Scalefour North 2008

	THE SCALEFOUR SOCIETY
	Scalefour North 2008

These pages were compiled and created in April 2008 by Danny Cockling and uploaded on 28th May 2008, with images kindly provided by: Gordon Ashton, Eddie Bourne, Danny Cockling, Lindsay Galloway, Philip Hall, Bryan Johnson, Edmund Kinder, Alan Turner, James Wells and Tim Venton.

© Gordon Ashton, Eddie Bourne, Danny Cockling, Lindsay Galloway, Philip Hall, Bryan Johnson, Edmund Kinder, Alan Turner, James Wells and Tim Venton for the pictures as indicated on the relevant full size images, and indicated alongside the smaller images.

As usual I have split the pictures up with a page for each layout along with four extra pages covering as much as I could from the pictures I received of the rest of the show.

This is the first Scalefour North that I have covered and I hope that I have kept up the standard that was set by David Lane.

I hope that you enjoy this retrospective. DC.

Click on a picture or heading to go to the appropriate page, then to see enlarged versions of the images simply 'click' on the smaller ones.

Layouts & Awards

			Brinkley by the Glevum Group A might have been layout set in Oxfordshire BR (M) 1946-60 the route connects Southern and western traffic via Oxford with the Midlands and North via Wellingborough. The trackwork is all handmade with ply& rivet pointwork.				Coldfair Green by Don Gilliland Coldfair Green opens a window into the leisurely pace of life at an East Anglian terminal station in the age of steam. Originally built for the Society's 1883 Challenge the layout can be reversed revealing a different perspective.

			Coombe Wharf by Frank Warren Another layout from the 1883 Challenge it was inspired by Michael Ball's Ferring layout and Littlehampton, Kingston Wharf, Shoreham. Coombe Wharf is set in 1903 and represents a small but bustling wharf on the Sussex coast.				Hedleyhope by John Anderson Hedleyhope is a fictitious single line terminal station located at an extention of the head shunt of East Hedleyhope colliery, near the head of the Deerness Valley in County Durham. The layout was another 1883 Challenge entry.

			Lower Soudley by Gavin Clark Built by the Shropshire & Herefordshire Area Group for the 1883 Challenge and featuring: working incline, working wagon turntable and wagon lift, Lower Soudley is a model of an Ironworks in the Forest of Dean set in the 1930s.				Maindee East Engine Shed by Steffan Lewis It is 1961 and Maindee East engine shed in South Wales is at its busiest, cleaning servicing and stabling the many engines required for both local and mainline duties. Superb Atmosphere!

			St Merryn by The South London Area Group St Merryn represents a fictitious terminus on the North Cornwall Line approximately where Padstow is situated, the period is 1954 a year that finally saw an end to wartime restrictions.				Awards Annually at Scalefour North, Past President of the Society, Clive Walton-Evans presents the Walton-Evans Trophy to the owner of the most popular layout as judged by our visitors. Click on the link above to see this year's winner.

Around the Show

			Traders Some pictures of some of the many traders who were attending the show this year as well as some of the things that they had on offer. I have listed links to as many of those attending as I can find on a separate page.				Demonstrations and Lectures This year there were demonstations on Loco and Track building, an introduction to DCC, Soldering Techniques as well as information and tips on modelling diesels; with Lectures on Signal Operating Mechanisms and Grand Designs.

			People Here you'll find a few pictures of people in particular rather than in general, some layout operators, some Society Officers and some Traders both 'old' and 'new'.				Around the Show Included in this section are some general views taken around the show of people looking at the layouts or taking the weight off their legs, buying things chatting and hopefully having a good time.

28/5/08

Below are two You Tube videos of the show
filmed and posted on You Tube by sticklebackdepot

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These pages uploaded and maintained by Danny Cockling
Please send any corrections or additions to the information contained in this retrospective to danny at scalefour.org