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Offline Jo

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GMES 2017
« on: July 01, 2017, 08:01:06 AM »
Today is the first day of the Guildford Model Engineer's Show.

I am not allowed to go  :'( but I am hoping that some of the other members might and they will post some pictures of what I am missing  :).

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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2017, 02:22:21 PM »
Just look back through my previous years albums as it was mostly the same will upload a few pics later, PB willing.

You will have to wait 'til later as I have so many casting kits that were at such a bargain price to unload from the car :lolb:

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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2017, 02:46:12 PM »
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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2017, 02:56:31 PM »
Hope all attending have a great time and send pictures if you can. That's funny JB, I recieved some castings in the mail just yesterday  :stir:

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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2017, 02:57:56 PM »
Was it that engien we were talking about? Got a short video of Tony Boxhall's one running to upload too.

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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2017, 03:36:54 PM »
That's funny JB, I recieved some castings in the mail just yesterday  :stir:

Words do not a model engine make  :ShakeHead:

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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2017, 05:39:40 PM »
That's funny JB, I recieved some castings in the mail just yesterday  :stir:

Words do not a model engine make  :ShakeHead:

Jo

Model engine? who said anything about engine castings.  :LittleDevil:

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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2017, 06:05:55 PM »
Exactly what I was thinking Dave  :stir: 8)

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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2017, 08:30:40 PM »
Hope you have not started on that slippery slope of buying castings to make tools that will never get used :ShakeHead: or that you could just as easily manage without :disappointed:

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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2017, 08:39:09 PM »
Video is going to have to wait until tomorrow. I had been taking some photos with the camera held for portrate shots and also took the video the same way round so I'm sure you all don't want to be standing your monitors up on end.

Get these while Photobucket are still being nice to its paying customers ;) will take some more tomorrow when not weighed down with iron.

Anthony Boxhall's latest engine, runs very nicely as do all his engines that were on the video, I was luck enough to be allowed to please myself with the air manifolds and ran them all :)





Think this one could do with some gaskets to fill those gaps







This is the type of workshop Gnome Jo really needs



Doubled up Whittle V8





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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2017, 07:32:36 AM »
Thank J for those,

 :headscratch: Where you not exhibiting any models.

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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2017, 07:50:29 AM »
I was, but too busy playing with demonstrating Tony's engines to take pics of mine. Will get some this afternoon when it quietens down a bit. Also had a fondle of some rather nicely shaped billets of ali that took the form of Merc cylinder heads :)

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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2017, 08:53:22 AM »
That table does not over filled with stationary engines  :(

Jo
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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2017, 10:25:10 AM »
Thats because some one (not you) did not turn up

The other end was rather jam packed so probably should have spread things out a bit

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Re: GMES 2017
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2017, 12:18:05 PM »
I fear they might use it as an excuse to reduce the number of tables for stationary engines again  :rant:

They do seem to like showing the same old, same old, year in year out  ::)

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