A member of the Wagga Scale Model Club for 10 years, Kent 'Odie' Odegard has an eye for fine details.

"I've been building scale models for about 55 years now, I got hooked as a kid and it just developed from there," he said.

"It's a good pass time and stress relief, so now I'm retired I spend a good portion of my day out here doing my thing once I've done all my jobs."

Odie has a large collection of self-built models, either crafted through kits or by scratchbuilding his own pieces from plastic sheets to make it more unique.

"Guys tend to give me stuff over the years that they've put together as kids and either they're wrecked or they don't want them anymore so I take them and soak them in costic acid to strip down all the pieces, then I make new things or cut my own," he said.

"My wife can get a bit cranky sometimes because I have all these model kits to build yet I still keep scratch building my own stuff - I have 650-700 left to build."

The scale model show will have a number of traders, model displays, food and drinks on offer for attendees, which Odie says is a great team effort.

"We normally have a pretty good turn out considering we only really have 15 active members in the club and we've been doing it for 35 years," he said.

"Last year we had about 360 models or more on display so we're hoping to get that many this year.

"The club members are great, they all pitch in and help out."

Odie will be displaying about six of his own models for the competition.

"I'll take a lot of my other stuff that's been in past competitions too for display to give an idea of what we build and what we do," he said.

Held at Kyeamba Smith Hall at the Wagga Showgrounds, doors will open from 9am to 4pm Saturday, October 26, and from 9am to 3pm Sunday, October 27.

All proceeds from the event are donated to a different charity each year, this time going to CanAssist.