SELWG 2015

**flash** · 10-09-2015 11:02

Am I likely to bump into any of you chaps at Crystal Palace on Sunday ?!

http://www.selwg.org/selwg-annual-show/

**Guntruck** · 10-09-2015 12:56

Yarp!

**Flying Helmut** · 10-09-2015 13:09

Sorry, no - I have to go to work!

**Archidamus** · 10-10-2015 00:44

Not this year I'm sorry to say - SWMBO tells me the garden needs attention

**flash** · 10-10-2015 00:55

As long as you have a pass for next weekend Brian !!

See you there Steve, shame Herr Oberst missed this.

**Hedeby** · 10-10-2015 03:37

Originally Posted by flash

Am I likely to bump into any of you chaps at Crystal Palace on Sunday ?!

http://www.selwg.org/selwg-annual-show/

Alas beyond the range of my fuel tanks, have a great day

**Zoe Brain** · 10-10-2015 04:22

Originally Posted by Hedeby

Alas beyond the range of my fuel tanks, have a great day

I did once attend SELWG... took the plane from Bremen to Heathrow, then the tube, then a train over the Thames... and back the same day (fortuitous special on same-day airfares). Had to ask directions from a nice bloke at a garage after I got off the train. Really helpful chap, hope I run into him again one day.

**Tonx** · 10-10-2015 04:41

Sorry but out of range for me too

**flash** · 10-11-2015 08:45

Good day at SELWG .....?

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Yeah, you could say that !
This is my half of the haul, Ajay snagged the rest... and yes, the sticker price is what was paid !

Four quid for each and beating my previous best for a Goering Fokker D.VII by £1.76 !
Which was nice

WGS are Vybral & Molders; Worther & Kaneko - my first, and probably last WW2 acquisitions.

**Flying Helmut** · 10-11-2015 08:56

RESULT!!!!!

I'm still at work!

**Dom S** · 10-11-2015 09:36

Holy cow, that's an amazing score.

Dom, not jealous at all, oh no....

**Guntruck** · 10-11-2015 09:56

Good one Dave. Ended up with a box of plastic Vikings and a book on the Vichy French Air Force 'cos nobody else had what I wanted. Saved a mint

**Tonx** · 10-11-2015 10:26

Nice catch Dave! Had I been at SELWG too instead of Vulcan hunting I would probably bagged those four WGS aircraft

**flash** · 10-11-2015 11:42

They were being sold by a trader who said he wasn't using them and though he knew they were probably worth more just wanted to clear them out ... we assured him we could help with that and promptly bought the lot !!

**Flying Helmut** · 10-11-2015 11:57

Right place, right time, and right buyers (Aerodrome members)!

Hope to find something similar at Warfare.

**Lt. S.Kafloc** · 10-11-2015 14:48

Nice haul Dave. Another bargain gone!

**Guntruck** · 10-12-2015 00:32

Originally Posted by flash

They were being sold by a trader who said he wasn't using them and though he knew they were probably worth more just wanted to clear them out ... we assured him we could help with that and promptly bought the lot !!

4 squid for an original Richthofen? Which trader was it who needed his bumps felt?

Originally Posted by Skafloc

Nice haul Dave. Another bargain gone!

Perhaps while you were entertaining you should have sent one of your footmen down to SELWG

**NeilCFord** · 10-12-2015 08:43

Anyone take any photos of the event yesterday? Not being able to make it, I'm quite interested on what was on display.

Also, any regular attendees care to comment on numbers. Apparently it seemed quieter yesterday than in previous years.

- Neil.

**flash** · 10-12-2015 10:19

No pics from me Neil so you may have to wait for their official pics; it did seem a little quieter to me but I know from Gunners experiences there was some trouble with the trains & underground as well as the parking was limited to grass verges as the main gates were closed - whether that had a bearing on anything who knows ?!

**Guntruck** · 10-12-2015 11:37

Originally Posted by flash

.... I know from Gunners experiences there was some trouble with the trains & underground as well

4 feckin' hours to do a 90 minute journey. To say I was hacked off when I got there was an understatement!

Only stayed an hour then repaired to the hostelry of choice, where we spent somewhat longer

But did think it was quieter than normal, with a couple of the big traders not there this year.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 10-12-2015 12:14

Originally Posted by flash

Good day at SELWG .....?

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Yeah, you could say that !
This is my half of the haul, Ajay snagged the rest... and yes, the sticker price is what was paid !

Four quid for each and beating my previous best for a Goering Fokker D.VII by £1.76 !
Which was nice

WGS are Vybral & Molders; Worther & Kaneko - my first, and probably last WW2 acquisitions.

Superb bag Dave.
I'm very pleased you got them and not some none Drome person.

Rob.

**fast.git** · 10-12-2015 12:24

Ridiculous deal... quite pleased that it went to a worthy gent. Nice haul, Dave.

**Stumptonian** · 10-12-2015 18:58

Originally Posted by fast.git

Ridiculous deal... quite pleased that it went to a worthy gent. Nice haul, Dave.

+1

(almost a +2)

**flash** · 10-13-2015 00:34

Originally Posted by Flying Officer Kyte

Superb bag Dave.
I'm very pleased you got them and not some none Drome person.

Rob.

Seemed rude not to Rob - Ajay snagged the rest - couple of DH4, Roland CL,II, Jentsch Alb, Camel, Spads.
There were incomplete copies of FA & WYB there too for a tenner each (if any 'drome person picked them up I found some damage cards in with one of my models - its last fatal damage by the looks of it - pm me and I can get them back to you !)