Model Engineering Exhibition - Clubs Room

[Workshopshed]

I'm sorry to say that I completely failed to find the clubs room as featured on Map 2. I did see all of the exhibitors, the traction engines in the parade ring, the Stirling, boats and SMME clubs and the model room as well as buying a few bits and pieces so it was a good event anyway.

Perhaps it might have been useful to annotate the Map 1 with which door would have led there?

Does anyone have photos of the exhibits in the clubs room.

[Smifffy]

It's funny that you should raise this. I only found out about the club room this weekend - so I missed it totally at the exhibition.

Shame!

Mark

[stantheman]

As a member of a club that exhibited there this year, it may be of some interest to know that the floor plan we were given was in fact printed wrong. The plots of those clubs and their stands were printed on a floor plan that was in fact printed as a mirror image of the proper plan. So causing a little concern when we came to set up on the Thursday. Despite the fact some of you missed the room we were provided with a good and steady flow of visitors during the weekend, so many must have worked out where the room was.

[houstonceng]

"Despite the fact some of you missed the room we were provided with a good and steady flow of visitors during the weekend, so many must have worked out where the room was."

Some of us have been to Sandown before (many, many times) and realised where the "Club-room" was located.

If you didn't know that you could go through that those doors and along the short corridor next the "Gents", or along the corridor on the Parade Ring side of the building, 'twould be easy to miss.

BTW. I saw a few fellow MEs sitting on the concrete stairs, outside in the cold or on the floor to eat sarnies, pies, etc, brought from home, when there were some very comfortable easy-chairs, settees and coffee tables in that long corridor. No guesses where I ate my packed lunch.

[Workshopshed]

I found it this year, probably helped that I was looking for it. There were some signs (there could have been more) and also a steward pointing people in the right direction.

[feo2man]

I was there on Friday; my first visit. I have to say l found the lighting 'dingy' and generally laid out like an indoor carboot sale. As mentioned on other threads there were the usual suppliers of £1 cheap tools and gadgets.
The SMEE did a great job,saved the day really. Displaying many different facets of there association and l learned quite a lot from some very kind exhibitors. Although when speaking to one exhibitor, a rude person interrupted our conversation, and ultimately succeeded. I walked away in disgust at his completely selfish mannerism.

I went to the talk on Plastics and our hobby, left half way through as it totally missed the theme that was set. Presented by a highly successful and knowledgeable person, but it sent me to sleep. 30 mins of co-valent bonding, chemical chains, elastic limits, thermoforming, thermosetting and yield points...yawn. What can we do with them? Show us examples!!!, manufacturing techniques that we can utilise, vacuum forming-bodywork, nose cones for diesels, grp , how to make bucks and moulds, techniques, pitfalls to each material. carbon fibre moulding if it swings your boat.

I travelled from Wiltshire to Sandown for the show. If it had'nt had been for the kindness of Keith McDonald from Pheonix Locos, who printed some drgs for me and took them along for me to collect. It would have been a wasted journey that l would not endure again.

[feo2man]

I must also add that the display of work upstairs was outstanding from a lot of exhibitors. Loco's, carriages (not my thing but superbly made) The guys who machine engrave onto metal wood and plastics.

Some loco's in different stages of manf and some that should be in museums for their incredible accuracy and finish.

Daniel