Scottish Nationals Perth 2015

[NARSES2]

It's a good weekend Kit. Perth's a nice place and the surrounding countryside is gorgeous providing the weather is on your side. Repays a few days spent.

The train journey once you get North of Newcastle is  as well.

Going to try and make it again next year

[Gondor]

One day I'll just HAVE to get up there <sigh>

Make a holiday/short break of it Kit. Take a couple of days to travel up to Perth, stopping for instance in the Lake district or somewhere nice overnight, no need to rush things. Arrive in Perth on the Friday so you have plenty of time to look around and find the venue.
On your return trip down south do something similar but stop at different locations, or you could go really overboard and extend your trip up into the highlands!

Gondor

[Howard of Effingham]

how's day one going? 

[Martin H]

so far so good.
Some modest spending (by our standards). Good displays from both What if? and project canceled sigs. (photos to follow post show)

Sad to see the Jamasons stand acting as the final clear out of their stock. Some real bargins to be had  by the circling vultures.

some "new" (to our side of the hobby at least) traders, adding their own mark to the show. Mainly from the model rail world, these people have certainly opened up a few new options for 76th scale trucks, scale tree's and scenic materials for the tread heads. And a fantastic tools trader, who will be raided by yours truly tomorrow. Once cash reserves have been replenished via the magic hole in the wall.

Wooks. Saw one Matchbox Tempest but they wanted stupid money for it, so left it be. I noticed later that some schmuck had paid over the odds for it.

[The Wooksta!]

Ta anyway.  Fiver is the max I'd pay anyhoo.

[Martin H]

thought as much. it was way over a fiver.

[Howard of Effingham]

ok! so day two.... 

[Martin H]

day two
Very very quiet on the footfall front. Some traders were rumored to be complaining about the lack of numbers.

For us on the stand a very relaxed day. some brain storming, kits, paints and tools bought. Jaybee wins the prise for the largest box purchased. A new spray booth.

[Martin H]

just up loaded my photos. The can be seen here

[Rheged]

just up loaded my photos. The can be seen here

Thank you, Martin.

[Steel Penguin]

Indeed thank you Martin    some lovely stuff there,  Whos were the Dodo and Phoenix? they look smashing

[Gondor]

Just loaded up my pictures which can be seen here

Gondor

[kitnut617]

Looked like Joe Cherrie had a load of his models there ---

[Martin H]

yeap, he dug a few boxes out to get them back on show again.

[JayBee]

and here are my offerings, they are in separate albums and not in any order.

First the What if SIG display:

http://s652.photobucket.com/user/JBricknell/library/Perth%202015%20What%20if%20SIG?sort=3&page=1

Then other What Ifs

http://s652.photobucket.com/user/JBricknell/library/Perth%202015%20other%20What%20ifs?sort=3&page=1

Then we have Sci-Fi

http://s652.photobucket.com/user/JBricknell/library/Perth%202015%20Sci%20Fi?sort=3&page=1

and then there is other stuff that caught my eye

http://s652.photobucket.com/user/JBricknell/library/Perth%202015%20Other%20Stuff?sort=3&page=1


Finally, and as has been reported elsewhere in this forum, Ian Jamieson who has run Jamieson's Models in Saltmarket in Glasgow for the last twenty two years is to retire.
In recognition a presentation was made to him in the form of a caricature showing him in the typical suroundings of the shop, shelves of kits etc from floor to an undefinable upper limt.
He also got a bottle of VERY nice whisky.