DEMU Showcase 2012
DEMU Showcase 2012 was held on 2/3 June 2012 at Burton upon Trent Town Hall.
A plan of the venue can be found HERE
The exhibitors and traders were as follows:
Layouts
Layout Name | Scale | Period & Description |
---|---|---|
Brenton Midland | OO FS | East Midlands, 2000 to present day |
Connaught Road | OO | 1968, based on a real location in the docks of East London |
Embankment Road | N | 2005-present, Inspired by Plymouth Laira, Embankment Road is an early BR built diesel depot that was modernised for HST operation in the 1970s |
Georgemas Junction | OO | 1996-2004, Far North of Scotland |
Kinlet Wharf | N | WCML 1995 - 2002 |
Leavesden (Kent) | O | NSE 3rd Rail late 1980s - early 1990s. Leavesden is a fictious location on the outskirts of Biggin Hill and is the station serving Biggin Hill International airport. There are four platforms which are served by various electric units. 40 ft x 2 ft 6 |
Meopham East Junction | OO FS | SE region 3rd rail |
Newhaven Harbour | OO | mid-1970s BR Southern Region |
Outon Road | OO | 1980s - 90s. Outon Road returns to Showcase in its new extended form |
Warren Lane | OO | 2005 - 2009 Freightliner Terminal by Alan Bevan and Maggie Clark. An OO gauge freightliner terminal, set in East Anglia with two working Gantry cranes. www.warrenlane.co.uk |
Waterloo Street | P4 | BR Blue late 1970s - early 1980s. Waterloo Street is inspired by the Waterloo Goods branch in Aberdeen. In the 70s, the yard was rationalised and used for storing steel pipes for the offshore industry. Later still, it became the railhead for deliveries of calcium carbonate slurry to Croxton and Garry, and today it sees regular flows of this traffic as well as drilling mud. |
Waton | N | 2010, based on Water Orton in the Midlands. Waton challenges N gauge conventions with its handbuilt track. Waton was a clear winner in the 2010 RMWeb layout challenge. |
Traders
The following traders are confirmed in attendance.
- A1 Models
- ABC Workshops
- B&H Enterprises
- Booklaw/Santona Publishing
- Bratchell Models
- C Rail
- DCC Supplies
- Ten Commandments
- DC Kits
- Howard Loftus Books
- Loughborough Model Centre
- MB Models
- Modellers Mate
- Modern Structures in Miniature
- N Brass
- N Train
- Judith Edge
- P&H Models
- Railroom Electronics
- Realtrack Models
- Shawplan
- Replica Railways
Manufacturers, Magazines and Societies
- Hornby
- Dapol
- Bachmann
- Rail Express
- Scalefour Society
- EM Gauge Society
Demos
Flat bottomed trackwork and bogie modelling | Colin Craig |
Etch design and resin casting | Jon Hall |
Large scale diesel modelling | Andy Jones |
DCC Workshop | Alan Monk |
3D Modelling and Printing | Guy Molyneux |
How to prepare and upload content to the DEMU Wiki | Mike Hale |