January 2017 IPMS Ottawa Contest

These are the entries to the IPMS Ottawa, January 2017, monthly contest.

First Place Winner - Tamiya 1:48 scale RCAF 441 Sqdn MUSTANG from late in WWII

Second Place winner - Trumpeter 1:35 scale Red Army F-8 GAZ-98 AEROSAN armed snowmobile (7.62mm machine gun), circa 1936 by Gorkiy Narkorechflota. The Great Patriotic War paint scheme shows the name "Lembitu" refering to the 13th century Estonian leader who rallied his people against the Gemanic invaders. Built by John Clearwater

Third Palce Winner - Kasserine Pass Battle diorama featuring Tamiya tanks and a Bronco kit of a Fiat staff car.

Eduard 1:48 scale Spitfire Mk IXe marked "JE J JR"

Eduard 1:48 scale Spitfire Mk IXc marked "AE B"

1:48 scale Luftwaffe He.162 "Salamander" jet interceptor.

Revell 1:72 scale P-47 Thunderbolt with acrylic metalizer paint (OOB)

AMT 1:24 scale 72 GMC

AMT/Revell 1:24 scale 1953 Ford F100 and 55 Chevrolet 10 wheel truck

Rat Rod in 1:24 scale

AMT 1:24 scale 72 Chevrolet

December 2016 IPMS Ottawa O.O.B. Contest

These are the entries to the IPMS Ottawa, December 2016, monthly contest. This contest was only for OUT OF BOX models. This meant there could be no after-market parts or conversions.

1st place is a magnificent Revel 1:144 scale Airbus A400M done in pre-paint factory colours, circa 2015.

Revel 1:144 scale Airbus A400M done in pre-paint factory colours, circa 2015.

2nd place is an Airfix 1:72 scale Nazi Ju-87B, circa 1943.

Airfix 1:72 scale Nazi Ju-87B, circa 1943.

3rd place is a 4D 1:72 scale USSR/Russian RT-2PM Topol mobile ICBM launcher, circa 2010.

4D 1:72 scale USSR/Russian RT-2PM Topol mobile ICBM launcher, circa 2010, by John Clearwater..

Trumpeter 1:35 scale Canadian Army GRIZZLY

HobbyCraft 1:48 Red Army Polikarpov I-16

Tamiya 1:35 scale Nazi 37mm Flak anti-aircraft gun and trailer

1:72 scale Nazi Dak ambulance

75th anniversary of the battle of Pearl Harbour display

75th anniversary of the battle of Pearl Harbour display

Mongram 1:24 scale "Boot Hill Express"

October 2016 IPMS Ottawa Contest

These are the entries to the IPMS Ottawa, October 2016, monthly contest.

1st Place Winner -Nazi German U-47 Type VII U-Boot with scratch built interior. Battle of the Atlantic. Revell 1:100 scale.

Second Place Winner - P-47D flown by Lt Kibble, 56th GS, 61st FS, Halesworth UK, March 1944. OOB Academy 1:48 scale.

Third Place Winner - RCAF CP-122 P2V Neptune ASW maritime patrol aircraft. OOB Hasegawa 1:72 scale.

Morris Mini - splendour in the grass. Tamiya, 1:24 scale.

IJN mini-submarine as used in Pearl Harbour, 1941. added brass wire and chain and rigging. Finemolds, 1:72 scale.

RS-71 "OXCART" used by C.I.A. Hasegawa 1:72 scale (kit K-0016) by John Clearwater

GAZ-67B with towed ZIS-3 artillery, and Miniart Red Army crew. AER (Moldova) and Italeria, 1:35 scale.

Renault ambulance captured from France and used by Nazi Germany in 1944. White circles are painted. Number 39 in a series of military ambulances by the builder. Ace Models, 1:72 scale.

Container Ship "Cartier". Used IPMS decals instead of kit stickers. ZT Models (China) unknown scale.

Zeon Scout sci-fi hovercraft in Israeli colours. Custom rebuild with PE parts and new gun and wiring. Gundam, 1:35 scale.

Japanese Type 97 tank. Battle of Iwo Jima. OOB Tamiya 1:35 scale.

Heinkel HE-277. aircraft. This is the old Airfix 1:72 scale kit with Toad Resin parts.

ME-109G flown by Franz Stiglers. Note the yellow 2 made from a six. Academy 1:48scale.