With everything going on at the moment, getting to Railex Buxton 26 was far from a certainty. The final decision was made just before setting off.
Not only has the show got bigger, but so had the queue to get in. One person taking both cash and card was never going to be quick.
Although bigger, it is never going to be one of the "big" shows, but it does attract a lot of high-quality layouts to justify the £15 entrance fee.
Having said which, for once, I didn't bother going around for a second time. I might have done, had I taken a camera with me, as well as the phone. a phone that once again underperformed, I suspect partly because of the humidity
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| Evercreech Junction. A good example of N, built as a home layout, not for exhibition. |
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| Farringdon Street is always impressive |
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| This scene leads neatly on to... |
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| ...Minories |
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| A very difficult layout to take photos of |
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| Westmoor Junction |
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| Purgatory Peak |
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I can't remember the name of the layout.
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| Cherry Willingham reminded me of life in Lincolnshire. |
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Trellisic made use of an idea I've thought about. "Bitsa Boats" rather than a whole ship
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| Not really my thing, but I did like this loco on Kaninchenbau |
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| Charles was showing his generic colonial layout |
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Rockport had some nice house backs.
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| Karlisle had a lot of interesting ideas, like the theatrical use of a black backscene |
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| Always good to see Chipping Norton |
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| Leicester Junction had some nice urban grot |
In Part 2 I'll finish off the layouts in the main room, and move on to some gems in the additional hall
I got there at mid-day on Sunday, and there was a pretty long slow moving queue when there should have been none.
ReplyDeleteThe main hall was good on the whole, and I'll be interested in your take on the second hall. I wonder if your views will mirror mine...
Karlisle I found a bit odd, perhaps more of a concept than a layout if that makes sense?
I'll say more tomorrow. I thought the other hall had the best and worst layouts. TBH, I don't think I got my money's worth. £15 and I left after less than an hour.
ReplyDeleteI did wonder if £15 was a bit steep, or whether it was what a good quality show should be charging. It did help that I didn't have parking or fuel to pay for tho'. Maybe I'm tight.
DeleteIf I'm only at a show for an hour then the show wasn't worth giving up my time for.
TBF, Issy was waiting in the gardens with the dogs, and was then rushing off, ready for grandchild number five to arrive - though we are still waiting for that as I write.
DeleteI tend to compare shows with other entertainment - Stratford Lit Fest sessions cost £18 each, and were strictly limited to an hour. On that basis, this show is pretty well priced. The days of a medium sized event being a fiver are long gone.
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