Must agree with you Nigel, Ian Bramble and myself thought that the isles were too small and it would have been better to open the hall up more to give extra space to move. The standard of the exhibits was high, i thought but not so many of them, less than Sandown, which was easier to walk around. There is nothing worse than being pushed and jostled by people trying to get around an exhibition, that is why I stopped going to the National Warley Model exhibition at the NEC, just a pain to get round and no chance of seeing the exhibits properly. Having said this, I too got all my shopping list, had a pleasant chat with Tim Rickard, and a couple of pints, so I will still probably go next year. Dave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel Muskett" <nmuskett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:20 PM Subject: [modeleng] Ally Pally No one has commented on the show this weekend. Are we all stunned into silence? I was I have to say disappointed to the extent that I spoke to the organisers to ask why they had wasted so much space at the top end of the hall. When they replied that they had used the same floor space as Wembley I pointed out that the isles were far too narrow and they could have put an extra couple of feet on each isle after all they paid for the whole hall. I also thought that Sandown Park did far better for exhibits this time. Having said that I did get all I went for and also a couple of things I did not. :-) Any comments? Nigel MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.