MALCOM Show Penang, Malaysia

[rtfoe]

Hi, I recently attended the annual hobby world modelling event MALCOM held on Penang Island. This is the third time it's being packed in the Cititel ballrooms and conference rooms. At certain points participants and attendees were not only rubbing shoulders...we had to keep our butts to ourselves, such was the scale of the crowd that I heard a new venue may need to be found for the next show.

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Vendors lined both sides of the hall. Between were club displays. The foyer wascrowded with Cosplay and Reenactors. Two competition rooms were next door.

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Some quieter moments before the crowd came in and so we got some group pictures with old friends...

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Hawker food in Penang is the best...you'll recognise some faces here...Adam Wilder, Andrew Cairns whose just across from me, Ruben is standing just behind me, Calvin Tan and Jaume Ortiz.

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The Korean bunch with Hyun Jin Kim, Young B Song, Byeong Soo Kim and Won Hui Lee

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With Loo, Calvin and Allen Ong

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With the local boys for breakfast just before the show.

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The group shot after the show of all participants

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Next will be the pictures from the competition...

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

I was blown away by the competition for ships and figures. Here they are...

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Figures next page...

[rtfoe]

Oops sorry figures haven't sorted out yet so it's dios...

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This next dio won best of show...it's 1/144 scale and is mind blowing...

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Cheers,
Richard

[Jon Heptonstall]

Smashing photos.
did you enter your airborne figure?
Jon.

[BigGreg]

SUPER Richard I hope your Diorama will get a price... I sent some pictures of mine to Adam Wilder while he was there... LOOOOL

[Guest]

And a good time was had by all. Good food, good company and modelling - what more could you want. The quality of the work on show is stunning.

[Andy Belsey]

Looks like fun and lots to please. Did I miss it? How did your diorama do????? I can see it was there!
Andy B

[Mickc1440]

Great pics Richard, thanks for sharing them with us.

[rtfoe]

Hi Guys,

Jon, thanks. Yes it was entered 40% finished that is after looking at the other figures and the amount of layers and detail put in...I didn't stand a chance. :smiling6:
Greg, thank you. I would have asked him about it if I'd known.
Peter, this time around it was serious business...you'll see from the figures I'll be posting.
Andy, too much to see...I got a silver...didn't have enough time to detail further. Jaume and Calvin had some nice things to say about it.
Mick, you're welcome.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Here are the figures from the competition...

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More next...

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More next...

[rtfoe]

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That's all. There are other by master builders at a separate table that I'll show later.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Now for the armor & soft skin guys, the next batch is what you've been waiting for...it's a mixture of beginners and experienced competitors.

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My little Panzerjager I...

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Next batch continued...

[rtfoe]

More armor...and soft skinned builds.

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More next...

[rtfoe]

Here we go again...

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This last one was considered one of the best weathered...

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That's it for armor...planes next.

Cheers,
Richard