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Midlands Model Engineer Show 2024 - Warwick

 Midlands Model Engineer Show 2024 - Warwick


This year’s Model Engineers Show 2024 was a huge success! All four days of the show were fantastic with exhibitors and visitors alike enjoying plenty of opportunities to purchase items, learn and explore the very latest in machinery tools and model engineering. The 2 exhibition halls were abuzz with vibrancy, excitement and anticipation. I went with a usual shopping list, and a few parts that I had organised from suppliers to take to the show for me for collection and postage saving opportunity.


I ordered an expansion Link and had it water jet cut this being the results after only minimal cleaning up required. I reamed the holes out and basically park this until the rods are done.

Back to the show report. There were some fantastic models on display and also the gas turbine demonstrations running outside along with the traction engines and a few helicopters in the main carpark.

Below the pictures I took on the day and a few videos of the Gas turbines running and doing there thing.
 


Left Gas turbine demo.
Very nice Bike, highly detailed.

Left a gas turbine helicopter doing demonstrations in the main carpark along with a number of other very nice models. This one on the final demo of the day did however come back with a war wound to the front section. I can only imagine a small mishap on landing caused it, hopefully not serious and can be rectified over the winter.

Busy hall after only a few minutes of the show being open on the Saturday, not my photograph this was from a video online, but they caught my Mother sat down far right so I included it for fun. She comes every year and is a nice day out for her. In years gone by I would attend with my Dad, but he is sadly no longer with us. Needless to say I think I have been attending since the early Bingley Hall days in Birmingham.  


Until Next month, stay safe, make swarf and be the best you can be.
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