AGM 2010 - 2nd October, Bournmoor Co Durham

The Annual General Meeting will be in Bournmoor, at the church hall where the North East Area Group meets. The postcode is DH4 6ED, which should enable anyone with a sat-nav to find their way, or this link to GoogleMaps will show the general area.

Details of the AGM are in the June and August Newsletters, including pre-booking lunch. As well as the formal business, the annual model competitions will be judged.

 

 

Warley 2010 - 20th and 21st November 2010

The Grand Finale of our 50th Anniversary Celebrations is a major 2mm area within the The Warley National Model Railway Exhibition in 2010.

The plans are taking shape nicely; there will be six layouts of various sizes, and over 30 feet of demonstration tables. Three of the layouts are new, being specially constructed for the Golden Jubilee Layout Challenge. The dates are confirmed as 20th and 21st November 2010 and should, as usual, be located in Hall 5 at the NEC, Birmingham.

2mm Scale layouts invited so far and awaiting confirmation are:

Six demonstration tables are planned, each with pair of members demonstrating and explaining a particular 2mm modelling area, including trackwork, locos, rolling stock, scenics and RTR conversions for beginners.

The 2mm Roadshow will also be in attendance, with booklets and promo kits, answering questions from the public and hopefully signing a few new members.

 

 

Expo 2010, July 3rd and 4th, Oxford

If you want to revisit Expo 2010, look in the Gallery !

Expo 2010 - The Golden Jubilee - 3rd and 4th July 2010

The Association will be 50 years old in 2010. In celebration we are staging a major two day exhibition to celebrate 50 years of finescale modelling with over 25 layouts on display. It will be held in Oxford on the weekend of 3rd and 4th July 2010 at Ewert House, Ewert Place, Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7DD (MAP, Link to Google Street View, showing entrance to Ewert Place with big lorry emerging. Suggest panning around "Street View" to see the shops and other buildings opposite as reference points)

Public opening 10am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday, admission is £5.
Advice on transport, parking, etc. is lower down the page.
In addition, there are members only events on Saturday evening, details in the Newsletter sent to all members.

Invited Layouts attending.

Golden Jubilee Layout Challenge.

The Golden Jubilee Layout Challenge (GJLC) is a competition to build a modest sized layout to 2mm standards in time for Expo 2010. More than sixteen people have indicated that their layouts will appear at Expo 2010, where the best entry will be decided. Three of these layouts will also appear at the Warley show in November. The list of layouts will extend as more entries confirm attendance:

Traders at Expo.

Trade confirmed as attending Expo 2010 include

Demonstrations and Seminars.

MERG will be showing various aspects of electronics and automation of model railways, including their new CBUS based DCC system.

DEMU will be present, providing information and support to modellers of the diesel and electric eras.

A number of 2mm demonstrations will be present around the exhibition area, details will be added nearer the date.

There will be seminar/tutorial sessions in a side-room on "Building Track with EasiTrack components" and "Digital Command Control (DCC)". Advanced booking forms are in the April 2mm Magazine sent to all members. Alternatively, if there are any spare seats you can sign up on the day.