Folks

I have been in contact with the Overseas Liaison Officer from IPMS UK with regard to booking
display space for IPMS Ireland at Scale Model World 2011.
I am planning to request the same area of space as was allocated to us last year(1.2m x 3.65m area)
In addition, we need to indicate how many IPMS Ireland members will be in attendance representing our
group for the event, so if persons who intending on traveling would kindly let me know so I can
get an idea of numbers, that would be a great help.

Thanks

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Vincent

Too much plastic...not enough time

I will be there from Friday till Sunday along with Terry Gray and Dave Wallace

Thanks for the quick reply, gents.

Re. paid up membership, can anyone who has paid for their member renewals please PM me the details of the
subs paid(when, to whom and by what means, i.e. cash-paypal-cheque?)and I will look into getting new cards to all
who need them.

Thanks again

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Vincent

Too much plastic...not enough time

Hi there...

As this is getting a bit closer I decided to look into it a bit more. Basically, I'd be flying over on the Saturday morning and back on the Saturday evening, as I have to be home for the Sunday. Ryanair can get me to Birmingham for 7:30am on the Saturday, and the last flight back to Dublin is at 7pm, so I'd have to be in Birmingham for around 5:30pm.

I've never been to Telford before, can anyone let me know the easiest way to get from Birmingham airport to Telford and back? I'm guessing a Taxi would be quite expensive, are there trains etc? I assume that the Show is on from about 9 onwards, so that would give me from about 9 'til 4 or so at the show, which will hopefully be enough to see at least some of the sights, man the IPMS Ireland table if needed and, of course, use some plastic to buy some plastic! :)

Any advice from people who've gone before would be much appreciated! Thanks...

J.

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Hi Jasonb

Last time I went I was able to get a direct train from Birmingham airport to Telford station and back.

You will need to check the times though. There is a monorail thingy that will take you from the airport terminal to the central train station. The Telford train was direct to Telford station (previously you needed to change trains) which is a 5 minute walk from Grays hotel (you can actually see it from the hotel gate), itself a 10 min walk from the International Centre. At night, and if carrying a lot of boxes, probably better to get a taxi though.

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Jason,

I did the day trip a couple of years ago, and it CAN be done in a day..though it is a bit hectic!. I would agree with Paul and Roy that the train might be a good idea, instead of the taxi fare. One suggestion though - if you know what you want to buy (like your Moebius), have a look at the ipms UK website for the list of traders who are going to be there, and try their internet shops over the next week or two. Some (and I suspect most) will accept orders on line, for pick-up at the show. This not only saves post and packing, and your own time browsing, but some of them give a 5% or 10% reduction for such pre-orders. It also means that you won't go to a stand to be told (as I was) that they only brought a couple of that particular kit to Telford and it's gone, but if you come back tomorrow, they might have more in.....

One other small point - you might want to do Ryanair over, and Aer Lingus back, since Aer Lingus is more forgiving about sizes and weights of bags, and also allows a small plastic bag as well as the normal carry-on luggage. We were once over in Cambridge (to see Duxford), and flew from Stansted with Ryanair (it's the only option there, unfortunately), and they were forcing ladies in the queue to put their handbags and their duty free from the airport into their carry-on luggage, as they only accept one bag, and when the total didn't fit into their little measuring frames, or weighed too much, they fleeced the people with additional charges. (Apparently, the Ryanair staff are on comission to find excess baggage).

Of course, kits take up a lot of space. Resin details and aftermarket PE and decals don't take up much room and don't weigh much ...


Philip

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"To boldly go.....wherever"

Well, flights are booked, a return train ticket from Birmingham International to Telford will cost £10, so that's pretty decent. I should be at the show from around 9am until about 3:45, so that's not too bad, I'll run around and look at as much as I can! :) Thanks for all the advice and help, looking forward to it now!

J.

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Revell 1:72 F-16B

Completed builds
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Eduard 1:48 Bf 110 G-4
Academy 1:72 F-22a Raptor
Tamiya 1:35 T-55a
Moebius 1:128 Seaview

15 08 11
Is Vincent Murphy going? Prehaps it might be an idea to get a definitive list of who is going and what they are bringing.

Liam

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Will you be there?

Philip

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"To boldly go.....wherever"

That's a great idea.
Still theres more than 1 month between the D1 and Telford... in other words, lots of sleepless nights inbetween to get some stuff ready

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Filip