Croydon MRS 2006 show
I had a great time at the show. Loxley Barton was in one of the small rooms with the Loose Chipping's 4mm Standard Gauge layout and a trade-stand. We had a good regular flow of people throughout the weekend though Sunday was reasonably quite compared to Saturday. The food laid on for the exhibitors was very good - Sundays roast beef and vegetables was very welcome! The layout stuttered to a start on both days but by the end of the day was running extremely well - though I realise I still have plenty to do to get things to run as well as they should. Paula helped me out on Saturday and Richard Glover on Sunday which meant I was able to wander around the show to view and chat. John and Jane Jacobs Nettlecoombe won the best of show as voted for by the public, no surprises there as it is always popular! I was informed that the tally of votes Loxley Barton received put it in 4th place which I have to say is very encouraging! I might be getting an invite from the Norbury MRC for their Nov 2007 show, they took my details and that's it until then as I have no other exhibitions invites to to fulfil - and my feet are glad of it right now!
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Glad to hear you had a good time. How do you sustain interest for the opearator? Do you have a cunning operating scheme?
Posted by: andy | October 12, 2006 9:44 PM
Actually Andy that was quite easy -the running abilities of the track were changing all day and working out what would actually shunt round the curves without coming off was a challenge! Richard quickly realised when it was his turn to operate that one of the locos and one of the coaches back to back gauge on the wheels was too big - not much but enough to cause an occasional problem. I almost have enough in my head to make up a sequence now - I must think some more about that. A lot of the time was spent chatting to people which is always great.
Posted by: Simon Cox | October 12, 2006 10:59 PM