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| Prenton | Apr 5 2015, 03:04 PM Post #641 |
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So - this is our new venue:-![]() It's just a few paces off Talbot Street, north of that section of the street between its junction with Lower Gardiner Street and its junctio withAmiens Street. Good and easy parking nearby in the Irish Life Centre in Abbey Street, which offers a €10 fee for all day parking on a Saturday, giving time to go shopping afterwards to Marks, Banba and Walshie (which I understand that some did!) As John mentioned, Pat had found us a light an airy room on the 2nd floor. Lesser numbers in attendance then heretofore (what it being Easter weekend, many of the regulars could not make it). In the end, we had eleven people present. A relaxed meeting, with lots of chat about the models on show, and other items. We also talked about potential future demos, in respect of which I will post up more details once we have volunteers..... Here are some general views of the folks there (one or two had left by the time I took these) ![]() ![]() ![]() And here are some of the models on the table (in no particular order):- ![]() (Vincent's little 1/144th scale Me 262 (purchased for £2 at Telford last November)) ![]() (Maurice's 1/72nd scale Mig 3) ![]() (Dermot's helicopter WIP, also in 1/72nd) ![]() (a small piece of Graham's Star Trek bridge from his Group build project - Spock and Bones in 1/32nd) ![]() (Vincent's WIP - the new Airfix Dornier in 1/72nd) ![]() (John's little Fokkers) and this lovely Israeli T-55 tank (sorry, I cannot remember who brought this, but it is lovely) ![]() ![]() Finally, there was this kit, recently purchased, on display. It's the new Zvezda Fw 190 A-4, which is one of the only "early A series" Butcher Bird models of any quality available in the "one true scale". ![]() ![]() ![]() Definitely on my shopping list! The next Dublin Chapter meeting will be on Saturday May 2nd. Hope to see you there! Philip |
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| fs2005 | Apr 5 2015, 06:59 PM Post #642 |
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Tenner for all day parking is a good price and if you'll have earned a nice lunch if you take in the Dublin Model Shop(TM :-) Trail inc Walshies , Toymaster and Marks Models ( The Holy Trinity!!!) with possible extra bits and pieces to interest some including Vallejo paint in The Model Shop on Parnell St and some nice figures from 15mm to 54mm in Gamers World near Jervis Street Center . We are blessed with possibly the best bricks and mortar model shop selection in any city on the planet! Use it or loose it ?! :-) Simon tells me there are two gents who fly over from England every month for drinks and model shopping in Dublin . Maybe we should take up the lease option on the Culture Box as our HQ for the guided walking tour of The Trail !?:-) There might even be members with knowledge of the pubs/nightlife in the area ?! We could all be millionaires v soon .... Edited by fs2005, Apr 5 2015, 07:01 PM.
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| 35th-Scale | Apr 6 2015, 01:24 AM Post #643 |
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Does look like a very nice venue! |
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| Prenton | Apr 29 2015, 05:35 PM Post #644 |
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REMINDER The next Dublin Chapter meeting is this coming Saturday, May 2nd, from 11 am till 1 pm, in the Lab in Foley Street, Dublin 1. Hope to see you all there! Philip |
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| Jasonb | Apr 29 2015, 07:31 PM Post #645 |
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I won't be able to make it, sorry! Hoping to make the IMSS Show so might see some of you there... J. |
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On the bench - Tamiya 1:20 Ferrari F2001 Completed builds - Click here | |
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| Prenton | Apr 29 2015, 09:36 PM Post #646 |
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Yep - I'll be there (as I imagine will be quite a few regulars from the Dublin Chapter!) Philip |
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| 35th-Scale | Apr 29 2015, 10:53 PM Post #647 |
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Sean
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I'll be there. Hope the bus strike doesn't put too many off.... |
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| Joseph M | Apr 29 2015, 11:18 PM Post #648 |
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Sorry Guys, bank holiday weekend, wont make it. Have a good one. Joe M |
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On the bench in order of nearest to completion; A Z Models 1/72 Morane "WR". (Schneider race entry from 1914). K P Models 1/72 Avia BH-3 SRAM Models 1/144 SIA 7-B (Resin) Valom Models 1144 A pair of Sopwith Pups MSD Models 1/72 Vickers Vimy 66 Commercial Revell 1/72 Fokker D.VII conversion to a two seater Curtiss Condor (added 24/4/18) 1/81 Ansaldo S.V.A 9 (added 24/4/18) ![]() ![]() | |
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| Murfv | Apr 30 2015, 09:30 AM Post #649 |
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Abuser Of Plastic
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I am planning to be there, see you Saturday |
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Vincent It's my hobby and I will enjoy it my way!
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| Dermot | Apr 30 2015, 02:17 PM Post #650 |
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Sorry, can't make it along on Saturday. Will definitely be at IMSS the following weekend - hope to meet some of you there. Dermot |
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Gallery of my Completed Builds On the Bench
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| fs2005 | May 1 2015, 12:22 AM Post #651 |
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Yeah IMSS is a great show , highlight of year along with /after ;-) IPMS one . |
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| TrooperN | May 1 2015, 06:32 AM Post #652 |
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See you tomorrow guys. Looking forward to seeing the new venue. |
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| Narayan | May 2 2015, 09:52 AM Post #653 |
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Graham
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Can't make the meeting today. Very disappointed as I was looking forward to it. Graham |
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| Parkadge | May 2 2015, 02:30 PM Post #654 |
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That's a pity Graham it was a good meeting and despite the weather and the bus strike 12 modellers showed up with a good spread of planes, AFVs, ships a helicopter and one single figure. No presentation today but Mark McGuinness has promised is a talk on lighting up models in either June or July |
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| Narayan | May 2 2015, 08:47 PM Post #655 |
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Graham
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Gutted I missed it. I look forward to seeing some pictures. Graham |
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| Prenton | May 3 2015, 12:43 PM Post #656 |
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Graham Photos will be up later today. Philip |
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| Prenton | May 3 2015, 04:26 PM Post #657 |
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Well - the bus strike (and the RAIN!) may have deterred many from coming. Others couldn't make it due to it being a bank holiday....(SWMBO??) Despite all these vicissitudes, we had twelve hardy souls at the meeting. The show and tell was very good indeed:- Here are some typical shots, as models were revealed.... ![]() ![]() The table had quite a number of models on show, completed or WIP's. ![]() In terms of the individual models, these caught my attention:- ![]() (Vincent's Spitfire Mk IX) This was a conversion using one of the excellent 3-D kits (sadly, 3D are no more, having closed down in recent weeks). ![]() Then there were these three big beasts - one by Sean (naturally in 35th Scale), and two by Tony Crean (also in 35th!):- ![]() You can see in the background the usual monetary collection from those present "for the use of the hall" (just a fiver a head). Pat gave us a close-up look at his bright red "porco rosso" in 1/72nd scale, from the group build. ![]() (Pat also announced that he had bought a 1/48th version of this, which he intended to build. At this stage, we were getting seriously worried about him...it's not a Sherman, Pat...it's not even a target!) Colm came along with this rather interesting (and futuristic-looking) all resin kit:- ![]() Mark arrived with this:- ![]() and Barry Spencer brought along a box full, including this chopper:- ![]() and - perhaps the most intricate model of the day, among Barry's other models was this diorama of a sinking ship, with the crew being rescued by two helicopters:- ![]() ![]() I'm not sure of the scale (was it 1/600?), but the entire diorama took up less space than an A5 sheet of paper, and the detail was fantastic:- ![]() The little lifeboat is smaller than a one cent coin, and - just visible in the water - is an individual crew member in a survival suit..... On the ship itself, there are two further crew members, both made of photo etch. ![]() The helicopters even have decals! (I could barely see the markings - just how did Barry manage to get them on......?) [I asked, and Barry said that he just does all this by "mark 1 eyeball" - no optivisors or other aids....] You will see above, in the general shot of kits, an armoured car diorama, also by Barry. This was a marvellous model, depicting a home-made armoured car from Barcelona in 1936, one of the kits of Spanish Civil War Armour made by steelworks.de. Unfortunately, I lost my photos of this when transferring them to the computer, so if anyone else who attended yesterday has photos of it, could you please put them up here in this thread.... Among the other (non-kit) items on display was a set of decals that Vincent showed us, by D P Casper. These had an excellent collection of schemes for both Allied and Axis planes from 1940, including Spitfires and Hurricanes, Defiants and Lysanders, as well as 109's and Dorniers, together with some French examples from before the Fall of France. He got them from a Czech e-mail supplier, for a very good price. (Care to let us know who the supplier is, Vincent?) Also there was something that Maurice brought along. This was a most interesting piece of aviation memorabilia - a sheet that was handed out to passengers on an Aer Lingus flight (in a Viscount) in 1956, letting them know the speed of the plane, the weather en route, what they could expect to see out either side at particular times, and even the cricket score that day (England were playing South Africa). The sheet was signed by the Captain, Co-Pilot and the two stewardesses. All written on the pre-printed sheet in pencil!!! Finally, Gerry Hanlon, the Chairman of IPMS Ireland, presented the Best Display Trophy to Barry ![]() (As noted before, this was the Award given to the best club display at D3, which was won by the entire Dublin Chapter display at the Nationals last year, and so has been given to each member who had models on display on the Chapter table last September, to keep for one month. From his response, Barry certainly wasn't expecting to be the recipient this month!) Quite a meeting!. I also did a little bit of business with Pat, who had discovered a triple Revell kit in a charity shop, and agreed to sell me one of the kits - the Revell He 177 bomber kit - for all of a fiver. BARGAIN! (Thanks Pat!) The dates for the next three meetings were announced - we are back to the third Saturdays, though the meeting on June 20th will be from 1 pm till 3 pm, rather than the normal 11 am start. Normal times resume in July. Mark has promised to give us that demo on "electronics for modellers" at one of the meetings, probably in July. Philip Edited by Prenton, May 4 2015, 12:10 AM.
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| 35th-Scale | May 3 2015, 04:57 PM Post #658 |
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Just to clarify the pic of the 3 armoured vehicles: the Stryker on the left was mine, the boxer and panther were by Anthony Crean And the sea rescue diorama was in 1/700... |
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| Dermot | May 3 2015, 06:49 PM Post #659 |
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Nice selection of builds on display there lads - that diorama looks great! Dermot |
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Gallery of my Completed Builds On the Bench
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| Prenton | May 4 2015, 12:09 AM Post #660 |
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Thanks Sean - text now corrected re the armoured vehicles. 1/700 - Holy God! Philip |
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