Here are some initial photos from this years Interbranch competition

The Annual Show was held at Reading last Saturday, 27th April. A great show, busy all day. The competition tabes were full, with many excellent models on display. Thank you to all who organised and ran the show.

Below are photographs from the models in the competition at the show. ​Carlo Borello’s beautifully painted Knut 2 which won Best in Show. Please click on a picture to open it properly.

The Interbranch for 2023 took place on Saturday 2nd September at the usual venue, The Masonic Hall in Knowle. This was a chance to meet up with modelling friends and enjoy the models in the branch competition and the individual competition. Below are some preliminary photos from the show.

So another year has gone by and another annual show is over. Although quieter than last year the show was still a great success with some excellent models on the competition tables and good business being done by the traders. Thank you to all those that were involved in the organisation, particularly Julie and Paul and the catering staff. Also thank you Dave for your efforts on the Tombola. Here are some photos of the show. There will be a full report in the club magazine the Bulletin including the competition results. Those results will also be added to the website soon.

Here are some preliminary photos from the Interbranch competition

More photos of the amazing figures from the show

Over the weekend of 1st July to 3rd July the World Model Expo was held at the Konigshof Hotel in Veldhoven, near to Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The conference centre held the 70 traders, some model clubs and the competition hall. The competition had over 4000 entries from over 800 modellers. Modellers and traders came from all over the world, but not surprisingly European traders and modellers were the largest contingents. The quality of models in the competitions was astonishing. I will add photos to this blog in time. But here is a photo of the Best of Show winning model.

So another annual show has been and gone. It seemed a short time since the last one, which of course it was as the last show was in September 2021 because of the impact of COVID. The show was again at the new venue of the Salvation Army Hall in Reading, much more spacious than Pimlico. Not surprisingly the show was not as busy as the last one and the competition tables were not straining under the weight of all the entries. Of course, the last show was complicated by combining it with the Interbranch competition. Nevertheless there were some outstanding models in all the classes. A popular class this year was Class 10, non military pieces. Although not my thing, there were some wonderful unusual non military and fantasy figures in this class. The painting on some was exquisite. It was also good to see a number of models in the Junior Class. As always Class1 for 54mm figures and below had many entries and some of these were also outstanding. For all those that entered the competitions, thank you, and congratulations to all those that were commended, won medals or prizes. Although there were not many traders hopefully those that did attend did good business. I came away with some items to go in my grey army.
Thanks must go to all those that were involved with the organisation of the show, a lot goes on behind the scenes to make the show successful. Also the efforts of those doing the catering was greatly appreciated. And also thank you to the judges for their efforts judging the entries. Not an easy task, I know.
​Here are some of my photos from the show. Better photos of some of the figures are on the Past Annual Shows page.

Hello to everyone. I, Mark Blowers, am the new editor for the website. So just a short post to introduce myself (and learn how to use the website!). I have been a member of the BMSS for many years (I am also a member of the North Surrey Military Modelling Group and the IPMS). I enjoy painting historical figures as this gives me the opportunity to learn about the history behind the figure. I larger paint 54mm and 75mm figures and a few busts. I usually select a figure on the quality of the casting as I get greater enjoyment in painting a high quality sculpt. I have dabbled with converting figures and am thinking about sculpting my own figure (just a wire former at the moment!). 
​If you have any comments or suggestions for the website please let me know.