The 2009 IPMS UK National show- now known as SCALEWORLD or to those 'in-the-know’.... simply as TELFORD!!.... was held in three vast halls at the Telford International Centre , Shropshire, UK. As with most model shows, aircraft of all shapes and sizes took up much of the exhibition space, with many fine be-winged models alongside great model cars, trucks, figures of all descriptions, superb examples of AFV modelling and so very much more. A vast international contingent from around the world visited and competed. I always find it fascinating to hear so many different tongues; all of which managed to converse with each other successfully (!) about ...models!

Suppliers of tools, books and kits were reporting a good trade. Each of these main 'maritime models’ traders present had some new items at the show, many long and eagerly awaited! The competition was reasonably well supported, with a number of very fine models being entered, some of which will be familiar to MW readers--Some models I was unable to photograph successfully. I did not photograph mine--they can be seen on my gallery page any time..!

The IPMS Special Interest Groups ( SIG) namely Battleships SIG, Carrier SIG, Cruiser SIG, Small warships SIG, David Griffiths 'My little navy' and Fine Waterline.com had a huge long table- 66 feet long , crammed with ship models of all kinds and scales. This concentration of ship models-located adjacent to the competition area ensured that many visitors were simply spellbound by the sheer number and intricacy of these small-scale model ships.

There were large numbers of fine ship models on display, which were not part of the competition--despite spending both days taking innumerable photographs I now recall some that I missed! With the target of presenting the models as attractively as possible to the readers of Modelwarships.com, I endeavoured - where feasible- to photograph the models against my large white card backdrop. I feel the effort of holding it in place for most photos has been vindicated by the clarity of the images- free of distractive background!

Apologies for the lesser quality of some pictures; many models were shot through glass or Perspex with consequent distortion of clarity. Some of the models were very small indeed--by the time the images had been enlarged the quality did fall away somewhat.

If you want any particular images in higher resolution--please e-mail or PM me with the image number or name.
See you all next year!

JIM BAUMANN
 

ModelWarships.com -- -- 11/10/2009