The Little World

And not a sticky fingerprint on any of the plastic parts. At least not on the competition entries.

It was my first little venture into showing a plastic model and I played it safe – I just put it into the general club display on the table and didn’t ask for any judgement. There may have been some, but as I didn’t hear it, I can be happy.

I suspect that none of the modelling I do would reach to the standards of the show models on the tables. My photography, however, would. And so I asked one of the current exhibition officials about the price of displaying my own work next year – a model airfield on two trestle tables. The chap was delighted as they are trying to encourage new participants with their own collections. And apparently as I’m not a dealer the display space will be free.

This is an incentive to fill out the 1943 RCAF WET DOG layout with more details –  plausible planes in every hangar and on every hardstand. Workshops with benches and servicing facilities. Authentic vehicles. Personnel going about their business. And I’ve got a year to make it all look good.

Of course this will mean sacrifices – I’ll have to build more new planes and buildings. Oh, woe is me…And print flyers, pictures and other ephemera to hand out. Oh, woe is me…Now I’ll have to go into hobby shops in every city I visit…

Note: I am just finishing a plastic modeller’s holiday to Melbourne and Sydney. The Victorian expo was fun, but surprisingly, not funner than the Perth one. There were things to buy, of course, and some bargains in old models, buy New South Wales shops have actually yielded as much good or more.

Plastic builders are referred to Hobbyco in the QVB and Sheriff’s Mini Cars in Maryong for a good selection. The Sheriff’s journey on the train was long, but worth it.