An hour from me and never a dull...
An hour from me, and never a dull day...
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My modelling interests centred originally around aircraft, but other projects include armour, civilian vehicles, figures, ships and dioramas, and these have achieved gold-medal standards at the British Nationals and other regional exhibitions.
I've had a few projects featured in photo galleries on Cybermodeler, Armorama, and Aeroscale, but find I'm never really satisfied with a completed model, and so keep building in hope of achieving that elusive 'perfect model'.
I enjoy looking at the work of other modellers, for inspiration.
HMB Endeavour Diorama Project
This is a project I've been working on a couple of months now. It's Mantua's 1/60 model of the Bark Endeavour, which I'm developing into a diorama.
I bought the kit in an online auction for £30; it still retails for £160+ so it may seem [...]
Year in Review – 2017
Two very long and involved builds with HMS Victory and the subsequent addition of long boats, and the large scale Sopwith Camel, then a figure revamp and a Review piece, a flying bus, and a floaty thing in sea spray... hmmm... reads not so [...]
Elco 80 – Part 2
At the end of last month I posted photos of Italeri's 1/35 PT 596 on its display stand, to show all the detail, as the drift of the project was to add crew and to place it in a dynamic seascape, and some of the detail would be lost to view [...]
Elco 80 – Part One
This is Italeri's mighty "Elco 80" PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat (No. 5602). With a length of more than two feet (70cm), it's a substantial model in 1/35.
In World War 2, the USN had contracts with two companies for the production of [...]
Parnall Panther (1921), 1/32 Scratchbuild
I had a look through Martin’s aircraft posts from Telford but didn’t see this one listed unless I overlooked it, so apologies if duplicated.
I think the modeller is Italian but don’t know anything else about it apart from the fact [...]
Telford Best in Show (Club Display)
As well as some individual placements in the Competition, late on Sunday officials awarded our club the Best Club Display Trophy (Gold) Scale Model World 2017. Considering that there are more than 94 Clubs in attendance (85+ SIGS dealt [...]
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Here’s a stash of Competition photos taken by another Telford visitor. Separate lead photo here courtesy Zoukei Mura, from their stand in Hall 2.
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A Few Competition Area Photos
More than 1000 entries but here are a few of Class winners, plus a few I liked that got zip.
Gold
Just visited Competition area to find London Gunbus was awarded a Gold medal. Nothing at all for HMS Victory though.
