| E-Day, September 2009; - when IPMS Ireland went International! | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 5 2012, 12:42 AM (917 Views) | |
| Prenton | Nov 5 2012, 12:42 AM Post #1 |
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The heading of the thread says modelling events - photo log. So here goes! E-Day 2009 Back in September 2009, three of us from the club, all from the real capital, decided that IPMS Ireland needed to go International! There were no other takers back then, so the three of us booked our tickets and travelled for a long weekend to Prague, in the Czech Republic. On the Saturday, we went to the Kbely aircraft museum, on the outskirts of this beautiful city (I may post up some walkarounds of what we found there in due course). However, the main reason that we decided to go on that particular weekend was that this weekend coincided with the "e-day" modelling convention, held in the underground car park of a shopping centre at Budovice in the suburbs of Prague. Dubliners all, Paul, Ken and I came prepared with IPMS IRELAND tee-shirts, emblazoned with the club logo:- ![]() The event itself was very well organised, and you can find an account of it in one of the first club Newsletters, which was edited by Ken. However, as many of our members have joined the club since then, I thought that it was appropriate to provide a photo log of this event on our new forum. (I did provide an account of it on the old forum, but it was apparently removed some time back). Not only will the models on show in these photos give us some useful ideas for our own modelling, IMHO, but some of the shots of the show itself might be of value to us as we plan our Nationals in the years to come. The show was sponsored by Eduard, which had a huge area filled with its products, complete with supermarket trolleys and a full stocklist, in both Czech and English. There were other traders there too, mostly from Eastern Europe, along with some from further afield (Russia and Ukraine) - most of whom spoke English. ![]() ![]() A significant aspect of the event was the fact that facilities were provided to cater for the children of modellers, including flight simulators and r/c trucks:- ![]() ![]() The competition areas was laid out with thin tables, controlled by (helpful) staff, who kept an eye on proceedings. However, the whole area was provided with additional lighting, so everything could be clearly seen, and nobody objected if you brought along cameras and tripods, as many did (we didn't have such equipment, as it was long before Paul took up photography on a semi-professional basis!). ![]() One feature that was of interest was the prizegiving, held on the Sunday afternoon at about 3 pm. This was held in an area with a projector, where computer images of photographs of the winning models were shown as each competitior received his prize (yes, as might be expected, there were few members of the female gender in evidence on the day we visited). ![]() ![]() Apart from the usual aircraft, vehicles, figures and dioramas, there were ships (sorry - I didn't take any photos of them!), and also a considerable collection of space ships:- ![]() (you can just see Ken in the background) There was also this rather curious lighthouse:- ![]() My next post on this thread will look at the various models put forward in the competition at e-day. Thanks for looking! Philip |
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| Prenton | Nov 5 2012, 01:16 AM Post #2 |
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E-Day ..Continued..... The aircraft models were what interested most of us, so there can be no surprise that these are what featured in many of the photographs that I took on the day. I will start with those on the Allied side In WW2. A fine PR Spitfire:- ![]() And another Spitfire, showing its best features on a mirrored base:- ![]() There were also some from after the war, including this Connie, used by the US Navy for other than the standard civil purposes:- ![]() There was also this interesting captured Heinkel He 111, in Russian colours:- ![]() Of course, many of my photographs have a more Axis slant. So there were some excellent examples of the Bf 109:- ![]() ![]() ![]() of the Me 262:- ![]() ![]() and of the Fw 190:- ![]() including this prizewinner:- ![]() There was this great example of a first world war Pfalz, in 1:144th scale, Its presentation was superb, complete with map:- ![]() One of my favourite German planes is the Fieseler Storch, and the competitition showed one in a fine diorama:- ![]() ![]() There was also a rather cleanly finished Stuka:- ![]() ![]() This model of a Junkers Ju-188 showed how to deal with problems when you scratch the canopy, or the canopy masking goes wrong! ![]() Back to earlier times, there was this Fokker, with folded wings:- ![]() And to finish things German, there was this well-weathered Junkers Ju 52:- ![]() The next thread will come down to earth, with some dioramas and figures! Philip |
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| Prenton | Nov 5 2012, 01:38 AM Post #3 |
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AND FINALLY.... Some interesting dioramas were also in evidence. Starting back in medieval times, there was this diorama of a training camp from 13th Century Japan:- ![]() Then, leaping (or rather trundling on) to the Renaissance, the forerunner of the modern tank, designed by that genius, Leonardo da Vinci:- ![]() Meanwhile, over in the Wild West, this diorama showed that it was a bit dangerous to have too many aces!:- ![]() Moving swiftly on, we could see this encounter on the Polish border in 1939.... ![]() Sometime later, our Nazi friends were being beaten back from their borders by other invaders, finding themselves in a last ditch:- ![]() Of course, if history had gone differently, they could have had time to spare, taking photos at Stonehenge:- ![]() The event at E-day also had its share of vehicles. These included some cars and trucks:- ![]() ![]() and even a railway locomotive:- ![]() E-day has so much to see, that my selection can only be a very small taster and will, inevitably, reflect my own modelling interests. It's possible that, lurking perhaps in Paul's or Ken's archives, there may be other photos of this particular event. However, the best way to experience E-day is to go there! Perhaps we may make a return visit, with more modellers from Ireland, in the future. Anyone up for the idea? Cheers, Philip |
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