Australian Model Expo 2017 10-12 June 2017

[buzzbomb]

Once again, the biggest show currently in Australia

http://www.modelexpo.com.au/

10-12 June 2017
Sandown Park Exhibition Centre,
Springvale.

[zenrat]

Woohoo!

I'll be there all day Monday.

Comrade Harps - usual time & place?

[Old Wombat]

Have fun, guys!

I've decided to start saving for next year but I'll make it part of a greater trip, where I'll include the FAA Museum at Nowra & the AWM in Canberra before I head home.

SWMBO has indicated that she'd like to come too - but not for the Expo bit, she'd rather go to a museum &/or gallery.

[zenrat]

Have fun, guys!

I've decided to start saving for next year but I'll make it part of a greater trip, where I'll include the FAA Museum at Nowra & the AWM in Canberra before I head home.

SWMBO has indicated that she'd like to come too - but not for the Expo bit, she'd rather go to a museum &/or gallery.

Oooh, a visit!
Cool.

I have been up there tonight and set up the Australian Model Car Club tables and entered four aircraft into the show.
I'll be back Monday to spend money.

[comrade harps]

Woohoo!

I'll be there all day Monday.

Comrade Harps - usual time & place?

Yep 

[zenrat]

Woohoo!

I'll be there all day Monday.

Comrade Harps - usual time & place?

Yep 

Cool.

[zenrat]

Well that's another one done and dusted.
Had my entries officially entered by Buzzbomb as usual on Friday and caught up with Comrade Harps as per our standing agreement today (although he did find me early at the other end of the hall - maybe he was stalking me).
There seemed to be more models entered this year.  Or maybe that's just me.  I'm sure Buzzbomb will be along soon to give us the official word.
Lots of good models, some of which I took pictures.  I'll post them here soon.
Of particular note was the IPMS themed display which this year took the form of a whole heap of Spitfires with alternative paint jobs.
All in all another good show.

[zenrat]

OK.  Some pics.  More can be found here and are mostly not Whiffs, just what caught my eye.

Not a Whiff, but a good result from Frogspawn.


Club theme was "Cats on Tracks"




EDIT.  Photof**ket is playing up again, its no joke.  I'll post more when it's played ball.

[NARSES2]

Glad you had fun mate, cheers for the pics 

[Steel Penguin]

Ty for the pics, and the tomcat is 

[zenrat]

Finally, i've beaten Photobucket into submission.

[zenrat]

And more Spits;

[PR19_Kit]

WhatEVER were the class rules for those Spitfires?

'Build an early Spitfire and paint it in anything BUT camo!' ?

[zenrat]

The Spits were the themed display by the organising IPMS branch.
The signs said "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
Looks like they all used the same kit. 
They usually have a light hearted theme which lets their members take a break from the serious business of counting their rivets, applying heavy pre-shading, ensuring paints match up exactly to genuine paint chips and all the other things you need to do when you are building for a contest.

[PR19_Kit]

The Spits were the themed display by the organising IPMS branch.
The signs said "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
Looks like they all used the same kit. 
They usually have a light hearted theme which lets their members take a break from the serious business of counting their rivets, applying heavy pre-shading, ensuring paints match up exactly to genuine paint chips and all the other things you need to do when you are building for a contest.

Good thinking on their part then, it produced a superb range of models.

Luckily the last bit doesn't apply when building for Whiff contests.