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The Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2024
I think it is fair to say MMEX 2024, organised by Meridienne Exhibitions, was a great success. As the exhibition opened on Thursday morning numbers were high, giving the feeling of the successful shows of the past. Attendance continued to be good, although it did drop a bit on Sunday, probably because of an atrocious weather forecast as the first named storm of the season barrelled through. Ironically, despite a few heavy showers and some robust winds, the expected downpour didn’t materialise.
I won’t go into detail of the non-workshop aspects of the show, which will be dealt with properly in the pages of Model Engineer. Suffice to say there were many magnificent locomotives on display, from LBSC’s legendary coal-fired Ayesha, photo 1, to a computer controlled, jet-turbine powered, loco…