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SMW 2024 pictures of Championship and Category Winning models
Many thanks to John Tapsell for his excellent photographs of the Senior and Junior National Championship winning models, and the other Category Winners.
SMW 2024 pictures of Competition class-winning models
Photos from John Tapsell, showing the Class winning models at Scale ModelWorld 2024.
SMW 2024 Competition Winners
The full listing of Scale ModelWorld 2024 competition winners is now available.
Membership processing reopened
The membership system is open again following Scale ModelWorld 2024 Click here for information on joining IPMS(UK) Click here for information on renewing our membership
Nominations for the Executive Committee
This notice is to advise the membership that the following roles on the executive Committee are due for re-election in 2025. Under the Articles of Association of the Society any…
Car Parking at Telford
The International Centre has produced a useful guide to car parking in Telford town centre, showing locations, times and prices. Click here for Telford Town Centre parking locations and prices…
Health and Safety for Modellers
Many thanks to Alfie Bass of the Technical Advisory Service for writing a guide to Health and Safety for modellers. This is available as a PDF to download: Click here…
New SIGs and Branches
Welcome to the following new Special Interest Groups and UK Branches: Airborne Police and Emergency Forces – Worldwide US Navy Warships Doughnut Models Monster Mayhem Scale Fanatics …
Magazine Index updated
Mike Davey has updated the Magazine index, which covers over 60 years. It is available either sorted by subject, or by date. There are links to both on the Magazine…
Overseas clubs at Scale ModelWorld 2024
22 overseas clubs are now confirmed for SMW 2024 Click here for the full list
Traders at Scale ModelWorld 2024
The list of traders attending Scale ModelWorld 2024 has now been updated. Click here to view the list
Dates for SMW 2025 and 2026
Scale ModelWorld 2025 will be held on 8th & 9th November 2025 Scale ModelWorld 2026 will be held on 7th & 8th November 2026 Click here for more details
Branches and SIGs at Scale ModelWorld 2024
Following the Annual Returns exercise all Branches and SIGs booked for SMW 2024 are now showing on the website. Click here for Branches at SMW Click here for SIGs at…
Seam Tools out of stock
Online sales of Seam Tools are suspended as at 15th May 2024 through shortage of stock. Items may be available at shows where IPMS Executive is present, click here for…
New Executive Members
We welcome Keith Goldsworthy and Mark Sanderson to the executive team. Keith has been co-opted to replace Doug Hughes as Membership Secretary, while Mark has been co-opted to replace John…
SMW 2023 IPMS Belgium judged Best Overseas Display
Congratulations to IPMS Belgium, who were judged to be the best overseas display at Scale ModelWorld 2023. Here they are being presented with a commemorative plaque by IPMS(UK) Overseas Liaison…
Podcast: Rich Middleton and SMW
Scale ModelWorld Manager Rich Middleton has been interviewed by the Just Making Conversation podcast. Rich covers his own background, and gives insights into SMW 2023. Click here for the…
Scale ModelWorld 2022 – Pictures of Competition Winners
Many thanks to Chris Ayre for his wonderful photography of the competition winners. Click here to go to the photo galleries page
New Glass File available online
The new IPMS(UK) Glass File was launched successfully at Scale ModelWorld 2022, and is now available to purchase online. The Glass File is a sanding file manufactured from tempered glass,…
Scale ModelWorld 2022 – Competition Results
The results of the Scale ModelWorld 2022 Competition are now available as a PDF file. Click here to view or download the results
Scale ModelWorld 2022 – Champions
Congratulations to Rafal Sikorski and Lukas Smejsa for becoming the Senior and Junior National Champions, respectively, at Scale ModelWorld 2022 (photos copyright Chris Ayre)
New IPMS Merchandise for Scale ModelWorld 2022
We will be introducing two new items at Scale ModelWorld 2022. Tote Bag We have been asked for tote bags in the past and after searching for the right product…
Change from PayPal to Stripe
As of 1st September 2022 online payments for IPMS(UK) memberships and merchandise will cease to use PayPal. Instead, payments can be made using either a credit card or a debit…
Magazine Index and Magazine History
The latest version of Mike Davey’s index to the IPMS Magazine is now on this site. It is available either sorted by subject, or by date. Mike has also written…
Nic Bavington
Obituary notice at request of family: Nicholas Allan BAVINGTON Sunrise 25/09/1973 – Sunset 29/12/2021 Former pupil of Ousedale School and a man who always thought of Newport Pagnell as home,…
Videos from Scale ModelWorld 2021
A brief introduction to Scale ModelWorld 2021 An overview of Scale ModelWorld 2021 by DSOP (4 mins 54 secs run time)
Your Society Needs You
It may seem a long time away but already we are thinking about the Executive Committee roles that will be up for grabs in 2021. Each member of the committee…
The Social Imperative
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…
Business as Usual?
Although Scale ModelWorld has now been cancelled, it doesn’t mean that the business of operating IPMS (UK) has ground to a halt. Far from it. If anything, not having Scale…
What is Normal?
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…
Spilling the Beans
So now you know. There won’t be a Scale ModelWorld in 2020. For several months we continued to work towards the goal of running an event in November that despite…
Celebrating Diversity
Earlier this week I came across a thread on a discussion forum that got me thinking. It’s not a new subject and nor does it generate any real answers, but…
The Need to Belong
‘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…
A World Gone Virtual
Because I have continued to work from home throughout the current Covid-19 environment, the brief chats that I have colleagues and suppliers at the start of the ‘virtual’ meetings that…
Harnessing the Power of Technology
The IPMS (UK) Magazine is the only communication tool that reaches our entire membership. For this reason, amongst many others, the magazine will remain our primary tool for communicating with…
Planning for the Future
I mentioned last week that although there seems to have been new guidance issued on indoor events and specifically conferences and exhibitions, it doesn’t really change our planning for Scale…
(Not much of) an update on Scale ModelWorld.
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…
The Seam Tools Return
A short blog this week with just one major announcement to make. As mentioned elsewhere on this website I’m pleased to announce that we have now re-opened the online sales…
Overlooking the Obvious
I have have very little to report my blog entry last week. The new edition of the IPMS (UK) Magazine should be dropping onto your doorsteps at the moment so…
The IPMS (UK) Magazine
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…