BMFA Indoor Scale Nats. 2026. Walsall UK

[TheLurker]

3 - A Grumman.  Ben Palliser's Bearcat?
No, this is Gert Brendels Hellcat from the Guillow kit. And the No-Cal Catalina was Gerard Brinks. And the Bristol 138 is by Chris Blanch, according to the entry list.

Thanks Henk, I managed to, tentatively, identify Chris as the builder of the type 138 by the time I got around to sorting out the film clips, but still wasn't certain.

[Stunthenk]

I posted some pictures of the UK Indoor FF Nats on the Dutch Modelbouwforum. https://www.modelbouwforum.nl/threads/britnats-indoor-vv.295431/#post-4439386
By the way, it might be wordth the trouble to check out the 'Vrije Vlucht' (Free Flight) section occasionally. https://www.modelbouwforum.nl/forum/vrije-vlucht.24/
There are some interesting threads there, every now and then. Even if you can't follow the language, there are plenty of pictures.

[Pete Fardell]

I posted some pictures of the UK Indoor FF Nats on the Dutch Modelbouwforum. https://www.modelbouwforum.nl/threads/britnats-indoor-vv.295431/#post-4439386

Thanks Henk; very nice pictures. The Comper Swift in your photo is Dave Cowley's Veron version though, not Lurk's little Peanut one.

While I'm here, thank you all for your patience regarding the results. I'm told by Paul Rich that all being well they'll be all checked and published on the BMFA Scale Technical Committee site by the end of the weekend. He'll post a link here when they are.

[Merlinboy]

Thanks Pete,

We are in the process of ratifying all of the results and will post them on the STC website when done.

I'll post the link to let you know they are ready to view.

Andy Symons of the BMFA is busily editing the interviews from over the weekend which can be found on YouTube at: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkTA8JWewvMovWyoGWGQk1LLP-urlk6tn&si=OzDSQCyqfvlvhLGe

More content will be added over the coming days.

Thanks  to everyone for sharing your brilliant photographs and videos of the weekend.

[Stunthenk]

The Comper Swift in your photo is Dave Cowley's Veron version though, not Lurk's little Peanut one.

Corrected!

[AndySy]

All the interviews from Sunday are now uploaded to https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkTA8JWewvMovWyoGWGQk1LLP-urlk6tn&si=4BcAvO6dURhOYJGC

[TheLurker]

There's obviously a lot of work gone into getting that lot ready.  Thanks.

The video record is really welcome, there's so much going on on the day that you miss huge chunks of the action and being able to see bits you missed is a real bonus.

[AndySy]

All of Saturdays interviews have now been uploaded too. Thats everything.

[AndySy]

timelapse

[THB]

All of Saturdays interviews have now been uploaded too. Thats everything.

Terrific work - makes interesting viewing especially for those like me who live too far away to attend. Nice to put faces/voices also to some familiar names and learn more about their models and build techniques. Well done!
Tim

[AndySy]

Photos including presentations at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCSPzm

[Spiros]

Wow! Beautiful pictures!!!

[Merlinboy]

The 2026 Scale Indoor Nationals Results are now available on the BMFA Scale Technical Committee (STC) website at:

https://scale.bmfa.org/2026-scale-indoor-nationals-results-now-available

[Prosper]

I finally found time to  go through this thread - wow, what high standards of modelmaking! Many thanks to Pete F., Squirrelnet, Lurk et al who made this event and its participants (both stick-and tissue, and human ) available for us to see.

Stephen.

[Nigel_M]

A few Pistachio photos to follow. I intended to record them all as we handled them but, well, plans and all that.
In no particular order, first up is Roel Lucassen's Comper Streak. My phone didn't capture the colour very well, unfortunately. It is quite dark though.