Kettering park to host first model show with boats, planes, trains, trucks and traction engines at Wicksteed weekender
Model fans can enjoy everything from boats, planes and trains to haulage trucks and traction engines when Wicksteed Park Model Boat Club hosts a family-friendly event.
The free event will run from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, April 18, and Sunday, April 19, and will include railway layouts and model boats, both on display and sailing on the park’s heritage model boat pond.
There will also be large-scale model aircraft on show (not airborne), model jet turbine demonstrations, and haulage trucks in action, as well as steam model traction engines.
Club chairman Bill Traynor-Kean said: “This event promises to be great fun for the whole family.
“We have some really wonderful models to display, as well as demonstrations of the art of plastic kit building and painting, which we hope will inspire people of all ages to take up the hobby and encourage youngsters to put down their screens and do something creative and enjoyable.”
Visitors will be able to try their hand at operating radio-controlled boats and trying out the hobby for real.
Crawler trucks will be performing over a very tricky obstacle course, demonstrating their amazing skills in climbing the most demanding challenges.
There will also be demonstrations by Models for Heroes, the charity which gives valuable support to former and current armed forces and emergency personnel.
The model displays will all be undercover, apart from those at the model boat pond and the crawler trucks.
The Wicksteed Park Model Boat Club has been based at the park since the early 1920s, when it was originally called Wicksteed Model Yacht & Power Boat Club.
Admission is free of charge, although car parking charges will apply – for more information go to https://wicksteedpark.org/.
For further information on Wicksteed Park Model Boat Club go to www.wicksteedparkmbc.com/.