Bolton IPMS Show
Sunday 19th January 2025
10am - 4pm
Bolton Stadium, BL6 6JW
I've booked a hotel for this one.
What If and Project Cancelled both booked in for this show :mellow:
IPMS Tyneside will be on a raiding party. See you there.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 10, 2025, 06:09:03 AMIPMS Tyneside will be on a raiding party. See you there.
Nicks got your Overtrees :thumbsup:
Magic. Need to give him some advice re spraying anyhoo.
NOTE:
If you walk in the side door as an exhibitor before the show starts, you need to go to the other end of the hall, where the general public come in, and register your car to get the free parking, otherwise you'll get a parking fine.
Ask me how I know... :rolleyes: :banghead:
I have a box of kits and books to sell and some things to share.
My plans are these:
Friday - Start work at 7am, leave at 11am and drive up to Bolton. Check in at Travelodge. Find a pub for the evening, maybe a curry.
Saturday - Train to Manchester and have a look around the shops or explore a museum or something. To be decided on the day. In the evening find a pub!
Sunday - Model show. Get on the road by 5pm and hope to be home for 10pm.
Drop Thorvic a PM and ask him for a recommendation for some decent pubs and curry houses.
Nice to see everybody, and a very enjoyable show. :thumbsup:
ModelsForSale certainly had a lot of stuff going at very reasonable prices: I got a Trumpter 1/72nd F-106B for £18 and a Heller AS532 Cougar, still in it's shrink-wrap, for £8.
Seemed to see rather more women who were actually into the modelling, instead of just supporting their partners, there too. I wonder if some of the clubs have learned the lesson of that combined model and figure-painting show I've been to a couple of times and started to encourage figure painting, which always seems to attract far more women (the old-but-true "people rather than things" trope) than vehicle modelling does?
Good show, very full but possibly too full to get around properly, especially upstairs. Too many people wearing hats indoors.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 19, 2025, 12:53:20 PMToo many people wearing hats indoors.
;D Not me, I wasn't there.
I had a good time at Bolton. Great to catch up with people in the New Year.
I sold a fair few kits to cover my petrol costs and the delicious curry I had on Friday night in Achari's. Their Morris Massala Mild was just right, not too hot with a decent flavour. :thumbsup:
What did I bring home?
A book - Jigsaw Puzzles: Tactical Intelligence in the Falklands Campaign by Giles Orpen-Smellie We can only guess what his army nickname was! :lol:
He was made Battalion Intelligence Officer when it all kicked off and is now comparing what he thought was going on at the time with what the official history books now say.
Bags of scatter in dark earth and sandy brown for some diorama bases.
At the end of the day I picked up an Aurora MBT70 for just £5. This gives me a pair - one West German and one US Army.
Quote from: Nick on January 20, 2025, 05:44:38 AMTheir Morris Massala Mild
That name serious ? :unsure: :rolleyes:
Quote from: NARSES2 on January 20, 2025, 06:01:14 AMQuote from: Nick on January 20, 2025, 05:44:38 AMTheir Morris Massala Mild
That name serious ? :unsure: :rolleyes:
I'm serious. I asked for a Chicken Jeera and the very nice waiter warned me the cumin seeds make it quite bitter to the taste. He suggested the Morris Masala and that it didn't have to be HOT but mild.
Mouthwatering, not eye-watering :thumbsup:
I assume it was named for a regular customer ??
Achari Bolton menu -
Balti Morris Massala (hot)
A dish comprising of massala sauce with extra spices, green chillies & onions
They've spelled it wrong, Our Maurice.
Something I resisted the temptation of was an Italeri 1/72nd XB-70 Valkyrie on the ModelsForSale stand: about £40 IIRC.
Quote from: Nick on January 20, 2025, 08:22:56 AMI'm serious. I asked for a Chicken Jeera and the very nice waiter warned me the cumin seeds make it quite bitter to the taste. He suggested the Morris Masala and that it didn't have to be HOT but mild.
Mouthwatering, not eye-watering :thumbsup:
I assume it was named for a regular customer ??
Achari Bolton menu -
Balti Morris Massala (hot)
A dish comprising of massala sauce with extra spices, green chillies & onions
Right :thumbsup:
Quote from: Weaver on January 20, 2025, 02:33:47 PMSomething I resisted the temptation of was an Italeri 1/72nd XB-70 Valkyrie on the ModelsForSale stand: about £40 IIRC.
Very wise. It's a horror to build and even more of a nightmare to store. Done it once. Never again. Mine now resides in Canada with my cousin.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 21, 2025, 03:57:10 AMQuote from: Weaver on January 20, 2025, 02:33:47 PMSomething I resisted the temptation of was an Italeri 1/72nd XB-70 Valkyrie on the ModelsForSale stand: about £40 IIRC.
Very wise. It's a horror to build and even more of a nightmare to store. Done it once. Never again. Mine now resides in Canada with my cousin.
Yep - all of that. I vaguely remembered the horror stories and reflected on how much of a pain it'd be to take to shows.
And then I do it all over again with a pair of Ju 390s...
Any pics from the show?
There were some on Facebook of the Project Cancelled stand.
Quote from: kitbasher on January 21, 2025, 08:19:46 AMAny pics from the show?
Martin took some, but dont think hes uploaded them yet as hes been at the workbench instead
A guy from Airfix Model World took a long look at the stand and was very interested in, and amused by, my Vogt 141NG. Took several pictures too, so fingers crossed...
Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 21, 2025, 10:20:46 AMThere were some on Facebook of the Project Cancelled stand.
Saw that, Lee 👍
Quote from: Weaver on January 21, 2025, 04:39:29 PMA guy from Airfix Model World took a long look at the stand and was very interested in, and amused by, my Vogt 141NG. Took several pictures too, so fingers crossed...
It'd be nice to see it in AMW.
Quote from: kitbasher on January 22, 2025, 12:51:16 AMIt'd be nice to see it in AMW.
It certainly would. Generally the various mags ignore Whiffs totally. :(
ok. ok. Ive finaly got my photos of the show uploaded. All 105 of them.
Click here (https://imageshack.com/a/B5O17/1) or follow this link https://imageshack.com/a/B5O17/1
Quote from: Weaver on January 21, 2025, 04:39:29 PMA guy from Airfix Model World took a long look at the stand and was very interested in, and amused by, my Vogt 141NG. Took several pictures too, so fingers crossed...
tall lanky fella with glasses?
@Thorvic , is that your 169?
Yes, it was and full of praise for it he was too. You should think of putting him on commission as a salesman. Had I some spare cash monies, I'd certainly be shelling out for one.
Quote from: Martin H on January 22, 2025, 11:34:19 AMok. ok. Ive finaly got my photos of the show uploaded. All 105 of them.
Click here (https://imageshack.com/a/B5O17/1) or follow this link https://imageshack.com/a/B5O17/1
Thank you!
Quote from: Martin H on January 22, 2025, 11:35:33 AMQuote from: Weaver on January 21, 2025, 04:39:29 PMA guy from Airfix Model World took a long look at the stand and was very interested in, and amused by, my Vogt 141NG. Took several pictures too, so fingers crossed...
tall lanky fella with glasses?
Yep.
Thanks for the photos Martin :thumbsup:
Quote from: NARSES2 on January 23, 2025, 01:06:19 AMThanks for the photos Martin :thumbsup:
Yes thanks, Martin.
Quote from: Weaver on January 22, 2025, 04:13:49 PMQuote from: Martin H on January 22, 2025, 11:35:33 AMQuote from: Weaver on January 21, 2025, 04:39:29 PMA guy from Airfix Model World took a long look at the stand and was very interested in, and amused by, my Vogt 141NG. Took several pictures too, so fingers crossed...
tall lanky fella with glasses?
Yep.
That would be Stu Fon the editor. He attends most of the "big" shows either with the amw sales stand ir as part of ipms brampton.
There were a few traders conspicuous by their absence. Glenn Ashley wasn't there and, thankfully neither was wockney canker Uncle Albert from Kit Crazy. I hate that man with a passion you can barely dream of.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 23, 2025, 06:13:44 AMThere were a few traders conspicuous by their absence. Glenn Ashley wasn't there and, thankfully neither was wockney canker Uncle Albert from Kit Crazy. I hate that man with a passion you can barely dream of.
Yeah, I noticed the latter's absence too - mostly audibly... ;)
It's not just his noise, it's more his crass stupidity. At the last show at the old Huddersfield venue (not the newer one that they got kicked out of for not being "inclusive" enough"), he spread his stuff around, as he does, creating trip hazards and blocking a fire exit. On the same day that there was a fire evacuation. Thankfully, it was a false alarm.
That could have had the show closed down and frankly, he should have been blacklisted for that.
Thanks for sharing these, Martin - some great work on show.
Quote from: Martin H on January 22, 2025, 11:34:19 AMok. ok. Ive finaly got my photos of the show uploaded. All 105 of them.
Click here (https://imageshack.com/a/B5O17/1) or follow this link https://imageshack.com/a/B5O17/1
Thanks for the photos Martin - good stuff. :thumbsup:
Airfix's appearance at the Bolton show on their blog:
https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog-and-news/workbench/new-airfix-models-head-north-bolton
You certainly don't hang about! It looks good in camo.
Quote from: scautomoton on January 24, 2025, 11:46:29 PMYou certainly don't hang about! It looks good in camo.
No he doesnt :mellow:
Im sure he started it as soon as he got home from SMW on the sunday...... ;D ;D
Lightweight. I'd have it cleaned up by the end of the show. Possibly part assembled.
Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 25, 2025, 12:07:46 PMLightweight. I'd have it cleaned up by the end of the show. Possibly part assembled.
Nope it was in a nice small compact box, it needed a proper parts box to unpack and remove print braces, but i did do that the week i got back from smw, and the test fit was superb so it was an enjoyable build in after telford and finished off during the Christmas period and into early Jan.