Ron Adams

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death, earlier today, of one of our oldest and staunchest members, Ron Adams.

Ron was also an early member of IPMS (UK) his membership number being 167. But above all he was greatly liked and respected gentleman and we are the poorer for his passing. He had recently been diagnosed with a brain tumour but non-the-less showed great spirit and determination to carry on with his life and live it to the full.

Our condolences go to Ron's wife Doreen and their family.

Midland Expo 2013

The date for Midland Expo 2013 has been announced, Sunday

28th July 2013 at Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre and Golf Course, Alcester Road South, Kings Heath, Birmignham. 

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This a change from our traditional date of the mid-May weekend and an explanation of the reasons behind the move can be found on the Midland Expo website.



Midland Expo 2013 Poster

Print a copy of this poster (PDF file from Google Drive).

Midland Expo 2012

Sunday 20th May saw the club's own show Midland Expo 2012 held at Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre and Golf Course.

Photo montage of Midland Expo 2012  go to Facebook album to see individual pictures.

April 2012

Recent Shows

Over the past couple of months the club has attended a number of shows at Huddersfield, Cosford, Hinckley, Alumwell and Weston-super-Mare. Photos from some of  shows are available as albums on the IPMS Birmingham Facebook page -please click on the captions of the pictures below to view them.

Huddersfield Show

Hinckley Show

Cosford Show

The Rotunda

The April edition of the club newsletter "The Rotunda" is now available to download.

Midland Expo



Our own show, Midland Expo 2012 is now only just over a month away and preparations are going ahead with meetings of the the management committee and with the venue management taking place in the past fortnight, for the latest update please see the Midland Expo Website.



IPMS Birmingham Logo and website

A new digital version of the club logo has been created, it is based on the the previous design which appears on the cloths used for our displays at model shows.  Prior to this the logo used on this website and other publicity material was a photograph taken from one of the cloths. The digital version is more versatile and can be adapted to suit a number of different types of media in a variety of sizes and can incorporate such additions as the IPMS (UK) logo, but retains the the recognised IPMS Birmingham style.



The website has also undergone a few changes in style and now has a new header image which includes the digital version of the logo (with IPMS UK logo) and a collage of photographs of club activity and members' models.

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Midland Air Museum Chistmas Modelling Fayre and Committee changes.

The Midland Air Museum at Coventry will be holding its annual Christmas Modelling Fayre on Sunday 4th December and IPMS Birmingham will have a display in the Argosy Centre.

Last year's show started with an early morning mist which gave the opportunity to take some atmospheric photographs of the outdoor exhibits.


The November meeting was the also the branch Annual General Meeting, with the usual election/re-election of committee members. Terry Walton had already announced his intention to stand down as Branch Secretary and the role has now been taken on by Roland Turner. The posts of Chairman, Treasurer and Newsletter Editor were unchanged with Pete Betteridge, Matt Nicholls and John Duffield receptively continuing in the rolls. George Green also retained the post of Competition Secretary but is now sharing it with Karl Robinson.

Scale Modelworld 2011, Day Two

The second day of SMW 2011 brought more members to the show and the club display.

"Biggles" Betteridge goes to Telford.

Our club Chairman Pete Betteridge lived up to his recently acquired nick-name of Biggles by briefly appearing on the Biggles SIG stand.

As always at Telford a great deal of time was spent foraging for bargains, searching for that kit for which you have been looking for ages or simply looking at the the traders' displays and discovering an item that you suddenly realise you have wanted all along!

Steve Newton's Merchant Ship

In the competition  two IPMS Birmingham members, Steve Newton and Matt Nicholls won silver medals in their classes, congratulations to them both.

Jim and John with Paul Regan.

John Kesler and Jim Marconi, our visitors from IPMS Syracuse, USA spent a couple of hours in the morning at the RAF Museum, Cosford before  coming to the show. During the course of the day they met some of the UK National committee including Paul Regan (President) and Richard Farrah (Hon. Sec.).

John and Jim with Richard Farrah.

John and Jim will be flying back to the USA tomorrow (Monday) and we wish them bonne voyage and look forward to seeing them again in the future, meanwhile many thanks to Mike and Lynn Gossage for putting them up during their stay.




Links:

IPMS Birmingham Facebook Album; John and Jim's visit.

IPMS Birmingham Facebook Album; Scale Modelworld 2011.

Scale Modelworld 2011 - Day One

The IPMS Birmingham stand manned by Pete Betteridge and Harry Newton.

The first day of Scale Modelworld 2011 saw the club's stand already and waiting for members to display their models, Pete Betteridge and Terry Walton having gone up to Telford on Friday to set it up.

1/144 scale diorama of the Boeing Dreamliner roll-out.

As always the members set about hunting down bargains, viewing the models on display on other branches stands and renewing old acquaintanceships.



Our friends from IPMS Syracuse, John Kesler and Jim Marconi enjoyed the day wandering around the show and sampling the hospitality at the Overseas Members Reception.

John Kesler and Jim Marconi in front of the IPMS Birmingham stand.

Links;

Facebook album; Scale Modelworld 2011.

Facebook Album; John Kesler and Jim Marconi's visit to SMW 2011,