IPMS Farnborough

Welcome to the IPMS Farnborough Model Club

We specialise in static scale models made from plastic construction kits, but welcome and encourage all forms of modelling

In this site we describe our hobby, our club and its meetings, and the various shows and events around the country where we exhibit our models

We also have information on our annual show, Modelfest, and some real-world reference material  

September 2016

Modelfest has happened and was a great success! Excellent weather and a great buzz around the halls. Lots of visitors and everyone seemed to have a good time.

For more photos click here

Modelfest Exhibitors page updated with this years participants.

Competition gallery and results table are now up to date with the September meeting competition including the Members Competition which this month had Ships as it subject. All the entries were submarines and the winner was Julian Edwards with his HMS Holland. Here he is receiveing the trophy from Otto

August 2016

Competition gallery and results table are now up to date with the August meeting competition.

July 2016

Competition gallery and results table are now up to date with the July meeting competition.

IPMS Romsey had their first show on 16th July. It was a small intimate show, with only about half a dozen clubs abd a few traders, but the atmospher was good and we get on well witht he Romsey folks ao in our considered opinion it was a success.

RAF Odiham famailies day is a regular spot in our show calendar and the weather held fair for us on 21st July.  We had many interested visitors with the parents supplying the "don't touch" manatra to the excited children!

 

June 2016

Competition gallery and results table are now up to date with the June meeting competition.

June 4th Was the IPMS Salisbury ahow. The table was well filled as can be seen here

Chris trying to master the art of the selfie

Bill is obviously very impressed with Eric the "auteur"

 

May 2016

Competition gallery and results table are now up to date with the May meeting competition.

April 2016

Competition gallery and results table are now up to date with the April meeting competition.

11th April saw the monthly club meeting, this time with the added pleasure of the AGM!  The Treasurer presented the accounts for the year ended 31/3/16, and after discussion it was decided to £2,000 to the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice and £500 to the British Heart Foundation (proposed John Tucker, seconded Jim Potts)

 
Toby Knight stepped down from the role of Treasurer, and was replaced by Ian Williamson.  The club gave thanks to Toby for his work in this role.
 
It was also decided that the Committee should explore the idea of having a different form of meeting, at which there could be talks or demonstrations.
 
Meeting photos and competition results will be added shortly...

9th April was Poole Vikings show, some of the usual suspects showed up as nromal, inclusing Jim in his new Farnborough shirt! The show was good and a visit to two model shops in the town was the icing on the cake!

3rd of April saw us heading north to RAF Cosford for the IPMS Shropshire model show. We were in our now usual place just inside Hanger 2, opposite TSR 2. With no orange juice spills, but just one beer accident, the evening before went well. The show was up to its usual standard and the weather held, so it was possible to walk to Hanger 1 and not get blown backwards by the wind as last year!

A good assortement of models on the table...


March 2016

Competition gallery and results table are now up to date with the March meeting competition. This month was Member's Trophy time and the subject was Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Real Space. There were a good number of excellent entries and the winner was Andrew Prentis with his model of the new 22" Eagle Transporter kit from Round2/MPC

The club show table display labels page has been updted with labels corrected to have the logo on the left. These can be found here

February 2016

Added the Modelfest 2016 Flyer for download

Competition gallery and results table are now up to date with the February meeting competition. This month was also the Antipodean Trophy which was won by Jay Boyle with his ANZACs 'Roo

Jay being presented with the prize an airbrush set, donated by runway13.com and ACTMS

 

January 2016

Competition gallery and results table are now up to date with the January meeting competition.

In January's meeting, the model of the year was voted on. The winner was Tony Horton's HMS Warspite:

Congratulations Tony - this will go forward to represent Farnborough a the next SMW competition in the UK Club class - assuming the IPMS UK Competition Secretary accepts the entry! More photos can be seen here

Diary updated with March member's trophy subject which is Science Fiction, Fantasy and Real Space, plus some other dates.

Happy New Year to all our members and site visitors.  The 2015 News page has been archived on this page