Sodbury Vale MRC 50th Anniversary Exhibition – 14 March 2026 at Aerospace Bristol

Event details

• Date: Saturday 14 March 2026
• Venue: Aerospace Bristol, Concorde Hangar
• Occasion: 50th Anniversary of Sodbury Vale MRC
• Parking: Free parking on site
• Access: Easy access for all visitors
• Bonus: Your ticket is valid for a full year for return entry to other Aerospace Bristol events (see venue website for details)

Official event information: Sodbury Vale MRC Exhibition 2026
Aerospace Bristol event page: Aerospace Bristol – Model Railway Day

A model railway exhibition under Concorde

There aren’t many exhibitions where you can browse layouts and traders beneath one of the world’s most famous aircraft. The Concorde Hangar provides a dramatic backdrop and makes this far more than a standard club show. With a strong mix of scales, regions and eras, this 50th anniversary exhibition is shaping up to be a proper celebration of the hobby.

Trainsporters will be attending

Trainsporters will be exhibiting at the Sodbury Vale MRC 50th Anniversary Exhibition. If you’re visiting, come and see us for a chat and take a look at our storage and transit boxes, designed to protect stock of all gauges.

Layouts attending (49 confirmed)

The exhibition features an extensive and varied layout line-up, including:

• Devonport Park (009)
• St. Philips (4mm Gauge Steam)
• Tinker’s Hill (7mm)
• Brimscombe (2mm Steam and Diesel)
• Remote Depot (4mm)
• East Weald (3mm/TT)
• Newton Priors (4mm LMS Steam)
• Heybridge Wharf (3mm finescale)
• Great Swilling (EM Bristol/Gloucester region)
• Ashwood Basin (7mm)
• Devil’s Bridge (009)
• Morella Light Railway x2 (009)
• New Mexico Railroad Museum (HO & HOn3)
• Barwick Green (7mm Light Railway)
• Bristol Harbour diorama (4mm)
• Minehead Port and Pier (0n30/7mm)
• Layout in a Car (2mm)
• Abbots Moreton (4mm)
• Hagbourne Road (4mm)
• The Miner’s Arms (7mm)
• Mangotsfield (4mm)
• York Gardens (4mm)
• Blackrock Trams (1:32)
• Queen’s Wharf (0-16.5/NG7)
• Sedgemoor GOG layout TBC (7mm)
• Nosach Green (7mm)
• Penarth MRC (2 layouts, TBC)
• Clevedon WCPR (4mm)
• GLR Services (3mm TT)
• Kugelhof im Pinzgau (H0e)
• Brighton East (4mm)
• Penworth (N / 2mm)
• Red Hook Bay (American HO)
• Iron Mould Lane (4mm)
• Blagdon (4mm)
• Gorsty Knoll & Clements End (2mm)
• Weekend Yard (7mm)
• Yelverton (4mm)
• Kingsbury (7mm)
• Calderbridge + Chemical Works (2mm)
• Wood Street (7mm)
• Lintor Town (4mm)
• Memory Lane (Hornby Dublo)
• Crovan’s Gate (G scale, battery powered)
• Wantage Tramway (P4)
• Thomas Layout (4mm)
• Ellison Yard (North American HO)
• Burnham-on-Sea (2mm finescale)
• Midford (2mm)

Demonstrators

• Bob Savage and Alan Neal – O Gauge modelling and soldering techniques
• Dave Murdoch – Brass kit modelling
• Fiona Forty – In Gauge DCC demonstration
• Derek Russan – Airbrush techniques
• Clevedon Armchair Modellers – Layout and rolling stock building display

Societies and preservation groups

• Scalefour Society
• Large Scale Engineers
• Avon Valley Trust
• Berkeley Vale Railway
• Pendon Museum
• Water Aid Charity
• Gauge O Guild
• EMGS
• Friends of Bristol Harbour
• Dean Forest Railway
• Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway
• Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust
• 3mm Society
• Cats Protection League

Traders attending

• SVMRC Club Shop (Second-hand railway items)
• Lord and Butler
• Tony Wilcox Model Railways
• Modelstock (ABS/4mm)
• Sunningwell Command Control Ltd
• Bespoke GLR Services
• AGR Model Railway Store
• Taff Vale Models
• MODELU
• Blacksmith Models
• Brooks Models
• Moorview Models
• DMG Electec
• Merlin’s Models
• Derails
• Trainsporters
• Branchlines
• 813 Society

Other modelling disciplines

• South Wales Modellers – Military, vehicles and dioramas
• Model Bus Federation
• Doll’s Houses (Box of Delights)
• LEGO displays
• International Plastic Military Modellers
• BRCMAC – Bristol Radio Control Aircraft
• GDMBC – Gloucester Model Boats Club
• Bristol Vintage Buses (parked outside Concorde Hangar)
• Wings and Wheels + GLOS GOG