Exhibitions

[Les1952]

PPPS-

South Notts show next year has 17 layouts- one German N, one US narrow gauge, one US standard gauge, one Welsh narrow gauge, one pre-grouping GWR, one based on the ex- Great Central line in the Nottingham Suburbs, a blue-period Scottish one, plus the usual mix right up to Thomas the Tank Engine.

I note the OP is from Nottingham.  Come along and see us- despite rumours Cotgrave isn't bandit country. You can even get a bus every 20 minutes from Broad Marsh and Nottingham station right to the door of the venue!

Even more blatant a plug.
Les

[texhorse]

Hi Les, if you mean "OP" as "Original Poster", that would be me!  I already attend Cotgrave show most years anyway. 

Yours sounds like a great show!  I'll be there.

Andy

[Les1952]

Hi Les, if you mean "OP" as "Original Poster", that would be me!  I already attend Cotgrave show most years anyway. 

Yours sounds like a great show!  I'll be there.

Andy

Many thanks for the compliment- make sure you pick up a flier and get your £1 off....
Les

[paulprice]

Well to try and make the operating crew on Foster Street more visually attractive to the paying public (Personally I'm a total Adonis but the rest of the team are a bunch of.......lets just say distinctive  ) I have am going to make them wear these, lets just hope the dribbled egg stains wont be so visible.

[Caz]

Very smart but where's the NGF logo?   

[railsquid]

Very smart but where's the NGF logo?   

Maybe they're planning to reproduce it with the dribbled egg-stain?

[paulprice]

Very smart but where's the NGF logo?   

That's to be printed on the cravats.........

[paulprice]

Very smart but where's the NGF logo?   

Maybe they're planning to reproduce it with the dribbled egg-stain?

You guessed right, we are a classy bunch

[Firefox]

I feel exhibition layouts should be a reasonable standard. After all the public is paying to see them.

I've seen a few which should not be exhibited.

Dirty track, poor points, or dodgy locos are things anyone can put together. The illusion is shattered if the 0-5-0 from the sky descends every 20 seconds to nudge things around. I appreciate things can go wrong on the day, but some layouts were clearly never up to scratch in the first place.

Likewise operators running stuff round in a circle at breakneck speeds or chinwagging to mates, ignoring the layout, when a crowd is watching, are things to be avoided.

Just think of the crowd as your clients. I know many exhibitors only get paid expenses, if even that, but the public have still payed to see a show, and that should be respected.

[Cooper]

Which exhibition were you at this weekend to raise that post Firefox? Hope you didn't see us at Shoeburyness to provoke that! In the hall with live steam enhancing the atmosphere we had our moments over the weekend, but think we were providing a good show for most of the 'clients' that stopped to look.

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As you can see, we were mobbed! (Actually, that was a quiet moment in the last 10 minutes. Honest!)

[Firefox]

I haven't been to any live exhibitions for a few years, so you are safe

Seen some recent dodgy ones on You Tube though.

I'm not naming any names, it would be a bit rude and discouraging to say directly, but hopefully some people may read this and indirectly think about improving their show 

[MikeDunn]

I feel exhibition layouts should be a reasonable standard. After all the public is paying to see them.

I've seen a few which should not be exhibited.

I haven't been to any live exhibitions for a few years, so you are safe

Seen some recent dodgy ones on You Tube though.

Sorry - but I fail to see how you can complain about the state of Exhibition layouts when you then admit you haven't been to any Exhibitions for some years    You're making an unfair and uninformed remark based on seeing some videos on the 'net and not personal experience of said layouts.   

By all means, make your comments but base them on personal experience !

Mike

[Firefox]

I've been to loads of exhibitions in the past, so have plenty of experience. Do you feel the standard has improved massively in the last 5 years such that I'm missing the new age of modelling 

[red_death]

I've been to loads of exhibitions in the past, so have plenty of experience. Do you feel the standard has improved massively in the last 5 years such that I'm missing the new age of modelling 

Yes, in general it has improved over the last 5-10 years.

[Firefox]

Ok then, I shall take on board what you've said, and seek out some fresh shows in the coming months