Magazine www.sticky-fingers.org.uk Issue 187 December 2019 Next month – 20th January 2020 – “Modeller of The Year Competition” Next month – 20th January 2020 – “Modeller of The Year Competition” .................................................................................. 1 Peters Prattling ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year ................................................................................................................................. 2 The Still Club Needs a New Club Secretary ......................................................................................................................... 2 Modeller of the Year Competition – Next Month ................................................................................................................... 3 Southern Expo 2020 .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 London Model Engineering Show - January 17th – 19th ...................................................................................................... 4 Forthcoming Shows in 2020 & Invitations ............................................................................................................................. 4 Competition Results for 4th Round 2019 ................................................................................................................................... 5 Wally Arrowsmith Trophy (Aircraft) ....................................................................................................................................... 5 1/72nd Scale or Less .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Greater than 1/72nd Scale .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Positions after 4th Round ................................................................................................................................................... 6 IPMS Hornchurch Trophy (Miscellaneous) ........................................................................................................................... 7 Military Vehicles ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Positions after 4th Round ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Magazine www.sticky-fingers.org.uk Peters Prattling Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year I’d like to wish all the club members and their families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, hopefully your hints for books, models or other tools will have come to fruition and appear under the tree for you, even if you had to buy them yourself. The Still Club Needs a New Club Secretary It’s still required, it still won’t go away, I will be standing down in February at the AGM By the AGM in February 2020 we will need a new set of committee members, most especially my role. The treasurer role has already been taken over by Wally for now. John Huston has thrown his hat in the ring as a potential Competition Secretary but obviously that will be up to the membership at the AGM to confirm. The club will need at least someone or maybe a few members to step up when I leave my post of Club Secretary. Off the top of my head the tasks to be covered include: - • Organise the tea/coffee/biscuits and bring along all the “stuff” to the meeting – arguably the most important task • Complete and return the annual IPMS Branch Survey – this is crucial to enable the club to continue as an IPMS club and also books our space at Scale Modelworld. • Produce monthly newsletter (assuming you still want one) • Update club website (www.sticky-fingers.org.uk), again assuming you want to continue with this • Book the club attendance at other model shows which the members have expressed interest in attending • Arrange judges for the “Modeller of the Year” competition – but maybe this should be part of the Competition Secretary’s role! • Be the focal point for any queries from prospective members or other clubs requiring information No need to be shy, please have a chat with me about what’s involved and what you could do or might be interested in. There is 1 main requirement for the Club Secretary role, namely that you are an IPMS member, however if someone comes forwards who is not and the club is willing I’m sure the finances to purchase their membership could be arranged, so you can’t let that be a barrier or excuse. Also, from a Club Secretary point of view don’t worry about Southern Expo this is not part of the role, Robin & I will keep the duties for this. At the AGM anyone can put their name forward to fulfil any of the roles, even though Wally is covering one of the roles and John Huston has expressed interest in another & had a practice last month. Magazine www.sticky-fingers.org.uk Modeller of the Year Competition – Next Month As next month (January 20th 2020) is the Modeller of the Year Competition, here is the list of eligible entries. All of these can and should be entered next month, there’s not a limit to the number of entries like our normal bi-monthly competition rounds.. Entrant Model John Bennett Hawker Tempest Bob Smith Crusader Mk.III John Bennett Sepecat Jaguar Bob Smith M3 A1 Lee John Huston 2CV Mr Bean Bob Smith M3 CDL Kevin Curley 17lb Anti-tank gun Bob Smith M-47 Patton Kevin Curley A-10 Crusier Tank Brian Breeze Blackburn Firebrand Kevin Curley Cromwell Brian Breeze Bristol Blenheim IV Kevin Curley HMS Victory Brian Breeze Handley Page Hampden Kevin Curley Morris 15cwt Truck Brian Thomas Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer Paul Bennett Bristol 146 Brian Thomas Vickers VC-10 Paul Bennett Bucker Jungmeister Callum Smith Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1 Paul Bennett Focke Wulf FW-190 A-8 Callum Smith T-34 Paul Bennett Focke Wulf FW-190 D-9 Callum Smith Tiger 1 Paul Bennett Hawker Sea Hurricane David Morse Grumman Bearcat Paul Bennett Miles Magister David Morse Hawker Sea Fury Paul Bennett Saab J-29 Tunnan David Morse Hawker Typhoon Paul Bennett Seafire II David Morse McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom Paul Bennett Supermarine Attacker David Morse Messersmith Me-262 Paul Bennett Vickers Venom David Morse Westland Lysander Peter Bagshaw Boeing 757 David Morse Westland Wyvern Peter Bagshaw Cuckoo Panther Graham Hill 4.3cm Pak Peter Bagshaw Focke Wulf FW-190 A-5 Graham Hill Mig-15 UTI Peter Bagshaw Focke Wulf FW-190 A-5 Hayden Bell UH-1H Peter Bagshaw Martin B-26 Marauder Hayden Cromwell Peter Bagshaw Mitsubishi Zero Hayden HMS Trafalgar Peter Bagshaw Nakajima Ki-27 Nate Hayden Supermarine Spitfire PR.19 Peter Bagshaw P-51D Mustang Hayden W.W.I Tank Peter Bagshaw Panther G Ian Brown Bristol Freighter Peter Bagshaw Supermarine Seafire 17 Ian Brown Citroen Traction 11cv Peter Bagshaw T-34/76 German Army Ian Brown Convair 340 Peter Van Den Assen Me-109 Crash Diorama Ian Brown Ilyusin Il-86 Steve Crust Gloster Javelin Ian Brown Me-108 Tauphin Steve Crust Gloster Meteor Ian Brown Mosquito Racer Steve Crust McDonnell Douglas F-15I Ra’am Ian Brown Opel Blitz Steve Crust McDonnell Douglas F-4E Kurnass John Bennett Blackburn Buccaneer Steve Crust McDonnell Douglas F-15 D John Bennett Fairey Barracuda Wally Arrowsmith MD-82 John Bennett H P Victor Southern Expo 2020 Expo update, this will be the last show at the Hornchurch Sports Centre, the new building due for completion next year will have a hall only half the size as the current one and that would make the show tricky to run, if only because we would have to not invite half the clubs/traders and who would you miss out? On top of that it would also reduce the amount we raise to give to charity to a point where the time and effort we have to put in outweighs the result. Magazine www.sticky-fingers.org.uk Hopes to find another venue have floundered as neither of us, due mostly for personal reasons, have had time to search too hard. The only venues we’d identified so far have not had the right combination of location, costs & parking to name some of the important criteria. So, for now after the 2020 show Southern Expo will be over. It could return but that will be in the lap of the gods. London Model Engineering Show - January 17th – 19th A gentle reminder that the London Model Engineering show is on Friday 17th, Saturday 18th. & Sunday 19th January at Alexandra Palace. I’ve ordered passes for the named people below, I used previous lists and added/amended where I’ve had confirmation you would like to go. We normally also get another 6 day passes so if you aren’t on the list below but think you want to come along at the last minute never fear you can still turn up & get in. Peter Bagshaw John Huston David Morse Robin Bellamy Wally Arrowsmith Brian Thomas Ralph Hebron Kevin Curley Bob Lawrence Ian Brown Forthcoming Shows in 2020 & Invitations Shows with highlight have been booked for us to attend. If you wish to attend any of the shows with the club stand please let me know so I can attempt to book space for the club. We have had invitations to the following shows (see list below for dates/times/locations