Armortek Customer Open Day Update

[colin fairweather]

hi nick

good idea for anyone over the pond a digital recording would be very nice

colin

[Armortek]

I have had several requests for accommodation information and have made a list of web site links below. I have been told that many places are booked up, this is a holiday area and although September is out of the school holidays it is still very busy. Hopefully these web sites will be helpful.


http://www.a1tourism.com/uk/honiton.html
http://www.touruk.co.uk/devon/dev_hon.htm
http://www.discoverdevon.com/site/accommodation
http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_ ... tel_id=101
http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_ ... otel_id=87
http://www.blackdown-hills.biz/index.asp
http://www.fishpondshotel.com/
http://www.lutonbarn.co.uk/findus.htm
http://www.yellinghamfarm.co.uk/


Sid Valley Country House Hotel
- www.sidvalleyhotel.co.uk - 01395 597274

Home Farm Hotel & Restaurant
- www.thatchedhotel.co.uk - 01404 831 278

Victoria Hotel
- www.brend-hotels.co.uk - 01395 512651

Alias Hotel Barcelona
- www.aliashotels.com - 01392 281 000


Woodlands Hotel
www.woodlands-hotel.com - 01395 513120 -

Gipsy Hill Hotel
- www.gipsyhillhotel.co.uk - 01392 465252

The Thistle Hotel
- www.thistle.com - 01392 254982

The Belfry Country Hotel
- www.thebelfrycountryhotel.com - 01404 861 234

Royal Glen Hotel
- www.royalglenhotel.co.uk - 01395 513221 -


Gill

[Armortek]

Sunday 14th September - Tank Museum Update


The talk on the King Tiger will be at 11am. Hopefully this will be early enough to allow time for those of you with long jouneys home on the Sunday.

The plan is to give the talk by King Tiger 104, however if numbers are greater than around 30 or if the Museum is particularly busy it will be held in one of their conference rooms. I have asked about the talk being recorded however unfortunately have been told that this will not be possible.

To get the discounted entry to the museum you will be given a voucher at the open day to be handed in at the museum on Sunday.

If you would like to be included please let me know as soon as possible to help our planning and that of the Tank Museum


Many thanks
Gill

[Richie Wignall]

Hi Guys
Just out of courtesy to you all, if your looking for B&B at a reasonable price for the open day my wife has found some. After she was on the phone for approx 2 1/2 hours yesterday all local B&Bs seem to be full (due to a local wedding and the open day) or too expensive, however we have found a place in Marsh near Honiton, which is approx 10-15 minutes drive away, just off the A303. The rates are reasonable and we have already booked our rooms.
I beleive there still is 3 twin rooms and 1 double room available. The web site is http://www.cottagemarsh.co.uk/. tel 01460 234240.
Just thought this might be helpful for anyone else trying to find accommodation and save a massive phone bill.
Richie

[Alfredo Campanini]

Hi guys,
I am very sorry, but this year I cannot be with you at Dunkeswell.
My greetings to Gill, Mark and all participants; have a good day and enjoy for me too.

[tim catton]

Hi Gill,

Just to let you know that I will be attending the Armortek open day on the 13th of September. I will be bringing a guest, and will have some of my tool accessories with me for sale on the day. (See posting on the craftsman’s market forum).
I’m afraid that I will not be able to make it to the tank museum due to a prior engagement.
Looking forward to the day.

Tim

[Jason Grover]

Hi

Gill / Mark, can you confirm the start time on the 13th

thanks

[Armortek]

Hi Jason

We will start at 10 am. Last year we did not have an official finish time, however most people stayed until about 4 - 5 pm. Mark and I will probably lock up to go over to the Airclub about 6.30 - 7pm so anyone still left at this point will get thrown out then

We will be very busy on the Friday and would be very grateful if anyone coming down that day could wait until the Saturday to come and see us.

I will be posting more details on the days events, competitions, prizes and also frequency control, shortly so please keep checking back to this topic.

Many thanks
Gill

[Armortek]

More information on the Open Day

Important - Frequency control

Many of you are now running on 2.4 ghz which makes everything a lot easier. Please could anyone who is planning to run a model and is not on 2.4ghz email me with you frequency, I will then give you details on the day of anyone else who is running on the same frequency.

Traders

We are pleased to be joined by:

Barbarossa Books
Tim Catton
Lee Sellars of Newthorpe Models,
Steve Winstone
and the
Devon RC Military Vehicle Group.


Trading Post

We are having an area where you advertise, buy and sell your Armortek items and accessories.

'The Armortek kit – from design to despatch'

Mark will give a talk and answer your questions on the design and manufacturing process.

CNC demonstration

Our Haas VF4 will be running a demonstration programme.

Competitions

All Armortek Models brought to the day will be automatically entered into the competitions which will be as follows:

Best Allied Vehicle (Sherman, M2,M3, M16)

Best Tiger 1 (Mid, Early, Late)

Best ‘Other’ German Tank (Panther, Jagdpanther, Panzer 1V)

Best ‘Other’ German Vehicle. (Sdkfz 7, Sdkfz 222, 88mm Flak 36)

Best in Show

- Please note last years winners will not be eligible to re enter -

The prize for each of the winners of the above will be a flight in a 1952 Beech 18, the flight will take place in the afternoon (weather permitting, although I am told it will fly in most conditions!) and the winner of Best in Show will get the best seat next to the pilot!




Quiz

We will also be having a Quiz this year, to test your knowledge of Armoured Vehicles!

The winner will receive an action figure, kindly donated by Lee Sellars of Newthorpe Models.

Refreshments

There will be complimentary refreshments for Armortek customers.

I will add a further update next week, with final information so please check back.

Gill

[Derek Attree]

Hi Gill
Any chance of directions?



Derek

[Armortek]

Hi Derek

I was going to put these in my next post, thought the last one was rather long! We currently have road works in Dunkeswell which are due to be clear before next weekend however I wanted to wait in case I had to factor these in to the directions.

Gill