Hello all

Here is are the dates for the first half of  the 2015 calendar

6....January       Club AGM
20
3....February     1st Competition
17                      Moving to new venue, Chirstchurch main hall
3....March         Demo night
17                     Where do you model
31                     Video night
14..April           2nd  Competition 
28                    
12...May          Demo night
26                     Where do you model part 2
9.....June          Club meeting somewhere else
23

7.....July           3rd Competition

4th October 2014 is our 18th Abingdon IPMS model show.

Here is the essential information page for our 18th Model show which will be on the 4th Oct 2014 at the same venue as the last eight years in the Larkmead school in Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 1BB from 10.00 till 16.00.
There will be a competition entry on the day with an entry fee of £1.00
Parking for approx. 50 cars or more
 
16 Traders with over 17 Clubs supporting the show.
So far confirmed traders are Little Cars, Oxonians Plastic Fantastic, Antics, The Aviation Hobby Shop, Mr Models, Avid reader, Paul Davies(decals), Squires, Form-u-lay, Flying graphics, Mainly Military Models, Kit Krazy, Klassic kits, RAF Dec, Models for sale, Flyingraphics, Gloster models.

£ 3.00 Adult and £2 OAP/child

Burger van outside from 08.30 till 15.30

Come along to excellent medium sized show............. it may be our last?     Simon Fisher

Was a very sad day yesterday, our long term founder Member Tony Clements has passed away in Sobel House, Oxford yesterday 18th September. All our club condolences to his family for this great loss whilst leading light in both our club and for the IPMS. The funeral for Tony will take place on Thursday 25th Sept,11:00 at St Edmunds church, Abingdon, OX14 3PL. Followed by a wake at the British Legion also in Abingdon. All welcome, dress as you wish.

4th Oct 2014  4/10/14   10/4/14   4 October 2014

Here is the essential information page for our 18th Model show which will be on the 4th Oct 2014 at the same venue as the last eight years in the Larkmead school in Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 1BB from 10.00 till 16.00.
There will be a competition entry on the day with an entry fee of £1.00
Parking for approx. 50 cars or more
 
16 Traders with over 17 Clubs supporting the show.
So far confirmed traders are Little Cars, Oxonians Plastic Fantastic, Antics, The Aviation Hobby Shop, Mr Models, Avid reader, Paul Davies(decals), Squires, Form-u-lay, Flying graphics, Mainly Military Models, Kit Krazy, Klassic kits, RAF Dec, Models for sale, Flyingraphics, Gloster models.

£ 3.00 Adult and £2 OAP/child

Burger van outside from 08.30 till 15.30

Come along to excellent medium sized show............. it may be our last?

3rd compettion of the year held on 8th July

Hello all, here are the pictures from the latest competition held on 8th July 2014. Sorry if the page looks a little untidy however I am now having problems with the Blog, I'll have to ask for help from Kirk or Tim at the next meeting. Simon



Tims, some sort of 1/35 Churchill Tank

A nice Dewotine D520 by Alan S Tamiya 1/48 kit

The winner of the competition a Dakota 1/72 Airfix by Al Harris, just poor photo from myself.

A good diorama showing opposite ends of aviation

A Funny F-16 by Richard



1/72 Airfix ? Harrier by Si T

A 1/48 Kittyhawk by you guessed BOB

1/32 conversion of a Hunter T7 by Matt

Another close up of the Hunter nose

A further picture of Alan Sticklands 1/48 Tamiya D520



Guess who made this 1/48 Hasegawa P40?



1/72 scale P-51D Tamiya kit by Si T



A 1/32 Swiss Hunter by Matt



Tims, some sort of  1/35 Churchill tank

Second half of club diary

Hello all, this the second part of the club diary for 2014. Please note that there are some differences to a few of the nights, please take a careful look????????????????????
8   Jul   Competition night 3
22 Jul   Quick tips night - Provide a tip and you get in free, however no tip you pay subs in the normal way.
5   Aug
19 Aug  Mig 15 Night- start early 19.00/ free drinks/biscuits.
2   Sept  Spray night, bring along your spraying setup and show others how you achieve your excellent results, whilst increasing the understanding of basic airbrushing for those who are beginners.
16 Sept
30 Sept Competition night 4
14 Oct  Selection from this years competition winners, which is for the club class at the Nationals.
28 Oct  Prep for National/Competition for winners of this comp winners.
11 Nov Let us all see what you purchased at the nationals.
25 Nov Video night
9   Dec  Club drinks at the Spread Eagle
23 Dec
6 Jan 2015  Club AGM
Also of note
26 Jul Club BBQ at Eynsham, start time 14.00
4 Oct OUR model show

2nd Competition 2014

Here are all of the entries to the latest competition which was held on last Tuesday 29th April 2014

8 Sqn RAF Hunter 1/48 Revell  which came in second place for AL.H



A very modelled Churchill tank to 1/35 by Tim, alas no award.

A clean and tidy P-47N from Simon F.

A nice model of a Tiger Moth in 1/72 by Mitch

 Here we have a fine sample of a 1/32 Eduard Bf109 E-4 modelled by Simon.F.

A 1/48 Scale F-86F by Ray.

Here we have the competition winner (1st) from kirk, which is a 1/35 Jadgtiger, well done.

A good looking 1/48 Wyvern by Mitch

A Warrior by Laurance

Eduard 1/48 Spitfire XI by Si T.A good looking 1/72 P-51D by Si T.

Well built Eduard Mig-21SMT which came in third place in the competition by Si.T

Another shot of Tim's Churchill

Matt has produced an excellent 1/48 Beaufighter. Further to this post I have been having a problem with the blog some of the controls are not working as they should. Simon