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Jimbuna

07-10-11, 09:36 AM

I've not been long back from the Northern Model Show 2011 which had it's venue almost 2 mile down the road from my place of abode.

The standard of exhibit was very high IMHO and I took a shed load of pictures.

I doubt my photoraphy skills (or lack of will do the exhibits justice) but I'll post them here for your viewing asap.

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9585/p1000712d.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/p1000712d.jpg/)

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9656/p1000713n.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/p1000713n.jpg/)

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http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7826/p1000714g.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/p1000714g.jpg/)

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http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/7415/p1000717a.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/p1000717a.jpg/)

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http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6904/p1000719q.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/200/p1000719q.jpg/)

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/660/p1000720w.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/p1000720w.jpg/)

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4792/p1000721v.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/p1000721v.jpg/)

Jimbuna

07-10-11, 09:36 AM

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Jimbuna

07-10-11, 09:37 AM

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Jimbuna

07-10-11, 09:37 AM

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Jimbuna

07-10-11, 09:38 AM

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Jimbuna

07-10-11, 09:38 AM

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Onkel Neal

07-10-11, 10:30 AM

What's this then? Eskimo hotties?

Jimbuna

07-10-11, 10:47 AM

What's this then? Eskimo hotties?

LOL.....model aircraft, AFV's, subs, figurines and dioramas etc.

Many of them US themes in fact.

I'm currently downsizing them to jpeg format and should be in a position to populate the first post in an hour or so :salute:

papa_smurf

07-10-11, 10:48 AM

What's this then? Eskimo hotties?

Close, but less clothing:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/11/29/article-0-0C47F6F9000005DC-642_634x799.jpg

Oberon

07-10-11, 11:26 AM

1st post - Loving the Canberras there, got a soft spot for them.
Oooh King Tigers...well that's Task Force sorted then. :yep:
Lovely collection of late-war birds there too.
An AWACs VC-10 now that would have been an interesting aircraft. :hmmm:

07-10-11, 11:34 AM

Nice pics.
Love the ww2 warplanes.
Wish i could do some model building.:damn:

nikimcbee

07-10-11, 11:47 AM

So it's not these then:
http://rlv.zcache.com/geordie_tshirt-p235726362850291651qw9u_400.jpg

look, a Northern Model.

The planes were nice too.:D

nikimcbee

07-10-11, 11:48 AM

So where's your models (your massive diecast collection) at the show?

nikimcbee

07-10-11, 12:02 PM

Jim, I found a video of your northern show:

http://www.zocial.tv/today/Entertainment/18615791/harry-and-paul-the-great-northerner-show

Steed does look smashing.:salute:

Jimbuna

07-10-11, 12:04 PM

So where's your models (your massive diecast collection) at the show?

The diecast are safely stored awaiting an introduction into the man cave.

These are kits and scratchbuilt examples from plast, card etc.

I know I keep saying it but I just hope my photographs give a fair representation of some of the excellent examples I've yet to post.

Jimbuna

07-10-11, 03:10 PM

#2 Updated.

Sailor Steve

07-10-11, 03:14 PM

Jimbuna

07-10-11, 03:24 PM

Nice nice nice! :sunny:

I like the floats & boats pictures. :rock:

The "models" jokes remind me of a personal story. Back in '78 I was working at a local hobby shop. When I told a friend I had a job at Douglas Models his immediate response was "Cool! Can you get me a date?"

LOL....older than both of us I suspect but true none the less :03:

There's a lot more to come...some of the dioramas and subs are really cool :sunny:

07-10-11, 05:11 PM

Nice IDF armor models with merkava variants.
Sooo many phantoms:o

AVGWarhawk

07-10-11, 08:06 PM

Beautiful models. Thanks for posting!

Tribesman

07-11-11, 02:21 AM

What is that plane on the left in the 9th picture?
British markings UG squdron code.

FIREWALL

07-11-11, 02:28 AM

I like the simple ship diarama and, the WWII German search plane on the catapult, with looks like builder made and an excellent job too. :yep:

Jimbuna

07-11-11, 04:13 AM

Nice IDF armor models with merkava variants.
Sooo many phantoms:o

Beautiful models. Thanks for posting!

I like the simple ship diarama and, the WWII German search plane on the catapult, with looks like builder made and an excellent job too. :yep:

There are lots more to come just as soon as I can downsize and convert them them to jpeg format.

There are a few 'unbelievable' dioramas and one guy had a table with many different submarine models 'outstanding'.

ajrimmer42

07-11-11, 04:19 AM

very cool, I'm hoping to get to the IPMS show in Telford In November, can't wait!

Jimbuna

07-11-11, 04:22 AM

What is that plane on the left in the 9th picture?
British markings UG squdron code.

You've got me there....it looks a little like a Fairey Battle perhaps?

UG was the squadron code used by 16, 310 and 1654 Squadrons during the war http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RAF_Squadron_Codes

This link will explain what aircraft used....typically no Fairey Battle :doh:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._16_Squadron_RAF

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._310_Squadron_RAF

I doubt it was 1654 Squadron

http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/1654hcu/1654hcu.htm

I appreciate it doesn't help identify the aircraft type but the model builder may have attached historically innacurate decals.

Jimbuna

07-11-11, 09:38 AM

#3 Updated.

AVGWarhawk

07-11-11, 09:49 AM

The F-4 looks to be a fan favorite for model makers. It is a nice plane to build. So many different color schemes from country to country that used this aircraft.

Jimbuna

07-11-11, 09:58 AM

Yes thare were probably more 'Rhino's' than any other make come to think of it.

Some subs next.

Herr-Berbunch

07-11-11, 10:17 AM

You've got me there....it looks a little like a Fairey Battle perhaps?

UG was the squadron code used by 16, 310 and 1654 Squadrons during the war http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RAF_Squadron_Codes

This link will explain what aircraft used....typically no Fairey Battle :doh:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._16_Squadron_RAF

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._310_Squadron_RAF

I doubt it was 1654 Squadron

http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/1654hcu/1654hcu.htm

I appreciate it doesn't help identify the aircraft type but the model builder may have attached historically innacurate decals.

The front 3/4 looks more like a Grumman Avenger, but then the rear fuselage lets that theory down. :nope:

07-11-11, 10:33 AM

The front 3/4 looks more like a Grumman Avenger, but then the rear fuselage lets that theory down. :nope:

It looks like variant of At-6 Texan?
Some sort of training plane i think.

Herr-Berbunch

07-11-11, 10:39 AM

Could be right there! :hmmm:

Jim - have you got a better quality pic of it?

Osmium Steele

07-11-11, 11:22 AM

Perhaps...

http://www.emodels.co.uk/plastic-kits/images/products_images/TRM02248.jpg

It definitely looks Grumman. Only thing I could find with the tail config, landing gear, bubble canopy and 4 bladed prop.

The D-Day markings were a red herring. The F8F didn't see combat service in WWII.

Tribesman

07-11-11, 01:56 PM

You've got me there....it looks a little like a Fairey Battle perhaps?

My first thought was maybe a Commonwealth Warraway or a Vultee Vengeance, but it doesn't look it.

Jimbuna

07-11-11, 02:30 PM

Could be right there! :hmmm:

Jim - have you got a better quality pic of it?

I've got it in a larger file size for magnification purposes (4.13MB) but still in jpeg format because that is my camera setting of choice to get as many pics as possible on the 4GB memory card.

Jimbuna

07-11-11, 02:31 PM

My first thought was maybe a Commonwealth Warraway or a Vultee Vengeance, but it doesn't look it.

Unfortunately aircraft are not my forte so I honestly couldn't say.....wish I'd took shots from a variety of angles now :doh:

Sailor Steve

07-11-11, 02:46 PM

It didn't serve with any of the three squadrons Jim listed, but the closest match I can find so far is the Miles Martinet target tug and trainer.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Martinet_MS815_RAF_Belgium_1946.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Miles20Martinet.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Martinet

mapuc

07-11-11, 03:05 PM

Thanks for posting those fine pics of beautiful made models.

It made me remember, when I was younger and modelbuilding was one of my favorite.

those models I prefered was

1 AVRO Lancaster
2 F-15
3 F-14
4 Spitfire
5 F-18
And a few more.

Later on I got more into building military ships especially 1:350 or 1:250 scale ships from WWII and America.

My favorite was
New Jersey
Missouri
Bismarch
and som more I can't remember the name

I've tried to build, tanks lorry a.s.o, but that's wasn't me.

Markus

Jimbuna

07-11-11, 03:13 PM

It didn't serve with any of the three squadrons Jim listed, but the closest match I can find so far is the Miles Martinet target tug and trainer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Martinet

You know I reckon you could be spot on....save this image to desktop and magnify it (I use IrfanView).

http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/7997/p1000720.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/807/p1000720.jpg/)

AVGWarhawk

07-11-11, 03:18 PM

Might be a Sea Fury or precursor to the Sea Fury.

Jimbuna

07-11-11, 03:55 PM

Might be a Sea Fury or precursor to the Sea Fury.

I honestly think Steve may have won the cigar :DL

Osmium Steele

07-12-11, 07:37 AM

LULZ! Would actually help if I were looking at the right plane.

:oops:

It's just gone 8 o'clock and time for the penguin on top of your television set to explode.

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lckqsdTghu1qevwryo1_400.gif

AVGWarhawk

07-12-11, 07:41 AM

I honestly think Steve may have won the cigar :DL

Yes sir...the canopy is a dead give away! :up:

Herr-Berbunch

07-12-11, 07:46 AM

Well done Steve :woot: , quite clearly that's the one now.

My only question is -

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Martinet_MS815_RAF_Belgium_1946.jpg

Just how tall is the guy at the rear cockpit???? :hmmm:

:03:

AVGWarhawk

07-12-11, 08:01 AM

Also note the bent wing like the corsair has. :yep:

Jimbuna

07-12-11, 10:30 AM

Just had a response from my aircraft forum and apparently it is a model of a Bristol 148

http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MAG7287

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_148

Some pictures here:

http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/bristol_148.php

http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other2/bristol148.html

Looking at the picture Steve post I reckon you could still argue it isn't a Bristol 148 at all :doh:

Herr-Berbunch

07-12-11, 10:55 AM

Just had a response from my aircraft forum and apparently it is a model of a Bristol 148

I (edit - was going to) respectfully disagree with them. (and then I saw the tailwheel!) :yep:

I'd just put it down to the SIG merging all the aforementioned aircraft together like their AWACS/VC10 mash-up.

STEED

07-12-11, 11:03 AM

Where are the naked northern sexy women?

Osmium Steele

07-12-11, 12:05 PM

Where are the naked northern sexy women?

Not naked, but... ... northern.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9D2-6W8FBp0/TWJVlkP5fCI/AAAAAAAAAFc/T0Q_DIECtgA/s1600/IMG_1617.JPG

STEED

07-12-11, 12:09 PM

Well it's a start. :)

Jimbuna

07-12-11, 01:13 PM

BACK OT!! :nope:

#4 Updated.

danasan

07-12-11, 01:26 PM

What a lot of Phantoms there... I remember more than 35 years ago at my aunts house.

She was living next to an airbase called Eggebek http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/b/b5/MFG2.jpg/150px-MFG2.jpg

These guys just had taken off, just a couple of meters high, you still could see the pilots. There were Starfighters, too.

Good luck those jets were not that noisy :doh: ! Edit: especially with the afterburners :doh:

Sailor Steve

07-12-11, 01:55 PM

Just had a response from my aircraft forum and apparently it is a model of a Bristol 148

Looking at the picture Steve post I reckon you could still argue it isn't a Bristol 148 at all :doh:
The shape of the tail certainly matches that of the Bristol, so I think you're right. And the guy who built it should know.

Jimbuna

07-12-11, 02:49 PM

The shape of the tail certainly matches that of the Bristol, so I think you're right. And the guy who built it should know.

I wouldn't like to make a call either way on what it is Steve but as you rightfully said "the guy who built it should know"....so I'm calling it a draw, two people are correct because for the life of me you both know better than me :DL

Jimbuna

07-13-11, 12:59 PM

#5 Updated.

Jimbuna

07-14-11, 12:29 PM

#6 Updated.

Jimbuna

07-16-11, 07:07 AM

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TarJak

07-16-11, 08:13 AM

Nice shots and models mate. I take it you didn't enter anything?

Jimbuna

07-16-11, 09:37 AM

Nope....has been a few years since I completed anything, I'm solely a diecast collector nowadays.

Jimbuna

07-17-11, 07:35 AM

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Sailor Steve

07-17-11, 03:54 PM

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I love a good diorama. The best I ever saw in person was when the IPMS national US show was held here in Salt Lake City. The centerpiece was this model which now resides in the Smithsonian Institution's Air-And Space Museum. It represents the 1924 around-the-world flight by the US Army Air Service, with four Douglas World Cruisers.

The diorama represents the planes making a fuel stop at Seward, Alaska in April 1924. The people were all converted from flight figures, and include a soldier strolling with his girl and the crew of a fishing boat who came out to see the planes.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/WorldCruiserDiorama.jpg

The second picture is a close-up of the boat and crew. What you can't see is the detail, most wonderful of which is the cards laid out on the boat's galley table, left there when the players heard the planes landing.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Dioramaboat.jpg

I just wish there were pictures I could show of all those details.

Jimbuna

07-18-11, 05:19 AM

I love a good diorama. The best I ever saw in person was when the IPMS national US show was held here in Salt Lake City. The centerpiece was this model which now resides in the Smithsonian Institution's Air-And Space Museum. It represents the 1924 around-the-world flight by the US Army Air Service, with four Douglas World Cruisers.

The diorama represents the planes making a fuel stop at Seward, Alaska in April 1924. The people were all converted from flight figures, and include a soldier strolling with his girl and the crew of a fishing boat who came out to see the planes.

The second picture is a close-up of the boat and crew. What you can't see is the detail, most wonderful of which is the cards laid out on the boat's galley table, left there when the players heard the planes landing.

I just wish there were pictures I could show of all those details.

Yep, you can't beat a decent diorama and that one you've posted definitely looks top drawer.

The overall winner of the show I attended was a 3' long diorama of a German WWII armored train travelling to the front, full to the hilt with every piece of ordnance you could imagine.

The crazy thing is nobody seems to have taken any photographs of it because those of us who attended the show are busy asking one another on another forum if anyone has any photos :doh:

Jimbuna

07-18-11, 12:23 PM

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http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9857/p1000795x.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/231/p1000795x.jpg/)

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Sailor Steve

07-18-11, 02:04 PM

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/3552/p1000794w.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/p1000794w.jpg/)

You found it! COOL! I love that sort of thing. That one reminds me of one of my all-time favorites. The link is to Shep Paine's book on diorama-building, which has a lot of good ones.
http://books.google.com/books?id=tge5LXsoGQIC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=diorama+the+elefant's+dilemma&source=bl&ots=ebxCNOotTm&sig=qDjnhdfcsNH29LWSi9IBTEhdGM0&hl=en&ei=x4IkTvutF4PgiALSnuikAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=diorama%20the%20elefant's%20dilemma&f=false

Jimbuna

07-18-11, 02:39 PM

You found it! COOL! I love that sort of thing. That one reminds me of one of my all-time favorites. The link is to Shep Paine's book on diorama-building, which has a lot of good ones.
http://books.google.com/books?id=tge5LXsoGQIC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=diorama+the+elefant's+dilemma&source=bl&ots=ebxCNOotTm&sig=qDjnhdfcsNH29LWSi9IBTEhdGM0&hl=en&ei=x4IkTvutF4PgiALSnuikAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=diorama%20the%20elefant's%20dilemma&f=false (http://books.google.com/books?id=tge5LXsoGQIC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=diorama+the+elefant***39;s+dilemma&source=bl&ots=ebxCNOotTm&sig=qDjnhdfcsNH29LWSi9IBTEhdGM0&hl=en&ei=x4IkTvutF4PgiALSnuikAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=diorama%20the%20elefant***39;s%20dilemma&f=false)

Yeah...spent many an hour looking at his work with a great deal of envy and admiration.

Didn't realise I had photographed the diorama :doh:

I've eight more photographs to convert before posting but two of them are of a diorama which IMHO is arguably better than the armoured train.

Sailor Steve

07-18-11, 04:46 PM

If anyone looks at the book I linked, I recommend looking at the pictures long and hard. The fun isn't in the modelwork, but in what the picture is saying.

Jimbuna

07-20-11, 12:24 PM

Last of the bunch...
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ImageShack has decided it is time to become a PITA so I'll upload the last couple in about an hour...hopefully

Jimbuna

07-20-11, 02:11 PM

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http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3397/p1000808h.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/834/p1000808h.jpg/)

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CaptainMattJ.

07-20-11, 02:34 PM

jesus. that alot of models. great work too.

Tigers, panthers, panzers, Some Flakpanzer Ostwinds, half-tracks, Corsairs, mustangs, F-16s, i think i saw an M1 Abrams, hurricanes, spitfires, German tri-planes, bi-planes, Surveilance aircraft, neat bombers, panzerkamfwagens, STuGs, T-34s, shermans, BF109s, FW-190s, A-10 warthogs, harriers, I think i saw a Leopald, Panzer IVs, jeeps, Japanese Zeros,Japanese Oscars, Pershing tanks, Stukas, beauteous destroyers and heavy cruisers.

Yeah, im a military nerd. I can tell from first glance what each of these are. Some new modern jets i havent seen though. I do, have a huge poster that my uncle gave me hanging above my bed with some of the biggest and baddest modern jets from all parts of the world.

edit: how could i forget to mention the KING tigers, South Dakota battleship, Buffalos, Apache Attack heli, Catalinas, APCs, Priests, and the best of all, the reason were all here, the VII class subs and beautiful nuclear subs. I dont think i saw an I-400 though.

Jimbuna

07-20-11, 02:57 PM

Osmium Steele

07-21-11, 07:49 AM

Was that Bailey Bridge scratch built, or can you get a kit?

TLAM Strike

07-21-11, 07:53 AM

Was that Bailey Bridge scratch built, or can you get a kit?
I think its from a kit:
http://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories/Buildings/BRO00035012/product.php

Gerald

07-21-11, 07:56 AM

I think its from a kit:
http://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories/Buildings/BRO00035012/product.php A good price for these products, :yep:

Growler

07-21-11, 07:58 AM

I've been watching this thread with great interest since Jim posted, but now I'm totally geeking out.

Dioramas are what I'd do if I had talent - I wore out copies of Shep Paine's books on dioramas and armored vehicle modeling; the fact that he was an armored trooper (at first like I wanted to be, and then like I was) only made it more interesting to me.

Some amazing work here - the larger scale armor models start to give a viewer a sense of just how beastly tanks are.