Opinion
Inside track with Ben Ando
Ben Ando is the founder of Revolution Trains and a regular contributor to Model Rail.
“I admire all sorts of layouts, however I have come to realise that the ones I like the most are usually those set in the worlds of ‘what if”
THE WORLDS OF ‘WHAT IF?’
Exhibitions are hard work for retailers, organisers and manufacturers.
For smaller companies like Revolution there isn’t a budget for hiring in private contractors to build up and take down the stand – we do it all ourselves.
That means hiring a van, loading up the four large flight cases containing our display, trying to remember to bring all the power connectors, signage, display items, tools etc (and without fail suddenly realising, about an hour after you have left, that you forgot the box containing X!), driving to the venue, enduring the (sometimes) tortuous admin involved in gaining admission, then unloading.