Expo 2025 A/C category

[erussell]

Although they were very high quality, there were only 4 entries in the Airliner / Civil Aircraft category.
The viability of categories is assessed on a two or three year average number of entrants. 2023 had 3 entrants, 2024 had 8 entrants so it will probably be okay in 2026 but needs to do better than 4 to survive beyond then.

[RayS]

Half of this years were mine!

[tor lives]

Right EVERYONE !!!!
Heads Up !!!!
Get your shit together or we will lose this category!!!
You need to read between the lines of what Ed is saying here....if numbers don't improve next year, our category is dead in the water, and we will only have ourselves to blame.
Get your fingers out and START BUILDING!!!
And Damo....you have to start doing something about resurrecting A/CAM displays, sponsoring category's etc.!!!
Let's get back in the game people!!!

TOR

[RayS]

Right EVERYONE !!!!
Heads Up !!!!
Get your shit together or we will lose this category!!!
You need to read between the lines of what Ed is saying here....if numbers don't improve next year, our category is dead in the water, and we will only have ourselves to blame.
Get your fingers out and START BUILDING!!!
And Damo....you have to start doing something about resurrecting A/CAM displays, sponsoring category's etc.!!!
Let's get back in the game people!!!

TOR

So your going to contribute as well Ray?

Take leave for Expo next year so you aren't doing your day job thingy...

[tor lives]

Right EVERYONE !!!!
Heads Up !!!!
Get your shit together or we will lose this category!!!
You need to read between the lines of what Ed is saying here....if numbers don't improve next year, our category is dead in the water, and we will only have ourselves to blame.
Get your fingers out and START BUILDING!!!
And Damo....you have to start doing something about resurrecting A/CAM displays, sponsoring category's etc.!!!
Let's get back in the game people!!!

TOR

So your going to contribute as well Ray?

Take leave for Expo next year so you aren't doing your day job thingy...

Yes.....I have been as slack as everyone else, (except you young Ray). We ALL have to get our shit together, or we will lose this category.
We have been given ample warning.
TOR

[Cap'n Wannabe]

Right EVERYONE !!!!
Heads Up !!!!
Get your shit together or we will lose this category!!!
You need to read between the lines of what Ed is saying here....if numbers don't improve next year, our category is dead in the water, and we will only have ourselves to blame.
Get your fingers out and START BUILDING!!!
And Damo....you have to start doing something about resurrecting A/CAM displays, sponsoring category's etc.!!!
Let's get back in the game people!!!

TOR

Duly noted

[BradG]

Takes nothing to throw a table cloth on, some model boxes and a few kits with labels. Just saying....

I also have an AC-47 gunship that's on the build at the moment and that qualifies for Civil Airliners as the category is inclusive of airliner derivatives in military or government use. Don't forget about your non-military builds too, I had my green Mustang on the table.

Also noticed that the helicopter in Non Military Aircraft should have been disqualified as Rotary Wing is excluded from Non Military, which I don't know why but it currently is. I think that should be changed to allow civilian helicopters in it. I mean we all know Helicopters is a separate category cos a few blokes in IPMS have a hard on for them, but they are unlikely to build a civil one.