Reports from modeling shows, air displays and similar events.
EuroMilitaire is one of the UK's premier modelling exhibitions, taking place in September in Folkestone, Kent. The two-day event, now in its 29th year, attracts upwards of 3000 visitors.
Folkestone's proximity to Dover, with the latter's [...]
Still random. No the P-40 in the header is not mine.This is the end of 'em folks, including some shots of the vendor room and the Embassy Suites where we stayed, what a great hotel. Sorry about some of the fuzzy fotos, I'm a piker with a [...]
Continuing with a random selection of pics from the IPMS USA Nationals...
Here are some of the entries at this year’s IPMS USA Nats gathering. A well run smooth show, very large venue, I heard something on the order of 4500 entries.
The pictures in this installment show mostly airplanes and props at that, [...]
Tibenham Airfield lies about half hour's drive from me in rural Norfolk. Originally RFC Tibenham in WWI, and RAF Tibenham in WWII and a USAAF B-24 base, it's now the home of Norfolk Gliding Club. You drive along winding country lanes and [...]
This was the first time I have attended this modelshow and a very enjoyable day was had by all who attended,there were a lot of familliar faces from clubs around the Northwest and also lots from clubs around the Midlands area whom I had [...]
That fershlugginah F-101C has found a good home, where it will be honored and respected, and seen only from a distance of 3 feet through glass.
Christina Olds gave a presentation today out at Planes of Fame about her father, the great [...]
Each year in May, IPMS Barnet and Harrow (North London) host a model show in the exhibition halls at RAF Hendon museum. This year, there were around 25 different clubs/SIGs participating, together with a trade area where sales appeared to [...]
Chino 2014. First display by the Bremont Horsemen, the first F-86 flight demonstration team since the JASDF Blue Impulse and the RAAF Black Panthers. The only civilian team ever..
Sorry for the (photographically) horrid shot. I went [...]