was held on Star Date : Sunday : 07-07-2019
was held on Star Date : Sunday : 07-07-2019
It was 50 years since the momentous landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon - so that was our main celebration - but of course there was be a lot more...
We had the auction in memory of Richard Bailey, that raised over £3000
We welcomed Special Guests, Jerry Stone and Mike Tucker
And we had two Awards this year
Here Mat Irvine runs the auction, Steve Fletcher (centre), showed the goods (that covered his face), and Amy Irvine (right) dealt with the money |
HaMeX EVENTS was donated Richard's props and models by his family All proceeds of the auction are going to |
You can see what was in the auction in the brochure |
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SPECIAL GUESTS JERRY STONE and MIKE TUCKER |
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| AWARDS There were TWO awards at smallspace 8 | ||
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our standard "Best in Solar System" for the best individual model or display (left) PLUS a special "First Step"award, for any Apollo-related model. |
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Winner of Presented by Mike Tucker |
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Winner of Presented by Jerry Stone |
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left : The Mail Rocket announced the way in right : Stephen Billings with not one but two Godzillas |
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left : Photo op with an astronaut or a Dalek - or both
right : Dalek wrangler, Rob Crowley |
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left : Gary R. Welsh find something funny - must something Cathy and Paul Holroyd said?
right : Hall 2 was full as usual |
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left : Tony James' Timeless Hobbies stand was busy, except Tony is missing from this picture? Instead Steve Roberts is helping out right : Simon & Linda Friend below left : Martyn Lawrence and his film posters |
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above centre and right : Alistair Lovie and his '3D' portraits left : David Sisson (right), Simon Rhodes in the background right : Gilbets Creations, with James and Tammi Gilbert |
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left : the SciFi SIG, including (l-r) Kathy Dowler, Anthony Hughes, Jonathan Davies and Stuart McCarthy
right : Ian Chrichton (left) talks with Gary R. Welsh. Ian's display is in the foreground
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left : Gary R. Welsh, framed by one of Ian Chrichton's creations - the Martian War Machine right : Robin Burgess looks at Mooncrest Models' stand
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left ; Janet Elizabeth Black and her 1:3 scale figures right : Roy Palmer with models from Saturn V to Nautilus |
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left ; featured in Hall 2 - Janet-Elizabeth Black; Richard and Cris Simmons and Roy Palmer
right : Cris Simmonds trying to hide as Lord Vader, but he's forgotten to put his helmet on... |
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left : Martin Higgs of the "What If...?" SIG
right : West Middlesex Scale Model Club, with Chris King, left and Pete Hutton, right |
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left : Andy Spencer taking a Clanger hostage (??)
right : Phil Stephens, Andy Spencer and Karyn Shields - and er, a Clanger. There are more Clangers in the case! |
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left : The New City Scale Model Club
right : Iain McDonald |
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left : Chris Harding
right : Andrew Rawlinson |
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left : Phil Mills
right : Studio 2 Models, with Mamas Pitsillis, (right centre) and Linda Ianson, (left) |
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left : The smiling faces of The Vogons...
right Stu Carrier (far left) and John Gozzard (far right) of Film Fangs
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left : Clive Aldenhoven of Antares Concepts, with Zahara in the background
right : Mike Tucker (right) talks with James Burgess and Helena Enright-King.
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left : Alireza Nohekhan (centre) right : Some of Ali's amazing creations - all made out of scrap |
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left : The K-9 Cafe moved outside for this smallspace
right : With tables set up in the side car park
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Your Organisers left : Jackie and Paul Fitzmaurice on Paul's Modelling Tools stand
right : Paul meets up with the original 'third member' of the HaMex Team, David Jefferis |
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left : Meanwhile Mat's daughter, Amy keeps tabs on the auction sales, with the help of her nephew, Evan.
right : We are celebrating Apollo 11 after all, so Mat digs out as many Apollo models he could find |
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left : Then spent time posing with an Apollo astronauts and a Clanger
right : Though returned to the large scale Lunar Module - this is the same model as used by Buzz Aldrin during Stargazing Live! |
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