Back too for a flying visit was Adrian Davies now a resident of New York – oooh he’s changed! He’s into RAF Second World War bombers now! Models for our display were provided by Chris St Clair, Alex Hunger, Graham Bullock, Phil Butler, Paul Guppy, Ted Bayliss, Andy Davies (General Melchett), Trevor Williams (Howard of Effingham), Julien Dixon, and Paul ‘Susan’ Irving (who proved to be something of an unwelcome intruder !). Unfortunately Ted and Paul Guppy couldn’t actually make it to Telford due to work commitments and they were missed. Paul ‘Susan’ Irving and myself had an enjoyable stint working in the Kit swap on the Saturday afternoon (helped by a bottle of Jeremiah Weed) and Chris joined me for another stint on the Sunday.
Some shopping was done, I picked up the new Revell B-17G along with C-141 Starlifter in Action by John Burford, Lockheed Blackbird Family photo scrapbook by Tony R Landis and USAF Special Operations Command by Rick L Linares & Andy Evans. Amongst Chris’s haul was the new Italeri C-27J (which looks absolutely fantastic) and what was probably the only Revell 1/72 F-105D at the show and at a bargain price.
I would like to offer my sincere thanks to Shelley Rowe who put a lot of effort into providing the graphics for our Victor Alert display and Chris St Clair for his hard work in setting up and breaking down the display despite only having one good arm at the moment!
Sead (that’s a clue by the way) you all at Telford next year.
Article and photographs by Haydn Hughes