Next Meeting Sunday 6th August

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Yippee our next meeting is on again this Sunday with our usual format. We will also be holding our AGM an hour before our scheduled meeting at 12:00, and there will be yummy pizza to devour during the proceedings.

Build-A-Bitch will be kicking off this month with some kits being supplied by Mark from Sprue Finders, so will be interesting to see whats on the table.

Our Gunna Builds are due for some updates to see where participants are at, so be prepared!

SAPMA Expo is all go with the club covering the cost of a vehicle to make the long trip to this event – more on this as we get closer.

Dont forget to bring along a kit to build, which adds to the look that we actually build models…………..

See you all there!

Liquidation Sale: Metro Hobbies Melbourne

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Due to the compulsory acquisition of our Swanston Street store by the Melbourne Metro Rail Authority, we will be closing our doors after 30 years of trading. Starting this Saturday, 29 July, we will be having a massive stock liquidation, with markdowns across the entire store on all stock at our CBD store only, so get in quick to get big discounts on quality brands in store! Doors close on 1st September.

Don’t worry though, we expanded our Box Hill store last year to a much larger location meaning that we can continue to grow this store and the product range on offer. We will also be relocating the same technical expertise from our CBD store to our Box Hill store and we are only a phone call or email away.  We will continue to look for more opportunities to expand Metro Hobbies in the near future.

 

 

July Meeting Update

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Today’s meeting was a lot of fun with the continued format of whats new, in progress builds and up coming events, ie. SAPMA Expo. We also spent a little time looking at what made the recent Model Expo a great success, and what goodies we all spent our pocket money on. As usual I took a few pics on what the members brought along for show and tell or general discussion.

 

Next Meeting Sunday 2nd July

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Were back again with our monthly meeting with lots of things to cover off. We are heading into the next financial year and that mean fees are due.

Planning is well ahead for the up coming SAPMA Expo, where Warbirds will be running a club display titled ‘Naval Aviation – The Flying Seaman’.

Bring along all your Model Expo goodies and progress builds for our general forum, and dont forget to bring along any ‘Gunna Builds’ that may have actually started their lonely journey across the work bench!

See you all there………..

 

Model Expo 2017

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As the dust settles we can now reflect on what was a great Model Expo, and another opportunity to present a club display with our ‘MIGS’ theme.  There was much to see this year with a ever growing public interest and a wide variety of trader stands. The quality of kits on the tables was awesome to see with some real standouts, which no doubt made it difficult for the judging.

This event is over three days with a large Swap and Sell on the Monday morning, and some great demonstrations covering various modelling subjects. My favorite was ‘figure painting with oils’ which was presented by Ben Flood, and was extremely helpful. The RC guys from Victorian Armoured RC Club were outside with their large scale RC tanks, which  is a change of pace to static models.

Here are some pics of this event.

 

June Meeting Update

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This was our last meeting before Model Expo so this event became a discussion point along with our pending club display. Members brought along various kits and goodies which become a focal point, along with those who brought along kits to build – me included.