International Model Boat Show 2017
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th November 2017
20th Anniversary show!!!
Including Tamiya Trucking
20th Anniversary show!!!
Including Tamiya Trucking
Many thanks to Meridienne Exhibitions for inviting the club back for the 20th Anniversary show, this is the ninth time we have displayed the club member's boats. Once again we showed the wide variety of model boats that the club has interests in, including yachts, warships, vintage, work boats and pleasure craft. This year we had an additional subject in the way of three different types of submersible. As usual we tried to display different models and this year we had an evolving battleships squadron from WW1 to WW2 with escorting vessels. Ron and Sheila Kingdon provided the big battlewagons HMS Rodney, HMS Duke of York, and HMS Agincourt whilst Nick Brown showed the earliest examples of the modern battleships with HMS Dreadnought and HMS Invincible. Tony Newstead with his particular interest of escorting destroyers displayed the wide variety of TBDs and destroyer craft. Completing the war theme was Steve Brown's larger scale Admiralty Train Ferry Number 3.
Roger Clement bought a fantastic variety of vintage models and kits including the examples of the i/c engines so common in the 1950s and 1960s. Roger also likes to show what can be built using the original model parts as a guide and has built a launch and a free sailing vane yacht. Alan Burgess, our photographer and club secretary, put on show his large 1/18th scale Murrey Paddlesteamer (with local Aussie hat!) and his recently refurbished Neptune submersible.
Continuing with the work boats, Sheila Kingdon's fishing boat covered in all types of 'build-up' was admired as was Richard Scrutton's Smit Rotterdam North Sea Tug with a fully lighting system.
One of the most amazing (and strange) models on the table was Nigel Marriott's Ramform Sovereign Seismic Survey Vessel. This model has to be seen to be believed! The stern area is full of winches and seismic equipment that Nigel has painstakingly recreated beautifully. A newcomer to the show was Bill Trayner (affectionally nick-named 'L.C.' for his time in the Army) and he displayed his fully functional Revell Skipjack submarine.
John and Angela Pates had a wonderful display of their models including a rather nice Earnslaw New Zealand Pleasure cruiser with a full compliant of passengers. Many positive comments were passed on from visitors who have actually sailed on this handsome vessel. Finally the chairman, Steve, likes to show his work under construction and this year did not differ. An un-painted scratch built model of the submarine tender HMS Adamant 1911 was on display next to the club's history. As many visitors were mentioning- it would be a shame to paint the model!
We have been invited back for 2018 and we hope to see you all there!
Many thanks to Alan Burgess for the fifty excellent quality photos he captured on the Thursday evening.
Roger Clement bought a fantastic variety of vintage models and kits including the examples of the i/c engines so common in the 1950s and 1960s. Roger also likes to show what can be built using the original model parts as a guide and has built a launch and a free sailing vane yacht. Alan Burgess, our photographer and club secretary, put on show his large 1/18th scale Murrey Paddlesteamer (with local Aussie hat!) and his recently refurbished Neptune submersible.
Continuing with the work boats, Sheila Kingdon's fishing boat covered in all types of 'build-up' was admired as was Richard Scrutton's Smit Rotterdam North Sea Tug with a fully lighting system.
One of the most amazing (and strange) models on the table was Nigel Marriott's Ramform Sovereign Seismic Survey Vessel. This model has to be seen to be believed! The stern area is full of winches and seismic equipment that Nigel has painstakingly recreated beautifully. A newcomer to the show was Bill Trayner (affectionally nick-named 'L.C.' for his time in the Army) and he displayed his fully functional Revell Skipjack submarine.
John and Angela Pates had a wonderful display of their models including a rather nice Earnslaw New Zealand Pleasure cruiser with a full compliant of passengers. Many positive comments were passed on from visitors who have actually sailed on this handsome vessel. Finally the chairman, Steve, likes to show his work under construction and this year did not differ. An un-painted scratch built model of the submarine tender HMS Adamant 1911 was on display next to the club's history. As many visitors were mentioning- it would be a shame to paint the model!
We have been invited back for 2018 and we hope to see you all there!
Many thanks to Alan Burgess for the fifty excellent quality photos he captured on the Thursday evening.