Bolton show held at the still-signposted-as Macron stadium is a massive event and like SMW had a huge turn-out that bodes well for the hobby - having scoped out the correct places to park for unloading last year we braved the wind and rain to find ourselves once again up on the mezzanine - The Force, however was with us and set-up was relatively trouble free. Not so the poor devils queuing right round the stadium outside - apparently it took some folk nearly an hour to get in when the doors opened.
Exhibiting were David's Hart and Ferrari, Huw, Tim & Emma, and yours truly with a superb guest contribution from Jon Nichols (who was obligated to man the welcome return of Martin Blundell's stand downstairs)
There were a number of new items on show - the 'sub section' continues to grow with Huw's HMS Meteorite adding to the theme of German advanced designs. We also showed - prominently on a promontory - the Spitfire collection. The Luftwaffe was there and as ever Tim and Emma's distinctive vignettes. Emma assuring us that a pair of heavily-armed young ladies were in fact 1/144 giant robots from the Gundam universe...........I guess resistance would indeed be futile if one of those was looming over you with the obligatory death-ray............
David Ferrari brought along some impressive Boeing heavy metal which was ably supplemented by Jon and Huw.
A great show and a grand day out !
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