I’ve got to Sunday this week and I cannot remember what I did early in the week. I’m not sure if it was because I was so busy, or I did not do anything. I do remember that on Thursday I visited Geoff and picked up two bench seats that we sit in front of our Structure Building Stand at the AMRA Brisbane Model train exhibition. I know that on Friday Arthur and I drove to the other side of the world (well Brisbane) and set up our stand at the Brisbane Model Train Show. On Saturday and Sunday I rinsed and repeated, by picking up Arthur and taking him over to the Brisbane Model Railway Exhibition and even brining him home, even though he tried to stir me with an XPT sledge. Those close to us will know about this. And here is my, thinking that I put all of these XPT innuendos to bed. But I guess not. Next to us at the show, was the RMCQ N scale layout. I lost count of the number of times that people said, look left that is an XPT running on the layout! This was usually followed by accusations that my HO XPT does not run. Well it bloody well does!
There were a few observations from the show. There were truckloads of people there on Saturday. Geoff’s bench seats got quite a workout sitting in front my myself and Arthur at our stand. They were occupied all day. I did very little modelling all day and talked myself hoarse. I did make two telegraph poles with 12 insulators on two cross arms, and built 5 clotheslines. I almost needed a sling for my arm, as I raised it to wave to heaps of people that I knew as they walked by. I must admit that when people were looking at the various items on my modelling desk, and in particular my small clothesline scene built on a 90mm end cap, I turned on the switch and the clothesline started to rotate along with the mother handing off of the clothesline. It brought so many smiles to people’s faces, who then showed their partners, their kids and grandkids, or their parents and grandparents. It was great seeing all the smiles and that started numerous conversations with the public. I built this model for the NMRA convention last year for the 90mm cap challenge.
Sunday (today) was no different. Plenty of people through the doors. I had a few people ask to get copies of a few clotheslines from my stand, that I had already prepared and also asked to get some other detail items that I had previously build for the layout. Today’s modelling efforts included scratch building just two windows for my Old Casino Station building. Pretty poor effort, but everyone had fun. I'm signed up for next year's Exhibition on the 3rd and 4th of July at the same venue.
I do have a vague memory that earlier in the week I put
together all the items that I needed to take to the AMRA Exhibition. I
think I have a few tasks for next week to finish off a couple of items that I
wanted to do at the Exhibition but ran out of time talking to the public.
I do have a vague memory that earlier in the week I put
together all the items that I needed to take to the AMRA Exhibition. I
think I have a few tasks for next week to finish off a couple of items that I
wanted to do at the Exhibition but ran out of time talking to the public.
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