The Kew Bridge Steam Museum is pleased to welcome back the popular Model Boat Show on the weekend of Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 June 2006. The museum will again host this fun packed event, with a host of activities for all the family, including : model boats and railways, craft workshops, steam train rides and model boats in a demonstration pool. After last years successful turn out, the show is now a regular feature on the museum’s calendar. Besides admiring the work of others, visitors (especially the children) can have a go themselves in the craft workshops and radio control sessions on the demonstration pool. Museum.

This stunning exhibition will offer visitors a chance to see first hand a fascinating array of model boats from various clubs and individuals. At the demonstration pool visitors can see models put through their paces and static displays of waterline and full-hull models of all shapes and sizes - from a paddle steamer only 2.5 inches (65mm) long to battleships 6 feet (about 2metres) in size. Many of the models have not been exhibited before and they include HMS Vanguard (Britain's last battleship) and a diorama of RMS Queen Mary leaving the Ocean Terminal. The centrepiece will be a beautiful 1/32nd scale model of the Medway Queen. This year, for the first time, the ships will be joined by small scale operating model railways. These include the “Garden Railway” – a unique model depicting families riding on a miniature railway (a model of a model) - and a large modular N gauge layout with 4 continuous circuits running trains from around the world. Another railway highlight will be a larger scale model of the Lion locomotive – famous as the “Titfield Thunderbolt”.

The event, sponsored for the third consecutive year by Pathtrace Ltd, a global leader in developing CAD/CAM software solutions for milling, turning, advanced surface machining and solid modelling, was initiated to raise funds for the museum and for the Medway Queen Preservation Society and has now become a firm favourite with visitors who will have a chance to see what other modellers have been building, admire their work and compare notes on techniques and how to avoid the pitfalls. There will be trade support, steam train rides, refreshments available and all the other regular attractions at Kew Bridge Steam Museum.

How to find it: In Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, Middlesex about 200 yards from the north side of Kew Bridge under the tall Victorian Tower. Nearest motorway is M4 (coming into London, turn off at Junction 2 signposted to Kew Gardens and North/South Circular roads, down to Chiswick roundabout, then pick up signs for Kew, Brentford and Hounslow. Keep right at the traffic lights before Kew Bridge and then turn first right into Green Dragon Lane). The Museum car park has space for 45 cars.

Public Transport: Buses: 65, 237, 267, 391. Main Line Train: Kew Bridge (South West Trains from Waterloo via Clapham Junction). Gunnersbury (North London Line) then 237 or 267 bus. London Underground: Gunnersbury (District Line) then 237 or 267 bus. South Ealing (Piccadilly Line) then 65 bus.

Admission: Model Boat Show Weekend Adults £6.50, Concessions £5.50. *Children 15 and under FREE, children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult.

Telephone: 020 8568 4757 Fax: 020 8569 9978 Email: info@kbsm.org, or visit us at: www.kbsm.org

Organised in support of Kew Bridge Engines Trust (Reg. Charity 269285) and New Medway Steam Packet Co. Ltd (Reg. Charity 296236)

About The Medway Queen Preservation Society

The Medway Queen Preservation Society are attempting to restore the Dunkirk veteran paddle steamer of that name. The vessel is the last of the pre-war paddle excursion steamers and became famous during the Second World War for her record achievement of bringing home 7000 men during the Dunkirk evacuation.
www.medwayqueen.co.uk