In Hungary the model-making and model-building is a very popular sort of sports-activities. This sort of activity improves manual skills, general and technical skills, problem solving attitudes and aesthetic skills of a hobbyist or an amateur model-maker.

Beeing an ageless sort of sports activities one can involve in it at the age 8-10 and it is said to be a lifelong engagement. Especially operable scale models please model-makers and show-funs.

We show products of 5 model-makers from Tiszafüred, and models of 2-2 model-makers from Jászberény and Tiszaörs. Most of them have been involved in model-making for several years.

Kelemen Sándor from Tiszafüred has made mainly fire engine and aircraft models for some 3 decades. Especially he is fond of fire engine models. Some of these models were awarded.

Kovács István from Tiszafüred made his first chaise in 1972. He started his model-making activity to follow designs and drafts published in "Ezermester" Hungarian do-it-yourself magazine. His buggy model draft was publised in the magazine. His own designed coaches, chaises were awarded several times in other exhibitions. He makes aircraft and tank models too.

Monoki Árpád from Tiszafüred has collected and made models and scale models since 1980's. He prefers backhoe and truck models and he is keen on RC tank models as well.

Kiss Gábor from Jászberény has interested in model-making for almost three decades. He usually takes part different model-making shows and competitions. His truck anc car scale models are often published in "Modell és Makett" magazine.

Palotai Tibor from Jászberény makes his own designed model motorcycles. He makes the spare parts of these vehicles and he fits the teeny-weeny parts together in order to get the smaller size of full construction.

Szarvas Viktor from Tiszafüred has built model military vehicle and wargaming for almost two decades. He developes miniature wargaming which similar to the likely perfomance.

Morvay Gyula from Tiszaörs has been involved in model-making since the 1970's. His own designed and home made RC models are always favoured in shows.

Szabó István from Tiszaörs has made scale models for more than one and the half decades. His model spacecrafts and model space vehicles, science fiction space ships reproduce the scenery of "Star Wars".

Darvai Balázs from Tiszafüred is interested in model-making following his father's spare time activity. He is especially involved in modeling railroad and trains.

On the opening ceremony of the exhibition a lecture on Soviet Air Forces in Hungary 1944-1991 will be held. Some activity programs for visitors (children and families) will be organized to show how to make scale models.

By Vadász, István