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IMSS 2010; photos from Collins Barracks
Topic Started: Nov 23 2012, 01:27 PM (2,393 Views)
Prenton
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Here are some photos of the IMSS show in May 2010, which was held in Collins Barracks.

What was noticeable about that particular show, in contrast to the other ones that I had been at previously in 2008 and 2009, was that there
were many more aircraft models in the competition. Those of us from the IPMS did not come off unrewarded, as both Paul and I came away
with commendations. Joe Maxwell and Roy Kinsella, who are members of both clubs, also came away with some gongs. The standard in the
competition was very high, and the room that was made available in the Collins Barracks Museum, while a little cramped, was very nicely lit.

The aircraft started coming in early onto the table, so much so that the other types of entries had to moved over to let more in as time went by.

Here are two photos (taken by Paul) of the situation early on:-

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By noon, it was filling up nicely. Included here were two of mine, an Me 209 racer (that won the commendation) and a Polikarpov 1-16 - you
can guess from the hastily finished bases that I was not then used to putting bases on my models - others (like Joe) had it to a tee, with photo
frames and grey sandpaper to form the bases.

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The last two photos above show Paul's entries - the B-25 and the I-15 (which he called the beast - because of the battle he had in finishing it, I
presume, not because of its size.)

He also had a great diorama, of a Mig in a modern museum display, complete with visitors. This was based on a real-life example that we saw
when we (that is Paul, Ken and I), went to the Kbely aircraft museum in Prague the year before...

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Other aircraft at the show included the following:-

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(This was one example of Joe's clever use of photo frames and sandpaper to make a base)

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As that's my limit for a single post, I'll put up photos of a few more planes, and some other things, in the next one.

Enjoy!

Philip
"To boldly go..."

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Here is my second set of photos:-

More aircraft:-

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(lovely camo and markings from the Legion Kondor in the Spanish Civil War)

But I have to top them off with this one. We have all heard of "Luft '46". Well, if there was such a thing as "Luft '19", this
one would have been in it. And it apparently actually flew:-

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(Appropriately, the modeller called it "Silly Fokker".)

I didn't take many photos of individual figures, but there was one that caught my eye - entitled Ork E

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There were many other figures in the competition, which were carefully judged:-

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There were also some fine vehicle models at the show, both individually on bases:-

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And in dioramas:-

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And I particularly liked this little "what-if" diorama:-

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(and yes, Fise, as we debated on the old forum about this one, I do know that the vehicles might have been on the wrong side of the
road if the Germans had invaded the UK. But perhaps in this scenario, the British, being Aryans and all, sued for peace and were allowed
to keep a "puppet Government" under Lord Halifax and King Edward VIII, and therefore didn't have to give up their other curious traditions,
like the traffic constables and driving on the left....)

This figure diorama had featured at our own Nationals in Cork (where, as I recall, it won a medal):-

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As I believe, did this one:-

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Not every vehicle drives only on the land:-

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There was, inevitably, someone who had a sense of humour:-

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The last post below will show a few more, including what I though was the real star of the show.

Philip
"To boldly go..."

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So - the final lot of photos from IMSS 2010.

One very humorous diorama was this pyramid model, complete with sarcophagi, statues, and grave robbers. The execution was
really good, with gold on some of the statues inside. What was funny was to see the robbers setting their dynamite at the
entrance, while inside the Mummy was "alive" and waiting for them to come in........

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There were a couple of non-standard models, which were judged together in the "potpurri" class in the competition, including
one of Charlie's marvellous work with larger scale ships:-

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and a gun:-

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But for me the star of the show was this "Box Diorama", done by John Schley, which was entitled "some had nightmares"
It depicts a prisoner in a cell at Nuremburg, awaiting his fate. But he cannot sleep, and is sitting up in his bed, having
awakened from his nightmare.

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You have to look carefully, but you can see what the prisoner sees, by the clever use of mirrors and lighting...his victims

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Some inspiration there!

Philip
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Thank you for those. :choco:

From what I've been told the IMSS 2013 will also be held in Collins Barracks but not in the same small room. They've acquired a larger room somewhere else on the grounds. Hopefully this year we'll have a bigger table, even if we're in with the traders. There's always a good bit a chat in the trading area to be had. :book:
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