Its a medium sized show with a good cross section of exhibits and traders, I too as a club stand exhibitor am slightly biased.

One tip for parking is to make your way around to the "Spindles" shopping centre car park and walk the short distance through the shopping centre to the venue, we arrived at 10am this morning and the venue car park was full by then.

Phil

Edited By Phil P on 18/02/2017 19:49:33

I went yesterday, much better venue than last year, and I had no problem parking right outside. Excellent club stands, and a good selection of traders, not those selling junk

The model engineer show supported by MEW and ME was at Brooklands Museum last year and I think it may be there again this year, Meridienne run the London model engineering show at Alexandra Palace and the Midland show at their exhibition centre near Leamington Spa these are associated with Engineering in Miniature magazine. The Doncaster show has continued what was the Harrogate show run independently by the Rex family. The Bristol show is at Thornbury just outside Bristol. A show has been put on at Spalding for the last couple of years and a Show In Manchester has just been on and moved venue from last year. Guildford have put on a show for a number of years but I am not sure of this year. I regularly go to the first four and there is usually a good display of models and traders at all. The shows have all suffered a decline in the number of traders in attendance in recent years and I think this is a reflection of how we choose to purchase these days, most traders have a presence on the Internet and much information can be gained from their websites, YouTube can give much information about machines being used under power and is probably more informative than seeing a machine at a show. There are also people's independent reviews on YouTube. The shows are a great place to see models and discuss details with the builders. They are always a good day out in my opinion and a good chance to talk with like minded people and see their work.

Mike