Chinnook Lifts a Meteor T7
A historic Gloster Meteor T7 jet aircraft has been carried by a Chinook helicopter from Imjin Barracks, Innsworth 1.5 miles to Gloucestershire Airport’s Jet Age Museum..
The aircraft was Britain’s first operational jet plane, developed in 1940. This particular model was built in 1949 and flew some 2,000 hours until 1968.
It was used as a “gate guardian” by the RAF, which was stationed in Innsworth until 2008.
The full story can be viewed at the below link.
Tony Woollett aircraft model auction
Local auction house Special Auction Services are holding a ‘Toys for the Collector’ sale on the 5th and 6th July.The auction includes in the model section thirty-one superb 1:28 scale models by the late Tony Woollett, the renowned artist craftsman. The collection is titled ‘Single Seat Aircraft of the Great War’, representing Bristol, Sopwith (including the Dolphin shown here), Fokker, Hanriot, Siemens, Nieuport and others.
Competition success at Hendon Model Show 2012
Congratulations to Club Member Kevin Clingham for his success in this year’s Hendon Model Show modelling competition. Kevin collected a Runner-Up trophy and prize in the “Military vehicles, large-scale (larger than 1/72nd scale)” class.
Hendon Model Show 2012 today
Today is the Hendon Model Show. Jointly hosted by IPMS Barnet and Harrow, the show is held is the fantastic setting of the RAF Museum in Hendon. This is a great show held in a fantastic location, with exhibitors arranged throughout the hangars and around the various museum exhibits. With such a great location and lots of traders and exhibitors there is plenty to see, and as entry is free there is no reason not to go! Doors open to the public at 10 am. See you there!
May Club meeting tonight!
Just a quick reminder that it is the May Club meeting tonight from 7pm at the Royal British Legion, Newbury branch (Pelican Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1NP), in the main function room. The focus of tonight’s meeting will be finalising NewMod details, as well as catching up on the show calendar for the rest of the year. If you are interested in finding out a little more about NSMC why not pop along and see what we are about?
One week to go until Hendon Model Show 2012
There is just one week to go before Hendon Model Show 2012, to be held on Sunday 20th May at the the RAF Museum in Hendon. This is a great show held in a fantastic location, with exhibitors arranged throughout the hangars and around the various museum exhibits. With such a great location and lots of traders and exhibitors there is plenty to see, and as entry is free there is no reason not to go! Doors open to the public at 10 am. See you there!
Next Club meeting: Thursday 17th May
The next Club meeting will be held on Thursday 17th May at the Royal British Legion, Newbury branch from 7pm. This will be our last meeting before the NewMod 2012 show! If you are interested in becoming a Newbury Scale Model Club member, why not turn up to find out a what we are about? Have a look at the About Us page for more details.
April Club meeting update
April’s Club meeting was another busy night with nearly a full member turn-out including our two newest members. The first half of the formal part of the meeting was spent discussing the Poole Vikings model show followed by details of the next few shows in our Event Calendar. This was followed by an update on NewMod 2012 progress.
April Club meeting tonight!
Just a quick reminder that it is the April Club meeting tonight from 7pm at the Royal British Legion, Newbury branch (Pelican Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1NP), in the main function room. The focus of tonight’s meeting will once again be reviewing where we are with NewMod 2012 and catching up on the show calendar for the rest of the year. If you are interested in finding out a little more about NSMC why not pop along and see what we are about?
Club Library update
A number of new titles have been added to the Club Library so why not head over and have a look. Remember, all titles in the Library are available to Club members free of charge. If you are interested in borrowing a book just let the Club Secretary know and they will be brought to the next meeting.
Show report: Poole Vikings 2012
Poole Vikings model show is one of the constant fixtures on our show itinerary, with the mid-April visit to Dorset being a great chance to catch up with a number of friends.
