"AUTOCHAMPS" Melbourne NNL Sept 20th 2009

awesome stuff tezza thanks for sharing

Looked like a great day?

Thanks heaps Tezza!!!
There's some beautiful models there along with some very imaginative ones. I love the mouse rod!!
The bikes were well done too. Were they scratchbuilt?
More pics PLEASE!!!!

Chris.

Here's some more pics to enjoy. The first one is the real thing parked outside the hall. There were some nice cars out front but the real action was inside the hall.

Auroranut the bike at back is scratchbuilt and the one in front is part kit and scratchbuilt.

Thanks Tezza , wish we were all there , but the pics will just have to do . I see some awesome stuff there . Keep them coming.

Cheers Ron

Sooooooooooooo, who one what, how did our guys go??

The results I have on hand are as follows:
Winners (entry number in brackets):

Theme - Nine, Bryce Michelmore, AMT '49 Merc Custom (12)

Sub-theme - Flames, G. Johnson, AMT '49 Ford Coupe (75)

Motor bikes - Paul McLennan, Tamiya Yamaha R-1 (379)

'80 / '09 - Steve Hansford, Tamiya Porsche Carrera (131)

Modified diecast - Paul McLennan, VW Beetle (378)

Competition - Steve Hansford, Hasegawa Ferrari Testa Rossa (133)

Diorama - Peter Carpenter, Hot Rod Garage (191)

'66 / '79 - Rick Pool, AMT '70 Superbee (319)

Commercials - Rick Pool, Revell Simba Firetruck (349)

Pre '48 - "Arthur", 1932 Ford (186)

'49 / '65 - Rick Pool, AMT '51 Chev (347)

I may have missed something but that is all I have to date, as I had to leave before all announcements were finished. Maybe Paul can fill in anything I've missed. In the meantime here are more photos.

Here's one Terry didn't add..Carps won the Peoples Choice award (and a $50 hobby shop voucher!!) for his Garage Diorama

OK here's some of my pix,

There was plenty of happy faces at the show, which is little wonder considering there were 100's and 100's of kits to buy plus lots of other goodies from our well stocked Traders


Even the Traders were Smiling


Here's Steve drooling over TPB catalog ..LOL


There were loads of great builds on show to drool over as well!!!




....and if that wasn't enough there was plenty of guys to shoot the breeze with, here's Carps doing just that

There was heaps of stunning models there, here's just a few....









There was even some interstate entries which is always great to see

Thanks for filling in the gaps Paul - great shots too. Autochamps will be covered in the October issue of ModelArt Australia magazine, as well as some of the QMHE model cars.

Congrats to everyone that had a win, looks like some very tough competition. Thanks for the pics as well, always love to see what is getting built around this great land of ours. And congrats to Paul for what looks like an awesome show, you should be proud.

Rick Pool also won the "Name that part" competition.
Only 4 entries so maybe I made it too hard?

My pics are still on my canrea but i'll post them up as soon as I get a chance.
I had a good day.
Spent far too much but picked up a Revell Mickey Thompsons Challenger 1 (been after one for ages), Lindberg Little Red Wagon (looked at it and put it back every time i've seen koolkits display) and the F&F Mitsubishi (it was being auctioned and I couldn't let it go - $15). Also got a sh*t load of resin from Michele Parts Box and was informed by David Koolkits that he did indeed have Revell 5 windows in stock (i'd asked him to get me one) but his hard drive had failed so he lost his list of who had asked for what (so if you've asked him to look out for stuff it might pay to remind him).
Upon getting home I snapped up the last one over the net.

Thanks to everyone who helped out.



So, anyone know the correct shade of blue to paint Challenger 1?

I recall reading in a magazine it was Cobalt Blue in colour? Can't remember which magazine though.

Cobalt Blue is similar to Ultramarine Blue. Revell specified that colour in some of their paints.

Thanks Tezza.
It's moulded in colour and it's close so I could take the body to the paint shop to try and match it.
However i'd rather be close to reality than close to Revell...

Actually, maybe if I read the instructions it might tell me?

I have found from internet pics that the engines are Pontiac Engine Blue.

Sorry for the hi-jack

What a great day it was.

Thanx to everybody who voted for my old shed, it's kinda embarrasing to win with what's basically a pile of junk, especially considering the incedible standard of most cars on the tables.

So I guess I'm gunna hafta work on giving it a lift for next year and maybe finish a few new cars too.

Somehow I stuffed up my camera settings and only got a few decent pics, but I'll try and post some later tonite.

This looks like an awsome show was there much large scale stuff there ?? I think I might have to journey down there next year with some of my work

Sean

modelmaker wrote:This looks like an awsome show was there much large scale stuff there ?? I think I might have to journey down there next year with some of my work

Sean

Yes please Sean.

Ok well tell me more ? Not alot of large scale stuff there I noticed in the photos but I did notice a very high build standard amongst entrants.

Sean

Very little big stuff.
But you should definately come along as I for one want to study your work close up.

Better late than never...

Here's the link to my pics
https://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/gavinmaillardet/AMCC%20Autochamps%202009/

zenrat wrote:Very little big stuff.

Is this what they call an oxymoron? Little big stuff?

Zen wrote:But you should definately come along as I for one want to study your work close up.

Yeas, please do. It was a great show this year and lots of fun on the day.

Would a 1/144 scale Mack truck be Little big stuff?