Thousands flock to RAF Cosford Museum to marvel at models - in pictures and video
Thousands of model enthusiasts descended on RAF Cosford Museum for one of the largest shows of its kind in the Midlands.
The Shropshire Scale Modellers' Show featured more than 70 modelling clubs who set out their intricately detailed models against the impressive backdrop of aircraft in the museum's hangars.
Also attending the scale model show were 45 traders selling everything you would need to build the perfect model whether it be a tank, car, plane or boat.
The show was open to the public from 10am until 4pm on Sunday.
Event organiser Gary Stevens, and secretary of the Shropshire Scale Modellers, said the day was a great success. He said: "Last year we outgrew the museum so we have had to scale back a little bit this year to fit with the amazing space of the museum.
"This year we had 75 exhibitors and 45 traders from all over the country. Some have come from Kent, Yorkshire, Somerset – all corners of the UK.
"We have been doing the show now for 16 years and demand still appears to be as high as ever.
"I think this year we will have seen about 5,000 people visit – maybe more."
He added: "It takes about six months to prepare for the show. It is hard work but worth it to see the end result.
"I would like to keep it going and put the shows on as long as they continue to be as popular. Since the first show in 1998 it has grown and grown."
Mr Stevens said after the show he will be starting plans for the North Shropshire Model Show, which will take place at Ellesmere Market Hall on October 8.
Another regular of the show is model enthusiast and collector Chris Summers, from near Ludlow, who runs one of the many businesses at the event.
Mr Summers runs online business Kit's Kits from his home and attended the show with a wide range of model kits.
He said: "It is a fantastic show. The location is excellent.
"The atmosphere and setting is brilliant and it is a show I really look forward to coming to."
Also at the event were members of Wolverhampton Model Club. Adrian Reynolds, one of the members, brought with him a model of a dragon from novel The Hobbit which cost £300 and took two months to make.
