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noelsmith

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  1. Telford is back on this year. Check out the IPMS UK website for details
  2. I'm a Luddite when it comes to mastering shortcuts on a forum. All I do is browse the forum, find the subject headings and find what I want that way. The aircraft section is alive and in rude health! I mainly build car models and it was interesting to read the US Nationals results. All you 'Wingy Thingy' guys are certainly spoilt for choice. Just the same at Telford as well. It just reflects the majority interest within IPMS and the kit market in general. Although I have to say that car guys like me are much better catered for in your Nationals than SMW.
  3. Harry, welcome to the forum. If you do not know this already there is a New Zealand IPMS too, so there may be some like minded folk close to you.
  4. I realise this is an old thread but here goes. C1 polishing powder is one that I can think of. There was another by S&J I think that was polished aluminium. AK are now making tube based polishing compounds for metallic finishes.
  5. Tom, try generating an extra email address for yourself and try registering again on Scale Motorcars is all I can suggest. One thing about site, if you go past the very first opening page the login will fail. Try logging in as soon as the first page shows. Incidentally Nick has more stuff on the Britmodeller site to look at just now.
  6. Never seen Megan Markle with a dog or cat in any photos. Am I missing something about how she appears to be an authority on animal feeding to write a pet recipe book? Just cashing in on being married to a royal I guess. More interesting things in the world than an ex actress writing about feeding pets, like the future of Fine Scale Modeler. It 'absorbed' Scale Auto. Well that was doom for auto modelling enthusiasts straight away! I have seen a number of magazines go that route where the absorbed magazine content dwindled to nothing very soon after. Nothing changes does it?
  7. Up to now the only upgrade to the big Airfix Bentley was a set of Hartford Shock Absorbers from Shapeways. The great news for big Airfix Bentley builders is that there is a guy named Nick over here in the UK who is developing 3D printed after market upgrades. He is developing wire wheel kits, engine detailing, chassis and suspension upgrades. I believe that he will be marketing the upgrade kits to suit different modeller's requirements and alternatively a full upgrade transkit that will have everything included. He has indicated that a full kit might also be in the offing as well. He is marketing under his website Unobtanium that shows what is already and will be on offer. Nick has a presence on the Britmodeller and Scale Motorcars websites where you will be blown away by the examples shown of his 3D CAD developments and renders as well as photos of test pieces that he has already printed up. I am really looking forward to what he has to offer as I have donor kits of the Bentley in my stash already.I Incidentally, Nick already has wire wheel kits available for an Alfa Romeo kit by Italeri.
  8. This thread has strayed from being a GSB discussion. As previously pointed out a GSB contest will be unpredictable depending on the quality of the competition entries. Ralph mentioned that generic GSB medallions would be the best option. They could be bought in bulk and used year on year pulling from stock until a stock top up is required. Probably the best option both flexibility and cost wise for any GSB contest.
  9. Kalmbach has a number of different subject magazines, and maybe some of those are suffering as well as FSM. At least it is still going as a general subject model magazine. Airfix Modelworld and Tamiya International are the only other commercial English language ones I can think of apart from the Journal and IPMS UK magazine.
  10. Must be struggling, particularly as they have just 'absorbed' Scale Auto'.
  11. The Alpha Chiron I believe is in resin not plastic, as is their Vision Bugatti. They both are lovely kerb side kits.
  12. I know they are essentially wooden kits, but has anyone built one and can comment?
  13. Dak, I whole heartedly agree that show visitors should not be charged extra over and above the entrance fee to have access to vendors. After all, vendors pay a pitch fee at shows do they not? Extra charging of visitors for access to them is both counter productive to the show and also detrimental to the vendors who have paid to trade there. I guess either a room of fenced off trader area has to be set up to facilitate this and have to be marshalled. I am not aware of this practice at any shows over here in the UK and it certainly does not happen at SMW Telford where traditionally traders tables are mixed in with display stands throughout the show. If traders were placed in one area and visitors expected to pay extra to access them, they would kick off considering the fees they pay to trade! In view of this, no kit selling is allowed from under club and special interest group tables. A kit swap (in reality a second hand kit sales area) is run by IPMS at Telford for members to dispose of unwanted kits, books etc. At local model shows in the UK however, many allow under table sales.
  14. Rusty has already pointed out that the show has to make a profit. I would surmise that casual transient visitors to the US Nationals would be small in number compared with the number of members and non members who have an interest in the hobby visiting. You cannot pander to those who who might just wander in off the street for a couple of hours and just give the models a casual glance before leaving and forget what IPMS is upon going out the door As for worrying about them getting annoyed when they get to vendors because they actually have to pay to buy something? Er, isn't that the same at any other venue? If you take your kids to a zoo or theme park you don't get the ice creams and souvenir merchandise for nothing either do you?
  15. It is a difficult thing setting an entrance fee that does not sell the society short but also remain attractive. Dak brought up about a co worker taking his family and finding the entrance fees prohibitive. Well maybe the answer to this is that adults pay and their kids get in free on a day ticket. It depends on various things when costing out as small local shows generally have a bit more flexibility than when a large venue is booked and has to funded.
  16. The posts in this thread made interesting reading. Multi day and 'family' passes for non members unfortunately are always open to abuse. At IPMS UK SMW Telford I believe that non members are charged per person per day to get into the show so access abuse is not really so much of an issue, but they do however also have the option of joining the society on the day. IPMS UK members of course have access on both days as part of their membership. The other thing that happens is that on each day members get access to the halls one hour before non members so that they can get to their favourite traders early. The other thing is that at Telford IPMS runs a swap meet for members to sell off old kits, and this area is not accessible for non members until about half way through each day so members are not competing for kits and other things with the general public each morning.
  17. Agreed Ralph! The Flexifile is a really good tool that has been around for.many years, and the belts are available in three different grits, coarse, medium and fine. The coarse is about the equivalent of a very fine sandpaper grit.I Sometimes the glue gives out before the belts wear out so I am about to experiment in making my own belts for the flexifile by cutting strips of wet n dry paper and fine emery cloth in various grits and gluing back loops to fit the Flexifile frame.
  18. noelsmith

    Lana Kane

    'A day at the beach'. A deserted beach I would reckon with the sniper weapon being so conspicuous! LOL Nice tongue in cheek model though David.
  19. Just out of interest, and not answering this question directly, here is a shameless product plug! IPMS UK produce two seam removal tools worth looking out. Check on their website.
  20. If over here in the UK is anything to go by, many branches (chapters in the states) are notorious for not keeping websites up to date. Best just try and contact directly the ones you know of I would suggest.
  21. Looks like my certificates suggestion went down like a lead balloon judging by the responses, so it looks as though the bling appears just as important to many as well as the recognition. I have won quite a few trophies in my time and some look good and others just look cheap. My biggest problem is the space they take up, so medals would certainly save space as they could be tucked away in a drawer of not required next to the model. I would much prefer a medal stamped from metal to a gaudy free standing trophy that is predominately made from plated plastic. Other than what I originally suggested, GSB medals that can be made generic without the year engraved on them so that leftovers could be used the following year would seem the most viable option as suggested in a previous post. Personally, I would stick with First, Second and Third for each class that would make trophies and the competition a lot easier to administer.
  22. If going down the Gold, Silver and Bronze route for a club competition I would take a pragmatic approach and have plenty of generic certificates printed up for each. Paper costs next to nothing whereas trophies could be very expensive to have made for an environment where it will be impossible to ascertain what will be needed for each. GSB however has one pitfall in that all the models will have to be judged against a set number of points that would have to be achieved for each to ascertain what GSB recognition will be awarded. Lots more judging time would have to be put into this, and one has to ask how much time would be taken up with this as club shows are generally one day events. Otherwise going the First, Second and Third route would probably be much easier to administer if awarding actual trophies for the model classes in the competition.
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