IPMS Swap & Sell August 2012

Thought I'd get this in early for the Melbourne guys.

IPMS Annual Plastic Swap & Sell, Sunday August 19, 2012

New venue: Ashburton Primary School, Fakenham Road, Ashburton (Melways map 60 E9).

Time: 10am to 1pm (9.30am to 10am for trader setup).

Admission: $5 per person. Tables $30 full or $20 half table.

Items for sale include model kits, books, magazines, modelling accessories, decals, etc.

Table bookings phone John Booth (03) 9338 3881 a/h.

I'll be there, got some kits to move on

It's this Sunday guys - worth a look. Not only kits but accessories, books, mags, etc. Usually a few cars there ... and Luke!

Very few cars there today, but the social activity was worth the price of admission, always good to catch up and chew the fat over a coffee or two.

Yes, not much there in cars, plenty of tiger tanks

this No Retailer Policy has got me

As Carps said, not a lot of cars there, but I managed to snag 3 nice kits. AMT 53 pickup, Galaxie 1948 Aerosedan and a Italia Opel Blitz firetruck. Bumped into Carps and had a good chin wag over a couple of cups of coffee, most enjoyable morning.

I stayed away to avoid temptation, and sounds like I didn't miss much model wise!

I suppose it should be remembered that this is an IPMS S & S, so most stuff is always going to be military oriented. But occasionally a bargain rears it head - some of those miltiary guys also collect cars for interest, then they realise much later they're not going to build them and sell them to fund another military kit. I have found some nice old models from guys like that, but they are getting harder to find now.

Like Carps said, sometimes the social aspect alone is worth the price of admission. Glad you had a good time there fellas.

We yelled at you to join us Tezza, but you wuz either ignoring us or off with the fairies.

I did pick up a couple of nice kits, Frank saved me some bux by grabbing the ones I was tempted by but passed up on the first round because I don't really need 'em since I already have more than a few of each.