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 ‘ART OF THE MODELLER’ Eastern Suburbs Scale Modelling Club 7th October 2007

Autos & Ships. Added 21/10/2007

Aircraft part 2. Added 15/10/2007

Card models. Added 13/10/2007

Armour. Added 11/10/2007

Aircraft part 1. Added 10/10/2007

General Photos. Added 9/10/2007

 ‘Art of the Modeller’ is an event unique in the Melbourne modelling calendar. Unlike other Melbourne modelling events, ‘AotM’ is not a competition, but an annual exhibition and forms part of The City of Whitehorse Spring Arts Festival. The idea of it is to showcase the diversity of the hobby to the public and create an engagement with them around the many models on display. Don’t expect to see badly dressed overweight men looking bored or scowling at the few members of the outside public who venture in that you see at the average modelling competition (if there is anyone manning the table at all). Many of the modellers are either building models on the spot and explaining the process, or discussing the craft of the builds, or telling the story of the model to the curious viewers who have come to see the show. Being part of the Annual Spring Arts Festival Day, which draws an attendance of a least ten thousand people on the day, AotM draws a large crowd, possibly the biggest for a one-day modelling event in the State.

Models on display come from either club members, or from specialist modellers invited to attend the event, whose outstanding work showcases a different aspect of the hobby to that seen in the average model show. Don’t expect to see rows and rows of aftermarket laden Bf109’s and SS Panzer dioramas (yawn), many of the exhibits are surprising, both in their diversity and the levels of skills shown.
From Zbigniew “Zibby” Lelito and Brian Davis’ amazing card models to the rural 1930’s dioramas of Laurie Green, Harry Edmond’s beautiful 1930’s Mercedes Benz, Gron’s Circus, and Nick Gordic’s excellent World War One models, Art Of The Modeller brings the best of modelling to the public in an innovative and non-threatening way.

I would like to thank all the modellers at Art of The Modeller who gladly gave their permission for me to photograph their models and reproduce them here on “Ross’ Scale Models” Website.