Today is Armistice or Remembrance Day. Please spare a few minuted to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war.
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Archaeologists, working with the Irish Army, have recovered much of a crashed Mark II Spitfire from an Irish Republic peat bog. The conditions of the crash site preserved much of the original aircraft, including 6 of the aircraft’s Browning machine guns. After a little restoration, these still worked! The full fascinating story can be read on the BBC’s Website.
The next Club meeting will be held on Thursday 17th November at the Royal British Legion, Newbury branch from 7pm. November’s meeting will mainly be given over to Roger Day’s talk. As usual, please bring any models you may have that are either finished or in progress as these always provide a great talking point once the formal Club activities are complete.
There is just one week to go before the biggest show of the year, Scale ModelWorld 2011. We’re feverishly trying to finish off our models and very much looking forward to a full weekend of modelling related fun. NSMC are on table 126 in Hall 2, right next to Pro Modeller. See you there!
Get out your diaries — NewMod 2012 will be held on Saturday 2nd June at Park House School, Newbury, RG14 6NQ! We have received confirmation that the date was available and our booking has been accepted. Confirmation of the date allows us to continue with planning and to start advertising. Trader and Club invites will be sent out in the next few days and the updates to NewMod website finalised.
Just a quick reminder that it is the October Club meeting tonight from 7pm at the Royal British Legion, Newbury branch (Pelican Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1NP), in the main function room. If you are interested in finding out a little more about NSMC why not pop along and see what we are about?
The next Club meeting will be held on Thursday 20th October at the Royal British Legion, Newbury branch from 7pm. As usual, please also bring any models you may have that are either finished or in progress as these always provide a great talking point once the formal Club activities are complete.
Congratulations to Club Members Ian Sheppard, Dave Atkinson and Kevin Clingham for their success in this year’s Abingdon Model Show modelling competition. Kevin collected a Silver and Ian a Commended in Class 4, 1/35 scale or larger military vehicles, Dave won Gold and Bronze in Class 9, Figures, and Ian picked up Gold in Class 10, Dioramas. The day’s success was completed with Ian being awarded ‘Best in Show’ for his Japanese tank diorama.
NSMC are off to IPMS Abingdon’s 2011 model show today. The show will be held at Larkmead School, Farringdon Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Abingdon OX14 1BB, and the doors will open at 10am… See you there!
We are delighted to announce that Roger Day will be delivering a talk about Membury Airfield during World War II at November’s Club meeting. Roger has recently completed his latest book and will hopefully be bringing copies along to the meeting. November’s meeting will be held at the Royal British Legion Newbury on Thursday 17th, with Roger’s presentation starting around 7.45 pm.
Just one week to go before IPMS Abingdon’s annual model show, held on Saturday 1st October at Larkmead School, Faringdon Road, Abingdon OX14 1BB. As well as the usual selection of model clubs and traders, there is an open model competition and award for the best club stand. Doors open to the public at 10am… See you then!
September’s Club meeting was another busy night with nearly a full member turn-out including our latest member, Rod Bennett. The first half of the formal part of the meeting was spent discussing the recent shows attended by the Club, along with details of the events we will be attending through the remainder of the year. Following this there was a demonstration of casting your own model parts and accessories in resin which was eagerly watched by the majority of members.
