But members had no idea just how difficult the project would prove to be.

Two years later, and after countless hours intricately piecing together handmade parts, the scene of Launceston's first airport was finished and put on display inside the hangar itself - now the home of Launceston Distillery next to the airport.

"Every part had to be manufactured by hand. The fences and hedges actually ended up being the most work," Greg Willis said.

The early-1930s hangar was the starting place for Tasmanian aviation, beginning with two planes that would fly passengers to Flinders Island.

A flight was such an extravagance at the time that each list of passengers was published in The Examiner.

Tasmanian Aerial Services became Australian National Airways, which itself became Ansett.

Legendary aviator Charles Kingsford Smith also based five Southern Cross planes at the hangar in the early 1930s.

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The original row of hawthorn hedges at the front boundary remain today.

Mr Willis said they chose to recreate the site to scale because of its significance to the region's history.

"This was the first aerodrome in the state," he said.

"It was also used extensively during the war as an elementary flight school."

It is just one example of the scale models being created by hobbyists around Launceston, who will come together this Saturday for the 2019 Scale Model Expo.

The expo will be held for the first time in two years, and features a wide range of collectables on display.

The Scale Model Expo will run from 10am to 4pm on Saturday at the Summerdale Community Centre. Entry is $5 for adults, $3 for children, and free entry for children aged under five.