Warley Model Railway Exhibition

Another Warley has come and gone and I must say it was a good un.
There seemed to be more room around the stalls and layouts although chairs and tables were rather scarce, a few more in the large space between the eating areas and the exhibition would not have caused any safety or access problems.

The range and variety of layouts was excellent as was the standard of modeling. The range of trade and club stands was also good with every type of model railway accessory available and at some very good prices.

The show-you-how area was very large with craftsmen and women showing you how DCC works, how to paint and line models, soldering, kit building, scenery creation and more. Really worth going for 2 days just to spend some time in this area.

For me Warley has become a good place to buy myself some Christmas presents, after all I really don't want DVD's and socks when I can buy stock and tools for use on the railway. This year I got a compressor and airbrush plus a turntable. I had thought of buying a spray booth but I have plenty of wood in the garage and cooker hood filters and PC fans are cheap so a home made one will soon appear.
I also got a brand new Bachmann class 24 diesel, the latest model with lighting etc for only £40 as a returned 'sold as seen' model. I took it to the Model Railway Club stand where they were offering to try out your purchased models and it ran beautifully. Two more Silver Fox models were also purchased, a Lion and a DP2. Paint for the Baby Deltic and Metrovick plus flush glaze for the prototype Deltic were other purchases which are not Christmas presents.

I will get pictures of the new toys after Christmas along with my views on the airbrush and compressor.