May 2021 - Our first real meeting in many months

 So, we are back together again. How nice it is to chat to someone outside of your own close family.

This month, we were please to welcome David Banks - Bill's son currently visiting from the USA.

There was an amazing 23 models on the table provided by six people. What a great start to normality.

Colin Ovens

Colin brought along some of his Cuban Air Force collection - namely, a MiG-15 UTI, a MiG-17 and a MiG-21. All were 1/72nd scale Airfix kits. In addition, he brought a Revell 1/72nd scale PBY-5A Catalina, which was a big of a pig to make, by all accounts.







Geoff Woods


Geoff brought three of his impeccably finished figurines. He uses acrylics for the base colours and details using oils. (I just can't get on with oils so I am always impressed with Geoff's finishing).

First up was a Frank Miniatures 75mm Hessen Kassel Jaeger.



Next up was  a Castle Miniatures Landsnecht mercenary c14th-15thC, also 75mm.


Lastly, for those old enough to remember the film, Geoff brought along a 1/10th scale bust of Trevor Howard in the guise of Lord Cardigan from the Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)


John Ovenden

I get easily confused, nowadays, so when John brought along four externally similar Sherman tanks, I lost track of which one was which. It seems that he was recreating Shermans from the film "Fury" from 2014 and starring Brad Pitt. Somewhere in here are models by Italeri, World of Tanks and Zvezda comprising M4A3 and M4E8 Sherman variants.






Intending to impress, he also brought along his amazing 1/32nd scale Hobby Boss N.A. B-25 Mitchell. We have seen this in the virtual meetings but nothing prepares you for seeing it in reality.



Peter Carlo

Peter brought along two very nice 1/48th scale aircraft. The first was a Kinetic Lockheed F-104G Starfighter in Lufwaffe markings. The second was a Hobby Boss Su-27 Flanker.  Peter has shown us his skill in recreating these complex (computer generated) markings. He tells us it is simple but we never believe him. It seems to require a huge amount of masking effort.



and the underneath!


He , like John, brought along a large model previously seen in the virtual meetings. This one is a 1/48th scale Italeri Osprey. Again, it is great to see it in the flesh.




Peter Terry

Peter is another one that overwhelmed me with models. His little (?) collection was 6 Messerschmitt bf-109e models from a variety of makers.







He tells us that he has plenty more of these coming!

Conclusion

Firstly, don't forget that you can see larger copies of the images by double clicking on each one. Click on the back arrow of the browser to get back to the blog. Secondly, I didn't do too well with recording the models (sorry) and my remote release stopped working so I had some trouble with photographing the models in my newly constructed light booth. I will endeavour to do better next month - we are back to meeting on the first Thursday - 3rd June. I look forward to seeing you all there.


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