March 2017 IPMS Ottawa Contest

These are the twenty-seven entries to the IPMS Ottawa, March 2017, monthly contest (Anything Airfix Theme). The theme for next March is "Anything Civilian", so start building now for next year!

First Place Winner

Heinkel He.111 P2 bomber "Greil" based in France during die Luftschlacht um England 1940.  1:72 scale Airfix A06014

Second Place Winner

RAF Hawker Hurricane. 1:48 scale Airfix

RAF Hawker Hurricane. 1:48 scale Airfix

Third Place Winner

Proud father of a baby Boulton Paul Defiant!

RCAF 410 Sqdn, Boulton Paul "Defiant" interceptor. 1:48 scale Airfix

OTHER ENTRIES

B5N1 "Kate" standard carrier torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy. 1:72 scale Airfix A04060

 Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.3/T.3a 1:72  scale Airfix A02103

Tool scooter, USAAF in Europe, circa 1943. 1:72 scale Airfix

RCAF 404 Sqdn Bristol Beaufighter, circa June 1944. 1:72 scale Airfix

Spitfire. 1:72 scale Airfix.

F-84. 1:72 scale Airfix (very old kit)

Firefly. 1:72 scale Airfix. (very old kit)

Curtiss P-40B "Tomahawk". 1:72 scale Airfix

Pearl Harbour, P40B set, 07 Dec 2941. 1:72 scale Airfix

Hawker Hurricane. 1:72 scale Airfix

Me-109E-3. 1:72 scale Airfix

RAF Boulton Paul "Defiant". 1:72 scale Airfix

Spitfire Mk1. 1:72 scale Airfix

Panther tank captured by Red Army's 8th Guards Regiment and re-purposed against Nazis. This is the very first plastic model of a Panther tank ever released (very old)

Bristol Bulldog in Estonian colours. 1"72 scale Airfix

Bugatti Veyron. Airfix (Lego) J6008

McLaren P1. Airfix (Lego) J6013

Lamborghini Aventador. Airfix (Lego) J6007

VW Beetle. Airfix (Lego) J6015

RAF Hawker Hurricane and RAF airfield vehicles. 1:72 scale Airfix (various kits)

RAF Hawker Hurricane and RAF airfield vehicles. 1:72 scale Airfix (various kits)

Hawker Hurricane Mk1. 1:24 scale Airfix A14002A

Hawker Hurricane Mk1. 1:24 scale Airfix A14002A

 

Fokker E-III. 1:72 scale Airfix

Se-2 or Se-3 "Schweinhund". 1:72 scale Airfix

Hussars Lancer (1901). 54mm scale Airfix

DISPLAYS of AIRFIX KITS still in boxes (some still in shrinkwrap!)

 BUILDING BASES for displays

INTERIOR WORK on a Japanese bomber

February 2017 IPMS Ottawa Contest

These are the entries to the IPMS Ottawa, February 2017, monthly contest (ad hoc theme).

First Place Winner - Roden 1:72 scale GOTHA Gil w/n 389/16 Bomber,  Kagoshi 2, Staffel 19, Balkan front, late 1916. With wire rigging. 

Second Place Winner - Tamiya 1:48 scale HAWKER HURRICANE Mk-2. Out of box.

 

Third Place Winner - 1:24 scale 2014 CORVETTE "Rat Rod" built by a first-time winner at IPMS Ottawa. Congratulations!

Meng 1:72 scale  - Mansyu Ki-98 experimental ground attack aircraft. Kit #DS-002.

Academy 1:72 scale - MUSTANG from 441 Squadron, done in Alclad paint. Flaps have been scribed out and dropped to the proper ground position. Scratchbuilt tail fillet. Added resin seat and vacuform canopy. IPMS Canada decal sheet.

Italeri 1:72 scale - MUSTANG Mk-1 from RCAF 414 Squadron. Flaps have been scribed out and dropped to the proper ground position. Decals by IPMS Canada and Extradecal.

Zvezda 1:35 scale - M-72 MOTORCYCLE with sidecar, Red Army circa 1943.

Peerless 1:35 scale - Nazi STYER RSO/01 tractor, Russian front 1943.

Otaki 1:35 Panzer III - Nazi scum being captured at the battle of El Alamein

Zvezda 1:48 scale Bf-109f4 copied from the real one at the Canadian Aviation Museum, featuring some custom made decals. Used Vallejo paints masked with damp paper.

On display at this contest was this greatly-admired diorama in 1:72 scale showing the night-bombing shoot-down of a Halifax bomber crewed by the relative of the model builder.
Lighting in the gunfire and engine fire is from fibre-optic wires.

oops - upside down image - my bad