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16th December 2007 Seasons’s Greetings to everyone!
Diary for 2008 has been updated with every club night. December competition results have been added.
17th November 2007 Pictures from this year’s Scale ModelWorld have been added. Dates for next year’s Modelfest and Scale ModelWorld have been announced. Diary and competition results for November have been updated.
6th November 2007 We aren’t half looking forward to The Nationals! Diary has been updated. Model Gallery for Gary Barling from IPMS Ottawa’s excellent work has been added.
12th October 2007 Pictures of Modelfest posted. Diary and competition pages updated.
27th September 2007 Looks like it was a record-breaking Modelfest. Many thanks to all those who exhibited, visited, look part or helped with the running of what has been our biggest-ever event.
22nd September 2007 Many thanks to Revell for generously providing some excellent kits as prizes for the tombola at Modelfest.
19th September 2007 Updated Modelfest page, adding times and prices and Modelfest exhibitors
15th September 2007 Battle of Britain Day
Models by Otto Ulrich and Brian Boot; photography by Allan Simpson and Pete Readman
Updated Diary, competition and Modelfest exhibitors pages. Check out new photos of models by John Constable, Chris Bradley and Brian Boot.
31st August 2007 Updated Modelfest exhibitors pages.
17th August 2007 Updated Diary, competition and Modelfest exhibitors pages.
27th July 2007 Lots of new pics this month. There’s Tony Horton’s photos from the Royal International Air Tattoo, my pictures from the Beltring War & Peace Show, there’s pics of some of the July competition winners and some of the exotic entrants in the “What If?” Members’ Trophy.
In the reference section there’s some shots of Bill Maloney and Otto Ulrich trying out 1:1th scale aviation with Bill’s Piper Cub. While in the member’s galleries there’s pictures of Tony Horton’s Hurricane and my Corsair and Typhoon.
New links have been added to IPMS Early Risers club, to John McIllmurray’s AIMS, and to publishers Dalrymple & Verdun.
Finally, in the diary we have a new theme for the January 2008 Members’ Trophy competition.
23rd June 2007 Diary and competition updated; thanks to Allan Simpson for the photos.
28th May 2007 This year’s charity donation has been settled at £1,100, with £1,000 going to the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice and a £100 to the St Francis Hospice in Romford. This money comes from the club’s acivities during the year, with the lion’s share due to our show, Modelfest.
Diary and competition updated, with a further photo of the competition showing just some of Nic Aronica’s prolific output. Thanks to Allan Simpson for this month’s photos.
29th April 2007 New photos by Chris Mckee include his Sabre, Centurion, T55, Cromwell and HMMWV, and some excellent painting on Brian Boot’s Samurai
The diary and competition results have been updated, and include photos of the winners.
18th March 2007 AGM held, and current club officers were confirmed in their roles.
Some colourful models by Tony Horton, Bill Simpson and Nic Aronica plus Diary and Competition updates
4th March 2007 Updated Diary, photos of some of the February 2007 competition winners, and Cromwell by Chris McKee.
28th January 2007 Photos of Scale ModelWorld competition winners by Andy Eaton, Chris McKee and Rod “Otto” Ulrich.
Pictures from the January 2007 club night, plus models by Nic Aronica, Sam Wilson, Julian Edwards and Alan Purusram.
New competition results page for 2007 created, and Diary has been updated.
Added Google search and site map.
1st January 2007....Happy New Year! To start the year, there’s a new article on how to improve the Trumpeter 1/35th scale Chinook (US CH47D and RAF HC2 versions) by Rod “Otto” Ulrich in the reference section.
Photos from Scale Modelworld 2006, taken by our good friend Gary Barling from IPMS Ottawa, have been added to the gallery
The Diary and competition results have been updated.
During 2006, this site averaged over 10,000 page views and over 1.3 Gigabytes of data transferred per month. Feedback on the content and presentation of the site is always welcome; please email webmaster@ipms-farnborough.co.uk with your comments.
25th November 2006 We’ve just about recovered from “The Nationals”, aka Scale ModelWorld. A good time was had by all, and we should have some photos shortly.
The date for the next Modelfest has been pencilled in as Sunday 23rd September 2007.
New model photos by Andy Eaton have been added to the gallery, including his Mustang, Nieuport 11 Bebe, Sabre, and a number of excellent figures.
Updated Diary and competition results.
14th October Walkround of RAF Chinook HC2 added to the Reference section
Updated Diary and competition results for October, with new pictures of models by Julian Edwards, Chris McKee and Nick Aronica.
More photos from Modelfest, thanks to Andy Eaton and Gary North
Spitfire and Pembroke photos from the Duxford Autumn Air Show
Updated links page
26th September 2006 Another year, another Modelfest! Feedback from the day has been very positive, and first cut of the figures says we’ve raised over £1,000 for charity. Many thanks to everyone who exhibited, attended or helped out. There’s a few general photos here.
20th September 2006 Many thanks to Revell for their support of Modelfest
Admission charges for Modelfest confirmed.
17th September 2006 One week to Modelfest! We won’t have an RAF Puma this year, but we can promise full-size military vehicles and a terrific variety of models.
Link to a review of Modelfest 2005 with pictures, courtesy of Steve Evans of Model Airplane International.
Some photos of old Scale ModelWorld branch displays have been found. What will our theme be this year? (Answers on a postcard please.)
New photos by Allan Simpson: PzKw IV Ausf E by Les Clancy; HMCS Snowberry by Les Burningham, F-14 Tomcat by Alan Purksram and Russian KV-1 by Sam Wilson.
Diary and competition results for August and September added.
4th August 2006 More photos from the Air Tattoo at Fairford. Thanks to Ron Gafney for some spectacular images to add to those already supplied by Tony Horton.
31st July 2006 Only two months to Modelfest! A list of the clubs and traders who have confirmed so far has been added to the site.
Tony Horton won the July Members’ Trophy competition with his Avenger. There are photos of all the competition entrants, thanks to Stew Hargrave.
It’s airshow season, so further thanks to Tony for providing us with an F4E Phantom walkround, and other photos from the Air Tattoo at Fairford. There’s also photos from the Farnbrough Airshow, and from our trip to Brooklands Museum.
As well as the compeition winners, we also have new photos of Sam Wilson’s Marder and Pete Readman’s Harrier and Fulmar
Updated diary and June competition results, with photos of the competition winning models.
20th June 2006 Letter from the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, acknowleging our donation of £1,200 raised from last year’s Modelfest.
Updated diary and competition results.
24th May 2006 New photos of models by Keith Hawkins: Garrett Showman’s Engine, Garrett Road Roller, Lysander and Merkava
The new 1/72nd Curtiss SB2C Helldiver from Academy, as built by Pete Readman
Another valuable addition to our Reference Section
Updated diary and competition results.
3rd May 2006 Updated captions for Chris McKee’s Centurion, Mark Jowett’s VC10 and Keith Hawkin’s Road Roller.
Added link to IPMS Ipswich
26th April 2006 We have decided to “twin” with IPMS Ottawa. See explanation in About The Club.
Article by Otto Ulrich on Trumpeter’s new, 1/35th scale CH47 Chinook, including the vexed question of “How do I convert it to an RAF aircraft ?”
New pictures of Chris McKee’s Anti-Pesto Van, Centurion and Isreali Soldier, Tony Horton’s Jaguar and Phantom, Mark Jowett’s VC10 and Keith Hawkin’s Road Roller.
Updated diary and competition results.
21st March 2006 AGM held; committee members re-elected unopposed.
We agreed to donate £1,200 to the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice.
Pictures of Les Burningham’s Neptune and entries to this year’s Antipodean Trophy competition
Updated diary and competition results.
27th February 2006 We came second in the IPMS-UK Nationals branch display contest!!
A good day out was had at the Fleet Air Arm Museum’s model show.
Diary and competition results have been updated.
10th January 2006 Congratulations to John McIllmurray for winning the 2005 Model of the Year Competition with his 1/72nd Vickers Wellington. John is moving away, and so we all wish him well, and hope to see him soon.
Diary and competition results have been updated, and a Poetry Corner (yes, that’s right, poetry) has been added.
Photos of Oriana by Bill Simpson, and Canberra, Centurion and Phantom by Chris McKee have been added to the gallery.
19th December 2005 Change of venue for next year’s Modelfest show. Due to a problem with the 6th Form College, we will be holding Modelfest 2006 at the nearby Kings International College in Camberley.
Added photos of Rod “Otto” Ulrich’s helicopter models, including his magnificent 1/48th scale Chinook.
22nd November 2005 Well, that’s “The Nationals” over for another year. Our stand had the theme “Nelson’s Navy”, with models that were namesakes of the RN ships of 1805. To tie in with this, eight of us attended the IPMS Dinner on the Saturday appropriately dressed.
15th November 2005 We’re off to “The Nationals !!” Date for Modelfest 2006 is now confirmed as Sunday 24th September 2006.
18th October 2005 Added some pictures by Keith Hawkins taken at Modelfest 2005
13th October 2005 Modelfest has made £1,000 for charity! A record! Many thanks to everyone who attended, took part or helped in making the show a success in it’s first year at the new venue.
28th September New gallery for Rod “Otto” Ulrich - check out the outstanding 1/72nd scale WW1 planes Added Andy Eaton’s Probyn’s Horse Officer
16th September 2005 Updated the Competition Results Page with links to pictures of winners New gallery for Les Clancy’s military vehicle models New gallery for Gary Byrne’s car models Some new 1/48th military vehicles added to Allan Simpson’s gallery
5th September 2005 Excellent photography of Les Burningham’s Israeli Sherman German WW2 Puma armoured car by Sam Wilson Updated the Past Events page to include some recent Grand Days Out
28th August 2005 New gallery of ship models by Bill Simpson Updated Allan Simpson’s gallery with figure, vehicles and aircraft model images Updated Chris McKee’s gallery with Gulf War Challenger and Warrior model images
21st August 2005 Some colourful additions to the model gallery: Les Burningham’s USAF Air Rescue B29 and RCAF Lancaster, and Pete Readman’s Royal Navy Rescue Sea King
14th August 2005 New gallery of photos of John McIllmurray’s fabulous Wellington model
Some new pictures in Chris McKee’s model gallery, including Isreali F15, Apache and Ouragon.
9th August 2005 Walkround of RAF Canberra PR9. This aircraft is 46 years old and still in service...they don’t make ‘em like they used to !
Folland Gnat by Pete Readman in the Model Gallery
30th July 2005 Walkround of the RAF’s impressive new Oshkosh Tactical Refueller in the Reference section
23rd July 2005 Les Burningham’s 1/48th Meteor 8 is added to the Model Gallery
Walkround of Merlin HC3 by Allan Simpson in Reference section
Added links to Modelfest traders Brigade Models and Czech Six
16th July 2005 New model gallery with photos of Andy Eaton’s work, which includes figures, AFVs, aircraft, a Napoleonic gunboat and a lily pond...
New reference gallery of some of the pictures from the Fleet Review
New Traders’ Links section, for traders who support us at Modelfest
7th July 2005 A new gallery, of Stew Hargrave’s HMS Eagle, and his 1/48th Phantoms and Hunter. The colour scheme on the Japanese F4 has to be seen to be believed....
Who’s Who updated with picture of Andy Eaton and very blurry picture of Mark Jowett, just to prove that some of us are young and good-looking
1st July 2005 Photos from Allan Simpson in the gallery, including excellent Soldier of the Black Watch.
Updated Past Events with pictures from RAF Hendon show, IPMS Salisbury show and lots from past Scale ModelWorlds
24th June 2005 First input from trainee webmaster Chris McKee, added pictures to model gallery 23rd June 2005 Added descriptions of Les Burningham’s National Championship winning HMS Diana
New Piper Cub walkround in Reference section. This plane is part-owned by club member Bill Maloney It’s a 61 year old USAAF veteran, and operated in Belgium in early 1945. The paint scheme is an educated guess, but if anyone knows better, or has photos, Bill would love to hear about it.
21st June 2005 Links page updated
Added pictures of Les Burningham’s National Championship winning HMS Diana to the gallery
20th June 2005 Added pictures from Chris McKee to the gallery
17th June 2005 A big apology to Les Piper for failing to attribute his photos: sorry. Les!
16th June 2005 Club email address set up |
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