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The South Australian Scale Model Expo 2024

The South Australian Scale Model Expo 2024

The South Australian Plastic Modellers Association (SAPMA) held the 41st South Australian Model Expo over the weekend of September 28th & 29th 2024. It was an early start on the Friday, leaving home at 4:30am to travel west to Adelaide as we once again hit the road and travelled over to be a part of the show. Rolling in to the City of Churches just after 11am, first stop was to see our friends at Hobby Habit in Melrose Park, to drop off a restock order for them and to catch up to see how everything is going. Hobby Habit...

Let's Build the 1/24 Torana A9X!

Let's Build the 1/24 Torana A9X!

Our friends at Diecast Distributors Australia (DDA) have been kicking many goals of late, first with their plastic kits of the HQ Holdens, then following up with the HJ Panel Vans, the XW/XY Falcons and, recently, the LC/LJ Toranas, so I was very excited to get my hands on their brand new Torana A9X kits. The A9X was a special option available on the LX Torana that was produced in the late 1970’s. It featured different options such as the bonnet scoop, rear spoiler, rear disc brakes and a heavy duty differential amongst others. It was famously raced at Bathurst,...

The Queensland Model and Hobby Expo 2024

The Queensland Model and Hobby Expo 2024
Billed as the premier scale modelling event in Queensland, the Queensland Model and Hobby Expo (QMHE) has always been on my radar to visit ever since I got into building models way back in the mid 2000s. Over the past few years, our involvement with sponsoring QMHE has continued to expand and along with that came.....

The Australian Model Expo 2024

The Australian Model Expo 2024
The Australian Model Expo (now in it's 41st year in 2024) was once again held over the King's Birthday long weekend in Victoria. Model Expo brings many of Australia's top modellers into one space to be a part of what is considered by many to be Australia's Premier scale modelling event. 

NSW Scale Model Show 2024

NSW Scale Model Show 2024

Over the weekend of May 25 and 26, 2024, the Illawarra Plastic Modellers Association (IPMA) held their annual scale model competition at the Illawarra Sports Centre in Berkely, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales. 

We have been attending this show for a number of years now, and once again, we made the 10 hour drive to attend the show both as a trader and an entrant into the competition. 

First look at the new 1/24 XY Ford Falcon kit from DDA

First look at the new 1/24 XY Ford Falcon kit from DDA
The guys at Diecast Distributors Australia (DDA) recently sent us a sample of the new 1/24 scale XY Ford Falcon to build for promo purposes, so let's take a first look at what's in the box!