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Title: SA Plastic Model Expo 2024 - WITH PIC's
Post by: Old Wombat 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.)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-NS2qTjR/0/LWk6MLGLPtXwbqWQtWT7M6F6dttSG48hH2LX6phnD/X4/DSCN8709-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-Fk8kFzP/0/NGDhHwjRBqf6QGVnvLgJ9XBG2WnQgJxJZVsTH45ss/X4/DSCN8716-X4.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-7Snpv75/0/MJDhVw58zfK3nwj8GRXKzrfWM3HCbQqD3R3frpBBb/X4/DSCN8713-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-H7Fz9dW/0/M9BDz8mrs5nDSKd25K8Wz4g52Hs2KJZPwGNvqXmnw/X4/DSCN8741-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-nwsxt5s/0/LBG3dMDwSNTGTCwD6LDT6SpGtQwQ6dRvGC7xh2PG8/X4/DSCN8779-X4.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-XZ7vsJx/0/NXM9ScWqfXf9wtrfmbSsBXC4xdBcN9TtqwBp87GXj/X4/DSCN8720-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-GW2GFXz/0/MfTLB74rLCwSBfJKXSVQ4rVX4VvxTGLR57jNdsk4Q/X4/DSCN8728-X4.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-bphVvnF/0/LKhP2g5fv2PJ2L2h5mw4fHvZZSthxcPj9nWMFBb7V/X4/DSCN8723-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-rvMSPhV/0/KQBMhpgs4txJW8CPrcKHNPh9K6Q2mrhVXJG2P9KQs/X4/DSCN8724-X4.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-LDjwm8R/0/M6rhWxBMnsWCgv3vsjHBHBGftxsg3kTBGjrBGRQZ7/X4/DSCN8726-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-LqMGs4X/0/KDTXW9XdHtdXkHT5j5Gp34BThhKH3mVbJ2cT2gKx2/X4/DSCN8727-X4.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-Jtzn8FR/0/Krwv8VHGjRFFt7kkJqWm4kSVW56CWKkc4v7sz2wNn/X4/DSCN8736-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-8vhWQph/0/LQVprRWGhVHwCsGhHRsfHWFGMKmbwB8KDJzdGKxrj/X4/DSCN8737-X4.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-mcSbtwx/0/Kg73mbgbG3Jnb4b4twH5F8C7tDw8NhFk4phKVzsSX/X4/DSCN8738-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-ZHN5fnH/0/MSc6jLJP3tpSSPsKLDCpsgDcWJZMGg4tCMb5BNjbv/X4/DSCN8740-X4.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-PRbczjp/0/Mr8CQTvHtjHfc5LQRzGwmHcXW98fLSgvFChwdsncM/X4/DSCN8767-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-xGQJwkR/0/K59pnKNpXG692gMdRVDqPkprZ7bBNhcnhHLGz7b4c/X4/DSCN8769-X4.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-dknmrg7/0/LHQNrh9X7mcFBGS6GFHWq3JTkch5JnnsZdCgg5qPf/X4/DSCN8781-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-N8K3F7B/0/K3LJQcQZMCKVT4JwWmzMgzKdMkhsjnnvW6DW5ZgCt/X4/DSCN8785-X4.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-WmkWQRv/0/LP9L7bKxxCM9KR6mZXmSrf992QGRXFbLzw4fSxNLn/X4/DSCN8808-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-dTzgJMX/0/Mbcrr85sJsTfjttHxt6Nh5mJzbbGKB8PSBRScnvwK/X4/DSCN8800-X4.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-bhj35MZ/0/KrKvHFc33jTGk6NQ3H2pV73gnmCKqkw8NCHkZMxt7/X4/DSCN8834-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-TrncDkR/0/KT8tB3JzSKdTn28fsDbdxssdJ9nLGh9zdr6gDqhsQ/X4/DSCN8843-X4.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/SAPMA-Expo-2024/i-xWqPsCk/0/KhHf77n5Fz6QCCQjHh6TDTPd98fmjzCD8j3sxttTn/X4/DSCN8844-X4.jpg)

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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Title: Re: SA Plastic Model Expo 2024 - WITH PIC's
Post by: Ramba 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.

Title: Re: SA Plastic Model Expo 2024 - WITH PIC's
Post by: Frank3k on September 29, 2024, 11:58:28 PM

Great pictures, Guy! I fixed the link to your Smugmug gallery.

Title: Re: SA Plastic Model Expo 2024 - WITH PIC's
Post by: Old Wombat on September 30, 2024, 12:04:18 AM

Thanks, guys! :smiley:


Frank: Thanks, mate! Odd, it worked when I tested it. :-\

Title: Re: SA Plastic Model Expo 2024 - WITH PIC's
Post by: Buzzbomb on October 01, 2024, 05:34:52 AM

Great work sad I missed it. Always next year