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We all know that Covid 19 has had a disastrous impact on the model show circuit in 2020 and is likely to have a big impact on the shows in 2021 as well. It has also made a huge difference to the way we operate our many branch meetings and perhaps encouraged more of our…

I was going to talk about the fact that after all the work the EC have been doing in the past few months to get Scale ModelWorld off the ground this year and ultimately having to admit defeat, that we can get back to normality and concentrate once again on our usual roles. It also…

I thought I’d provide a quick update on planning for Scale ModelWorld in this blog. To be honest it’s more a case of “nothing’s changed” but a bit of commentary is necessary given some government announcements at the end of last week. In a further easing of Covid restrictions, indoor event venues and conference centres…

The next edition of the IPMS (UK) Magazine arrived on my doorstep late last week, so it should be arriving with the wider membership within the next 10 days or so. Despite everything else that’s going on the world it’s great to see that the editorial team have been able to keep the magazine on…

‘Why should I join IPMS (UK)?’ is a question I sometimes get asked when I attend model shows and run the IPMS Membership stand. In principle it’s a fairly easy question to answer. I can reel off the various things that we do, the services we provide, the bi-monthly magazine, trader discounts and the Branch…