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We had another successful show at the King Alfred’s School, Burnham on Sea. Visitors came from far and wide including Perth, Australia. There were three main Hornby O gauge layouts. Peter Lintern put on a pure Hornby 3 rail electric layout, not sullied by inferior makes.
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Chris Batten with David Temple put on the largest possible clockwork layout in one of the class rooms, 24 feet long, giving a total run of over fifty feet per lap. As we are leaving the EU, metric units are not applicable. Driving lessons were available for youngsters.
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Yours truly put on an electric layout running those makes not mention in HRCA circles, although, I did use Hornby track rail clips.
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As for the Dublo, there was plenty of it. Vanessa Howells with Dad, Mike, bought along their fixed layout but ran a French AchO theme, with 2 rail stock. Steve Sands showed his module Dublo 3 rail system, which seems to grow more complex with every show. Tony Gray was running possibly the smallest Dublo 2 rail layout, a shop display item.
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David Trotham and Chris Castleman ran a mixed 2 and 3 rail Dublo layout. The club new Dublo 2 rail layout had its first public appearance under Jim Roach and Peter Carr’s guidance. Mike Burton and John Thick persevered in a back room class with a Dublo 3 rail layout.
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Roy Sinclair, the collector of the unusual, had a military themed working display this year.
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There were several dealers to relieve us of our hard earned cash for collectables.
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Make a note of next year's date in your diary Saturday 28th October 2017
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