I didn't see the magazine represented in the foyer this year.

Thanks for posting the pictures Jason, I'm particularly interested to know if the Whittle V8 builder is a forum user, couldn't make out the forename but the surname is Wold on the builders plate.

On the yahoo Whittle group several engines have been built but the only one video'd running is the original Eric Whittle engine, other builders report no success, just wondering if this is a runner or display only.

Emgee

I suspect I was far too smartly dressed, as I go buttonholed rather less often than at Harrogate! (Or perhaps the hard work of the last nine months has aged me prematurely…)

I may have to wear flashing deely-boppers, reindeer antlers of a full-size Adept lathe on my head on Sunday…

Unfortunately my wee session wasn't very well announced, because the SMEE meetings meant it hardly got announced over the PA :-/

The thing that struck me the most is how the surface finish of budget 3D printers has improved!

Edvind brought his marvellous V8 over from Norway, I'm not sure if he uses the forum,

I will be there tomorrow so please look out for me!

I will be uploading a great raft of pictures to an article over teh next hour or two, will announce when they are online.

Neil

Thanks for the info Steve, I'll have a better look through his site later but it certainly is a runner

Videos here

Jason and Neil,

Thank you for those pictures, for someone who has been house bound for ten weeks with several more to come with an Aircast on my right leg/foot, its the only way I'm going to see the shows, going to miss Alexandra Palace for the first time in years as well.

Martin P

Jason,

Thank you very much.

Martin P

I only 'heard' one announcement and it was less intelligable than a railway station. Didn't see any signs for talks, meetings or forums. Is age affecting my eysight or was teh signage less than obvious?

Hello

Thank you all for your compliments on my Whittle V8 engine. I am a member of the Whittle yahoo group but have signed up under my full name Sverre Edvind Wold. But please call me Edvind.

I met Neil Wyatt at the Sandown show and he invited me to join this site. Thank you Neil.

I have been a silent follower of the yahoo Whittle group and have always read postings with great interest. I have built the engine according to the specifications given in the drawings supplied by Hemingway kits. I was also really curious if I could get my V8 to run and it did. So to my knowledge there is nothing wrong with the plans. I might have accidentally altered (slightly reduced) the height of the cylinders a little bit.

The show at Sandown was really fantastic and the organizers have done a marvelous job. Coming from Norway I was warmly welcomed and finally had the chance to meet some of the finest model engineers ever.

Greetings

Edvind

Hi Chaps. I enjoyed the show and as usual the work was outstanding. However . . .

Am I the only one concerned about the drop off on visitors and the collapse of trade stand numbers. I can only comment on the Saturday showing but at 2.00pm we saw one complete longest side of the RDG stand with no customers at all. At other shows at this time they are usually three deep all the way around. Considering that Chronos and Warco are usually present to add competition at said other shows this has to be some measure of visitor numbers.

Please don't get me wrong as I like the show and want it to continue but I worry it's not going to survive at this rate. When we arrived there was no one to take our tickets, no Model Engineer stand to fly the flag and the whole thing seemed to have a flat feel as if it hadn't really got going yet. I suppose the word I'm looking for is Buzz.

I did talk to one trader who said there were more people on Friday so please prove me wrong by telling me the other two days were packed if that is the case, but if the show was a Bank and the FSA had stress tested it I think it would have failed.

regards Martin

Hi Neil,

I was there on Friday and just about heard the announcement about your meeting. The instructions were to take the lift to the second floor at 2.30pm. I did just this, but no one was able to tell me if the meeting had taken place or was even going to take place.

Thinking back, the announcement may have said 12.30, because it did seem sometime ahead of when the meeting should have taken place.

Alan

I heard an announcement as it was about to happen but I was mid-shop.