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News Archive 2013
News stories will be moved here from the Home Page as more news becomes available.
April 2013:
Information about the Club and the Pond!
A double page handout giving information about both sections of the club is now available. It can be downloaded from the Members Information page or printed copies are available from the Scale Captain.
There is also a new movie Setley Pond - The Story of an Industrial Landscape which illustrates the History of Setley Pond from Victorian times. Included are post World War 2 aerial photos of the pond (right) and the Setley Plain Prisoner of War Camp.
Notice: Steering Competition Postponed...
Message from the Scale Section Captain: "At a Committee Meeting at the lake today [7th April] it was decided to postpone the steering Competition scheduled for the 21st April until later in the year. This follows a Risk Assessment taking into account the high water level and limited amount of parking space, the deep water creating difficulty and risk in securing and setting up the course obstacles, the limited amount of space available for an operating area and the risk to spectators and others from the steep /slippery banks. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
"State of the Pond" Message!
 The photos show the pond on Thursday 28 March 2013, it looked much the same on the following Sunday. The car park is re-appearing but it's still COLD!
March 2013:
Spring Newsletter available
The SRCMBC Scale Section Newsletter for Spring 2013 can now be downloaded from our Newsletters page ...essential reading before the 2013 AGM - or maybe you'd just rather read about Nigel James finishing his build of "Spirit"!
New Look Web Site
You may have noticed that the web site has a new look! I've tried to give it a more modern feel. I'm open to comments... is it better or worse? Could it be improved? Have a look at a few different pages and if you can't remember what it used to look like click on the picture (left). Also do please tell me if anything doesn't work properly! One thing you will find is that the picture galleries still use the old colour scheme in places and the colours do clash... sorry! That will change over time.
Please email your comments to webmaster@srcmbc.org.uk or my normal emal address if you prefer!
Highcliffe Exhibition Success...
The Club's annual Charity Exhibition in aid of the RNLI was held in the Methodist Hall in Highcliffe on the 16th March 2013. David B Howell (Treasurer of the local RNLI Branch) writes...
"Another great show of models again this year, please extend our thanks to all those who brought their models along for what turned out to be a dry day if a wet start. Feedback from the public was great. The total amount raised for the RNLI was £704-53 a good effort and it's much appreciated."
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Highcliffe Exhibition ***This Saturday*** 16th March
The Club's major Charity Exhibition in 2013 will be in aid of the RNLI and held in the Methodist Hall in Highcliffe on the 16th March for 10am to 3pm. Free Entry, RNLI Gifts, Book and Cake stalls, Refreshments Available [Event Poster (pdf file 260kb)]
Action Stations!
Solent Club Members David McNair-Taylor, Dave Reith and John Edwards who are also members of The Surface Warship Association exhibited some of their models of WW2 warships in "Action Stations", Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on week end of 9/10 March as part of the Second World War event to commemorate the 72nd Anniversary of bomb damage to boathouse 6 (now home of Action Stations) on the night of 10/11 March 1941 (the second blitz on Portsmouth). The event included a Air Raid Precaution Warden and a Home Front Display and handling tables of WW artefacts provided by "Explosions" Museum and the ability to meet and talk to WW2 characters.
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February 2013:
Model Shop Moves to Gosport
The Mainly Planes'n'Trains model shop which used to be in Chandlers Ford has moved to Gosport and hopes to be open from the 23rd February.
Surface Warship Association Wins for Third Year!
David McNair-Taylor writes: "David Reith and I had models on display with the Surface Warship Association at the show on Saturday 9th February at the Fleet Air Arm Museum. A good day; lots of stands, mostly plastic kit models, and despite the bad weather the show was very busy. The Surface Warship Association won best club display for the third year running, we had over 25 models on display ranging from MTBs to the new Type 45 destroyer; the period covered was from WW1 to the present day. [more photos]
Winter Newsletter available
The SRCMBC Scale Section Newsletter for Winter 2013 can now be downloaded from our Newsletters page ...the Scale Captain learns to snorkel, Lifesaving at the Pond, Ramp Powered Lighter, building a Spirit, Titanic reaches 100,000 - read all about it!
January 2013:
Stormy Weather Continues...
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It was a windy day on Thursday 31st January and, with the pond full, the cars huddled in what's left of the car park! If you don't believe that it is sheltered at Setley Pond, look what it was like at Hatchet Pond, just down the road!
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Winter has arrived!
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Sunday 20th January and, surprizingly, the pond is not frozen after snow on Friday! A few members were silly enough to attend, some of you might recognize the person waving and also the cars in the lefthand picture (not to mention the photographer). The car park remains flooded (centre) but "Archimede's Bug" was on patrol to rescue any stranded cars (right) - there are more photos of him in the Latest Photos gallery.
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But it could be colder. Here are two photos supplied by Graham Coombs of ice skating on the pond during the severe 1962/63 winter.
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Will "Setley Lake" get any deeper?
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The photo (above left) was taken on Thursday 3rd January 2013, the photo (centre) was taken from about the same spot in November 2011 - and the pond had not got much fuller by May 2012. The diagram (right) is a composite of the two showing the water level now and what lies beneath! More photos of the present pond are available in this album.
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A double page handout giving information about both sections of the club is now available. It can be downloaded from the Members Information page or printed copies are available from the Scale Captain.
The photos show the pond on Thursday 28 March 2013, it looked much the same on the following Sunday. The car park is re-appearing but it's still COLD!
