Heading to London first of June

I don't know how far it is to London, or if there's a retail store, etc., but I'd love to be able to go to Hemingway Kits

/Hemingway Kits/

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Dave Young

Steve Koschmann wrote:

Definitly see the London science museum. It is tremendous. Best collection of steam engines and the chronicle of the Industrial revolution. Just be warned that those brits will trying to convince you that they invented the 20th century. Hell of a bookstore too, try to time your visit to when they run the giant stationary engine.

GREG

I remember my late father taking me to the Science Museum when I was a small child. He had to attend a trade show as part of his job and took me along as an excuse to get out of there ASAP. We took a quick trip around one floor of the Earl's Court exhibition hall and then off to the the SM for the rest of the day. For a young boy who always wanted to be a 'scientist' it was like going to heaven. This would have been in the mid to late 60's and interactive displays were just coming in and I remember pushing buttons and watching various bits and pieces 'move' as if by magic! I didn't want to leave the place at the end of the day but our train home (a 3 hour trip in those days) wouldn't wait for me to go around again...lol. I never did become a 'scientist' but I guess becoming an 'engineer' was a good second place ;-).

I would second the SM as an essential visit for anyone interested in metalworking and machinery in general.

That's about four hours drive from London, at a guess.

Leon

Easy walk thru a tunnel from South Kensington tube station. I was there today, never got past the ground floor.

You might find it useful to post this in uk.rec.models.engineering as well.

That's about 45 minutes drive from me. Probably 3 hours from London.

Chris

Definitely not model engineering but if you like steam engines try a visit to the Crossness Sewage Pumping Station

There are some (not terribly good) pictures at

Kew Bridge Steam Museum is also worth a look

You'll also want to visit the science and technology museum on South Kensington (just south of Hyde Park, which is itself a nice walk). They have quite the collection of model and full-size live steam engines.

If you can arrange a trip up to York, the rail museum there is fascinating.

good luck enjoy

I don't know about books or magazines, but the Science Museum in Kensington is a must. I was there when I was a teenager many years ago in the 60's. I remember I spent four full days there, a floor a day.

They have hundreds of models there; steam engines, locomotives, ships, you name it. I think I pushed every button in that museum.

I think they have rebuilt the museum since then.

I did find this for you in London:

One of the best suppliers of publications for model engineering, TEE Publishing

Abrasha