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As daft as flinging the car up is, I suppose the idea is to get people 'interested'. It was a test of a vehicle that you can't really try out gently round an empty car park and maybe a 'serious' payload wasn't worth the risk? We have come to rely on earth-orbit satellites for a lot of daily life, not just GPS and re-runs of old TV programmes. The fact that stuff has become commonplace and a bit boring is often a sign of great progress. Airliners still fly at much the same speeds as they did fifty/sixty years ago, but they don't kill us as often and they're a lot cheaper to use. Landing a thing on a comet has to be counted as impressive, surely? The current Russian system for travel to the ISS hasn't killed anybody for a very long time. Having said that, I would have been impressed if we had stuck a radio telescope on the far side of the Moon, shielded from all the fizz down here.

This is the one I saw.

'Tis a sort of fine filler. http://www.swannysmodels.com/Surfacer.html

Simply having half a dozen people in space almost continuously for almost the whole of this century to the point where hardly anybody takes any notice any more, or would be able to name even one of them, is a massive change from the excitement of the "old days". It's an interesting task to find out when there was last nobody off the planet...

I have seen a picture of a Leyland fire engine and a Daimler APC, at 1/76 scale, in a Murphy Models box The long-awaited 1916 centenary edition?

I understand the car is slightly off-course, too..

Oh, I thought they were tranquilliser darts.

Perhaps those that have been issued with these small personal rocket launchers might be first in the queue?

Particularly for your sort of product, there is nothing like actually seeing one in front of you. Many people will consider buying one for years, even decades, and just keep putting it off, but seeing the reality in front of them can easily be the tipping point.

North Wales setting? Conna's Quay....?

We have no shortage of doom here, no need to go off looking for it.

I agree about the fairs, just thought I would mention it in case it fitted in with something else. I agree with @leslie10646, I don't recall ever seeing a baseboard manufacturer at any show that I've been to. In my uninformed opinion, I would expect prefabricated baseboards to sell a little better down south than up north.

This could have been much more exciting than it was...

There are toy/train fairs at the same location, every couple of months. http://www.barrypotterfairs.com/fairs.php?fair=19 They are 40/50% railway, and take place in two of the three halls seen above. They might fit in with a Saturday exhibition somewhere else?

There was a non-attended stand on Sunday (for whatever reason) - they may have an emergency replacement system, given enough notice for/from both parties..? Presumably, there wasn't enough time to organise anybody to fill in this time, it could have been a last minute situation.

Well, it was Stafford today (and yesterday). I didn't see any baseboard purveyors and I did overhear two people who were looking for components - dowels, clips, etc. There were three halls - not the best photos below, but they might give some idea of the scale. Mr MegaPoints was there, he may be prepared to give you a trader's-eye resumé from his viewpoint.

I don't think he'll do this again.

I would be very careful to pick it up level, just in case.....

Great water - nice chain - lovely doors - will they shut over the track when all is in situ? Smoke mark to follow?

Take a deep breath before you try anything with orange paint on.

It's only money that would otherwise be wasted on drink and women.

The single stripe represents an early livery - not a huge difference, it must be said. http://www.murphymodels.com/Models.html

All the other liveries that I've seen that van in are on a 1/43 model.

Everything has a price.. I'm not too sure how well hung you would be.

That would depend upon the value of any reward offered.