With our 2025 Modelling Day less than a month away, time for an update.
Mike has been busy fielding enquiries from people wanting to come along and join us and we now have a hall full. Hopefully, this means that Mike can spend the remaining time before the day itself on 1st February stockpiling bacon, bread rolls and cake!
When: 10am to 4pm on Saturday 1st February 2025.
Where: Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall, 36 Uttoxeter Road Mickleoever, Derby, DE3 9GE.
How much? Admission: Adults £5.00. Accompanied children free.
Contact Details: group.trent@7mmnga.org.uk. www.henmoredale.org.uk 01283 733914
Nearest Railway Station: Derby and catch either ‘The Mickleover’ or ‘The Villager’ buses from the bus station.
The current (and frankly very impressive line up) is as follows:
Layouts
Rhiw Goch NG7-16.5 Peter & James Hoyle
Small 7mm narrow gauge depiction of the upper end of Rhiw Goch passing loop on the Ffestiniog Railway.
Bunny Mine NG7-14 David Rae
Represents a 1950s gypsum mine in the south Notts area (where gypsum is still mined) using hand built 14mm track. Kit and scratch built stock. New at this show is the Bunny Mill area.
Llangadfan NG7-16.5 Colin Boyle
Imaginary extension to the W&L in the 1910-1930. Work in progress with track laid and scenery started. DCC operation.
Henmore Creamery NG7-16.5 Phil Traxson
Using part of our old group layout with a new extension, this represents a 1930s style country dairy owned by Express Dairies.
Wheal Ponder NG7-16.5 Andrew Young
A cameo layout depicting a down at heel Cornish china clay line between the wars.
Bingley on Trent 7mm & NG7-16.5 Alex Bingley
A small exchange station between narrow and LMS standard gauge based in the Midlands area.
Work in progress.
The Inglenook SM32-16mmNG Simon Jones
Classic 3-2-2 inglenook shunting puzzle set in an old factory receiving small wagons from another plant across the lane which must not be blocked. Try you hand at completing the task.
7mmNGA Demonstration NG7-16.5 & O9 David Smith
A demonstration layout built by Tim Allsopp from the Trent Valley Area Group and seen at many exhibitions such as Warley and Kettering.
Apadobe Mine NG7 – O9 Stephen Clulow
A small shunting puzzle built inside an Ikea APA toy box, based in Arizona or New Mexico. Stephen leads an online group of O9 enthusiasts contact net.eoe@7mmnga.org.uk.
Ar Ymyl (On Edge) 4mm – OO9 Lez Stevenson
A Welsh themed slate quarry in OO9 running Bachmann and Peco stock, built in a vintage Steamer Trunk which Lez acquired through her work in the antiques trade.
The Yard NG7 – O9 Jim English
A small layout with a lot of details in a confined space representing a rail served workshop area.
West Midlands Modules NG7-16.5 Dave Marriott and Friends
This year the group will be exhibiting their new 8ft long terminus station, with fiddle yard designed to link up with the variety of modules seen in previous years.
Demonstrations
Etched Kit Construction Adrian Gray
Kinver Light Railway NG7-24.5 Kevin Hughes
Examples of entirely scratch built models from the 3ft 6in Kinver Light Railway
Traders
Association Sales Neil Smith www.7mmnga.org.uk
All the usual essential modelling supplies from the Association including Evergreen strip, Grandt Line parts, Peco track and much more.
Trent Valley Area Group
A number of books covering many standard and narrow gauge lines kindly donated to the local area group from the estate of our good friend Neil Blair plus some surplus modelling items.
EDM Models Paul Martin www.ngtrains.com
One of the leading suppliers of ready to run and kit built narrow gauge rolling stock along with a comprehensive range of useful bits and pieces
422 Modelmaking Andrew Creaser www.422modelmaking.co.uk
7mm standard gauge, NG7 and O9 rolling stock kits, buildings kits and accessories. The new home of Port Wynnstay Models with mainly Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock kits.
Iconic Rail Graham French www.iconicrail.co.uk
Plastic kits of Corris Railway rolling stock
GLR Bespoke Services Alex Bingley www.glrailways.com
Layout builders from South Wales, selling a range of accessories such as magnetic couplings, 3D printed NG kits and Sig-na Track DCC Systems.
Northumbrian Painting Services Rob Anderson www.paintinghistory.co.uk
A very comprehensive range of 7mm white metal figures, buildings and scenery.
GubbinBox Models Jimmy gubbinboxmodels@gmail.com
A new trader with 3D printed kits for model railways and tabletop miniatures including stock from the Duffield Bank Railway in NG7-O9.
Corris Railway Society Ian Cross www.corris.co.uk
Corris is a narrow gauge (2′ 3″) railway dating back to the 1850’s. Closed in 1948, the revival started in 1966 with 4 aims – preservation, research , museum and reopening the line.
Bachmann On30 Sales John Kelsey yorky11@hotmail.co.uk
John is Chairman of the local model railway group and will be selling a number of Bachmann On30 items (including sound fitted locos) on behalf of a club member who has had to give up modelling due to ill health.
See you there!
