Current show listing for 2011

Here is the current show listing for 2011 folks.



February 6th ~ 'Modelcraft 2011' hosted by Milton Keynes Scale Model Club will be held at Stantonbury Leisure Centre, Milton Keynes MK14 6BN.
Show open 1000 - 1600.. Admission: Aults - 4.00 / Children - Free / Senior Citizens £2.00
Information ~ www.mksmc.co.uk
Contact ~ Tim Upson -Smith / Downloadable Flyer
February 11th / 12th ~ Aviation & Military Book Centre, Friendship Models and A2ZEE Models invite you to a 'Traders Fayre' to be held at the Premier Inn, Starlaw Road, Bathgate EH48 1LQ. All modellers and enthusiasts are welcome. Free parking - Free entry. Pre-orders/enquiries welcomed. Fayre open Friday 4 -5, Saturday 9 - 5.
Contact ~ Wendy Myers sales@aviationbookcentre.com / Phone 08452 604413
February 20th ~ Huddersfield 2011 hosted by IPMS Wakefield, the North's Premier Model Show to be held at the Huddersfield Sports Centre, Southgate, Huddersfield. HD1 1TW. Show open 1000 - 1700. Admission: £3.00. Concessions £1.00. Model traders, club displays, open competition, cafeteria.
Contact ~ Alan Paul 07811 358355. Geoff Milnes 07879 466554 or email huddersfieldshow@gmail.com
February 26th ~ 'On Track' Military Model Show to be held at the Leas Cliffe Hall, Folkstone, Kent. This show will replace the 'Trucks and Tracks' show which was cancelled recently. The event will cover all types of military modelling. Club displays, demonstrations and over 30 traders
Information ~ www.ontrackshow.co.uk
Contact ~ Paul Middleton
March 5th ~ North Somerset Model Show presented by the North Somerset Modellers' Society (IPMS North Somerset) to be held at the Locking Castle Campus, Weston-super-Mare, BS24 7DX. Open 10.00 am to 4.30 pm with club displays, traders and a model competition. Free parking. Admission £2.50 adults, £1.00 children, £2.00 concessions.
Contact ~ Fred Tooke on 01934 416798
Information ~ www.finetooth-systems.com/IPMSNorthSomerset
March 19th & 20th ~ 'Southern Expo' to be held at Hornchurch Sports Centre, Harrow Lodge Park, Hornchurch Road, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 1JU. Show open 10am to 5pm Saturday / 10am to 4pm Sunday. Entry: Adults £3.00, Children £1 & Senior Citizens £2. Open Competition (Sunday only), Raffles - All proceeds to St Francis Hospice.
Contact ~ SouthernExpo@tiscali.co.uk
For further details send SAE to either Peter Bagshaw, 25 Repton Drive, Gidea Park, Essex RM2 5LP / 01708 726102 or Robin Bellamy, 60 Faringdon Avenue, Harold Hill, Essex RM3 8JT / 01708 376508

March 27th ~ 'East Midlands Model Show' to be held at it's usual venue of Hinckley Leisure Centre from 10:00 to 16:30.
Contact ~ Alec Chinnery 72 Teign Bank Road, Hinckley, Leics, LE10 0EE

April 2nd ~ IPMS Newbury present 'NewMod 2011' to be held at Park House School, Andover Road, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6NQ. Lots to see with Clubs, Traders, Competitions and Airfix 'Make and Take' distributed through three large halls. Hot and cold refreshments also available. Open: 10.00am to 4.00pm. Admission: Adults £3, Concessions £2, Children £1
Contact ~ Ian Shumsky (Secretary) 07769 887532 secretary@newburyscalemodelclub.org.uk
Information ~ http://www.newmod.co.uk
April 9th ~ Sword & Lance presented by Darlington Military Modelling Society to be held at the Arts Centre, Vane Terrace, Darlington DL3 7AX. Doors open 10 am to 4.30 pm. Model and Militaria displays, Demonstrations, Trade stands and Open Model Competition with sections for Military Figure, Aircraft and Vehicle painters, Military Modelling (scratchbuilt/ conversion, vignettes and dioramas), Miscellaneous and Juniors. Licensed bar plus hot and cold refreshments also available. Do not miss those brilliant modellers, Carl Reid and David Zabrocki who will be doing talks on how they produce their excellent Euro Militaire Award winning models. Admission £2.00 Adults, £1.00 Senior Citizens & Children
Contact ~ Colin Holmes - 127 Dinsdale Crescent, Darlington, Coubty Durham DL1 1EZ. / 01325 489801
April 23rd / 24th ~ 'Scottish Nationals' to be held at the Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth PH2 0TH. Featuring the Scottish National Model Championships, Club and Branch displays and of course the 'Swappy' Show open 1000 - 1700 Saturday and 1000 - 1600 Sunday. Admission: On Day Ticket Adults £6.00 / Concessions £3.00 / Family (2+2) £12.00. Two Day Ticket Adult £10.00 / £5.00 / Family (2+2) £17.00. IPMS / MAFVA Members as per concessions on production of a valid membership card.
Contact ~ secretary@scotsnats.org.uk
Information ~ www.scotsnats.org.uk
May 15th ~ IPMS Birmingham is pleased to announce that Midland Expo is back at a new venue Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre, Alcester Road South, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 6ER. Admision: Adults £3.00 / OAP's & Children £1.50 / Family Ticket (2 Adults & 2 Children £6.00

Information ~ http://midlandexpo.blogspot.com
June 19th ~ 'MAFVA Nationals' to be held at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, held in conjunction with the annual Military Vehicles Day. Club and Branch displays, traders and large competition.
Contact ~ Paul Middleton

June 26th ~ Coventry & Warwickshire IPMS proudly presents a Spectacular Model Show and Open Cockpit Day in association with The Midland Air Museum near Coventry Airport, show open 10.00am - 4.00pm. Museum entrance fee includes Model Show. Free Parking.
Information ~ For further details please contact Midland Air Museum 024 7630 1033 or Stephen 01675 481687.
October 1st ~ Abingdon model show to be held at Larkmead School, Faringdon Road, Abingdon OX14 1BB. Show open 10.00 - 4.00. Model competition and best of show plus best club display. Adults £3.00, children and concessions £2.00.
Information ~ Alan on 07766691207 or Simon on 07769345271

November 12th / 13th ~ IPMS (UK) Scale Modelworld to be held at the International Centre, Telford, Shropshire TF3 4JH.
Information ~ http://www.ipms-uk.co.uk/smw_index.htm

Overseas Events 2011

IMPORTANT SHOW DATES FOR COVENTRY IPMS

                                       SHOW DATES FOR COVENTRY IPMS
Coventry&Warks IPMS are pleased to announce dates for the following shows.

Coventry & Warks IPMS show will be held at the Midland Air Museum,Baginton,Coventry on the 26th of June 2011.


June 26th ~ Coventry & Warwickshire IPMS proudly presents a Spectacular Model Show and Open Cockpit Day in association with The Midland Air Museum near Coventry Airport, show open 10.00am - 4.00pm. Museum entrance fee includes Model Show. Free Parking.
Information ~ For further details please contact Midland Air Museum 024 7630 1033 or Stephen 01675 481687.

Location details are via this link  http://www.midlandairmuseum.co.uk/location.php

HELP THE HEROES SHOW
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 A further date for a show in aid of Help the Heroes will be held at the Griffin Public House,Rugby on the 31st of July 2011.

This small show is to aid Help the Heroes and is held at the Griffin Public House 1 Kingsway Rugby CV22 5NT.

Please take a look at my report for this worthy event last held in 2010.You can see the report by scrolling through older entries.

Further details will be updated closer to the event.

Bolton IPMS Show 2011.Show Report.

The Bolton IPMS model show,held on the 16th of January is the first of this years shows to tempt the taste buds of the modeller to get out and wake up from his or her hibernation during the terrible weather we have had.

So at O.M.G(Oh my God hour) myself and the goodly Mrs Maher left a dark gloomy Birmingham and made our way north to Bolton arriving at the show at 08.50.The journey took at total of 1.50hr which was good,with most of the driving being motorway using the M6,62,60,61.

The venue for this years show was St Josephs School on Chorley New Road, Horwich.The parking on arrival was excellent,with one of the members directing you in to what was for us a prime spot infront of the main door.The main area of display was the central hall,with certain traders being allocated space in side rooms.This was different from the norm,but was the best usage of space for the show.

I had travelled up to display with the 580 modelllers and other members of Coventry IPMS had travelled up to display with other groups.Those being Martin,Trevor,Ivor and Ray.On reflection maybe we would like to display as a club in 2012 ?

Traders wise included Mr Models who had a good number of the new Vixens from Airfix for sale.Others were MDC,Little Cars,Paul Davies,Chris Summers of Kits Kits.New to me was Neil Robinson who i did not know is now working with Model Alliance.I would urge you to look at some their new lines.They are very good indeed.

Lastly and most importantly the models.I have a small selection of images for you to see.I hope you like them.

The big Stalwart with great engine detail.

The Pig on a very emotive diorama.

The word is Wow.These Starwars models were huge and very well made.

The attention to detail was awesome here

General views of the main area of display

A great F15E  of the 494th from Lakenheath.

A lovely F5E from the same modeller.

F-18 Hornet great finish

A model i had never seen before. A Mew

The 580 stand.

This Big Boy  was mind blowing by Les of 580 Modellers.

My own HUMVEE

A very colourfull F-8 Crusader in 1/32 scale. 

The new Mig23 in 1/32 scale

The new Airfix Vixen in 1/48th.A great finish.

The level of detail was very captivating in Robs Corsair.Rob displays with 580 and is an exceptional model maker. 

Miss Demeanour in 1/32 on the theme stand.What ever your views on what a Hunter should look like,this is awesome.

I love Phantoms and this one certainly took my eye.

The mighty Harrier of IV Sqn sadly missed.

A very nice finish on the Harrier GR3.

 

2011 A new year.

Again Happy New Year to all.

The first meeting of the year took place on Friday the Seventh of January at the Air Museum.The meeting was very well attended,with nearly a full house of members.Many were beavering away with what i guess were presents from family etc.

The meeting also included a small competition of Egg planes of various types.This year was won by Mike Haines with a lovely Mirage.Pictures will follow soon

During the meeting the display theme for this year was discussed,with some members throwing in ideas.The final theme will be discussed at the next meeting on theTwenty First of January(subject to change).

Lastly and most importantly the AGM MEETING will take place on Friday the 4th of February 2011.All committee post are up for re-election.

That concludes this post for now folks.Thankyou.

Model Show Case

Just before the festive season commenced our normal club night was turned over to diplaying some of the members models.Sadly i was not able to make the said meeting,so the photography was provided by Carl Lewis one of our members.

Below you will see we have a wide and varied array of subjects,which on occasion can become quite bizzare.But this is the way we like it.And it has stood us in good stead,having won best club on more than one occasion.

So on with the show and i hope you enjoy our members models.

MORE IMAGES WILL FOLLOW DURING THE WEEK TO TEMPT YOUR TASTE BUDS.

Update of events for 2011

Happy New Year one and all.

With the New Year now upon us.And Father Christmas bringing us lots of models to build.I thought i would just update you in the main section with some of the events happening in 2011.If you follow the link into the IPMS web site,this will give you your answers and dates    http://www.ipms-uk.co.uk/events.htm

Thankyou

Jim Maher