Author Topic: SA Plastic Model Expo 2024 - WITH PIC's  (Read 1755 times)

Offline Old Wombat

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SA Plastic Model Expo 2024 - WITH PIC's
« on: September 29, 2024, 08:30:05 PM »
OK, the 2024 SA Plastic Modelling Expo is over & your local travelling reporter was there!

Arrived at 0930hrs on Saturday & was allowed to register all of the nine builds I took in for "Display Only", which was fine by me, I don't need to be judged. Even more fun was that they decided to distribute them throughout the categories, instead of lumping them all in the "Un-Nominated/Scratchbuilt" category (Subversion through dispersion! ;) ).

Anyway, somewhere around midday the "Deputy Chief Judge" (don't knock it, the structured organisation helped the show run more smoothly than it has for a very long time) came up to me & asked if I would mind if they judged my Ukrainian Merkava, I told him I was not opposed to it being judged, if that's what they wanted to, &, so, it was - it didn't get into the top three but I had fun hearing the judges going over the build that night.

Which brings me to the fun of being asked if I would assist with the judging that night (no real kudos on that, they just wanted more people to judge to speed the process up) & I got to judge several categories alongside a more experienced judge. It was a fun process &, I think, really quite fair & honest. Winning builds didn't have to be perfect, they just had to have less faults against a set of criteria for that category than the other builds.

And I was back at about 1130hrs on Sunday (today).

Anyway, enough waffling & on with a random(ish) selection of photo's from the show!

(If you click on the images you should get a considerably larger view.)























Here's a link to my SmugMug album with the rest of the 200-odd photo's: https://guyplachy.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024

Have fun! Don't get lost!


Thanks for looking!


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« Last Edit: September 29, 2024, 11:57:49 PM by Frank3k »
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Offline Ramba

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Re: SA Plastic Model Expo 2024 - WITH PIC's
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2024, 08:38:39 PM »
Great photos! Looked like a really nice event and that you had a nice time there as well.

Offline Frank3k

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Re: SA Plastic Model Expo 2024 - WITH PIC's
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2024, 11:58:28 PM »
Great pictures, Guy! I fixed the link to your Smugmug gallery.

Offline Old Wombat

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Re: SA Plastic Model Expo 2024 - WITH PIC's
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2024, 12:04:18 AM »
Thanks, guys! :smiley:


Frank: Thanks, mate! Odd, it worked when I tested it. :-\
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Re: SA Plastic Model Expo 2024 - WITH PIC's
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2024, 05:34:52 AM »
Great work sad I missed it. Always next year