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We opened up ready to check in the remaining full registration attendees just after 8am and almost immediately everyone (both those who had attended the Friday evening and those who hadn't) began arriving. The rest of the trade stands arrived and by 9am almost everyone had arrived.
Graham Larmour, the Convention Convener, welcomed everyone and introduced the rest of the committee. The room was then divided up ready to start the first clinic. A number of people who had been sitting in the room had not got around to deciding which room to move to in order to see their preferred clinic before Robert Hodges had started his clinic on Photographing Models and, by the time that they realized, they were so captivated by that clinic that no one left the room. As a result the attendances at Jim Fainges and Glenn Watson's clinics had slightly smaller audiences.
By morning tea time the last of the registrants had arrived bringing the total attendance for the day to 62. Sufficient time was allowed in the programme for everyone to enjoy the delicious Devonshire tea.
The fantastic support of people who had volunteered to present clinics had enabled us to programme six sessions of three clinics each and the second session had Antony and Lyn Bunyan presenting on Moulding and Casting scenery. The scenic effects that they were able to achieve in plaster by creating moulds needs to be seen to be believed. Robert Merrick and James Percival also presented clinics in this session and all three clinics were well attended. A number of long term modellers at James's clinic commented on how they benefitted from being shown an alternate methods of kit construction. Lunch was somewhat delayed and everyone found the clinics so interesting that they were extended to fill the gap. A number of people having decided not to attend any of these clinics met in the trade stand room where an impromptu laughter clinic was held.
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The afternoon programme was set back half an hour to allow time for people to finish their lunch. During lunch, certificates and gifts were presented to several of the clinic presenters who would not be staying for dinner.
The afternoon session of clinics commenced with Glenn Watson, Robert Merrick, and Antony Bunyan presenting their clinics a second time for those who had missed their first presentation. This was followed by clinics presented by Roger Lloyd, Jack Treseder, and the first part of a clinic by Neil R Riches. I and a number of others attended Jacks clinic on bridges where he showed us a selection of scale models that he had constructed that helped us to understand the numerous technical drawings in his notes.
Afternoon tea followed with yet another delicious Devonshire tea. The interest in the clinics then continued and the second part of Neil's clinic, a second presentation of Rogers and a clinic by Arthur Hayes was followed by the final clinic session where Jim Fainges, Jack Tresseder, and Arthur Hayes did a second session of their clinics. With the various delays through the day, the clinics finished at 6:15pm instead of the scheduled completion time of 5:30pm.
During the final clinic session, those who had registered for the dinner only began to arrive and following the completion of the clinics those who weren't staying for the dinner departed.
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