IPMS Wellington 9th Nov 2014

[Jamo]

We had our annual IPMS club competition yesterday. Here are a few photos:

Bruce Adam's Wingnut Wings Albatros





Dave Coulthard (our own KONG) had a lovely Beardmore and diorama:







Peter White's WNW Roland:





Peter had a lovely Mustang as well:



This lovely little Lotus is by Paul Edwards (who also does some WWI planes):







Gary Goddard's Arado



Ernie Thompson's Fury



Martin Robey's Tiffy





Unknown builder, this S-Boot was tiny, about 5cm long:



1/144 Hovercraft





Just a tiny fraction of what was on the tables. Altogether a very pleasant day out chatting with modellers and enjoying all the lovely builds

Looks for looking in

Cheers
James

[Des]

Thanks James for showing us all these wonderful models, it looks like the model show was a resounding success.

Des.

[Steven Robson]

Thanks for the photos James

That's some amazing modelling, just stunning. 

[stefanbuss]

Nice photos, and some surprises - I was not aware that D.1154/17 had a red fuselage. In my mind i have a picture of her being nakedunpainted. And it's interesting to see a german mechanic, cockades and all, working on a Beardmore engine 

I do love that Lotus.

And thank you, once more, for sharing your photos with us.

Stefan

[Jamo]

Just found out the Schnellboot is by Bronco in 1/350, built by Will Vale. He said it was an impulse buy from Ace Hobbies in Berkeley, "it turned out to be a very nice kit, not too complex, but the etch is a bit scary"



Stefan: the Albatros uses the decals from the Wingnut Wings set #30015 D.V Flying Circus. here is Ronny Bar's profile:





And if you look closely at the mechanic diorama you will find it is a Mercedes engine. The Beardmore is separate.

[stefanbuss]

Hell yes. Jamo, you are right (as so often). I should have looked more closely at the engine itself.

But this is why i am happy to be part of this forum: you can learn something new every day, if you want to. Now i know that Max Müller's D.1154/17 might have been red at some stage of it's life or other - i only knew the photo that is included in WNW's instructions.

Thank you for correcting me.

Stefan