IRISH MODEL SOLDIER SOCIETY - Dublin Castle

[spud]

Well Finally found our way to dublin castle, there wasnt a lot to see :-/ the merchant stands were ok they had some nice stuff, i ordered 2 name plates and got a bottle of AK burnishing fluid,

Met Chris S and i dont think he understood a word i said ;D

Any how here are some pics, and some Really good stuff here.





















































































Oh and Dublin is a P***k of a City to find yer way out of even our sat nav got lost and sent us around in a circle to start back where we left from. i Fecking Hate Dublin,

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

Cool pics, and cool place to have a model show....in a castle!

 

[CTspeedshop]

Incredible talent on those tables. WOW!!! Thanks for sharing Spud.

 

[spud]

Thanks guys, Chris picked up a few gongs so I'm sure he will post about them tomorrow

 

[Chris S]

Hi folks,

I know Spud has already post up some great pics from this show ,so I hope you dont mind if there are a few of the same pics included here .
I'd like to give a BIG Thanks to the Irish Model Soldier Society for their fantastic hospitality throughout the weekend .Especially to John Schley who couldnt have done more for us to make us feel right at home ...Thanks John Also to Johns wife and helpers who kept the Tea,coffee and sarnies coming over the weekend ...A huge task considering how many people they were keeping fed & watered ,which included Club members ,re enactors & Vendors .
It was great to meet up with Spud on the Sunday and get a bit of a chat ,also to meet Vinny & George who set up the newly started Irish Scale Modellers forum ,nice to see you fella's and hope to meet up again soon
The show was held in Dublin Castle ,a beautiful surrounding and well worth visiting its self if you happen to be in Dublin .



The show was situated in this part of the castle , through the door the comp hall is to the left & Vendors room to the right .



View of the competition hall on Friday ......



And the Vendors room during setup on Friday ......



Although some folk dont look to busy ???



Modellers Nook ........



On to the show pics ,I tried to get as many pics as possible ,so I will do a couple of posts to get them all up ,the standard was quite high in my opinion ,and every award given was well deserved .

Stay tuned ......

 

[Chris S]

The pics are in no particular order ,just aded as i got them ......











































Continued .......

 

[Chris S]

These next pieces I thought were fantastic !! and indeed got some special awards for Originality ,Imagination & thinking 'outside the box ' ....Brilliant ,all 1/35 scale.







Continued .......

 

[Chris S]

More....







One of my favourite pieces ...54mm






This Spitfire is 1/72nd ....






















BEST OF SHOW .....TITANIC



And thats all folks , thanks for looking.

Chris.

 

[noname]

Definately some nice pieces there. And a few familiar ones too. Glad you two had a chance to meet. Couldn't ask for a cooler place to have a model show.

 

[spud]

next time i go im going by train! what a hell hole to get out of.. but it was good to meet Chris

 

[Chris S]

(((lol))) yeah ,Dublin is a bit of a nightmare for driving . We drove around for two hours on Friday night trying to get to the place we were staying : ..it was actually only 5 mins away from the castle ... lol ,, Flippin one way system ,it has to be the worst EVER !!!

Chris.

 

[spud]

ya it was so bad our sat nav got us lost and we ended up where we left from 3 times....... finally we got out after an hour and a half :

 

[Chris S]

;D ;D ..good fun eh ;D ..Oh yeah , you call that stuff 'T wash ' it came back to me lastnight : ,pretty sure its the same stuff

Chris.

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely some impressive builds there

 

[spud]

yea Q there was some Really impressive stuff there,

T wash you say... ill have a gander for that then

 

[noname]

You guys should try walking next time.

 

[spud]

i think not,

 

[the Baron]

Thanks, Spud and Chris, for that look into the IMSS show, there were some great pieces entered!

And to language, well, it reminds me of Churchill's quip about how you guys all talk and about us over here, "two peoples separated by a common language" ;D

 

[spud]

lol us down in cork speak very fast and up where chris is i think its a bit of a mix lol

 

[Chris S]

We've been mixed up for years mate ;D