engineers)

Lone Star (000) gauge vintage commercial model system (Eric Large)

Middleton in Teesdale (00) LNER 1930's (de Havilland MRS)

Nant-y-glo Mine (0:16.5) South Wales industrial narrow gauge (Nick Wright)

Peersdowne (0) British Railways 1950s and 1960s (Bill Shackel, Stevenage & Dist MRC)

Riddleford Junction (2mm) junction station (Hemel Hempstead MRS)

Saxted (2mm) GER country terminus - 1890's (Ray Fricker, Herts & Beds Group 2mm Assn.)

Unserstadt (N) Swiss SBB electrified line - 1990's (Brian Silby)

Whitburn Corporation (00) Trams & buses on the NE coast - 1930's (Andrew Burchell)

Young Street Yard (H0) Diesels in the United States - 1950s (Nth London Soc of Model Engineers)

heavy mineral train on Middleton Layout

A heavy southbound mineral train approaching Middleton Junction

Whitburn Corporation Tram Layout

Whitburn Corporation

Demonstrations - John Baggaley - modifying proprietary plastic models, Jim Armstrong - modelling techniques & machining, plus a number of static displays.

Traders & Sales Stands - Kent Garden Railways, KS Models, MR & ME, Three Counties Models, 712 Preservation Group, Deltic Preservation Society, German Railway Society, LCGB, RCTS

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