The Unofficial Airfix Modellers' Forum

Gent's,

Excuse a post from a non-sig member (please feel free to delete it),
But what is the actual remit of the SIG? Is it an educational thing, or just an excuse to build lots of sexy jets

Asked by a potential new member...

With any SIG its wot you want from it.
To me they are like never ending GBs. Every one building to a similar theme or type.
A resource for info to build a model accurately.
A chance to show off your model to others with a similar interest

The Cold War IPMS(UK)SIG

The Cold War IPMS(UK)SIG has been created to build and display models related to the cold war that could often flare up into little hotspots as the main players meddled with world affairs in a great game of one-upmanship to gain the advantage without triggering Armageddon !. 

In 1945 two great allied armies had swept in from the East and West to destroy Nazi Germany, but with victory also came an uneasy peace. With vastly conflicting ideologies, the allies then started to differ as to how the rebuilding should occur and the two armies that had been forge to defeat Nazi Germany now found themselves facing off against each other for the next 50 years. 

In March 5 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his ‘Sinews of Peace’ speech at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, warning of the descent of an Iron Curtain across Europe. This is widely accepted as the beginning of the Cold War. 

As for the final days of the Cold War, with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the break up of the Soviet Union, we have decided that Christmas Day 1991 was the end of this historic time. On December 25 1991 US President George H. W. Bush, after receiving a phone call from Boris Yeltsin, delivers a Christmas day speech acknowledging the end of the Cold War. On the very same day, Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the USSR. The hammer and sickle is lowered for the last time over the Kremlin. 

We all grew up in this fascinating era with two great powers facing off against each other with their fingers on the button but never quite willing to take the step that would lead to mutual annihilation. 

The SIG aims to cover all aspects of modeling with subject matter from Air, Land, Sea and Space, from the main combatants their allies and those nations struck smack bang in the middle of it. 

The SIG hopes to cover numerous events that define the Cold War such as the Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Suez Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis to name but a few of the possible themes. We may even try to cover the Vietnam war.

We are always on the lookout for new members to join the SIG, so feel free to have a look around and let us know what you think. 

Thanks for that Falcon.

I'd like to join but I doubt I'll be much good as a member as I'm highly unlikely (due to personal reasons I don't want to go into) to ever be able to attend a show, at least in the upcoming few years anyway.

I'm also not a member of the IPMS...yet.

Mind you I suppose there's nothing to stop me sticking some builds in the post, and I quite enjoy writing etc. so I can help out with info boards, flyers etc. if needed too.

I've always been pretty interested in the cold war so it'd be nice to get involved in the discussions etc.

Does that sound any good to you?

Regards

Stuart

A. What Chris said

B. You're most welcome to join in the forum Stu. It'll be a pleasure to have you and perhaps we'll see you at a show in the future

Dazzled wrote:A. What Chris said

B. You're most welcome to join in the forum Stu. It'll be a pleasure to have you and perhaps we'll see you at a show in the future

Thanks Darryl,

Well I'd say I'd like to join then if I can - at least in a limited capacity - what do you need?

Regards

Stuart

It's not necessarily necessary to attend shows - I mail my stuff to Britain for the CBK Display at Telford when I'm unable to attend, and they do the rounds of other shows that the SIG attends. You are there in spirit if not in person.

Mind you, there's nothing like actually going to Telford!

Also, it is not necessary to be an IPMS member to be a member of a SIG - anyone can join a SIG and contribute.

Sir T wrote:

Dazzled wrote:A. What Chris said

B. You're most welcome to join in the forum Stu. It'll be a pleasure to have you and perhaps we'll see you at a show in the future

Thanks Darryl,

Well I'd say I'd like to join then if I can - at least in a limited capacity - what do you need?

Regards

Stuart

I'll just need some contact details Stu. I'll be sorting out the SIG admin over the next few days and I'll send you a PM. Paul's got it right too. You can still contribute without attending shows although being there is a terrific experience

PaulBradley wrote:It's not necessarily necessary to attend shows - I mail my stuff to Britain for the CBK Display at Telford when I'm unable to attend, and they do the rounds of other shows that the SIG attends. You are there in spirit if not in person.

Mind you, there's nothing like actually going to Telford!

Also, it is not necessary to be an IPMS member to be a member of a SIG - anyone can join a SIG and contribute.

Thanks Paul - it was actually a post from you or John in the CBK thread that made me think I could join in a bit.

As for IPMS membership - it's on my christmas list