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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 ModelWorld at the moment – there are simply too many variables still in play. However, it’s probably worth spending some time to manage expectations with…

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 all the restrictions we expected to have to deal with, would be worthy of being called Scale ModelWorld. It was clear it would be a…

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 hopefully you’ll find something of interest inside it. Even if the articles may not be immediately appealing then it’s worth taking a look at them….

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…

It’s almost four weeks since the UK went into lock-down to try to control the spread of Coronavirus and it’s been a strange few weeks. Working from home means that I am gradually losing track of what day of the week it is. I sit at the same desk, whether I’m building models or pounding…

‘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…