The Isle of Man, Inverbervie, Elgin and Altoona, Pennsylvania, were among the locations depicted in miniature as Aberdeen hosted one of Scotland’s biggest model train and hobby fairs at the weekend.
About 1,400 people turned up to the 36th annual Aberdeen Model Railway Club exhibition at RGU Sport during Saturday and Sunday.
As well as model train layouts depicting locomotives passing through the north-east of Scotland, there were also displays from Aberdeen Model Boat Club, war-gamers, doll’s house enthusiasts and military modellers.
Exhibition manager for the railway club, Stuart Gow, said: “It’s the fourth year we have had it down at RGU Sport, and we had a continuation of our visitor numbers over the last couple of years, so we’re happy with this. I spoke to folk and they seem to be very pleased.”
Among the crowd favourites was a vast model of the Isle of Man by one of the club’s members, Dave Clucas, described by Mr Gow as “very large scale”.
He added: “There’s lots of different reasons why people choose different things, some people choose things because they are brought up there, it just has to be something that someone has an interest in.
“We also had a couple of layouts that were only partially completed, we think it’s important the public see how it’s actually made, it gives them examples of how to start from scratch.
“That’s our whole ethos, we don’t do it to make a profit, we do it to get people interested.”
Perth, Inverness and District, Fordoun, RAF Kinloss, Elgin and Moray model railway clubs all had displays at the event.
Mr Gow, 48, added that the exhibition was a chance for people often unable to get their creations out in the open into the public eye.
He said: “Most people, if they have a layout, they don’t have a chance to show it off publicly.
“The other thing we like to do when we’re down here is involve RGU in it, we have had event management students for the last four years.”
