Haydock 2016

[CookieOldParticipant @cookieold]

Hi all , Hands up who,s going to the event.

Best Regards Dave

[CookieOldParticipant @cookieold]

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hi Dave

I shall be going on one of the days and hanging about the Etherow Model Boat stand

I hope Paul can make it, but he's rather quiet lately……..Hope he's ok

I shall miss the Charity stand, but carrying the stuff about is really too much for us now

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Hi Dave / Bob

I will be there and will meet up at the Etherow stand. All that remains to be decided is the day and approximate time.

Meanwhile what do the forum deep thinkers make of this?

 

Paul

Edited By Paul T on 07/08/2016 11:53:19

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Looks like it might take you to Mars Paul…. Definitely Steampunk I would say.

Colin

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hi Paul

Your gadget looks very similar to the well known compressed air Venturi device?

Compressed air in, with ice cold air out one end and hot out the other end

Sadly, they never found a use for it!

What does yours do?

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Oddly enough Colin these things can produce a huge amount of thrust but they don't work very well in a vacuum (or in fresh air)

It isn't my idea Bob its just some old technology that I am playing around with.

To help everybody get a handle on the subject:

The air is pumped rather than compressed and the steam is at medium pressure.

The reaction is caused by the steam condensing in the water/air mixture which pushes the water out from the rear of the unit.

Paul

[CookieOldParticipant @cookieold]

Hi,Paul&Bob, I will be there at 11am onwards on Saturday be really good to see the both of you , Bob your club was at Kirklees this year but i never saw you .

Best Regards Dave

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hi Dave

I prefer to go on a Sunday to Haydock, to avoid the traffic, but I`ll give it some more thought

Plenty of time yet

Sorry to have missed you at Kirklees……….I completely forgot about it………Senior moment!

I heard it was a good show

Bob

[Andy StonemanParticipant @andystoneman15177]

Hi Paul, it looks like a steam ejector to me.

Andy

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Hi Andy

It does look like a steam ejector….but it isn't.

The blurb describes it as an underwater jet engine and hints at phenomenal performance but the problem is that I cant find any technical data to support the claims.

Hi Dave

Either Saturday or Sunday is great for me but I don't have to deal with traffic so its over to Bob to make his decision.

Paul

[CookieOldParticipant @cookieold]

Hi Paul & Bob, I can do Sunday if thats good for everyone else, i know what Bob means about the traffic.

P.S Bob , Yes Kirklees was a go dooooo.

Best Regards Dave

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Cookie

Let's make it Sunday then……….About 1.00 pm?

At the Etherow stand

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Sunday is fine for me

[CookieOldParticipant @cookieold]

Great Stuff

[The Long BuildParticipant @thelongbuild]

Please Note ####
Competition entry forms MUST be received by Jean no later than 12th August

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Sorry Paul and others

Unable to attend the Haydock Show today

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

On the Soapbox here

Can't understand why anybody would hold a Model Boat Show on a Bank Holiday Weekend, where the roads are generally chaotic and half the population are off to the seaside with the kids!

Almost any normal weekend would be a better alternative?

Am I making any sense chaps?

Bob

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

If you want the paying public in then you will probably do better on a Bank Holiday. If it's mainly model boaters then yes, an ordinary weekend I would think.

Warwick is a big show but I think they are pretty much all boaters and their families.

Colin

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Bob

I can see the pros and cons for both arguments but if the intention is not only to serve model boaters but to also attract new victims members to our hobby then August Bank Holiday is the best time. The traders seem to do well at Haydock and some of their takings must be from new comers especially as died in the wool model boaters are notorious for not spending huge amounts of money.

Paul

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Paul,

I think 'died in the wool' admirably sums up the status of many of us ageing modellers.

Colin

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

I think 'died in the wool' admirably sums up the status of many of us ageing modellers.

No, Colin – that was the reference to not spending huge amounts of money.

I recall once being asked (by a customer with a South Shields accent) to barter for a motor mount which we were selling for £1.50. Not that all folk from that area are tight-fisted….other brands of tight-wads and skinflints are available.

Conversely there was a guy from Essex who rang up and ordered about £500-worth of electronic gizmos and asked if I could send them to his parents' address "because I'm getting married next week so this is my last chance to use the credit card without her knowing what I've bought".

I often wonder whether they're still together.

DM

Edited By Dave Milbourn on 28/08/2016 13:12:57

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

By Died in the wool I actually meant the old toothless grizzly bear like model boat builder who only emerges from his den at meal times and only leaves his home ground once a year to attend a model boat show. At the show he grumbles about the parking and the cost of entry and then grizzles about the traders prices to other boat builders.

Just like grizzly bears hunting the yearly glut of salmon these chaps gather at the event in huge numbers and tolerate each other whilst they begrudgingly indulge in their annual spending spree.

When the spending is over they wander away grumbling to themselves as they go back to their respective sheds, when the day is over the only evidence of their being there is the faint smell of cellulose and Vic and a bemused David Attenborough who arrived to late with his film crew.

[CookieOldParticipant @cookieold]

LOL

[CookieOldParticipant @cookieold]

Great show as usual yesterday , very busy loads of fantastic models and great trade support , Just a bit pi**** off to see the new P110 sound unit from Action it is better and cheaper than the P100 i bought last year but that,s the way it goes , Regards Dave

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