Getting ready for Telford and the big IPMS Model Show. I have never been and don't expect to ever go but for some of our club members it is the high spot of the year. Lots of chat and late nights no doubt.
First up though is the usual video of a selected model. We don't have competitions so I just choose one at random. Note to Peter Carlo, there is a limit to the size that will fit on the turntable - smile. Now, here is Peter Terry's nice little Fiat G50 from Airfix.
Now let's have a look at the table.
Bill Banks
Bill always sends me the "script" for his models so here goes:
"Airfix kit scale 1.600 HMS Fearless L10. Amphibious assault craft. Also known as LPD (Landing Platform Dock) 12,100 tons. Launched in 1965 with sister ship HMS Intrepid.These served until 2002. They were the last steam powered vessels in the RN. Designed to carry 400 troops and up to15 Challenger tanks or 700 troops if no tanks were carried.
The first of its type, refitted in1991, scrapped in Belgium in 2007.
Replaced by Albion and Bulwark in 2003 and 2005. She served throughout the world in every military event involving the UK. In particular, the Falklands conflict where she was involved in rescuing crew from HMS Antelope which was torpedoed.A landing craft was lost by bombing. The ship was featured in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.
The kit was engineered in 1968....So very much a golden oldie and it did show it.The box should carry a warning. However in spite of being 54 years old, the build was interesting and taught me a lot. Particularly the difference with aircraft kits. I intend to find a modern ship kit, not necessarily Airfix, of a larger scale.Fortunately the box had two sets of decals. Very useful. I think that retailing a 54 year old kit is a bit cheeky but provides a subject not normally available."
David Pennington
I brought along a Revell F4U-1A Corsair from the Solomon Islands in 1944. This was an old kit, if the flash is an indication, but it went together very well. Like the Mustang last month, I lost the canopy so had to buy another kit. A few things. The decals tended to collapse so I was just as well that I had a 2nd kit. I lost one of the letter 3 that goes on the undercarriage doors and forgot that I had another sheet, It did eventually come to me. I also forgot to put any seat belts in so that was a bit of a fiddle once the kit was nearly finished. Lastly, this is my first use of EZ Line for the aerial wire between the post and the tailplane. Nice stuff.
John Ovenden
John is in prep mode for Telford and has put together a wonderful diorama based on an incident in the film "Fury". This has three Sherman's moving along a road and depicts a rescue mission. Behind the hedgerow is a disabled German armoured car with crew. Very nice and a lot of work plus a lot of investigation before hand. I must watch the film!
Peter Carlo
I often wonder where Peter keeps all his models! This time we had a real variety of three models. The first is very unusual. It is a German "end of the war" might have been. A Focke Wolf TreibFlügel in 1/35th scale by MiniArt. There was some discussions as to how it might fly without spinning itself into the ground. As it never actually got built, we will never know how it went.
Next up was an Italeri 1/48th scale Panavia Tornado in some very tricky Luftwaffe test scheme. The aircraft was set up in a marine ship attack form and these markings were supposed to help in that role. The markings are NOT decals so Peter had to mask and paint the whole lot!
Lastly, Peter brought along a Tamiya kit of a Flak Panzer "Gepard". His comment is that it was "a typical Tamiya kit where everything was a nice fit"
Peter Terry
Peter always pleases us with his unusual 1/72nd models. This one is an Airfix Fiat G50 in Italian colours usually referred to as the "poached egg" scheme. The scheme needed to be hand painted so, again, we have someone going the extra mile.
Finally
Don't forget that you can see larger copies of these images. Just 'right click' on an image and select "Open image in new tab' - at least that is what you do on a Mac with Safari but it will be similar on Windows and other browsers.
