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(Posted in accordance with Brian's wishes and permission)
Deepest condolences to you and your family.
Our thoughts,prayers and condolences to Andrew, Brian and the family.
Will be missed.
Very sad news. My thoughts go out to all the family and friends.
Aw man. Sad news indeed. I know Ray hadn't been well for a while, but it's still a sad day. I didn't know him particularly well, but he was always a very pleasant chap to deal with, always very helpful and happy to have a chat.
Condolences to his family, may he rest in peace.
Always sad when one of the stalwart's of the industry pass. RIP.
I remember the first time I ever came across Ray and BH Enterprises. It was at a model railway exhibition in Abingdon in 1994. I bought tons of stuff. DMU kits, EMU kits, class 73 kit, class 59 kit. It was like finding an Aladdin's cave, and BHE was like that for as long as I can remember.
Rest well Ray. The glue on your models has set fine.
Bob
Sad news indeed, It must be some 25 years since I last dealt with Ray, always friendly, helpful and enthusiastic, he will be sadly missed by the modelling community.
RIP
Very sad news. A great loss.
RIP Ray
Quote from: Bob G on October 03, 2023, 10:59:13 PMI remember the first time I ever came across Ray and BH Enterprises. It was at a model railway exhibition in Abingdon in 1994. I bought tons of stuff. DMU kits, EMU kits, class 73 kit, class 59 kit. It was like finding an Aladdin's cave, and BHE was like that for as long as I can remember.
Exactly the same for me - I also found Ray's trade stand back in the early 90s, and his cornucopia of N gauge "bits" gave me the confidence to continue in N. I haven't seen him since we left UK in 2016, but there are still a couple of kits in the "to do" box which came with me.
There are a fair few pioneer n-gaugers up there already, so they should have a great layout ready for us when we arrive. I will raise a glass to you, Ray.
I will really miss Ray we went to so many shows around the country and we visited lots of railway related places over the 35+ years that I helped on the trade stand ,and I remember all the kit packing I did over in his back room especially counting out thousands of buffers into bags of 4 and sticking the price sticker on ,one night after one of those days I went to sleep counting buffers instead of sheep .
R I P Ray
I am sure you will be met in heaven by some of the other well known railway men and women .
Bob Tidbury
Thank you to Nigel for posting Brian and Andrews message on here ,I was asked to but still havent worked out how you do it .
I think most of us will have frequently perused BHE's stand at shows over more years than we would care to admit, and many of us will still have unmade BHE kits amongst our "stash" of the many useful items one would find there. Ray and BHE's contribution to the success and indeed at one point maybe even survival British N Gauge was significant and should not be underestimated.
He will be sadly missed by many, my heartfelt condolences to Andy, Brian and family.
Roy
Sad news indeed, I last saw Ray at TINGS 2023 .
Rest in peace.
Tony.
Such sad news. Prayers and condolenses to the family.
this is sad news Ray was always very helpful when i talked to him on the sales stand I have quite a few of his kits on my layout will be missed
Sad news indeed - my condolences to his family and friends. I always had a good look at his stall whenever I came across it, and I found Ray to be a fount of knowledge and advice. I'm one of those with BHE kits in my 'To do' box; in fact only a couple of days ago I fished out a D16 kit. I don't need another 'Claud' and I have been wondering what else I can make out of it. Ray will be much missed and we all hope his extensive catalogue can continue in some form or other.
RIP.
Chris
A sad loss, RIP Ray!
Chris
Ray's stall was always a welcome site at exhibitions. When I was new to N Gauge it was always interesting to see what bits were there waiting to be found. Ray served the N Gauge community for decades including saving the John Grey range of etched kits. He'll be very much missed by modellers across the country.
Some of my BHE kit builds follow. It's interesting to see that it's only now that some have been turned into RTR models.
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SB
Sad news indeed. My thoughts are with his family. I'm sure many are grateful for his bits and kits.
Very sad to read this.
I met Ray and Bob Tidbury a few times at the Thornbury shows, Bristol.
An Aladdins cave for sure of modellers bits and pieces.
Condolences to Rays family.
Brian Evans has asked me to post this message .
Due to the loss of the Boss Ray if any one has outstanding orders can they please be patient as Brian Andrew and Martin are trying to keep up with orders ,They do have full time jobs so if you have any queries can you please just Email them as there is no one to answer the phone ,They will do their best to sort things out .
B H E will still be attending Ally Pally and TINGS and will try and attend other shows where possible .
Thank you on Behalf of the family for all your messages and hope to see all our regular customers soon .
Regards
Bob
Thanks Bob. Good to know BHE will still be a going concern for the foreseeable future.
Cheers,
Chris