Dave Jaques

David Jaques, retired NDE manager Vickers Engineering is a keen and accomplished model engineer very active in the local modelling scene. On Wednesday, 17th Jamuary 2007 he brought along a number of his working model boats (several of them being submarines).He told an amusing tale of being invited to exhibit in Switzerland, he and his wife flew out to Zurich with one of his submarines which broke up into two travelling cases similar to a pair of coffins, they had a little difficulty explaining to fellow passengers and the check in desks that they were not coffins and simply model parts for an important national exhibition.After speaking to us Dave showed us the inner working secrets of his submarines and demonstrated his rowing man which was he said an exercise in alternative propulsion methods.

Terry Ward gave the vote of thanks.