Darlington Sword and Lance

Thanks to Simon, James, George and Jonathan for joining Angie and me in representing Edinburgh IPMS at the Darlington Sword and Lance Show at the weekend. Ian and Lily were there too with Friendship. The new venue was an improvement over the old one, though a might chilly at times. A good time was had by all (despite us suffering a blown-out tire on the way back up the road, many thanks for the coming to our rescue Ian) and a few kits bought . In the competition George won two bronzes and I won a silver and bronze in the Aircraft class. Some of the figures in the competition really had to be seen to be believed, they were superb!

See you all on Thursday
Andy

IPMS Edinburgh Shield Competition

Thursday 15th of March saw our annual IPMS Shield competition take place. There was a great turnout with lots of excellent models. After the main vote and an extra deciding vote we had the unprecedented result of a draw. Rather than choose a winner by toss of a coin or similar it was decided to award a joint first prize. So here are the results of the competition in reverse order:

In third place, Ross with his 1/35, SdKfz 10/4



And in joint first place:

James with his 1/35, Stug III F



and Bernie with his 1/33, PWS-50



Well done guys and thanks to everyone who entered.

Remember June's competion theme will be "A Tamiya Kit" so get building.

Regards,
Andy

Well Done James!

A big "Well done" to James for picking up not only a Class Winner but also "Best Armour In Show" trophies at last weekends Glasgow show with his excellent Panzer II Luchs (see bigger pic of tank below in Septembers competition results):




Also well done to George for picking up a "Highly Commended" and "Commended" in the aircraft and vehicle classes:


And of course thanks to all of you who came along and put on an excellent club display.

Andy

Hi All,

The result of Octobers monthly competition was a draw between Luc's 1/35 "Sherman from Kellys Heroes:


And Chris' 1/700 HMS Manchester:

Well done guys

Hi All,

Here's the result of Septembers Battlefield Trophy competition:

1st: Keith with his 1/144 Soyuz TM with scratchbuilt launch pad


2nd: James with his 1/35, PzII Ausf L Luchs


3rd: Pete with his 1/76 Bedford MK Tactical Aircraft Refueller


Well done guys and thanks to everyone who entered the competition.

Hi Folks,

Just a wee reminder that on Thursdays meeting it is the "Battlefield Trophy" competition so I hope to see lots of models entered.

See you there,
Andy

Here's the result for the June Revell competition:

1st, Ian with his 1/72 Bradley


2nd, Peter with his 1/72 M60


3rd Jointly, Peter and Steve with a 1/76 M16 Quad and 1/76 Panzer III respectively.


Unfortunately Keith didn't send me a pic of Steve's Panzer III so I cant post one

Well done guys.

And a reminder that Septembers Thursday meeting will be the Battlefield Trophy Competition which is open to all scales and subjects. Also our next themed competition will be for Decembers Thursday meet where the theme will be " a model of any subject from the year (or era) you were born" and remember it's the subject that has to be from that era, not the kit itself :)