Press release from 18.07.2024: Big things are coming our way!
FASZINATION MODELLBAU Friedrichshafen with real steam hall meeting & International Model Railway Exhibition (IMA), November 1 to 3, 2024
It is the largest event of its kind in the world: from November 1 to 3, 2024, the entire world of functional model making, model railroads and steam engines will gather on an area of no less than 70,000 m². For three days, visitors to the border triangle on Lake Constance can look forward to a top-class program. But you can also get involved in the action yourself at many events and hands-on activities.
A huge experience: International model railroad exhibition
It takes place every two years in Friedrichshafen – and in 2024 it’s time again! The celebrated International Model Railway Exhibition fills the giant Hall A1 and also Hall A2. Impressive model railroad layouts extend over a gigantic area and include detailed dioramas, historic bridges, legendary stations and Alpine passes. Model railroads of all gauges can be found here, as well as all the leading manufacturers in the industry, who present their latest locomotives, track systems and highly detailed accessories.
Both children and adults will be amazed and enthusiastic and can discover their own creativity at the numerous hands-on stations. Everyone can immerse themselves in this fascinating hobby, exchange ideas with friends and experts and get advice.
Four kilometers of track at the real steam hall meeting
Halls B2 and B3 are home to over four kilometers of tracks. There it smokes, steams and stomps mightily! The Echtdampf-Hallentreffen is a unique spectacle worldwide.
However, the fascinating, miniature railroads at the real steam indoor event are not just for looking at: visitors can climb aboard and experience a ride on the course for themselves! It is just as exciting next to the tracks when the road steam engines of the international exhibitors puff past.
FMT stars of the year at Lake Constance Airport
This event is unique: a model airplane show at a commercial airfield! The best pilots of the year show off their skills in front of the impressive mountain panorama of Lake Constance Airport Friedrichshafen. World, European and German champions push the boundaries of what is possible and demonstrate the latest developments in model flying with spectacular flying displays.
And all classes of model flying are represented: From highly dynamic jets and prototypical large models to impressive 3D heli aerobatics and challenging gliding competition disciplines. The manufacturer demonstrations will also be back at the start, where the latest products for the coming season will be presented live in the sky for the first time. The best products of the year awarded by the trade magazine FMT can also be seen live. The airshow spectacle will take place throughout the trade fair from Friday to Sunday. Don’t miss it!
Model aircraft exhibition, model building forum, FMT indoor action
At the same time as the mega airshow outside on the grounds of Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen, there will be plenty going on inside in the A3 hangar: specialist exhibitors will be explaining their range to visitors, at the model building forum we can enjoy top-class presentations on current topics and at the central model aircraft exhibition we can admire sensational home-built models: Highly detailed scale models, exotic models, large models and collector’s items from all model aircraft sectors.
On the 30×30 m airfield in the West Foyer, spectators can experience huge home-made structures made of Depron and even impeller jets whizzing through the hall. The FMT Indoor Action program also includes indoor models with weights of just one to two grams as well as production models. This is because the manufacturers’ demonstrations will feature models that make indoor flying affordable for everyone, even beginners.
Heavyweights: RC trucks, construction machinery and snow groomers
The huge courses (scales 1:8 and 1:16) in Hall A4 offer everything your heart desires: tractors, cranes, tracked vehicles and hydraulically controlled construction machinery. Excavators shovel away earth, bulldozers level the site and heavy trucks remove the material. A real spectacle.
In truck trials, multi-axle vehicles navigate through difficult terrain, cross bridges and rocks and even use cable winches. In a completely different setting, snow groomers work their way through the artificial snow and prepare immaculate ski slopes. Charming. And the youngsters can have a go too: for example on the tractor children’s course – the little ones’ eyes will light up.
Majestic ship models in the large water basin
On the 400 m² indoor water pool in Hall A5 and outside on the trade fair lake, we look forward to seeing RC sailing boats passing majestically in front of the meditative blue of the water. But that’s not all! Racing boats race past with impressive fountains and even a burning ship is extinguished during sea rescue exercises.
Once again this year, budding Ship modelers can earn the coveted captain’s patent in the children’s race. The large exhibition of historical ship models and fascinatingly detailed plastic and paper modeling in Hall A5 is also well worth seeing.
Racing with RC cars, FPV copters and airships
Dramatic racing action awaits us in Hall B1: Here, RC cars in 1:8 and 1:10 scale as well as RC motorcycles thunder around the circuit. But it’s not just about the show! At the German Open RC-Car Masters held here, the best drivers on the scene fight for every position.
In complete contrast to the insanely fast RC cars is what happens in the East Foyer: Remote-controlled airships float weightlessly around the course and battle it out at the Open Int. Competition F7B for pole position. Racing sound – and really high-frequency sound at that – also reaches us from Hall A6, where race copters shoot around the pylons like insects and compete for a place on the podium in the FPV Drone Championship final. An experience that leaves no one indifferent.
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