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

Hello All
More updates for you. Our club drinks this year will be in the new pub in Abingdon that being the  The Narrows pub, which is a Weatherspoons in Abingdon town centre, see you there from 19.30 on 10th Decmember

Whilst thinking about our club, I have compiled the list of meeting nights for the next six months or so. If this requires any alteration please let me know.




Yes this is in the normal two tone greens honest, well somewhere. Baghdad, Iraq 2008

7th Jan

21st Jan   Club AGM

4th Feb

18thFeb   Comp  1

4th Mar

18thMar  Demo Night

1st Apr

15th Apr

29th Apr   Comp  2

13th May

27th May  Demo Night

10th Jun

24th Jun

8th Jul       Comp  3

Well done to all of the members that have helped to make our show as good as it was.

Here are the competition winners from each of the four competitions held in 2013.

5th Feb 2013
1st   Oshkosh tractor                   Laurence  
2nd  Vickers 6B tank                  Tim
3rd   Yamaha Bike                      Andy C

1st    Nimrod                                Alan H
2nd   Sea Vixen                            Laurence 
3rd   Buccaneer                            Mike I

2nd Competition of the year
1st    Coyote                                  Laurence
2nd   Tiger                                    Mick S
3rd    Motorbike                           Kiran

1st    Pup                                       Tony
2nd   Ju-87B                                 Alan H
3rd    Spitfire Mk24                      Tim
3rd    Beaufighter                          Simon T

9th July
1st     Sherman                               Kirk
2nd    Truck ???                             Laurence
3rd     Panther                                Mick S

17th Sept
1st     Wessex                                 Mike I
2nd    Airacobra                             Tim
3rd     Fokker DVII                        Alan S

Please chaps bring along any/ all of the above so that I can put forward a model in to Class 98 at the Nationals.