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Saturday 6 August 2016

My Day at Claymore 2016

Yes, it's that time of year again, Claymore 2016, my local club show.

At the sharp end of the show, the Bring & Buy which is, surprise, surprise not a flea market.


Busy isn't it.

The Sports Hall




The Atrium, no shortage of traders, games and people.






I missed several nooks and crannies, sorry about that.

Here's One Fat Lardie entertaining the troops.


My favourite game of the day.



These ships are so big I can't get them all in a close-up.


Poltava heading to the gunfire.


Shikishima under gunfire.


My purchases on the day were:

20 feet of fences from Northumbria Painting Services. Not bad at £35.


28mm figure for scale.


Some more fences from Andy at Last Valley, £10.


A touch up in size but fine on the tabletop.


Some Dixon lead which will make me a unit of Coureur de Bois and some others, £10 a pack.


A log cabin by 4Ground from Colonel Bills. I'll need to apply my tarting up skills as there are a few small details I don't like about some MDF kits. £16.


A 4Ground Wagon to give me a comparison against a Warbases wagon. £5.


Some resin lumps (perfectly formed) to add a load to the wagon and clutter elsewhere. £6.


A Warbases Blockhouse to which I will apply some extreme tarting up skills (well, that's the plan). £12. (Watch this space).


Some Warbases magnets. You all know what I do with magnets. (You may be in for a surprise).


And here's a sneak preview of my next 'secret' project.


A good day all round, got home with the traditional sore feet, a bag and a box full of goodies, more money in my pocket than I started out with but expecting a digital invoice at some point.

Had long and short blethers with Jim, James, Jimmy and another Jim, a couple of Johns, too many Daves to count and all the other guys from my old club. And then there was another Jim, a Charles, a Trevor, another Trevor, Big Stu, Martin, Erik, Kev and Paul, and Michelle and Rob.

Yes, I've missed a few out.

I'll have to go and lie down now.

Here's my old pal Mikes photographs.

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6 comments:

  1. Yes! The 1/600 ships were the best in opinion too. It was very good show!

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  2. Thanks for the photo and report, sorry to miss it this year so good to see.

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  3. Nice summary Jim. The RJW game looks fantastic! Great looking fences and other terrain bits that you picked up.
    Peter

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  4. I like that naval game, especially because the ship models are larger.

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  5. I really liked the RJW naval game. Superb 1/600 ship models.
    Really enjoyed the show - seemed busy.

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  6. I'm wishing I had got the email address for the guy selling the AWI 28mm stuff.

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