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[ballastanksian]

Well, day one is over and despite the cold and lack of Mister Sunshine to warm our cockles, it has been a good day. Our stand (Yeovil Model warship Association) was well supported with models new, old and in progress.

We are not exclusively a military club, so we had a good variety of subjects including Brian Knight's cabin cruiser (as seen in MMI with working lights, TV screens and sound), Tugs, warships and a growing fleet of assault craft.

I spent some of my 'Boating pocket money' on a battery charger and fittings, a NMH battery and a couple of speed controllers. The former two items were bought from the Component shop who were very patient while I groped my way through what I needed and gave good basic advice for the novice in electronics and batteries. I will return for more exciting bits in due course.

More will be spent with Deans marine, who had their gorgeous HMS Humber model on display. The hull is so shallow, it looks like it is a water line model! Beautiful details and lots of weapons:O) I will be ordering a few weapons mounts for HMS Ready, and a Lord Clive class Monitor I have planned for the future.

The Scale Warship association had a brilliant display of vessels including a model of HMS Glatton; a monitor that sadly blew up before she saw any action. A lesson was learnt about the effect caused by not filling all the unused rivet holes in bulkhead between the boiler room and the 6inch magazine, and then shovelling ash from the fire boxes against it. I was hoping to see Joe's lovely HMS Coventry but there were several equally splendid examples of model warship building.

All in all, the Model boat exhibitors were in the majority, certainly in our hall, and the one next door. I will check out the other hall down the bottom where the radio controlled lorries display (Don't tempt me satan!)

I will take the box brownie and take some pictures to share with you.

TTFN, Ian:O)

[rob]

I will look out for you Ian, wandered about aimlessly yesterday just soaking it in .
You forgot to mention Mountfleet Models in the main hall, unfortunately due to not having and signage up he looked like another private exhibitor ! Sir Lancelot, Danny Boy and a couple of others displayed.
Agree on the Monitor on the Deans stand, very nice indeed.. . . . If only it was 1/48 or bigger .
Very nice HMS yellow and White Kent ? On the stand opposite yours as well.
The pasty went down well at lunchtime, and I only bought one new Blade 200 SRX helicopter, and a couple of excellent silk mast pennants for my Russian river gunboat thing.

[ballastanksian]

Hi Rob, I saw a few pasties being consumed yesterday sadly. I was told that a fellow mayhemer had stopped at our stand for a chat but I was probably buying a coffee or some similar important act!

I forgot my blooming camera so I will ask my fellows to send me some that they took and post them up.

I must apologise to Colin Watson for calling the Surface Warship Association the 'Scale Warship Association'. we had a good chat, and it turned out that several south west members are also members of the yeovil MWA as well! Makes sense really.

[Rottweiler]

Are there really NO photos of this show? I was thinking of going next year,but unless I can see what it is like for models,and the layout I wont commit myself
Cheers
Mick F

[ballastanksian]

I was away this weekend but hope that at least one fellow 'Yeovilite' who took pictures will be about Sunday morning to ask.