RMCQ Exhibition

This weekend was the RMCQ Model Railway Exhibition at the South Pine Sports Complex at Brendale.  Once I finished work, I did some painting of ten tea bags that were to be cut into 20 tarpaulins on the weekend.  Later in the afternoon, I got all the items that I was going to need for the weekend and put them near the front door.  On Saturday morning at the appointed time, Geoff picked me up and we went together to the Exhibition.  We were both working on the NMRA Demo Stand in the morning.  The numbers at the show in the morning were brilliant.  It was quite busy.  I might have shouted myself a set of 3 x PCO wagons in 12mm for the layout.  Later in the day when I got home, these wagons made it to the layout and two of them were fitted with a 25’ QR refrigerator container.  I had no more 25’ containers left.  On the Saturday morning I spent some time and cut up and then folded up 40 tarpaulins.  Following that I did some maintenance on a number of HO scale clotheslines.

On the Sunday morning at the exhibition I did the rounds of the shops and no one had any more 25’ QR refrigerated containers.  Apparently they have all sold out.  I will just have to wait for a re-run.  In the afternoon, after Marty was given a cease and desist order from the super, he eventually moved on.  We had plenty of laughs on the Saturday and Sunday at our stand.  Maybe Brad had a hand in some of these funny antics.  When I finally took over the seat at the modelling table, I assembled my two saw horses for my Club modelling entry.  Next my modelling activities turned to cleaning up the two International Acco trucks I got from Oz Kit.  I can feel a whole lot of car/truck modelling coming up in my December-January holidays period, as I have six (6) 4 wheel drives and these two SRA trucks to complete painting.  I also plan to pick up another couple of SAR trucks and a compressor trailer.   I find the hardest thing to do when modelling is picking the colour items that we going to paint the models.  I was sort of looking forward to Platform Printing having a stand at our show, but they were not in attendance.  I was after another set of 10 trackside workmen.  I can easily hide these around my layout in various fettler camps.   If push came to shove, I could probably hide thirty workers.

Number at the show were lower on the Sunday morning, and dwindled away to practically no one on the Sunday afternoon.  There was the odd person coming through the doors but nothing like Saturday morning.  As we were packing up on the Sunday afternoon and I was finally working to my car, I reached into my pocket and found my shopping list for the weekend.  Well I guess I forgot to pick up some bogie screws.  I will just visit Tyson’s shop next Saturday morning.

I think beyond doubt, this show is definitely the number 2 show in Brisbane.  Thanks to all those involved.  It was great.

So now I have just one weekend left to complete the models for my RMCQ Christmas Modelling competition entry.    I am looking forward to seeing all the entries in the competition.