Scaleforum 2018 Exhibition Guide Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd September 2018 Stoke Mandeville Stadium Stadium Approach Mandeville Road Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP21 9PP Scaleforum 2018 Scaleforum 2018 Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd September Stoke Mandeville Stadium Stadium Approach Mandeville Road Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP21 9PP Opening Times Saturday 22nd September 1030–1730 (Advance ticket holders from 1015) Sunday 23rd September 1000–1630 (Advance ticket holders from 0945) Admission (weekend ticket) Scalefour Society members £8 Guests £10 ELCOME TO SCALEFORUM 2018, the Scalefour Guidance and security W Society’s flagship show. Once again we are pleased to The exhibition help desk will be found next to the Scalefour bring you some of the best in 4mm scale railway modelling, and Society stand close to the main entrance, and this should be you can be assured that as always we have the careful mix of the first point of call for anyone who has any query about the layouts, demonstrators and traders for which Scaleforum has show or where to find a stand. Committee members and the always been renowned. Our spacious venue has everything on organizing team will be wearing name badges. Stewards will one level and there is space to stop and admire the layouts and be found around the exhibition and can be identified by blue even have a chat as well. tabards. If you need help, directions, or have an emergency The organizing team hopes that you will have a very please ask at the help desk or seek the assistance of any enjoyable time at the exhibition. Layouts on display cover steward. Please look after your own coats and bags and report a wide time frame from the pre-Grouping era to the more anything suspicious. contemporary scene, and this year we have a particular focus on developing necessary skills and expertise, showing how Lockers are located in the corridor to the left of the main those new to working to P4 standards have been able to achieve hall entrance. The lockers accept an old pound coin – which success with their model making. These are shown under the is returnable – or a token can be purchased from the stadium ‘Beginners at Work’ banner and are presented by Society reception for £1. members living in Scotland. These specialist demonstrations are complemented by the Area Group demonstration, provided First aid will be provided by stadium staff. In the event that this year by the Bristol Area Group where almost all members this is needed, please ask staff at the help desk, or any steward. of the group offer a range of demonstrations including several layouts under construction. A public address system will be in operation and can be used While Scaleforum is organized primarily for the members to relay urgent messages. If you need to get a message to of the Scalefour Society, we welcome the many visitors who someone please ask at the help desk or the Society area. are not members and hope that you will find much of interest. For those who may be interested in joining the Society, the Photography is permitted but please ask layout operators membership stand will be found in the Society area close to the before taking pictures. Please note that the use of tripods is main entrance to the hall. Anyone who joins at the show will get restricted to the official photographers working on behalf of the a reduction on their admission fee. Society and accredited magazine staff only. We would ask that We aim to provide an opportunity for all those who are photographers ensure that their activities do not restrict the interested in model railways to meet, talk, exchange ideas and viewing of layouts by visitors. be impressed by the high standard of modelling on display. To encourage discussion there are no barriers around the layouts Accessibility so please feel free to talk to layout operators and to those who The building was designed for use by athletes who use are demonstrating, since sharing information is what the show wheelchairs or who have other mobility difficulties and is is about. all on one level. There is good provision for toilets for those with disabilities. Wheelchair users, who may not be able to General information see all the layouts clearly, will be admitted at the same rate The show is all on one level which makes it easy to find as for Society members. Carers who assist people who have everything and to move around. All the exhibits will be found registered disabilities will be admitted to the exhibition free of in the main hall with refreshments found in the café just off charge. In order to give care to those with disabilities we would the entrance foyer. For those who want a seat, there are chairs ask that anyone who uses a backpack to carry it, or store it in and tables around the hall and also please feel free to use the one of the stadium’s lockers, in order to avoid the risk of harm viewing gallery which is accessible by a lift and stairs near to to wheelchair users. the main entrance. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the stadium building. Name badges Printed name badges are available for any Society member who Places of interest in and around Aylesbury requires one. To obtain a badge please contact the Membership Beyond Scaleforum there is much of railway interest to see Secretary Steve Carter (contact details can be found on page around Aylesbury. At Quainton, about six miles to the west of 2 of Scalefour News) in advance of the exhibition to order your Aylesbury, is the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre located badge and collect it from the membership stand when you at the former Great Central Quainton Road station. HP22 4BY. arrive. The centre has the former LNWR Rowley Road station building ii Scalefour News No. 209 Left: We look forward to welcoming Scalefour Society members and guests to Scaleforum 2018! Right: Scalefour Society Deputy Chairman, Paul Willis, discusses getting started in P4. Below: An overall view of the hall at Stoke Mandeville Stadium. from Oxford as its centerpiece exhibition building and includes the Scaleforum weekend from 1030 to 1530. Located next to much of interest from the GC, Metropolitan and LNE railways. the railway station, the Centre offers lots to those interested See www.bucksrailcentre.org or telephone 01296 655720. in the GWR. The address is Didcot Railway Centre. Didcot, At Leighton Buzzard, about 10 miles north of Aylesbury, is Oxfordshire. OX11 7NJ and more information is available on the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway. Built to 2ft www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk or telephone 01235 817200. gauge, this fascinating line was originally built in 1919 using For places of interest for the rest of the family the following redundant materials from the WW1 Western Front in France, attractions are close to Aylesbury: to move sand from the quarries to the north of the town to the Waddesdon Manor is a large country house in the village standard gauge branch line that went from Leighton Buzzard to of Waddesdon five miles to the west of Aylesbury. Built by Baron Dunstable. The railway has a large collection of steam, diesel Ferdinand de Rothschild between 1880 and 1883, the house is and petrol locomotives and will be operating a passenger- now owned by the National Trust. See www.waddesdon.org.uk carrying service on the Sunday of Scaleforum. Page’s Park or telephone 01296 653226 Station is in Billington Road, Leighton Buzzard. LU7 4TN. See Ascott House is another former Rothschild house, also www.buzzrail.co.uk or telephone 01525 373888. now owned by the National Trust, situated just outside the About 10 miles to the south of Aylesbury will be found the village of Wing which is about 10 miles north of Aylsbury. See Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway. This former www.ascottestate.co.uk or telephone 01296 688242 GWR branch line has its base at Chinnor station, which has Woburn Abbey and Safari Park are at Woburn, about 15 been completely rebuilt by volunteers. Chinnor station is off miles north of Aylesbury. The main house is open from 1100 Station Road, Chinnor, Oxfordshire. OX39 4ER. The railway to 1600 while the Safari Park is open from 1000 to 1700. See runs a passenger service on weekends during September. www.woburn.co.uk/abbey A talking timetable is accessible on 01844 353535, or see www.chinnorrailway.co.uk Acknowledgements A little further away, about 22 miles from Aylesbury, will The organizing team wishes to thank all those Society members be found the well-known Pendon Museum, a must-see place and our guests who have brought layouts or who have provided for all those who appreciate fine modelling. The museum is demonstrations and displays or provided trade stands, and the open at weekends from 1100, and can be found at High St, staff of the Stoke Mandeville Stadium for their support in staging Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. OX14 4QD. See this event. We would also like to thank the Committee of the www.pendonmuseum.com or telephone 01865 408143. Scalefour Society for their support in the planning leading up Near to Pendon at Didcot is the Great Western Society’s to the event. Particular thanks are due to the Scalefour Society Didcot Railway Centre, which will be open on both days of Publications Team, who has designed and produced this guide. September 2018 iii Scalefour Society Area and Awards Exactoscale Products The Scalefour Society has invited us to relaunch our products at Scaleforum and, while we do not envisage normally having an Exactoscale Products stand at exhibitions, we are very pleased to accept the invitation.