Uckfield model railway exhibition

Despite it being unplanned and expecting to be in a different county, I popped into the Uckfield show. The usual very high standard of layouts and the usual almost uncomfortable attendance levels. A couple of things caught my eye. The first was Daconby Town, a 3mm finescale layout which was pure 1960s in period and modelling vibe. Not quite in the Murco brickpaper way, but more in attitude. I did ponder that it may have been improved by being 12mm gauge though I suspect that's exactly what the builder was trying hard to get away from.

 Confusing was the double Peter North's. One of his sold-on Rock Island layouts in one room and his new 4mm Southern art deco syle piece in another. A very different approach.

 Lastly the final show for David Taylor's Charmouth. Always a favourite and probably the best one-man 7mmNG layout in existence. It's fate as yet undecided.