London Day Out 2011

Nick · February 16, 2011, 01:05:10 AM

Last month I suggested we have a London get together and it seems popular so this is the official plan. All times are approximate and can be changed!

Saturday 19th March

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/southernexpo/
The Southern Expo at Hornchurch Leisure Centre (RM11 1JU) is best done on the Saturday. Those of us who will go can meet at lunchtime for a chat or go to a nearby pub afterwards.

Sunday 20th March

10am: Meet at the London Eye for a free visit using my staff card.
11am: Wander down to the Imperial War Museum for an afternoon of browsing. It's about a 10 minute walk away. Well worth seeing the new Lord Ashcroft Medal Gallery and the shop is well stocked with kits.
5pm: Get kicked out of museum and visit pub next door. They do sell proper beer, not just fizzy horse piss!

6pm: Go to Imperial Tandoori across road for curry.

What do you think?

NARSES2 · February 16, 2011, 01:12:22 AM

Sounds good Nick. Unfortunately I might well be away that weekend. I'll know hopefully this coming weekend.

Chris

PR19_Kit · February 16, 2011, 02:52:40 AM

Nick,

I'll definitely be at the Southern Expo on the Saturday and most probably be able to get to The Eye on the Sunday, but it's my Mum's 97th birthday that day! I have to get back to Gloucestershire to collect Mrs PR19 and then return to Oxford by tea time, so timing may be a tad tight......

Martin H · February 16, 2011, 07:57:33 AM

why dont you you bring the missus with you Kit. You could let her loose on Oxford street, while you do the show

PR19_Kit · February 16, 2011, 08:02:49 AM

'Cos I'll be working in Essex the whole of the previous week. The thought of leaving Mrs PR19 at Lakeside for a WEEK fills me with DREAD!!!!

Martin H · February 16, 2011, 08:11:33 AM

LOL
so much for being retired eh

lancer · February 16, 2011, 03:47:54 PM

Count me in Nick. It'll be good to meet up with some of the gang.

Freightdog862 · February 18, 2011, 01:41:35 AM

That will be nice, a what-if expedition party at Southern Expo, you can pick up some new resin sets from me while your there....
Colin

GTX · February 19, 2011, 01:10:47 PM

Folks,

Is there anything happening around September that might be the basis for a similar event? Ask since I plan to be there in September.

Regards,

Greg

Nick · February 19, 2011, 03:41:55 PM

I don't know of any events in September but there is no reason we couldn't do something then. Maybe a trip to the RAF Museum or HMS Belfast or even go out to Duxford?

GTX · February 19, 2011, 08:37:08 PM

Quote from: Nick on February 19, 2011, 03:41:55 PM
I don't know of any events in September but there is no reason we couldn't do something then. Maybe a trip to the RAF Museum or HMS Belfast or even go out to Duxford?

Sounds good - I will keep all you chaps informed of my plan as we get closer.

Regards,

Greg

buzzbomb · February 20, 2011, 02:03:51 AM

Hmm.. I am coming over in Aprli, so I will miss this, and of course any other model show scheduled, I am aware of, appear to be in the diametric opposite part of the UK that I plan to be in at that time.

Oh well.. the next major trip to the UK will be for Scalemodelworld 2013, the 50th anniversary of IPMS. Hope to get a few antipodes modellers on the pilgrimage for that year.

kitbasher · February 20, 2011, 04:27:10 AM

Quote from: Nick on February 19, 2011, 03:41:55 PM
I don't know of any events in September but there is no reason we couldn't do something then. Maybe a trip to the RAF Museum or HMS Belfast or even go out to Duxford?

After a quarter century of promising to go I finally visited the Belfast late last year. Fantastic. Can't recommend it enough. Even bought a Revell (ex-Matchbox) Walrus on the way out.
Checking Domestic Command to see if I'm free for the IWM trip, will confirm soon.

Gondor · February 20, 2011, 04:44:04 AM

I once tried to get to the Southern Expo one year, 1989 I think it was, I had just bought a car and had decided to drive down from Hitchin. Only got as far as Wellen-Garden_City when the temperature gauge went through the roof as it were. Eventually found out that the water pump has seized

Hope you all enjoy the show and wish I could join in.

Gondor

PR19_Kit · February 20, 2011, 02:04:36 PM

Quote from: kitbasher on February 20, 2011, 04:27:10 AM
After a quarter century of promising to go I finally visited the Belfast late last year. Fantastic.

Umpteen years ago, around 1973 or so, I managed to get lumbered with the job of IPMS UK Branch Liason Officer, probably because I got free rail travel as I worked for BR, and could travel all over to see the various Branch secretaries.

I thought it would be a good idea if we ALL met at one place, and to make it interesting I held the first meeting on the foredeck of HMS Belfast, just forward of A turret.