Model Show 28th October 2007

Letchworth Scale Model Club

Graham Dixey and myself represented the UK Card Model Group at the annual Letchworth Scale Model Club show at Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK.

An enjoyable day as always. Not a great many passing visitors but those who came were very appreciative. And of course there were many enthusiastic model makers of all persuasions who always take a genuine interest in what we do.

This was Graham’s end of the table featuring three Micromodels. The Old Essex Windmill, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and Dr. Johnson’s House.

Graham’s beautifully built model of the World Trade Centre was much admired.

This was my end of the table, not much new, but featuring the Empire State Building, a very fine model which was published free with The Guardian, a UK national newspaper, only last week.

There seems to be a New York theme here, with the Twin Towers, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty tucked away there.

I’ve been concentrating recently on Automata. There’s a couple of Flying Pig models on the display stand.

In this group are a couple of Keith Newstead’s designs, the Battling Knights and the Executioner. Along with the Trevithick Locomotive and the first public appearance of my new design, The Rack. I’m hoping that this will be published to be sold alongside the Executioner at the Tower of London.

As every other table in the hall had several signs which said ‘Do Not Touch’, I added a sign in front of the automata reading ‘Please Touch’. The reaction is always delight and amusement, apart from those few who were horrified at my gory medieval subjects!