Who We Are

The Brampton Model Club meets every Wednesday night in Brampton, near Huntingdon. Contact Sam Bratby on 01487 830689 for details.

Alternate weeks are themed, with members encouraged to bring along models to match ( however tenuously) the theme. See the "What's On" page for the meeting themes, and dates of club displays at modelling shows.

Our members interests cover all topics, aircraft, ships, figures, vehicles, even the occasional dinosaur and dragon. One member also claimed to have seen a pink elephant on the club tables, but he may have sniffed too much glue. Visit the Showcase galleries to see some of our work.

We are a friendly, non-competetive club, with members of all ages, interests and sexes. We have members from all around the world, including Portugal, America, New Zealand and Argentina.

Membership of the club is free, but the club holds regular collections and fund raising events. In 2007 we supported the RNLI. In past years we have supported the Sue Ryder Care Homes, Macmillan Nurses, the Alzheimers Society, Cruse, NSPCC, MAGPAS, the Mid Anglia Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre in Huntingdon, and the Arthur Rank Hospice, Cambridge.

In June the club put on a couple of local displays, at the Alconbury School Fete, and at Offord Church Fete.

Church Fete, Offord

The display set up ready for customers.

MAFVA, Duxford

A busy day at the MAFVA Nationals, though this shows a quet time during the setting up

Scottish National Model Show, Perth

Janet and I met up with George and Sam at the lunch stop on the A66, and fully expected them to be waiting for us at Perth as they left before us. However, due to roadworks near Glasgow they took the scenic route through Glasgow centre, and we got there first. The four of us filled one side of an aisle, though George and Sam filled most of it as Janet & I were combining the show with a holiday, so had two small displays.


Harvard SIG	Between the Wars SIG	South Atlantic SIG	GWICC

I entered a couple of models in the competition, a 72nd PV2 floatplane in the Vacform class,and a 1/600th scale PV8 in the 144th and smaller class. The PV8 didn't win the class, but was awarded the "W'at If " Concept Trophy.

East Midlands Model Show, Hinckley

Four SIGS and the club went to Hinckley. I squeezed a small World War One display on the side of Janet's South Atlantic SIG table.


Between the Wars SIG	A.A.A. SIG	DC3 SIG	South Atlantic SIG	GWICC

Warboys

Organised by Simon's Models this was the first Warboys Model Show, held in the Parish Centre.

The club filled the smaller room at the end of the building.

Southern Expo, Hornchurch

The Southern Expo is a two-day show. Sam and George put on the display on the first day, Janet and Steve Cox on the second, along with part of the Fury-to Fury display loaned by Alec.

East Of England Model Show, Peterborough

The club display, by Tim, Dan, Sam, Janet and Steve Cox. Steve Harper displayed the AAA SIG. At least ten other members attended for part of the day. One of Tim's Classic British Jets SIG dragons was commended in the "Miscellaneous" Class of the competition, and all the dragons generated comments from visitors to the display.

Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton
Six of us went down to Yeovilton for the weekend. Glyn and Alec set up and ran the club table, Sam, George and Janet ran their respective SIG displays, and I organised a display for the GWICC, an IPMS(USA) Chapter (branch) for the First World War. Pictures of the SIG tables are on the SIGs page.

The club tables.

The Great War International Cyber Chapter display, with a naval aviation theme.
If you have any interest in First World War modelling then visit:
wwi-models.org

Modelkraft 2008 - Milton Keynes
The first show of the year for the Club. The show has moved to a smaller venue so table space was limited, but the standard of the show has not dropped. Several of the SIGs attended as well: South African Air Force, DC3, South Atlantic, Between-the-Wars and Airports, Aerodromes & Airfields. Pictures of the SIG tables are on the SIGs page.

Scale Modelworld 2007
A very successful weekend for the Club, we took the Best Club Display award,
and George Munro took the Best SIG Display with the Between The Wars SIG. Pictures of the SIG tables are on the SIGs page

The centrepiece of the display, David's Scout Blimp

General views of the display

The centrepiece of the Between The Wars SIG

The North Herts Model Show at Letchworth

Pictures from the 2007 Brampton Model Show are on the Club Show page

DAY ONE We arrived in a sea of mud at the commercial entrance to find where our tent was. Fortunately it turned out to be close to the entrance, and we found a way across the bog for George which was just passable in shoes. Janet and I had our wellies and a change of shoes for when we had set up. John was directed to the wrong part of the site, and ended up abandoning his car and finding us on foot. However, once all the models were carried across and he was able to fnd a permanent parking spot we were able to set up the display. It doesn't look too bad in the picture below, but by the end of the day the area in front of the table was just a mud patch. Fortunately no-one slipped over in it. The IWA provided the warning tape for us to keep the public at arms length from the table

The club and various SIGs put on a big display at the Heritage Model Show at Aeroventure, Doncaster on 1st April

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At the Yeovilton Air Museum, also attended by the Between-the-Wars and South Atlantic SIGS

The first show of 2007, Milton Keynes Modelkraft. A selection from the Nationals theme: "Streets of London"

Award presentations for 2006
The Clubman Trophy, to the member "who contributes the most to the activities of IPMS Brampton during the year" was presented to Sam Bratby, for the years of service he has given as the Club Secretary	The Fred Schofield Memorial Shield, to the member "who contributes the most to theme nights and club night table displays" went to Dave Gait
The Model of the Year Trophy, presented for the scratchbuilt Princess Flying Boat which was the centrepiece of the Nationals display, to Terry Patrick	and the award for "The member most guilty of self-agrandisment", the Pot-Hunter's Pot, to Janet Cox

The recipients of the awards are normally chosen by the Chairman and Secretary, but as Dave has been recovering from heart surgery as Vice-Chairman I got involved as well. Having made the choices I then collected together the trophies for engraving with a different set of names to that agreed with either Sam or Dave. I also had to keep them secret from the Pot-Hunter's Pot winner as well. Not quite so easy.

In the background Charlie, our new Secretary, organised a special presentation to Sam from all the members of the club, an engraved tankard and plenty to put in it. Sam has been Secretary for more years than he cares to remember, and will be a hard act to follow

	A preview of Glyn Palmer's 'Fury to Fury' SIG-for-the-day for the Club show, and some classic American jets by Dan Mellor. Dave Gait's boats and DC3s in the background. The circled models took prizes in the open competition.
South Atlantic SIG and World War One models, by Janet and Steve Cox. The circled models took prizes in the open competition.
	Dave Gait's DC3 SIG and his patrol and rescue boats. The circled model took a prize in the open competition.
Phil Cater's South African Air Force SIG

	One side of the "Brampton Gallery" was filled by the Latin American Aviation SIG - Alec Smith, South African Air Force SIG - Phil Cater, and DC3 SIG - Dave Gait.