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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 NameScalePeriod & Description
Brenton MidlandOO FSEast Midlands, 2000 to present day
Connaught RoadOO1968, based on a real location in the docks of East London
Embankment RoadN2005-present, Inspired by Plymouth Laira, Embankment Road is an early BR built diesel depot that was modernised for HST operation in the 1970s
Georgemas JunctionOO1996-2004, Far North of Scotland
Kinlet WharfNWCML 1995 - 2002
Leavesden (Kent)ONSE 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 JunctionOO FSSE region 3rd rail
Newhaven HarbourOOmid-1970s BR Southern Region
Outon RoadOO1980s - 90s. Outon Road returns to Showcase in its new extended form
Warren LaneOO2005 - 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 StreetP4BR 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.
WatonN2010, 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