Wings Scale Aircraft Model Competition and Exhibition

[_BlackHawk_]

Wings will be on this year at the Australian National Aviation Museum (Moorabbin Air Museum), Second Avenue, Moorabbin Airport Mentone, October 25th and 26th. Both the museum and model show are under new management and direction.

I'll have more details soon regarding categories etc, along with a few special announcements. The museum will have a stand at Model Expo, displaying a Sunderland gun turret and Mosquito fin among other things. Stop by and say hi.

[_BlackHawk_]

Categories are as follows;

Small scale aircraft - Out of Box
Small scale aircraft - Modified
Medium scale aircraft - Out of Box
Medium scale aircraft - Modified
Large scale aircraft - Open
Build a Beaufighter - All scales open (only 1st prize in this special category, includes a sit in the Beau for the winner)
Juniors (under 16 years) - All scales, all genres open
Miscellaneous - All scales open (AA guns, mobile anti aircraft, space craft, air related figures etc)
Targets - All scales open (ships, tanks anything that was strafed, bombed or torpedoed)

Special awards;

Best of show - voted on by the contestants
People's choice - voted on by the visitors
Best Australian Aircraft
Best Enemy Aircraft

If you don't wish to compete, we will have display only tables.

Entries from 5-8pm on Friday the 24th and 9am-12pm on Saturday the 25th October. Cost of entry is $5 for first model, $2 for every model up to 5, the rest free. Display models are $2 each up to 5, the rest free. General admission to Wings is included in the entry price to the museum. If you enter or display a model you have free entry to the museum all weekend. Presentations will take place at 4pm Sunday the 26th.

There is also remuneration on offer for any model club who attends the weekend. There are some requirements to meet, but if your club is interested, please contact Keith on (03) 9467 4672 AH or email kgaff [at] bigpond.com.

[hrtpaul]

Spewin'. I'll be in TSV

[_BlackHawk_]

Spewin'. I'll be in TSV

Damn, although you could always get Di to bring your kits down.

[Cap'n Wannabe]

Best Enemy aircraft? Kinda rules out a whole lot of stuff, don't it?

[hrtpaul]

Oh yeah. I'm sure she'd love that LMFAO

[_BlackHawk_]

Had to make a choice on the specials Cap'n as budgets are aren't unlimited. We could have done best allied instead of best Australian, but the museum is the finest collection of Australian designed and built aircraft anywhere in the world. Best enemy is meant to balance it out a little and for a small show, you don't want too many best of awards. But, if things go well who knows, there is always room to add a little.

It's all for a good cause though.

[tor lives]

How does one define an "enemy" aircraft???
TOR

[_BlackHawk_]

An aircraft of a nation that is or was a enemy of Australia and/or it's allies. Go build a captured Bf 109 in American markings or a captured B-17 in Luftwaffe markings if you want to get creative, those would qualify as an enemy aircraft, just like a German marked Bf 109 or a Japanese Zero with red dots.

I know there are grey areas, but most modellers don't get too out of the norm. If they did, it would be excellent to see and the decision is up to the chief judge whether or not to consider that model for that trophy. Since I know him well and he's reasonably well read, I don't think there is a problem.

[Cap'n Wannabe]

What about a 747 in Lufthansa livery?