In my opinion, I found the show to be quite poor. If you have an interest in British OO you would have enjoyed it. The trade stands just seemed to be selling the same stock, and i found there was no real variety of scales and scenic s. A lot of the layouts I had seen before and most of them had Model Rail Scotland Badges from previous years.
There was a few nice layouts, One stand out was The Raven Group American On30 backwoods layout. The snow affect has been done very well, and the weathering on the loco's i was very impressed with.
One good thing about the show for me, I was able to pick up my DCC system i will be using
The Ecos 50200
I had the chance to operate a layout at the show using this system, I found it very easy to control the Locomotives and find the different functions. The full colour touch screen shows everything you need at a touch of a button.
I now have a lot of reading to do, to understand all the functions and how i can operate points, and other parts of the layout through the system.
I also picked up a bachmann 2-4-4 forney outside frame second hand from a layout that no longer required it. It has been very nicely weathered. I am hoping this will run around my curve to get onto the Turntable, if not it may just do a little loop around the track every now and again.
The build up of polystyrene is progressing, the layout now looks like a Xmas cake. I have the base level set for the Turntable to sit on, and i am starting to build the rock sides up. Its a slow, messy process but i get see it starting to take shape.
