Was planning to go,would’ve been my first time there,but being on sick has severely limited finances sadly.

im reasonably new to model engineering and enjoyed going to Harrogate last year,which is fairly local to me.Hopefully I can make it next year.

Well, I’ll be there on Thursday for the third time since covid simply because you never know if it will be the last one given that so many other shows and rallies have disappeared. I book two nights b&b in a Leamington pub and make a short away break of the occasion without SWMBO!

Travelling by train means I can have a few real ales too of an evening. BTW, I can’t understand what a local council has to do with obtaining a railcard, I renew our senior and family railcards online and they come in the post within a few days. I did witness an elderly lady try to present her bus pass to the train ticket inspector on the way down, which I thought was amusing but more serious if she got a fine for travelling on an invalid ticket.

Anyway, here’s to an enjoyable day at the show even though I always come away a little dispirited after seeing some wonderful examples of work which I am not capable of getting even close to in my workshop at home.

I’ll be going, no machines or tooling on my shopping list so that side does not worry me. Similar driving distance for me at 220miles

On 17 October 2024 at 03:26 Chris Crew Said:

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Travelling by train means I can have a few real ales too of an evening. BTW, I can’t understand what a local council has to do with obtaining a railcard,…….

With our local council as a geriatric you can have either a bus pass or a senior railcard for free. As local busses don’t go where I want to go I choose the railcard.

Sounds like the chap who asked for change of a £12 note, certainly sir, 3 off £4 or 4 off £3

Going Saturday thankfully only around half hour each way 🙂

H

Six years ago i was told by 3 different people that persons like myself should not be allowed in . I have mobility problems and used a small mobility scooter i have not been since .I went to the Saint Albans show a couple of times but it was a struggle to get round.

Went today. Bought things I (probably) don’t need, but wanted anyway. Was amused at un-graded steel on sale for Inconel prices. Spent longer than I usually do and did my best to look at all of the exhibits as well as the trade stands. Enjoyed Noel’s lecture.

It’s sad that MMES can claim to be the country’s largest model engineering show, given that it’s smaller than Harrogate, Doncaster, Donnington, Ally pally, Seymore hall or even Bristol MES were. Trouble is that last word:- were.

I was there today and shall be on the SMEE stand Saturday and Sunday. A great variety of exhibits including the helicopters and the jet engine builders. Many really superb models amongst a huge collection, a couple of astonishingly well executed mill engines particularly caught my attention so lots to see. Machinery apart everything you would reasonably expect to want to buy was on offer (apart from no-one had any neat-cut). Had some great conversations with people including 2 gents in the lunch queue who didn’t know each other at the start but having discovered that they were both appreciated and subsequently worked for Cincinnati in Birmingham wound up swapping emails by the end of lunch.

Lovely day, really good show.

regards Martin

Hi, I went to the show today, with a round trip of 228 miles. I bought a few things that I wanted, but I also got a Stuart Models catalogue for a fiver, which is in really good condition with 46 clean pages.

It still has a blank order form on the last page, but interestingly, most of the prices have  a purchase price in brackets, which you have to add on in the Pur. Tax column. The popular Stuart No, 10 V&H castings, have a price each of 32/6 + 6/- pur. tax + 4/6 postage, £2.15 in todays money.

Regards Nick.

Which means that the casting set has risen in cost by a factor of 4.58 times inflation!!!

I went yesterday.  Enjoyed the day out. Ker-nackered today as my day started at 0600h and finished long after ten last night (after a later monthly club meeting).  Easy motoring was an advantage (over 200 miles, for about a fiver, was acceptable for the whole day’s motoring 🙂).