Lots of Live steam which was of marginal interest to me, but a large layout from the East Midlands Area Group of G Scale Society. I took a short video of this to provide me with inspiration.
There were lots of other layouts but I only shot videos of a couple - a live steam one, and a tinplate group.
Other layouts either proved too difficult to get a decent video of, or weren't of much interest to me. There was a nice bit of inspiration on the G Scale Society stand.
It may not appear much to you but a coaling station is something that ultimately I need to incorporate on the layout and this was an idea that I could potentially build myself.
As always I came back with some purchases, although I was quite restrained and bought nothing big:
~Some resin barrels form Andel models
~Some magnetic couplings from Timpdon
~Some (unpainted) Newspaper stacks, milk churns and pick axe from Perfect World Scenics aka Trenarrren Models Trenarren Models
~Some Bachmann Maintenance depot workers (code 22-169)
~Finally an Ezee Range Visitors Wagon kit from I P Engineering with some seagull castings LGB metal coupling loops. The Visitors wagon was touted as one of the simpler kits to build for the first timer and I was after something to go with my quarry or lumber wagon train to ferry workers. I described my modelling level as "LGB with a spray can" to some amusement, given all the engineering masterpieces that were on display elsewhere.
http://www.ipengineering.co.uk/page93.html
I think there might have been a bit of a show special saving a bit of money and I'm interested to see how I get on with this kit as the modelling is one aspect that I enjoy. Getting the couplings working with LGB ones I'm suspecting to be amongst the hard jobs.
And last but not least, some G scale corrugated Aluminium from back2bay6 for a particular project.
Martins Models offered advice on track laying.
Chris
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