Somebody (Tim?) was asking me about the old London Model Engineering and Modelling Exhibition a few weeks ago, which I think used to held in January, or at the very end of December? Well, I said at the time that I thought it had died a death, but in fact it's still going, now in Doncaster, in May! Called the 'National'; details below.
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Toy Fairs
Saturday 11th May 2019
Gateshead - Jim Corr Fairs - Toy,
Train & Sci-Fi Fair
Gateshead International Stadium, Neilson
Road, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE10 0EF
eMail - jim_corr73@hotmail.co.uk
Mob. - 07504 035 955
10:00 - 15:00hrs
Admission £3, children/senior citizens £2,
'Early Bird' £5
Horsted
Keynes
- - Joe Lock Fairs - Bluebell Railway Toy Fair
Horsted Keynes Station, Station Approach,
Horsted Keynes , East Sussex, RH17 7BB
Mob. - 07866 641 215
10:00-16:00hrs
Admission included A) with a train ticket
or B) production of Bluebell Line membership card or C) by purchasing a
platform ticket (remember them) if you don't want a trip down the line!
Thomas Risley Church. Locking Stumps, Warrington,
Cheshire, WA3 7PH
eMail - gemmell.paul@yahoo.co.uk
Tel. - 07425 141 471 (Mr. Gemmel)
10:00-16:00hrs
Admission, adults £2.50, seniors £2, kids £1.50
and under-three's free
The Harlington Suite, The Winning Post Hotel,
Chertsey Road, Whitton, Twickenham, London, TW2 6LS
eMail - pw.editor@ntlworld.com
Tel. - 01483 722 778
10:30hrs - Finish, no early-bird (unless
you're TJF of course, expect a small cheer from the AFD around 9:15!)
Admission cost unknown (cheaper with
up-to-date subscription number)
Still the best plastic figure show in the
world!
Theydon
Bois - North
London & Essex Transport Events (NLETE) - Transport Bazaar &
Vintage Bus Displays (charity event?)
Theydon Bois Village Hall, Coppice Row,
Essex, CMI6 7ER (event location)
NLETE, 8 The Rowans, Palmers Green, London,
N13 5AD (correspondence; enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope)
eMail - nleevents@outlook.com
11:00 - 15:30hrs
Admission £3.00, accompanied children free
Free vintage bus-rides around Epping Forest
Refreshments, stalls etc . . . no public
car parking
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Sunday 12 May 2019
Kirkby-in-Ashfield - Townsend
Toy & Train Fairs (Malcolm Townsend)
Festival
Hall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7DJ
Web. - www.tttf.co.uk
Mob. - 07951
072 790
10:00 -
14:00hrs
Admission fee unknown, aaccompanied under-16's free
Free
parking, refreshments
Potters
Bar - Toy
& Train Fairs (Peter Levinson)
Elm Court Centre, Mutton Lane, Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire, EN6 3BP
Internet presence unknown
Tel. - 01282 051 518 (Peter or Diane)
10:30 - 14:30hrs
Admission charge unknown
Rayleigh - SRP Toyfairs
Sweyne Park School, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6
9BZ
Web. - www.srptoyfairs1.co.uk
eMail: srptoys1@hotmail.co.uk
Tel. - 07739 998 012 (Paula or Gerry)
10:00 - 14:00hrs
Admission charge unknown
Spalding - J&J Fairs (J&J
Webb)
Springfields Events & Conference
Centre, Camelgate, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 6ET
Web. - www.j-jwebbtoyfairs.com
eMail - jandjfairs@virginmedia.com
Tel. - 01522 880 383
10:00 - 14:30hrs
Admission - Adult £2.50p, seniors £2, 1st
child £1.50p
Walsall - Transtar Promotions
(Geoff & Linda Price)
Oak Park Active Living Centre, Coppice
Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9BH
Web. - www.transtarpromotions.com
Tel.- 01922 643 385 (Geoff or Linda)
10:30 - 15:00hrs
Admission £1.80p, seniors £1.50p, child £1
Refreshments
Wimborne
- Model Toys & Trains Collector's Fair
Queen Elizabeth's Leisure Centre (Sports Hall),
Blandford Road, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, BH21 4DT
Internet
presence unknown
Tel. - 01202 590 158
10:15 - 14:30hrs
Admission unknown
Large free car-park
Refreshments
Wirral - Barry Stockton Fairs - Merseyside Hobbies & Model
Railway Show
Hulme Hall,
Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 5DH
Web. - http://barrystocktonfairs.co.uk/
Tel. - 01513 343 362
10:30 - 15:30
Admission - Adult £4.50p, Children £1
Web. - http://barrystocktonfairs.co.uk/
Tel. - 01513 343 362
10:30 - 15:30
Admission - Adult £4.50p, Children £1
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Tuesday 14th May 2019
Elsecar - Newcomen Fairs Ltd. -
36th Elsecar Toy & Train Fair (evening fair)
Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, Nr.
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 8HJ
Web. - www.newcomenfairs.co.uk
eMail - sales@newcomenfairs.co.uk
Tel. - 01226 744 425
19:00 - 21:00hrs
Admission £1.50p, children 50p
Hook - Steven Clements Fairs -
Hook Evening Fair
Hook Community Centre, Hook, Hampshire,
RG27 9NN
eMail: clementfairs@aol.com
Tel. - 01380 725 322
Mob. - 07958 101 891
18:30 - 21:30hrs
Admission £1
Free parking
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Wednesday 15th May 2019
Alfreton - Toy and Train Fairs (Malcolm Townsend)
The Leisure Centre, Church Street,
Alfreton, DE55 7BD
Web. - www.tttf.co.uk
Mob. - 07951 072 790
19:00-21:00hrs
Admission price unknown, aaccompanied under-16's free
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Auctions
Saturday 11th May 2019
Amstelveen (Holland) / On-line - Corinphila
Vellingen BV
Morttelmolen 3, 1185 XV,
Amstelveen,Netherlands
Web. - www.corinphilia.nl (auction house)
Web. - www.corinphilia.ch (parent/head
office)
Tel. - 0031 206 249 740 (auction house)
Tel. - 0041 443 899 191 (parent/head
office)
Specialist desk-top/executive/high-end
model cars/auto-models
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Wednesday 15th May 2019
Warrington - Warrington & Northwich
Auctioneers & Valuers
551 Europa Blvd,
Westbrook, Warrington WA5 7TP
Web. - www.warringtonauctions.co.uk
Tel. - 01925 658 833
Warwick - Warwick & Warwick
Charlton House, Scar Bank, Millers Road,
Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5DB
(Auctions held in Court House)
Web. - www.warwickandwarwick.com
Tel. - 01926 499 031
Facsimile - 01926 491 906
Catalogue on-line, printed version
available on request
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Thursday 16th-Friday 17th May 2019
Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis Auctions (2-day sale)
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17
9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
01642 750 616
Thursday - General toy sale
Friday - Model railway and train sale
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Other Events
From Now until Sunday 18th August 2019
Tucson
(USA) - John
A. Ackerman / Mini Time Machine Museum - Museum of Miniatures 'Fire
Apparatus and Fire Stations'
Mini Time Machine Museum, 4455 E. Camp
Lowell Drive, Tucson, AZ 85712, Arizona, USA
Tuesday-Saturday 09:00-16:00hrs
Sunday 12:00-16:00hrs
Monday - Closed
Admission $8.50 seniors/military, $7 for 4-17-year
olds, 3-and-under free
" John A. Ackerman
made his first miniature fire department using toy trucks and lead soldiers
(which he painted to look like fire-fighters) when he was just a kid in the
1950s. Now, he’s a noted model maker of tiny fire trucks and stations produced
carefully to scale, who has displayed his work in several private fire museums.."
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Friday 10th May 2019 (today) - Sunday
12th May 2019
Doncaster
- Eventbrite
- 26th National Model Engineering and Modelling Exhibition
Doncaster Exhibition Centre, Leger Way, Doncaster,
DN2 6BB
Web. - http://www.thedoncastershow.com/ (organisation)
Web. - http://www.thedoncastershow.com/ (organisation)
Web. - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-model-engineering-modelling-exhibition-2019-tickets-53538715740
(tickets)
10:00-17:00hrs (16:30pm - Sunday)
Admission, adults: £10.00, concessions:
£9.00, under-16’s: £3.00 (under-5’s free)
Radio controlled helicopter flying
demonstrations, live steam model railways, locomotives, boats, traction engines
and aeroplanes Steamer, as well as R/C truck and much more etc. in the Railway,
Shipping & Aviation, Toys & Games industries.
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Saturday 11th May 2019 & Sunday 12th
May
Dartford - Steam in Dartford /
Trevithick's Industrial Dartford - Steam Rally 2019 (different program each
day)
Dartford Central Park, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1JP & Town Centre/Environs; Dartford, Kent
Web. 1 - http://www.trevithicksindustrialdartford.co.uk/
(organisers)
Web. 2 - https://www.dartford.gov.uk/by-category/leisure-and-culture2/events/steam-rally-and-dartford-remembered
(Dartford Borough Council)
Admission Free, some participation almost certain
if you are in the area!
Provisional Timetable
Saturday 11th May - Central Park
- 10:00: Most
vehicle exhibits will be in place
- 10.30-16:00: Bus
tours – tickets available at the DBC/Museum stall (by the Bandstand)
- 11.30: Punch
& Judy
- 12:00: Miniature
Steam Engine Road Run
- 12:00-14:00: Dartford
Concert Band on the Bandstand
- 13:30: Punch
& Judy
- 14.30-16:00:
Bosville Valley Stompers live on the Bandstand
- 15.30: Punch
& Judy
Children's fairground rides, blacksmith demonstrations, all types of
vintage vehicles, museum displaying Dartford's industrial history, miniature
train rides, steam fairground organ playing, show competition for children,
industrial history stalls, heavy horses, vintage bus rides
Sunday 12th May - Town Centre
- 10.30-11.30:
Steam Engines and Vintage Vehicles leave Hollands Farm in Hawley Road to drive
into town
- 12:00:
Vehicles gather in Spital Street/Hythe Street
- 13:00: Mayor
of Dartford pays tribute to Richard Trevithick outside the Royal Victoria and
Bull Public House
- 13:15: Wreath
is taken up to St Edmund's Pleasance, resting place of Richard Trevithick
All vehicles leave to continue their parade
around the town
Times/events may be subject to change, depending
on circumstances
Sponsored/Supported by Dartford Borough Council
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Sunday 12th May 2019
Basingstoke - Rotary Club / The
Thornycroft Society - Basingstoke Festival of Transport (Charity Event)
War Memorial Park, Crossborough Hill,
Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 4AG
eMail - events@basingstoke.gov.uk
11:00-16:00hrs
Admission free, car park £2.00
Supported by Basingstoke & Dean Borough
Council
London (Covent Garden) - May Fayre & Puppet festival
London (Covent Garden) - May Fayre & Puppet festival
St. Paul's Church, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E
9ED
Web. 1 - https://actorschurch.org/event/?show=1&id=873603294 (Church site)
Web. 2 - https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/covent-garden-may-fayre-and-puppet-festival-1 (Time Out)
12:30-17:30
Admission Free
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Overseas Events
Thursday 9th May - Sunday 12th May 2019
Pigeon Forge - Tar Heel Toys (Dennis & Connie Sapp) - Smoky Mountain Antique
Toy and Pedal Car Show
Country Cascades Waterpark Resort, Pigeon
Forge Parkway, 204 Sharon Drive, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA
eMail - ctsapp@hotmail.com
Tel. 1 - 1 888 482 7829 (freephone - bookings)
Tel. 2 - 828 231 7442 (Sapp's shop?)
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Saturday 11th May 2019
Gap - Le Club Haut Alpin de Modélisme - Bourse d’Échange Modélisme (Model
Exchange Show)
Le Hall du Quattro, Avenue Émile Didier,
05000, Gap, France
eMail - clubmodelisme05@outlook.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/clubmodelisme05/
Tel. - 0492 536 239
10:00-18:00hrs
Admission €02.00, accompanied under-12's
free
Follow on radio Alpes1
Sponsored by CIC, Latil-LF, E-Good,
Autodistribution, Radio Imagine, Volkswagen (VW)
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Sunday 12th May2019
Anderlecht - Guy Chaidron - Brüssel International Figuren-Messe (Brussels' International Figure
Show 'The Little Soldier')
Schule St. Niklaasinstituut,
Bergensesteenweg 1421, 1070 Anderlecht, Belgium
eMail - guy.chaidron@kkynet.be
eMail - marc.postelman@skynet.be (German
language)
Tel. - 081 215 400 (Monday-Friday)
09:00-13:00hrs
Admission €03.00
Lille
- Lomme - Salon du Jouet Ancien et de la Poupée (Vintage Toy and Doll
Salon)
À Maison des Enfants, 796, Av. de Dunkerque,
59160 Lomme, Lille, France
Tel. - 0612 193 726 (reservations)
09:00-16:00hrs
Admission €02.00, accompanied under-12's
free
Metro stop - Maison des Enfants
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If you are
an event promoter/show curator/auctioneer and you want your toy, model,
collectable or popular-/youth-culture type sale/exhibition/event listed here - FOR FREE - or linked to; please eMail me -
maverickatlarge[at]hotmail[dot]com
- stating
the date/s of the event, address of event, contact details, opening/viewing
times, admission pricing and any other relevant facts/details or features -
parking, travel notes, disability access, availability of refreshments, event
subject matter &etc.
And please
mention any flyer-art or poster-/leaflet-scans but send by separate eMail, in
case they go to the 'junk' folder,
from where they can be recovered and marked safe, but only if I know they're
there!
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Links
Crime Comes to Toy Town
What the flippin'ada? 20-bucks? Only in
America - how much were the drugs worth . . . I can see this as a CohnBrother's movie by Christmas!
American Civil War
Hamley's Again
Their second store in Kolkata (formerly 'Calcutta')
is actually their 150-somthingth store; London may be the brand-flagship, but
the market is moving East and the Brwreakshiteers just don't get it! Think
about it - The Toysaurus died in
front of our eyes over the last 24 months, while Hamley's opened a store (or
two) every month, just . . . not in Europe!
A Designer Speaks
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Advance
Warning
Vectis - Forthcoming
Auctions
June
- Planned Auction Dates
Tuesday
18th - Specialist Die-cast
Wednesday
19th - Specialist Die-cast
Thursday
20th - General Toy Sale
Friday
21st - Model Train Sale
Wednesday
26th - TV & Film related sale
Thursday
27th - Military, Civilian Figures, equipment & Accessories sale
July
- Planned Auction Dates
Tuesday
9th - Specialist Die-cast
Wednesday
10th - Specialist Die-cast
Thursday
11th - General Toy Sale
Friday
19th - Model Train Sale
Tuesday
30th - TV & Film related sale
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Not really 'posting' at the moment but I
picked these up this week, seem to be a bit of fun! The Man Bat and Man Super
are articulated, possibly McDonalds or something although they have the logo
similar to Kinder which is becoming
common in these lots and may be connected to some corporate holding company, or
just Maxi-eggs which - as I've pointed out recently - are on the rise, sales
wise? The Flash is marked likewise and all three are old-school costumed.
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Now in The Works
These were all over the place about
10/12-years ago, branded to an Alexander or Alexandria? Alexandria I think,
then about six (poses) were in The Works
around 6-years ago. Obviously; they are back, but only the one pose (which was
probably issue one - the commonest in a part work) carrying the same Russian/Eaglemoss branding and Chinese factory
details as the AFV's a year or two ago.
I've previously avoided them, large chunks
of factory-painted whitemetal, but this was reduced to 25p, so why not! They
are much poorer finished than contemporary Del Prado or K&C, but still look
OK on a shelf.
I think he's an Iron Brigade mounted
infantry officer from the ACW, but could be from an Italian State around the
time of Garibaldi? [Murat! - See comments] They have a few, so if you've avoided them in the past and
would like an inexpensive sample of a very 'not rare' figure, now's your
chance!
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This is marshal Johachim Murat. He wrars this former uniforne and this original hat at the begining of the russian campaign in summer 1812.
ReplyDeleteThanks annon, I see there are plenty on feebleBay for a fiver, best get down to The Works anyone wanting one; where they are 50p or 25p depending on the store!
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Hi Hugh,
ReplyDeleteIn the unlikely event that you don't already know the purple female figure is from the Star Wars Command line of figures and depicts Sabine Wren from the Star Wars-Rebels animated series.
Cheers Steve! Looking at this on another browser I've discovered some of you are reading weird alphabetical 'codes' where there should be rows of soldiers! I'll have to screen-cap and .jpg them . . . bit late now though!
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