Went on the first day. I wasn’t too impressed at first – had to go alone, delays on the M6, too many elderly people pushing in front of me at stalls, etc – but attended Neil’s talk which was interesting, met a nice chap from Leeds to talk to, and when Neil had finished, I found it to be a lot quieter and so enjoyed the last hour and a half a lot more.

Rob

Hi, 3D printing isn’t something I intend to start doing, but it was interesting to listen to Neil’s lecture on the subject, and watch his demonstrations, while he was explaining some of the aspects and techniques he was using.

Regards Nick.

I enjoyed the show and some of the work on display was simply breath-taking. As regards the lectures, yes the sound was not very good with a lot of background noise from the exhibition hall but the preparation was more than a little slap-dash too. I attended the lecture on injector design and instead of the projection and sound equipment being all prepared and tested in good time for the start, those concerned still seemed to be cobbling it all together at the last minute. For example, the contrast on projected diagrams was constantly being adjusted during the lecture and it wasn’t until about half way through did they manage to get it right and the full details of the diagrams became discernible. I’m afraid all this was somewhat less than professional. They may have their got act together for the later lectures, I cannot say because I didn’t attend any others.

I enjoyed the show, too, but I was concerned about the large areas of it occupied by tables and chairs; in previous years these areas had been full of models!

Benedict – Arc Euro haven’t been to an exhibition for quite some time; Ketan explained some years ago that the costs involved and the hassle with sorting out stock levels afterwards was too much to cope with.

The LNER P2 and Mike Sayers’ Delage engine were sight to behold.

Took us two hours to get down to the show on Friday and nearly four hours to get back – the weather and traffic was appalling!

Cheers Nigel and Nicholas.

On 26 October 2023 at 13:25 Neil Wyatt Said:

But in all honesty, almost any sound system would struggle to be loud enough due to the reverb causing feedback (other than a fighter pilot’s throat microphone!)

Or a frequency shifter.

I went first thing on the Thursday, but since I was in constant pain from a bone infection* in my ankle (broken on 3rd July), I didn’t enjoy it as much as I wanted. After realising that I was spending more time sitting outside than hobbling around the show using MIL’s stick, I left just after lunchtime. Did pick up some goodies from Jennie’s stall and a few small slitting saws from RDG for the son to use.

Currently immured in hospital with a once a day IV infusion of Teicoplanin, waiting for availability of a nurse to be available to do it at home. They won’t let my wife and I do it. and won’t let me come to hospital for an hour a day for the infusion…