Telford Scale Model World 2013 (Pic Heavy!)

[ajrimmer42]

It was the annual IPMS Scale Model World in Telford this weekend, took 230 odd pics so thought I'd share a smallish selection with you guys here.

It's my second time at the show and I was once again blown away by the sheer quality of the work. I mean it really is art.

It's a bloody big show, we went on the Sunday, got there around 11 and had still only seen about 2 thirds of what was there by 4pm (with only a short stop for a hot roast port sandwich!), and I had no time to go bargain kit hunting either :( I think maybe an overnight stay would be on the cards next year!

There is plenty of photos so I think this will be the first of a number of posts. Apologies for the sizes too, I'm afraid they are a bit on the big side so it's worth zooming out a little.

Enjoy!



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Centurion

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Bedford Fuel Bowser

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I don't think I need to say what this beasty is!

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STARBUG!!!

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A Selection of Wingnut Wings kits in the competition area

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Just look at the panelling!

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Captured T34

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DUKW

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Burberry clad German haha

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Flower Class Corvette

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Superb Film Noir styled diorama

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Oops!

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A cutaway, lit Flower Class. The detail was just phenomenal!

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RAF Rescue Launch


More to come! Brace yourselves lol

[ajrimmer42]

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The Perfect Storm

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Russian BMPs and a BMD

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Bugatti/Tesla MagLev Car

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L39 Albatros

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Corsair

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Lynx

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Gannet

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109

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P40

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Unbelievable B17 diorama, the pics don't do it justice, this thing was huge! Unfortunately all my pics of it were a bit blurry :(

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The Sheffield table :)


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Dirty Rotherham's table :O:

[ajrimmer42]

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Me262

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Lightning

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Canberra

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Corsair

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Superb model of Warspite

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T34 with some of teh best weathering I've ever seen!

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I still refuse to believe these are paper lol!

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P51

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JAGD Panther

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My own Sherman Calliope Diorama!!!! On display on the Flory Models stand, another forum I'm a member of.

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[ajrimmer42]

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Blimey!

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Huey which was flown in on the friday along with the Loach next to it

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Oh my! :o

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Stunning JASDF F15

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Mig 21

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Mi 17 in CIA use

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Sufa

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That's all folks!

[Nippelspanner]

Amazing!

[Betonov]

I can't even draw rustmarks on my type VII model :o

those details are amazing :yeah:

[Sailor Steve]

Remarkable work. Truly fantastic. :rock:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Outstanding, a very well done to all involved. :yeah:

[AVGWarhawk]

I love super detailed models. These are exceptional. :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

A lot of amazing work on display there :cool:

[Buddahaid]

Wow! I looked up Wingnut Models as I wasn't familiar with their products and found a wonderful photo archive there of WW1 aircraft.
http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/0479286FAD272A366BEF8FF1353586D3

[Oberon]

Some fantastically epic work there, and well photographed, I know how difficult it can be to get the details on models on to camera properly.

The Warspite is beautiful, I love the Grand Old Lady and that model does her justice for certain, if only she could have been saved like the Belfast was.

Very nice Calliope, and that Backfire is beautiful. :yeah:

[Red October1984]

I almost have no words for how awesome this is...

I only have one....


WOW! :o

[Stealhead]

I like the work on the Ki-48 it is very hard to get the weathering that was common on Japanese aircraft to look good.I know I have tried a few times myself and it just never turned out the way I wanted.

The crashed B-17G is also a nice job it is a challenge to create convincing looking damage.

And Fowler Class with the cut away sections that looks to be scratch built.I never had the patience for that.I have done some small scale scratch this or that for a kit but never a complete model.

I wonder sometimes if model building is a dying hobby used to be you could find a few hobby shops in a city now you might find one in my county there is not a single one.Of course I think the internet may have run the brick and mortar hobby stores out of business the ones that got into online sales survived.

[Cybermat47]

Words don't do this justice!

[MH]

Words don't do this justice!


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This is art.

[mapuc]

First of all I will give a big thanks to ajrimmer42 for sharing these fantastic, no that's to little word to use.

Those model builders doesn't just build the model they even makes it so realistic that you can't see of it is the real thing or a model-if it wasn't for the size of it.

That's the only thing that reveal it.

These models made me remember when I build my first model, I was not more than 8-10 years old. When the model was finished, it was one huge ball of glue. The model? inside this ball of glue.

Markus