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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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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