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[Crawford Neil]

 > The UK nationals is different from the US. Maybe a little bigger but the big difference is the number of club and SIG displays - loads of them. In contrast, 
 > he competition is relatively small - maybe only a few hundred models with far less emphasis than at the US, which I found a nice change. I find the 
 > rules for the UK competition a bit like the Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem in that no matter how many times I've had it explained to me, I cannot understand it.
 
Where there rules!?  A lot of thing confuse me a lot, especially why our models where all on one table which was 
what I thought to be the WW1 departement, yet there were other WW1, 30's and civil stuff in all kinds of other places
too. Peter Plattner had a gorgeous Hortens '30s glider in the same class as all the 1/48 WW2 monsters, that  should
have been in the civil class with me and Hugh, lucky for us it wasn't though!  
 
 
Anyhow, it was a really nice time and I recommend attending if you ever get the chance. And Telford will never be the worst place in England as long as 
Wolverhampton exists. 
 
I was through there on the milk train from Telford, I can only agree. I missed the train I was supposed to be on,
and ended up on the next one which was delayed, so by Wolverhampton I was getting seriously worried about
catching my flight home, I made it by the skin of my teeth. At Birmingham New street I must have been looking 
pretty confused because I approached a police women, wondering if I was allowed to ask her how to get to
the airport, she looked rather amused and said "yes I can see you're lost, and you can ask!", she was the nicest 
police officer I've ever met!
 
Our GWICC display was magnificent, by far the best in the show, although the racer SIG and the Brompton stand
were pretty good too. Nigels Zepellin was a stunner. It was great meeting you all, I even understood quite a lot of
what Dave Fleming said, Shane's australian was a challenge, but his grouchiness is over-rated!
 
The models were flabbergasting, Jim Baumann won best in show with an OT model, SS Mauretania in full camouflage
 with about 2000 people standing around the decks, it was unbelievable. One of the Greek contingent had a 1/48 
scratchbuilt Felixstowe, I think it was the same guy as built that Manchester in 2004, the judges had a difficult job
but finally made a diplomatic split of the prizes with Mareks friend Slava who had done an amazing DH2.
 
/Neil
 
 
 

Michael


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