The Danish model builders Championships 2011

[Ian M]

Was in to have a look at the Danish Championships this year. I should of gone yesterday and met up with Daniel (Gomer Pyle) but had a "situation" So I went today instead.

How to start. A small hall for the exhibits and traders in the entrance hall. Cosy is a good word.

I would like to say from the get go I think is a shame that the contest is held in a room with the most dismal lighting I have ever seen! The Models that where in the contest were good, but to be honest I have seen better in the forum! Remember we are talking National Championships here!!!

There was the usual 80% German 10% rest and 10% non-military. The standards where high but not to a take your breath away sort of thing.

I am sure that if the lighting was better, a lot more detail could of come forth from the gloom.

I have it on good word that this year the entries are a lot fewer than they normally are.... Credit crunch? Who knows.

I found the best part to be the sellers out in the Hall way. Some great bargains where there for the having. So I did!

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A miniart Normandy house for under a tenner....thank you. I also got the Valentine III with Bronco tracks for under £30. A Vulcan models 2lb anti-tank gun and a crew for £7. Not often I go shoping and save more than I spend! I just wish I had more cash in my pocket. (Even the misses thought it odd I stopped when I did!)

Here are a few of the entries that caught my eye. I did take a few others but the light was so poor the pictures are not worth posting.

The Old War Horse was very good and the bombed house was really good. The Figures was also another area that was well worth a second look.

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Now I just hope that the guys from IPMS Denmark don't get their knickers in a wedge and remember me. I might just have a go next year. I will just have to build some thing worth showing.....

Ian M

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[Guest]

Some great stuff there Ian. Thanks for sharing it. Im sure you will have a worthy entry for next year.

Cheers

Andy

[Guest]

Hi Ian !

Sorry we didn't manage to meet up. Hopefully we'll be there displaying our work next time, if not at the C4 in Malmö. Most of the pictures you shot are also among my favourites. I hope you don't mind me adding some here rather than starting an all new thread.

I agree on the figures that these were the best once, I just didn't get a shot of the crusader.

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Being a car modeller myself, it was a sad sight to see, that there were so few in the street car class this year. Too bad I haven't finished anything since my son was born I might have had a good change here. The Porsche was very well build and had many added details, but difficult to snap pic's of due to the lighting. These were all 1:24

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Military was much better represented and with a few very good once. These were mostly 1:35 scale - the old workhorse (which I thought was an Indian, not sure though) seemed more like 1:6

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The ruins in the Dio that Ian mentioned were quite convincing. The other one with dog and guard just appealed to in terms of atmosphere.

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These are large scale A/C's that impressed me the most:

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In the small scale A/C there were quite few entries, but very difficult to photograph. I was however very impressed by this 1:72 F-104. It was completely finished in BMF. Having worked a lot with BMF myself I know exactly how unforgiving and uncooperative this stuff is and seeing it on these curved surfaces blew me away. All the added details didn't impress me any less.

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This was a very cool dio in the "Documentation class" it depicts an SAS commuter crash that occurred 20 years ago outside Stockholm. It was insanely detailed, the engines alone were amazing, so much scratch-made stuff.

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Here's a 1:72 Never Seen Before Italian bomber. I bet there some one here that know this one, please feel free to enlighten me.

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Well made Sub

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Hope you enjoyed watching.

/Daniel

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[Ian M]

Good stuff Daniel. I must admit that if I knew the lighting was so poor, I would of taken 'the big camera' and not just relied on the mobile phone.

Thanks for joining in with this thread. That SAS crash was pretty good was't it.

When is the C4, next month some time I believe.

Ian M