IPMS Ottawa - Monthly Plastic Model Contests

Thursday, 8 March 2018

March 2018 IPMS Ottawa Contest

It was another dark and stormy night, so the turnout was rather small. We had five models in the "Anything Civilian" competition.

Each March we have a different theme competition. The contest in March 2019 will be "In Enemy Hands", and refers to items used by one country then captured and re-used or re-purposed by a country on the other side of a conflict. An example would be a US attack aircraft captured by the PAVN forces and used against forces in South Viet Nam; or a Nazi battleship captured and used in atomic testing at Bikini.

FIRST PLACE
This is the wonderful 1:72 scale Hasegawa kit of the Japanese ocean agency's SHINKAI 6500 deep sea manned submersible which held the record for deepest dive at 6965 m down.

SECOND PLACE
This is a 1:72 scale Aurways Vac Form kit of the CP Air Bristol Britannia.

THIRD PLACE
This is a 1:24 scale Revell snap-kit of the Porsche Diesel Tractor.

OTHERS

C'THULU monster from Reaper Miniatures in their resin Bones Series (kit #77194).
Model by John Clearwater.

Laril Silverhand, Female Elven Blacksmith, in 25mm scale from Reaper

DISPLAY ONLY

402 City of Winnipeg Squadron, Mustang

Parrot, with carrier

A beautiful finished product made from a 50 year old bad mould kit brought in by a new member.

3D PRINTED MOTORCYCLE DISPLAY

Thursday, 8 February 2018

February 2018 IPMS Ottawa Contest

It was a dark and stormy night, with a large amount of snow still falling at meeting time, so the turnout was rather small. We had seven models in the ad hoc competition. Were it not for the semi-annual Swap Meet, we might not have had any people show up in that weather!

FIRST PLACE

Nazi 128mm anti-aircraft artillery from Modelcollect in 1:72 scale with great photo-etch additions.

SECOND PLACE

Yephima, Female Cloud Giant, from Reaper in 28mm scale, but of a giant, so about 75mm high. Tattoos and fishnet stocking painted freehand. Base is from Tropicana orange juice bottle.

THIRD PLACE

Canadian built Chevrolet 30 cwt truck from Tamiya in 1:35 scale from the Long Range Desert Group in WWII

OTHERS

Baltic-class Hudson locomotive from Monogram in 1:87 scale (kit #1105) as it may have appeared near the end of WWII. CP Rail had 65 of these engines. Model by John Clearwater.

The bunny suit became a black sheep suit, and the rocks are from ornamental bark (28mm scale)

Eye Beast from Reaper in 28mm scale. It has 28 eyeballs all around.

Martin Mariner from Revell in 1957 in the ever-popular 1:118 scale (box scale)

SWAP NIGHT!

Swap meet

Thursday, 4 January 2018

January 2018 IPMS Ottawa Contest

These are all of the entries to the IPMS Ottawa, Janaury 2018, monthly contest (ad hoc).

The weather was awful, and initial turnout was rather small....