In Pictures: AMS Scale Model Show returns to Thainstone
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Scale model builders from across Scotland made their way to Thainstone on Saturday for the much welcomed return of the Aberdeen Model Society's Scale Model Show.
Drawing entrants from groups and individuals from as far as Ayrshire, Stirling, Edinburgh, Dundee, Kinloss and Thurso the event offers builders an open showcase for their skills as well as pitting their builds against each other in the highly contested awards.
Throughtout the Thainstone Exchange, tables were laid out with creative displays from groups including Aberdeen Wargamers who showed off A World War II tabletop battle and a Star Wars themed podracing game.
International Plastic Modeling Society (IPMS) members form Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Silverburn joined Kinloss and Forres modellers with superb displays encompassing everything from the Titanic, tanks and rally cars through to spaceships and historic figures.
Specialist collections were also highlighted including the EE Lightning, Bomber Command and the Swedish/Scandanavian focused builds.
Friends of Maud Model Railway welcomed visitors to discuss their real life site in the village while there was also a display of work being done by the RAF Peterhead preservation group, members of the Tartan LUG group displayed their Lego creations and Moravia brought along their Jet Provost trainer cockpit which proved a real hit with younger visitors.
One of the highlights which drew much comment and attention was the display of WW1 dioramas and figures from John (Ian) Brotherston from Thurso.
Started as a personal project at the start of lockdown, the large scale figures were originally intended to be for display case exhibition only, but John decided to create scenes using real life inspiration.
He explained: "The first one that I created was based on a postcard my grandfather sent home when he was in the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots which opened with the line 'Dear Mother, we are staying at a lovely little farmhouse.'
"Later in the war Captain Bruce Bairsfather of the Royal Warkishires penned a set of cartoons, one of which depicts an soldier standing in ruins which is caption 'At present we are staying in a farm', so I used that to describe my grandfathers accomodation in the scene."
Other scenes include Rev Captain Edward Mellish's actions in recovering the wounded that won him the VC, The 1914 Christmas Truce and the harrowing scene of Reginald Le Brun, a Canadian gunner at Passchendaele being the last man standing.
The next modelling event in the north-east takes place at the Kinloss and Forres Model Show at Moravia, North Road, Kinloss and which runs an October 8 and 9 from 10am-5pm.
