| Telford 2014 Pics; A selection of photos of the event, as well as the people and the models there. | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 16 2014, 07:34 PM (3,241 Views) | |
| Prenton | Nov 16 2014, 07:34 PM Post #1 |
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As before, I have started this thread in the photo Log", so that we can post up our photos of the show. I know that John (Fs2005) has put up a few on the general "chat" thread for Telford that I started way back in 2013, and that Pat has given us a link to his flickr collection here:- https://www.flickr.com/photos/49183020@N08/sets/72157648807982277/ but it's probably better to put them all here. I know that, apart from myself, Graham (Narayan), Vincent (Murfv) and Simon (trooper ?) all had cameras with them, as probably did Alan (the Bris), and some others, so put them up here lads. We can, in due course, put them up on the website as well. Philip Edited by Prenton, Nov 16 2014, 07:36 PM.
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| Prenton | Nov 16 2014, 09:10 PM Post #2 |
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So - to start with some photos of the show, and our part in it. I tend to take photos of things around me, as well as the models on display. You do not often see photos of anything other than the models on the various fora, so here are some shots that might set the atmosphere of the show. We - that is Vincent, Simon and Myself - arrived by car (Simon's) from the ferry on Friday afternoon at about 4 pm. Also arriving at the same time was Graham, in his own car. Between us, we had brought over most of the items for the club table, including coverings, signs and models. We were soon joined by the Mid-West contingent of Alan, Lindsay and Danny, who had arrived by plane some hours earlier. By 5.15pm, we all had the club stand completely finished (bar the odd model or two that was due to arrive on the Saturday via those flying over that morning). Here is the group, kindly taken for us by a neighbouring Belgian (or an Italian - I can't remember) from one of the overseas stands. ![]() (l to r:- Vincent, Graham, Alan, Simon, Lindsay, Danny and myself) Once this work was done, we went out to the main foyer to collect our wrist-bands, which got us in to the show without trouble for the duration of the weekend. There to greet everyone that would be arriving the following morning was this sign:- ![]() On the opposite side, there was a sign that could be seen as people left the show:- ![]() One of the excellent perks of having a club stand is that those manning it can get in (using those wrist bands) to the show between 8 am and 8.45 am on the Saturday morning, before other IPMS members are admitted at 9 am (and the public at 10am). The entry point is around at the back of Hall 1. So we arrived about 7.50 am on the Saturday morning, carrying some of the contribution to the festivities in the Overseas Area - in this case it was a lot of Guinness cans donated by Danny (which Graham had travelled over with, along with the Mid-West lads' models). Graham himself brought along a bottle of whiskey, as did Alan (along with a Limerick Ham, which he managed to bring over on a Ryanair flight...wonder how he got away with that....mmm) ![]() We waited outside the back door for the place to open at 8 am. ![]() Others came similarly equipped / laden to populate their stands:- ![]() And eventually, on the dot of 8 am, the doors opened, and we were all allowed to enter. ![]() We all took turns over the duration of the weekend to man the club stand, while also having the opportunity to see the various displays, and to engage in some retail therapy. Vincent, an old hand at Telford, had made arrangements for some informal swops of kits with other forum members of the Britmodeller forum. Here he is outside the club stand engaging in such commerce:- ![]() I was scheduled, from 11.30 am, to participate in the judging for the competition, so did not engage (as did some others) in queuing for the kitswop this year. There was a judges briefing at 11.30, and then, at noon, the 40 or so judges went in to the competition area, which by this stage had been cleared of all others. We were divided into groups of two (or occasionally three) to carry out the judging process. I was teamed up, as last year, with an expert on civil aircraft, and we judged all of the five civil classes, as well as two of the special awards/trophies. A great advantage of these arrangements is that you can get on with the judging in peace, without anyone looking over your shoulder. (And if you finish early, you can take photos of the entries without people getting in the way, as is the norm later on, when the public is let in.) ![]() John Tapsell, the IPMS (UK) Publicity Officer, is also on hand at this time to photograph the various class winners professionally, in a special area with lights and a backdrop, for future publication in the organisation's magazine. Here he can be seen, in the yellow tee-shirt, organising to collect a winning entry for this purpose. ![]() A couple of hours later, all of the various classes had been judged, and the judges gathered at the end of the competition area, to decide on the Junior and Senior Best of Show. This is done by vote of all of the participating judges, from among the category winners (aircraft, figures, vehicles, sci-fi, ships etc), under the chairmanship of the Competition Secretary, Tony Horton. Here is Tony (in the characteristic yellow tee-shirt) during the voting process, outlining the various category winners. ![]() You will have seen, elsewhere, the photos of these Best of Show winners. The Senior Best of Show, a ship, is visible here, to the left of Tony. I mentioned that there were special trophies/awards. As well as category winners, such as the civil aircraft trophy, some of which are sponsored by particular firms, there are a considerable number of special trophies awarded by national IPMS organisations. [This is something that the Committee may be looking into for future years, for an IPMS Ireland trophy.] Here are some shots of the various trophies, which were located at the back of the competition area:- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (you gotta love the humour implicit in the Swiss one!):- ![]() My next set of photos will show some of the highlights of the various categories in the competition. Philip Edited by Prenton, Nov 16 2014, 09:14 PM.
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| Prenton | Nov 16 2014, 09:24 PM Post #3 |
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On with the competition! You might expect me to start with aircraft, but - in honour of the group build currently in progress - I will start with submarines! Here is a selection of the submarines on the competition table:- ![]() And here are some close-ups of individual entries:- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This lovely one, with an excellent ocean wave base:- ![]() and a gold medal winner:- ![]() Next post will cover some of the figures. Philip |
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| Prenton | Nov 16 2014, 10:12 PM Post #4 |
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So - some figures that got my attention. Firstly a few busts, including one very familiar to us:- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There were a few more classic figures, including these two mounted examples:- ![]() ![]() and some non-mounted figures:- ![]() ![]() This sailor was excellent:- ![]() ![]() (The judges thought so too, as it got a gold) And there were some figures from ancient times (real or imagined):- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() a detail:- ![]() While more up to date, there was this three figure vignette (presumably from Spring 1945?) ![]() And then, of course, there is the popularity of Iron Man:- ![]() ![]() (the sharp eyed amongst you will see something in the background above. I will cover that shapely figure, and some others, in a post of the sci-fi / steampunk models in a later post....) Philip |
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| Prenton | Nov 16 2014, 10:51 PM Post #5 |
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One of the best categories in the competition was the dioramas. I will begin with some aircraft dioramas. First up, naturally, a Bf 109 diorama:- ![]() Then, just to keep those Spitfire lovers happy, here are a couple of shots of a fine desert diorama featuring Mitchell's wonder:- ![]() ![]() ![]() Then on to Pacific, where some Australians are helping to service another Spitfire:- ![]() I don't know if this is an aircraft or a vehicle...or some crazy amalgam of the two:- ![]() Continuing the Great War theme, there was this little scene of Christmas 1914:- ![]() And this very poignant one:- ![]() The detail here is excellent:- ![]() ![]() But not all dioramas are of war - some are of more mundane pursuits(or diseases), such as golf:- ![]() or even an old rusty bicycle:- ![]() (the explanation card indicated the amount of skill involved:-) ![]() (which helped to convince the judges to give it a gold...) I wonder was this by the same modeller that won a class trophy last year for his Rusty Oil Barrel? And here was an even more unusual, and humorous, diorama:- ![]() which got its maker a gold medal:- ![]() And then there were dioramas mainly featuring vehicles:- ![]() Or soldiers and vehicles:- ![]() Or just soldiers, such as these waiting for the Luftwaffe to arrive:- ![]() Sometimes, when taking photos at these events, it's not enough to use the normal camera settings:- ![]() Occasionally, you need to use a flash! ![]() More dioramas in the next post, as I've reached my limit of 20 photos in this one. Philip |
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| Prenton | Nov 16 2014, 11:12 PM Post #6 |
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There were some really intricate, and detailed, dioramas at this year's show. The first diorama is based around the aftermath of the Dieppe raid in 1942:- ![]() Some close-ups of the details:- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then there was this excellent diorama, featuring the raising of the wreck of a He 111 bomber, from a harbour in the Netherlands, in the early 1950's:- ![]() Again, some close-up of the details:- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As might be expected, given the year of anniversaries, there were dioramas focusing on D-Day. Two dioramas, both of landing craft and soldiers on their way to the beaches, caught my eye. This is the first one:- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And this is the second diorama:- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, here is the winner of the Diorama category, with a modern take on the Sherman, showing a film crew doing a piece on the restoration of the tank in question, in a workshop. ![]() The amount of detail in this diorama, and the varied figure and vehicle skills, are simply breathtaking.... Philip |
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| 35th-Scale | Nov 17 2014, 09:24 AM Post #7 |
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Great set of pics Philip....thanks for sharing! |
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| Narayan | Nov 20 2014, 10:05 PM Post #8 |
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I'll just post a few pics here and a link to all of them at the end. Friday evening shortly after arrival: ![]() Set up complete on Friday. This is before a few more arrivals on Saturday. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Took these on Sunday afternoon: ![]() ![]() Finally a link to all the pictures I took. http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/Narayan_Grey/slideshow/SMW%202014%20Telford Graham |
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| Prenton | Feb 9 2015, 04:00 PM Post #9 |
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I noted today that I had a lot of other photos from Telford saved to photobucket, but had neglected to put them up here on the forum. So to continue the thread that I started, here are some of the sci-fi / fantasy models on show in the competition:- These two bring us back to Gerry Anderson and "Thunderbirds Are GO!" ![]() ![]() But there was, of course, sci-fi before then. Here are some interesting "vintage" sci-fi models (from what appear to be cottage type industry sources) From Earth to the Moon:- ![]() ![]() with some explanation:- ![]() And here is another vintage rocket - a kind of "what-if" for a moon landing in 1969:- ![]() ![]() Again with explanation:- ![]() More familiar sci-fi of a more recent time included these two from Star Wars:- ![]() ![]() And the War of the Worlds was represented as well:- ![]() ![]() ![]() As was, of course, Battlestar Galactica:- ![]() with this one deservedly getting the gold medal in the class:- ![]() ![]() ![]() I was rather taken by this fine ship:- ![]() Next post will show some of the steam punk fantasy models Philip Edited by Prenton, Feb 9 2015, 04:17 PM.
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| Prenton | Feb 9 2015, 04:16 PM Post #10 |
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It seems that the steampunk genre has a lot of well endowed and/or scantily clad female figures, to go with the vehicles....... So, guys, here are some of them on display at the competition in Telford:- ![]() as you can see, it won a gold:- ![]() Personally, I rather preferred this little lady:- ![]() ![]() ....but then, I was judging civil aircraft, not steampunk babes. There was the odd steampunk model with a male:- ![]() Definitely within the steampunk genre, but not (IMHO) as well finished, or as well populated, as Chris's version at D3, was the good ship Remora:- ![]() And, to round off this babefest, as promised some time ago in a post above, here are some photos of the vampire hunter "lady":- ![]() ![]() ![]() Enjoy! Philip |
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| Prenton | Feb 9 2015, 04:30 PM Post #11 |
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And so on to aircraft..... Of course, the first photo of an aircraft in the Telford competition on THIS forum has gotta be this - which deservedly won a GOLD MEDAL for Filip Servit:- ![]() Moving on, I will start with Class 1 - which is for what many are calling "braille scale" - that is, 1/144th. Here are some of the models in this class that caught my eye:- ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() and this one, which was the gold medal winner in the class:- ![]() Next post will show some more aircraft, in 1/72nd scale Philip |
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| Prenton | Feb 9 2015, 04:54 PM Post #12 |
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So - more aircraft. These are all from the SK (out of the box categories), which is very popular at Telford.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Moving on to jets, also SK, there was this excellent example, which provided details of how the paintwork was done:- ![]() As far as I recall, the mask was made using a vinyl cutter, and the model is by one of the leaders of the IPMS UK Luftwaffe SIG (Special Interest Group), of which more later.... There was also this, from the new Fly kit:- ![]() Perhaps a bit more work is needed with vac-forms, as this example of a rather exotic aircraft shows:- ![]() The popularity of Spitfires never seems to wane in 1/48th scale... ![]() ![]() ![]() Although a 109 does get a look in at this scale:- ![]() as do other planes:- ![]() ![]() On to the larger scales in the next posting Philip |
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| Prenton | Feb 9 2015, 05:04 PM Post #13 |
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In the larger aircraft, here are some that came to my attention:-![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() More in a minute.... |
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| Prenton | Feb 9 2015, 05:17 PM Post #14 |
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One of the characteristics of Telford is that a number of IPMS national organisations award prizes. As noted in a post earlier today, this is something we in IPMS Ireland will be doing from 2015 onwards. Here are a couple of aircraft that won national trophies The Polish trophy:- ![]() and the IPMS Malta Trophy:- ![]() ![]() Of course, the line up of aircraft also includes civil aircraft, in respect of which I have been one of the judges for the past two years. These are a few of what I noted in the civil classes:- ![]() ![]() and the winner of not only the civil aircraft trophy, for the best civil aircraft among all of the civil classes, but also adjudged to be best of all the aircraft in the show:- ![]() Finally, there were the various "what-if" aircraft. I particularly liked these:- ![]() ![]() ![]() great bit of humour in the last one, instead of the usual "model not attached to base" sign:- ![]() That's about it from the competition. I will put up a couple of more posts showing models on the SIG and IPMS UK branch stands. Philip |
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| Buck Rogers | Feb 9 2015, 08:30 PM Post #15 |
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Great photos! Thanks for sharing! |
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