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[A Model World]

Round off the year to stock up for winter and see the wonderful kits on display competing for the Tower Trophy with a visit to
                                    
The Blackpool Model Boat Show 2010
Saturday 16th 10am till 5 & Sunday 17th October 10am till 4.00pm
The Norcalympia Hall at The Norbreck Castle Hotel, Queens Promenade, Blackpool, FY2 9AA
Lower admission than last year £4.50 on the door for all
2 day/weekend £7.50. Family tickets 9.50 2 adults up to 4 children

    

Refreshments and food available, Free Parking. Plenty of trade stands, Club displays, Disabled access, (all children must be accompanied)
Contact for further details 01606 891999

The Traders that generally attend the shows
ACTion R/C Electronics. Model Slipway. Cammett Ltd. Mobile Marine. Model Power. Tyne Models. Reade Plastics. Mountfleet Models. Subtech, SHG Marine, Metcalfe Moldings. Models By Design, Deans Marine, Jotika, Modeling Timbers, Coastal Shipping. Graupner Gmbh, The Model Dock. Models by Design. Prop Shop, Macs Moldings. MMB Speedline Models. A Model World, Scale Hobbies, Showcasaes Online, Matrix Jones, George Turner Models, Miskin Models (proxxon) Ship Finder General, SB Models, Peak Tools, D & M modelling Supplies,  Pandan, Carmen Craft, A1 Downundermodels, RC Model Workshop, MMi, Quartermaster,  RNLI plus others


Along with more model model clubs and more model boats tahn you can shake a radio aerial at with manuy more privateers than ever booking in will prove to make this another rip roaring success
We have trophies and prizes for display models and a full bring & buy..if its boat related or RC Gear or tools bring it along and sell it for a small commission beats eB**any day

[ModelsbyDesign]

Models by Design will be a this show, hope to see you all there.

Thanks Andy

www.modelsbydesign.co.uk

[elvis]

love this show, me and the mates will be there.
elvis

[Macsmouldings]

Hi Guys , Macsmouldings will be in attendance again this year, see you all there.

Martin and Mel

[nathanbint]

hi guys i wil be attending this show again brilliant show.how do you place things in the bring and buy as thinking about taking sum to sell thank you

[malcolmfrary]

how do you place things in the bring and buy

From 1st thing Saturday, booking in items happens, although I will be having a word with the guy who runs it to see if starting to book in Friday is at all possible. 
The important thing to remember with our bring n buy is the 10% commission, which is presented to the RNLI at the end of the show.

[garston1]

hi guys i wil be attending this show again brilliant show.how do you place things in the bring and buy as thinking about taking sum to sell thank you

Usually you just turn up on the day and take whatever you have to the bring and buy.

[billy01]

Component-Shop will also be at the Blackpool show.

[boat captain]

Hi

Are Prop Shop attending?

Joe

[gingyer]

Hi there can I ask for clarification
One of our guys put stuff on the bring and buy
And was told the commission money wasn't going to the
RNLI after all is this correct?

[malcolmfrary]

Blackpool and Fylde MBC did not run the B&B this year, the new people had their own ideas.

[gingyer]

Blackpool and Fylde MBC did not run the B&B this year, the new people had their own ideas.

Thanks Malcolm we were discussing it on the way home and most had thought it went to the RNLI
but the others had said that it didn't

looks like I was in the wrong side

[walrus]

So if it did not go to the RNLI. Where did it go to ?

[jinks8]

it would be nice to fined out andi hope it did not line there pockets

[malcolmfrary]

I wanted to get my facts right, so I contacted AMW, and below is their reply.

As discussed we dropped the sale prices which equated to around 6 to 7%
commission. For those that wanted to use 10% on sold we allowed them this.

Therefore the bring and buy possibly did not net as much money as previous
years however a donation to the RNLI of 250 is to be made and this added to
the other £400 + value of stands they enjoy over the weekend makes for a
tidy sum.   

The sums quoted are well in line with previous donations that we, as Blackpool & Fylde MBC, have managed to make in previous years, when the venue owners were only seeking a profit, rather than a huge profit.  There are other B&Bs run at other shows whose operators have made the point that the headline rate at Blackpool was higher than theirs, while totally ignoring the fact that ours was, and still is, run to benefit the RNLI rather than the club or to boost the show finances.  It should also be remembered that no show, whether run by a trader or a club, that runs in a venue that has to be paid for, needs hardware to be hired and advertising to be paid for, can ever be anything but commercial.  It has to wind up in the black if it is going to have a chance to reappear the next year. 

[JR]

I was just reading AMW's quote about sending the RNLI the sum of £250 from the bring and buy sale, has this happened yet.

[malcolmfrary]

I was just reading AMW's quote about sending the RNLI the sum of £250 from the bring and buy sale, has this happened yet.

I contacted Mark at AMW, and his reply is that he has made an online contribution on a personal basis amounting to £300 when the accrued gift aid is included.  Well in line with what we managed to donate in cash in previous years.
Its probably a lot more than other shows manage, since usually the implication is that the beneficiary of the B&B is either the show itself or the organising club.