Anyone going to IPMS Telford this year?

[lufbramatt]

Been informed that I'm giving a talk at 11am on the Saturday in the lecture theatre about Airfix R+D, come and say Hi

Will be giving a sneak preview of some of the new kits for next year..

[perdu]

If I'm not being used to assist t'IPMS management at 11 I will be there.

Evidently YOU will be the guy chatting

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[Eric Mc]

I'll be there with IPMS Farnborough. I went to the Airfix talk last year and it was very informative.

[tdm34]

So Matt, any clues as to what the rumoured 24th scale kit will be?

And in other matters i'm opening the big Tiffee box in earnest in the morning.... Oh! Lordy! Lordy!

[lufbramatt]

We just told the ipms bloke we were making an announcement, he added on the "1/24th" bit all by himself! We have a shortlist of several potential subjects but haven't decided yet what the next superkit will be. So I don't even know!

[tdm34]

lufbramatt said:

We just told the ipms bloke we were making an announcement, he added on the "1/24th" bit all by himself! We have a shortlist of several potential subjects but haven't decided yet what the next superkit will be. So I don't even know!

So it's a 72nd Scale Shackleton then....

[perdu]

tdm34 said:

lufbramatt said:

We just told the ipms bloke we were making an announcement, he added on the "1/24th" bit all by himself! We have a shortlist of several potential subjects but haven't decided yet what the next superkit will be. So I don't even know!

So it's a 72nd Scale Shackleton then....

Please

let it be so

let it be unrivettated

[Eric Mc]

According to Scale Aviation Modeller Magazine (SAMI) Airfix persons were spied measuring up the Shack at Coventry a few months ago. So - you never know.

If a Shack is in the offing, make it a Mark 2 or AEW Mk2 which will mean that the old FROG Mark 3 in my stash is still worth building.

[lufbramatt]

Eric Mc said:

According to Scale Aviation Modeller Magazine (SAMI) Airfix persons were spied measuring up the Shack at Coventry a few months ago. So - you never know.

If a Shack is in the offing, make it a Mark 2 or AEW Mk2 which will mean that the old FROG Mark 3 in my stash is still worth building.

That did make me laugh I'd love to know who made that up.

[Eric Mc]

A similar rumour started about the Valiant - and it turned out to be true. So, you never know....

[lufbramatt]

That started after Trevor Snowden thought that the day after the Telford show would be a good time to go and measure the one at Cosford, which is 15 mins down the road and was full of modellers that had stayed overnight after the show!

[Eric Mc]

Beware of Airfix staff wandering around museums with measuring tapes.

[dr_gn]

Boulton-Paul Defiant, but what scale I wonder? Hopefully 1:48 or larger...

[Eric Mc]

Good call - although a mainstream and accurate 1/72 version wouldn't go amiss either.

[perdu]

dr_gn said:

Boulton-Paul Defiant, but what scale I wonder? Hopefully 1:48 or larger...

I suppose Matt COULD tell us

But then he'd have to ki....











..ck himself

It's only a month so I reckon I can wait


I still haven't treated myself to a Typhoon

[tangerine_sedge]

Eric Mc said:

Beware of Airfix staff wandering around museums with measuring tapes.

..or leaving them inside cockpits

It's interesting that the Shackleton thread on Britmodeller has gone to 20+ pages. A few people want one, but I'm not sure it will be a good seller for Airfix.

personally, I'm more than happy for Airfix to not release anything new next year, as I'm behind on all their latest releases (not including the 1/48th Gnat, Swift and Do17 that are not released yet)!

Perhaps the new kit will be a 1/24th Boy scout

[Eric Mc]

The Dornier 17Z is up next as it has just been built from a test shot in the latest edition of Airfix magazine.

[tvrtuscans]

Whats the date/address/time plse?

[dr_gn]

tvrtuscans said:

Whats the date/address/time plse?

http://www.smwshow.com/venue.php

If you go on Sunday you can walk around the competition hall and see which models won prizes. If you've never been before, then there is a lot to see in the main halls. If you've been before, a lot of it apart from the competition hall is exactly the same as previous years.

[perdu]

dr_gn said:

tvrtuscans said:

Whats the date/address/time plse?

http://www.smwshow.com/venue.php

If you go on Sunday you can walk around the competition hall and see which models won prizes. If you've never been before, then there is a lot to see in the main halls. If you've been before, a lot of it apart from the competition hall is exactly the same as previous years.

Some new toys in the toyshops though doc

I take as little dosh as possible to last me the two days

Still end up with more toys though