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SillyBilly · Guest

Say I'm about to set out with my new model railway (sadly I think it'll be in a years time!), they don't just send me an invite becuase they presume I have a model railway! It's a new layout, that no ones ever heared of, how do they know it exsisits? You've got to ask or you'll go nowhere!

rough-shunter · Junior Member Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 216

are you a member of a club if so take it to your clubs own show show managers want layouts that run and are run well

SillyBilly · Guest

No, I don't have a working portable layout (yet), I was just using it as an example to demonstrate that you have to ask.

Titan · Full member Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 797 Location: Derby

Quite right, Although Colin Gregory at Merstham knows me, he had no idea I had built a layout and would be happy to exhibit, so unless he is a clairvoyant he could not possibly have sent me an invite without me asking him!!

If a show only allows the layouts it is familiar with, it will only ever get new and original layouts from its own members. End result a show full of layouts everybody has seen before.
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bessytractor · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:39 am Post subject:

Just to say, I offered to display my tram layout at an expo, and the offer was jumped on.

SillyBilly · Guest

Oh YES, I was correct for once

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Titan · Full member Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 797 Location: Derby

BREAKING NEWS.... I AM IN AS AN EXHIBITOR IN THE GDSF 2008

However there is a catch,

due to space limitations but mainly H&S fears about lighting up meths in the marquee, at present it is on the understanding that the exhibit is to be static.

Nevertheless, I will take the entire layout, and I will do my utmost to convince them that it is all perfectly safe to run.

If I can talk my way in to the one and only 40th Aniversery GDSF, then I sure as hell can be convincing to the most sceptical H&S Nazi.

Again, if you do not try, you do not get!!
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andysleigh · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject:

pauly · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject:

I hate HaS

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made-in-england · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject:

right then ill bring a batt loco on the day i come so we can have a wee bit of fun!
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Les · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject:

pauly · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject:

yes well when you go to the show be sure to point out that the electrical layouts could short and cause a fire so they cant run them and that the door might get shut on someone so they'll have to go

the list goes on and on people we live in such a dangerous world we are lucky to have health and safety people to protect us from the scary world

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tmuir · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

johnreid · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject:

Dont cut yourself on that keyboard Tony.
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Les · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject: