Yesterday I went to the RE Museum in Chatham for the second time this year.This time though I was there to see the Medway Modellers display their magnificent kits and scratch built models. Kit building takes modelling skills to a whole different level and I was genuinely in awe of the quality of some of the vehicles on display.
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| Lots of kit vehicles by a wide range of manufacturers |
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| I particularly like the tanks (of course) but its also interesting to see the innovative materials sometimes used by kit builders...such as this block of foam for the base. |
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| Sailing ships with rigging are always impressive... |
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| ...but this camouflaged model of the Olympic was mid boggling in its detail. |
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| I also rather likes this Desert diorama |
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| This model is actually several kits used together with a significant amount of scratch building to make the trailer. |
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| An Italian SM79 Bomber...another rather nicely done model |
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| Tanks with some amazing camo and weathering |
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| Another example of the hyper realistic weathering |
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| British Officer from the Zulu Wars |
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| There was even a wargame on display...just the one. |
The Royal Engineers Museum is always worth a visit but this event made the venue even more interesting.
Great pics Lee. I really need to visit the place myself!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately as a club we could not contact the organiser in time. Also as a 2 day show we could only manage a single day. So the decision was taken not to attend this year.
ReplyDeletebut the pics do look good