Amazingly, in the
snow-covered, barren wilderness of the Scottish highlands modellers can find a
sheltered nook or cranny to stick bits of plastic together!
In fact there is a thriving Kinloss & Forres Model Club (KFMC) with
some 30 members meeting once a week. The Elgin Model Show is an annual event
held in the Town Hall. It includes,
scale plastic models, aeromodelling, wargaming railway modelling and die cast
models.
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Revell 1-32 Hunter FGA9 by Tom Grier |
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Accurate Minatures 1-48 IL-2 by Tony Rodgers |
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Revell 1-72 Mig 29 by Brian Bond |
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Classic Airframe 1-48 Canberra TT18 by Andy Hinton |
KFMC
have provided displays of scale modelling at the Elgin Model Show for several
years, but this is the first year that a modelling competition has been held.
In fact, there were two competitions, both organised by the club.
The first was an Open Competition and, keeping it simple for the first
effort, comprised two classes Senior and Junior.
The local model shop, Junners (Toymaster) of Elgin sponsored the
competition and, in conjunction with Revell, provided certificates and prizes.
The competition was well supported by club members and local modellers in
both classes and the results were as follows:
Senior
1st Nick Robertshaw, Kinloss, Italeri 1/35 Landing craft
& Dragon
Sherman Firefly.
2nd Tom Grier, Forres, Revell 1/32 Tornado ECR.
3rd Steve Cockburn, Inverness, Tamiya 1/35 Panther.
Junior
1st Craig Poppleton, Aberlour, 1/35 M48A3 Patton.
2nd Heather Taylor-Stanley, Forres, Airfix 1/32 P-51D
Mustang.
3rd Sara Cockburn, Inverness, Sleepy Hollow Headless
Horseman.
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Revell 1-32 Tornado ECR by Tom Grier - 2nd place in the Open Competition |
In
addition to the Open Competition the KFMC also held a competition for club
modellers only. This was the John
Langton Shield and was inaugurated this year in memory of club member John
Langton who was sadly killed with the rest of his crew in the recent Nimrod
crash in Afghanistan. John made
models straight from the box, so the rules were simple, build your entry just
like John would have no extras!
This
competition was well supported by the club and approximately 60 models were
entered into both competitions. The
winner of the John Langton Shield was Al Harris of Kinloss with a superb Tamiya
1/48 Beaufighter.
If
anyone wishes more information about KFMC please ring Tony Rodgers on 01309
671551.
Tom
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Revell 1-48 F-86D Sabre by Bob Pountney |
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Revell 1-72 CF-1-1B Voodoo by John Wood
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Esci Douglas R4D-5 by John Wood |
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Trumpeter 172 Wyvern by Bob Pountney |
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Airfix 1-72 C-47 by John Wood |
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Hasegawa 1-48 Harrier GR7 by Gary Philp |
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Monogram 1-48 F-106A Delta Dart by Bob Pountney |
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Tamiya 1-48 Beaufighter by Tony Rodgers |
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Revell 1-72 Merlin HMA1 by Brian Bond |
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Esci 1-48 F-86 Sabre by Tom Docherty |
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Revell 1-48 F-89 Scorpion by Tom Docherty |
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Revell 1-32 Hunter Mk58 by Kev Anderson |
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Italeri 1-72 Sea Stallion by Bob Pountney |
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Italeri 1-72 Sea Stallion by Brian Bond |
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Revell 1-32 Beaufighter by Tom Docherty |
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Academy 148 P-47D by Craig Glencross |
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Trumpeter 1-24 P-51D Mustang by Tony Rodgers |
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Hasegawa 1-48 Harrier GR7 by Al Harris |
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Academy 1-72 Stratofreighter by John Wood |
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Revell 132 Tormado ECR by Alan Dean |
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Airfix 1-24 P-51D Mustang by junior 2nd place Heather Taylor-Stanley |
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