International Meccano Model Show 2025
Report written by Tim Surtell for our Summer 2025 Newsletter
Wednesday 28 May 2025 – Thursday 29 May 2025
The Embassy Theatre
Skegness
Here are a few highlights from the Meccano world’s biggest event of the year, the International Meccano Model Show (which is affectionately known to enthusiasts as SkegEx). The show took place at the newly-refurbished Embassy Theatre in Skegness on 28 – 29 May.
SELMEC members exhibiting at the show were Cathy Claydon, John Gay, Brian Leach, Guy Loveridge and Tim Surtell.
John Thorpe’s model of the mechanical horse that galloped down the River Seine at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Nellie the Meccelephant by Chris Taylor
Fabian Kaufmann’s walking RoboCiraptor
Andy Knox’s Class 55 Deltic diesel locomotive
Skegness Mayor Cllr Jimmy Brookes with Brian Leach’s Mechagodzilla head
Brian models his Mechagodzilla head (briefly — it weighs 5kg!) for photographers on stage