For the past several years the Chatham & District Model Railway Club has been organising a June show in one of the buildings in the Chatham Historical Dockyard. This has grown in to one of if not the largest show in Kent. A quick count shows 50 traders, 9 societies, and 29 working layouts.
SWMBO and I arrived mid day and started wandering the aisles. The layout of the traders and exhibits was good with lots of aisle space. Something too many shows lack. I did notice the area used this year was smaller than the 2006 show.
In my mind one of the most interesting layouts was the Dam Railway by Chelmsford Model Railway Club
I wonder if they got tired of hearing "this is the best dam layout I've seen" .
Another excellent layout, and one we've seen before is the 7mm scale 'Rottingdean'. Its layouts like this that tempt me towards the dark side of larger scale modelling.
Overall its a very good show. Well organised, well signposted, and at £6.00 for adults, good value for the money. As for shopping, I came away with some nameplates and a Churchward LSWR signal box kit. A blow by blow of my first attempt at soldering up a building kit will come in the future.
A couple of pints of Goachers in the Britannia wrapped up a great day out.
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