Bristol "o" gauge show 2020

[Focalplane]

I'll try to be there next year, so glad all the good reports suggest the show is still one of the best.

 

[bob savage]

Many thanks to all involved at B0GG. Apart from a slight delay getting in to set up this morning, the show seemed well packed with folk prepared to spend money. I had at least 25 folk visiting the stand who said that they had heard of the HST power car on a forum and wanted to see it in the flesh.
In spite of the constant drizzle all day, the car parks were well packed and if you've got to be on your feet all day, the carpeting helps!
So, well organised, convenient location by a motorway junction, effective lighting and with good catering facilities.
What's not to like.

Thank you. The light was set to spending level as it is now automated we could have set it higher to examination level but some people don't like close scrutiny we actual had a 5 car park opened by security worried about all the cars. 1200 paying 180 free (wives children ) 750-1000 to run show . 2000 heads looking .Again many thanks to all who came especially the several who came from Europe .

 

[bob savage]

It was, as always, a great show, so a big thank you to the organisers and stewards for all their hard work.

I’m not sure why people were kept waiting outside until about 09:10, but I got chatting to a lovely couple in front of me in the queue, which helped to pass the time. “Have you come far?”, I asked them. “Melksham”, came the reply, which came as a surprise, as it’s only about 8 or 9 miles from Devizes, where I live. I should have asked their names - we could have car shared next year.

Got a few things I needed for some ongoing projects and also picked up a couple of secondhand books (worth £46 when new), for less than £20 - result!

It was good to meet up with several fellow Thunderers and I hope everyone else, enjoyed the show too.


Regards

Dan

p.s. I sold a Slater’s kit via the GoG web site to some bloke named Dave and having asked him for his phone number, we had arranged to meet at the show to do the kit/cash exchange. So there I was, before the show opened, sitting on my own having a cuppa. Soon after, I was joined by fellow Thunderer, Dave Summers (a.k.a. “daifly”). “I owe you some money”, he said. “Really - what for?”, says I, then the penny dropped - Dave was Dave, but I hadn’t realised that, when he’d asked to buy the kit and he was puzzled a few days earlier, when I’d asked him for his phone number, which I already had stored in my phone!

If you had shared and bought advance tickets you could have been in the carbon foot print draw. This is to encourage more to share as we have a limited parking.Wining car gets 4 wagons. Tickets get put in the main draw for loco win that, and you have to buy a guards van.. I will check the main www. site for opening times . many thanks for coming

 

[bob savage]

It was a great show. I did get a bit of a moan from the front desk because I didn't have a Plastic Guild Card with me. I had a paper one.

Due to the length of time the plastic card has been issued. and all the card one should have been destroyed on receipt of new plastic. We are worried that old cards fall into the wrong hands and still get used for guild perks as we cant tell. If you have lost you plastic please contact arty type they will issue a new plastic we have had the membership team at the show to check plastic before as we don't know if its current or lapsed with these . But slows down the entrance .We are due to have them again. As we don't get any benefit from the card or membership, only a loss on the gate. But the trade get a loss. Bob Savage BOGG.

 

[Al Tait]

I had at least 25 folk visiting the stand who said that they had heard of the HST power car on a forum and wanted to see it in the flesh.

I came past a number of times to have a proper look at it but you were busy with folk!!

Really enjoyed the show, talked with many folk at the MIOG display about various projects. On top of what I collected to build myself I seem to have landed a number of other things to build. Ended up with an Intercity Dapol 08 that I wasn't planning on!

 

[Arun]

I came past a number of times to have a proper look at it but you were busy with folk!!

That was the problem with being single handed on the stall, I'm afraid Al. It's next outing will be 7 March when I'm taking it to the G0G Kettering show for PRMRP to have a look at. Failing that, its last outing will be Sat 21 March on the DEMU stand at Ally Pally. After that, it goes to CMA-CSL to be turned into resin copies.

Arun