Southern Expo 2011

[McGreig]

Next some small scale stuff. Firstly a 1/700 model of the proposed German carrier "Elbe". This was to be converted from the liner "Potsdam" and would have been about 2/3 the size of the "Graff Zeppelin" - not sure that it was ever designed to accommodate troop carrying Flugelrads however, - - - -

Secondly, a model of HMS Hood as she would have appeared in 1942 after a refit.

Then two Anigrand 1/144 kits - the Kalinin K-7 . (a real aircraft, but the only one built crashed long before the War and was never finished in a winter bomber scheme) and a Douglas XB-31.

[McGreig]

And then the inevitable Luftwaffe '46 models.

[McGreig]

And finally, some non-whiffs which I liked - a 1/72 Tay Viscount, a 1/144 A-90 Orlyonok, a 1/72 vacform of the appealingly ugly LWS-6 Zubr and finally an attack by the Martians of "The War of the worlds" (actually, that last one probably is a whiff - - - )

[NARSES2]

Thanks for posting those. We obviously have similar tastes as they are basically the ones that interested me  Didn't have my camera as I was out up town immediately after visiting the show.

Dropped by the Soviet SIG stand a couple of times but you were AWOL - must of been out with the camera 

[Army of One]

Thanks for posting.....I enjoyed the show but struggled to see how it justifies two days......not complaining though......the only pic I took was a few of the 1/35 trump Hind that was built up....lovely looking kit but.......my only criticism would be....chap spent a lot of time n effort on it,that was plain to see.....so why not drill the four barrels out on the nose gun....?? Go in a mil,paint the gun n apply the wash or dab of paint or whatever.....look so much better than the solid lump......if I at my age n hands like frying pans with fingers like saveloys can drill out scoops on a 1/72 Su 25 there should be no excuse.....not in 1/35 scale.... Not a rant....just saying....if he put as much effort as he did into stuff that can hardly be seen...why not a little on the thing that's staring you straight in the eye....

[The Wooksta!]

No show these days is worth 2 days, only Scale Modelworld is due to it's sheer size.  Any 2 day show now struggles and it's only a matter of time before the organisers see that.  Huddersfield was 2 days with just half the hall (yeah, work that one out!  You did get to see the aerobis tho...), Tyneside was 2 days before going down to 1 in 2003.  Hartlepool...  The less said about the better.  It deserved to fold.

And I have to apologise to our Scots contingent but the sooner their Nationals goes down to the one day, the better.  It's woefully dragged out and certainly does not warrant 2 days.