I visited the 2023 NSW Scale Model Competition and Expo in June, hosted as usual by the Illawarra Plastic Modellers Association and open to all modellers, whether club members or not.
The venue was the Illawarra Sports Stadium. This is a large indoor and outdoor facility with two games of women’s Netball being played on one side, and the model show being held on the other to a unique soundtrack of squeaking rubber-soled shoes and umpires whistles. The new venue is big and bright.
The standard of competition entries was as high as ever, with a good variety of subject matter and scales, including aircraft, armour, ships, submarines, figures, cars and more. Competition entry numbers were up too.
The NSW Scale Model Expo traditionally encourages younger models to participate and this year was no exception, with an impressive standard of junior models in competition.