The National Festival of Railway Modelling returns to Peterborough’s East of England Showground on the 16th and 17th October 2010. With 33 top quality layouts confirmed in a variety of gauges, the show is yet again shaping up to be an essential event in the railway modellers calendar.
WIN £360+ WORTH OF PRIZES! Save money and pre-book your tickets now. One lucky pre-booked visitor will win a fantastic prize that includes:
- A limited edition City of Peterborough 00 gauge model
- A set of 1-11 Right Track DVDs,
- A signed copy of Tony Wrights ‘Layouts of a Lifetime’ book.
- A year’s free subscription to BRM
To be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize all you have to do is pre-book your tickets and your name will be automatically entered into the prize draw.
A SPECIAL OFFER FOR 2010. This year we will be offering all of our visitors the opportunity to choose from a selection of free books worth up to £14.99 when they arrive at the show. *(while stocks last, terms and conditions apply).
The books on offer will include:
- Modern Wagons
- Scenic Modelling
- Lineside Buildings
- Scratch Built
- Easyway
- FAQ’s
- Building Modern 4mm
The Double O Gauge Association will be attending Peterborough for the first time and will bring their 00 gauge test track for visitors to run their trains on.
- 33 layouts in an assortment of gauges including County Gate, Camp 93, Rowlands Castle, Harlyn Road and Rhydyclafdy.
- A fantastic range of exhibitors.
- See the specialist traders for hard to source items.
- Modelling demonstrations including, how to construct model buildings in a miniature landscape, renaming and numbering, virtual railways simulations and building coaches and rolling stock in real wood.
- Get advice from the many clubs, associations and societies.
- FREE entry to the BRM Theatre
- FREE showguide
- FREE parking
- FREE shuttle bus to and from Peterborough station
* When you pre-book your ticket before 9am on Friday 8th October.
BRM THEATRE |
| We will be having a number of presentations taking place in the BRM Theatre over the course of the weekend. Make sure you visit the theatre to see the following: |
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| Saturday 16th October | | |
11.30am – 12.15pm | The building of Canons Cross | Market Deeping MRC |
12.30pm – 1.15pm | Constructing Model Buildings in a miniature landscape | David Wright |
1.30pm – 2.15pm | Making Stone walls out of Plaster | Peter Mann |
2.30pm – 3.15pm | Building Gresley (0) Gauge Coaches in real wood | Brian Bartholomew |
| Sunday 17th October | | |
11.15am – 12.00pm | Constructing Model Buildings in a miniature landscape | David Wright |
12.15pm – 1.00pm | Making Stone walls out of Plaster | Peter Mann |
1.15pm – 2.00pm | The building of Canons Cross | Market Deeping MRC |
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Childrens Area
For our younger visitors, Hornby are kindly sponsoring our Children’s Area. Here they will be able to enter a colouring competition, answer questions on our layouts or try their hands at building card kits provided by Freestone Models.