Huddersfield Scale Model Show

[dr_gn]

First show of the year for me - I always enjoy it! Met up with Bill (Perdu) from PH, who had an excellent display of his recent models on his club stand. He also took a well deserved 1st place in modified 1:72 class with his sub-beer mat sized, super-detailled Westland Wasp:



The boy took junior model of the show with his vintage Airfix Albatros (plus second and third prizes with other stuff):



And I got firsts in 1:72 OOB with the superb new AMK Aero Delfin:



...and modified 1:48 class with an Eduard (ex. Gavia) Lysander Mk.III. I pretty much scratch built all the cockpit details plus a lot of other stuff on that one:



A couple of others from the competition:





Best part of £100 spent on not much at all, so all in all a grand day out.

[Eric Mc]

Well done to all

"Dan sarf" my February model show trip was knocked on the head this year. Previously Farnborough IPMS always went to Yeovilton but that show was axed by the current museum management. Last year we went to the Bovingdon Tank Museum show which was good. However, this year they changed it to a two day show - which our club couldn't commit to so we missed out. .

[Riley Blue]

We made a last minute decsion to go so couldn't link up beforehand, would have liked to have said 'hello'; next time perhaps? Well done to you both on your awards, some amazing skill on show - not enough ships though

[dr_gn]

Riley Blue said:

We made a last minute decsion to go so couldn't link up beforehand, would have liked to have said 'hello'; next time perhaps? Well done to you both on your awards, some amazing skill on show - not enough ships though

Oh no - I forgot to let you know about it! Sorry. I did enter the Corvette, but it came second (out of two!).

[Riley Blue]

dr_gn said:

Riley Blue said:

We made a last minute decsion to go so couldn't link up beforehand, would have liked to have said 'hello'; next time perhaps? Well done to you both on your awards, some amazing skill on show - not enough ships though

Oh no - I forgot to let you know about it! Sorry. I did enter the Corvette, but it came second (out of two!).

Don't worry, we only decided five minutes before leaving home and mainly because I have a car that needed a good run. If your entries were in the judging hall we wouldn't have seen them as every time we went in there judging was going on.

[dr_gn]

Riley Blue said:

dr_gn said:

Riley Blue said:

We made a last minute decsion to go so couldn't link up beforehand, would have liked to have said 'hello'; next time perhaps? Well done to you both on your awards, some amazing skill on show - not enough ships though

Oh no - I forgot to let you know about it! Sorry. I did enter the Corvette, but it came second (out of two!).

Don't worry, we only decided five minutes before leaving home and mainly because I have a car that needed a good run. If your entries were in the judging hall we wouldn't have seen them as every time we went in there judging was going on.

Ah OK. The judging there is usually between 13:00 and 15:00.

[American iv]

dr_gn said:

...Best part of £100 spent on not much at all, so all in all a grand day out.

Well, not quite a grand day out, more 1/10th of a grand day out

p.s. congratulations on the trophies for you and your boy

[dr_gn]

American iv said:

dr_gn said:

...Best part of £100 spent on not much at all, so all in all a grand day out.

Well, not quite a grand day out, more 1/10th of a grand day out

p.s. congratulations on the trophies for you and your boy

I see what you did there.

And thanks!

[perdu]

I wish I could remember where I put the bulk of my purchases on the day G

Somewhere a fresh roll of 6mm Tamiya Tape has gone missing

It was good to see you on Sunday, congratulations on so many awards although I was bemused to see the corvette didn't win in its own class, it was lovely work

Congrats to Nathan too, you are nurturing a serious talent there well done

Anyway up, I hope you will all be able to get down to Cosford which its to be my club's next day out

[dr_gn]

perdu said:

I wish I could remember where I put the bulk of my purchases on the day G

Somewhere a fresh roll of 6mm Tamiya Tape has gone missing

It was good to see you on Sunday, congratulations on so many awards although I was bemused to see the corvette didn't win in its own class, it was lovely work

Congrats to Nathan too, you are nurturing a serious talent there well done

Anyway up, I hope you will all be able to get down to Cosford which its to be my club's next day out

Thanks Perdu - I'm still looking for a set of telescoping plastic tubes I bought from there in 2016...

Hopefully we'll be at Cosford, and Telford again this year.

[Voldemort]

This is another one of those threads I wish had been started before rather than after the event...

Still, congratulations on your winnings.

[Eric Mc]

Sadly, Huddersfield is too far away from me, especially at this time of the year.

[perdu]

Eric it is almost too far away for me too

I went in the Midget, as you do, and had a decent trip up there but during the morning I went to get out of the chair supplied by the Leisure Centre and my back decided to twangggg

The trip home was nowhere near as much fun, especially when it decided to snow...

Next show Cosford in April

[Eric Mc]

The original thinking was to do Bovingdon - but even that fell through due to it being a two day show rather than one day.

I think my next show opportunity is April.

[dr_gn]

Voldemort said:

This is another one of those threads I wish had been started before rather than after the event...

Still, congratulations on your winnings.

Thanks, I'll remember next time...

[Yertis]

Please can we have some better pics of the Lysander?

[dr_gn]

Yertis said:

Please can we have some better pics of the Lysander?

I'm not supposed to put pictures online because it was supplied and built for a magazine article. Same with the Delfin - AMK sent it me for review for the same magazine. I can let you know when it's published (or probably post images a few months after that). Thanks.