Thought I'd start a new thread for this one (after massively hijacking Qantas Airway's thread about his new GJ terminal!)
See thread:
http://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/...al-photos.html
Last night the Sydney collectorates got together for their first social meet and it went very well. That four people turned up in the end was far beyond expectation and a great start to something I think could be done quite regularly.
I'll use our usernames for ID to make it easier - QFA388 got in early, followed by myself, Unicorn and we eventually met up with Aerozo in Hobbyco - luckily we caught Aerozo before he was about to give up and leave! Sorry about that.
We all found there was no shortage of subject matter to talk about and I found it quite interesting and great to catch up with a variety of people, personalities etc. I hope the others were equally enlightened.
It was also the first time I had been back to Rhodes Hobbyco in ages and it was impressive to see how far they had expanded their 1:400 (and diecast in general) offerings. Items such as the PHX B787 Dreamliner in the rollout livery had me drooling, while the Magic "green unpainted" A380's had us in fits with their ridiculous unweighted undercarriage.
I had a great time, as I hope the others did. Would definitely like to do it again, and hopefully have more come along. We didn't take any photos this time around, but figured we could do so later when we get more of the collectorate involved.
We were also wondering, and probably thinking that this may have been the first time something of this nature (aside from model shows etc) has been done?
Certainly won't be the last!
Dan