A great day out at the Sleaford Model Makers Show 2022!

I cannot believe that it is a year ago that I went to the 2021 Sleaford Model Makers Show. It was the first event that Mrs. Woody and me had been to since the pandemic and that post is here if you want to read up on that show.

This year I saw adverts for the show some weeks ago and given the experience last year I decided that Mrs. Woody would really want to go and I would facilitate this by taking her there. Well that argument works in my mind but as I have said before my mind is a strange place! We did actually go and it was a great show. A bit of everything there. Have a look at this selection of photos to see.

There were five model railway layouts starting with this one set in Winter.

This circular 009 narrow gauge one shows you don't need a lot of space for a layout.

This 00 Gauge engine shed layout was based on a supposed Lincolnshire preservation railway. Nice way to show your loco collection.

This n gauge layout was about 4 foot long again proving you don't need mega space.

Meanwhile the 00 gauge Inglenook shunting puzzle layout proved a interesting draw for those wanting to do some shunting as well as providing a home for a collection of military vehicles.

Talking of military vehicles there were a lot of these on display around the show.

These 1.76 scale models show just how detailed these small scale kits can be.

I did like the bulldozer and grader.

Moving up to the more popular 1/35 scale there were some great models on display.

Moving up to 1/16th scale and there were some interesting radio controlled vehicles as well as some interesting painted figures!

A strange looking Matador truck but actually based upon a prototype developed towards the end of WW2. Only 4 of these half tracks were built and all were scrapped within a year of being built.

Brilliant figure painting in this scene.

There was a strange display of the so called WW2 German flying disc which apparently was known as V7. Talking to the modeller there was a theory put forward that the disc was captured by the US and taken to Area 51. In 1947 the USA enginerred version was supposed to have crashed at Roswell and the whole incident was covered up by a Alien craft and beings story. An interesting take on the Roswell theory and one I would not right off but equally without proof not one I would proclaim as being right. Never say random conversation can't educate!