Bob Abell News at ten Mmex, 2017.

Roving reporter Bob the Abell submitted the following report 

The show was held at the Oldham Civic Centre

I went in the good company of Mike Hodgeson and Dave Holland

Mike did the driving, as he was familiar with the area

If you are going yourself for the first time, make sure your SatNav is charged, as the area is quite tricky to navigate

The exhibition facilities are excellent and was a nice show.......Food was available and the bar was open

The show catered mainly for Heavy Metal steam fans, but there were quite a few impressive ships and assorted models

Also present was a good number of Trade stands

General view of the exhibition hall

The exquisite loco in the foreground is a 7 1/4" gauge and would have taken many years in construction

It must weigh about 800lb

Only hoped the stage could take the weight?

The ship is a short length of HMS Victory

Inside the plastic bag are my Corned Beef butties!

Spotted on the Proxxon stand was Mike and Dave pushing another big deal?

The trade stands were a sight for sore eyes, especially the metal stock!

Mountains of brass bar and sheet!..........Now that most of us have retired, we`ve lost our source of supply!

On display was a 3D Printer producing small plastic items...........Cost.....£3000.........Nice but no thanks.

To illustrate my interest in Model Engineering, here is one of my models........

Steam loco, a 3 1/2" gauge Tank Loco, from the Bassett Lowke range

Built in 1966 with my son, Phil, age 2 ish at the controls

Sorry that the report is rather brief............Forgot to take more pictures

Bob Abell