July 2020 CANADA DAY at IPMS Ottawa

Welcome to IPMS Ottawa's first CANADA DAY ON-LINE SHOW & TELL, which allows club members to show off their completed work despite not being able to attend group meetings. Of course, as always, the theme is Canadian content.

Each member is invited to send in up to three photos of a model with a Canadian theme, and some explanation.

THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS, and HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Enjoy the show.

HARVARD II (Airfix)
This is the Airfix/Craft Master 1:72 Harvard II, originally offered in 1965 (kit introduced in 1962). For its age, it builds up nicely. The decals are kit originals, and adhered well with Micro Set.
The 1:1 aircraft, 2692, entered service with the RCAF in November 1940, and was based at Uplands, Borden, Centralia, and Moose Jaw, before being sold by CADC in January 1960.
The funny aspect of this kit is that it is unintentionally wrong! The aircraft is a Harvard II, and the decals are for a Harvard II, but the paint scheme never flew on that plane!
What happened?
In Canada, the charge number for a Harvard II is NA-66, which denotes a long-canopy airframe. When the RAF and other Commonwealth countries acquired their planes direct from North American Aviation, their Harvard II’s were not NA-66s, but were basically short-canopy AT-6C Texans!
I can envision what happened at Airfix circa 1961. The majority of British pilots had trained on Harvards in the BCATP, so there is a market. The draughtsman goes out to the local airfield, measures a RAF Harvard II, and no one at Airfix notices. Of course, IPMS has not been founded, so no great outcry. The bright side is that Airfix can now include USAAF decals, call it a T6 Texan, and sell it to many other modellers...
Even with those rivet-counting issues, I enjoyed the build.
Ken Nesbitt

HARVARD II (Airfix)

CANADIAN T17E1 STAGHOUND Mk1 (Bronco 1:35 #CB-35017)
Equipped with 4 X 60lb Rocket launch (late production); Built : OOB, PE included with metal barrel
Paint used: AK Interactive paint , Vallejo and Tamiya.
Staghound Mk1. Tulip with 4x60lb Rockets - This field conversion was used on only a handful of Canadian Staghounds in the late war period. The Staghound wore a pair of similar racks but with four 60 lbs. rockets, similar to the Sherman IC (M4A4) Tulip, but with two rails on each side. Like the Sherman tank, the conversion was tagged as Tulip. The Staghound Tulip served with the XII Manitoba Dragoons in France, 1944. The rockets were not especially accurate at long range, and at short range the fuze often failed to detonate the warhead. First Canadian Army recommended further study, but cancelled a February 1945.
Patrice Tirmarche

Canadian T17E1 Staghound Mk1 (Bronco)

CANADIAN "VENGEANCE" V-1 WEAPON (MPM)

This is a 1:48 scale model of one of several German Fi-103 V-1 "Vergeltungswaffe 1" Vengeance Weapon #1 captured by the Canadian Army at the end of World War II. These flying bombs, the earliest operational cruise missiles, made their way back to Canada as intelligence trophies, and after a short examination ended up on display at a couple of RCAF air bases and then being given to museums such as the National Aeronautical Collection and the Canadian War Museum.There are no good photos, so the paint scheme is pure conjecture. Each would have had several coats of paint - each determined by the supply officer who gave available paint to junior ranks to spruce up the base. I thank IPMS Canada for publishing a couple of partial photos of these beasts in Canada. Decals are also courtesy of the wonderful IPMS Canada decal sheets included each year with Random Thoughts magazine. White is Tamiya spray can, and red is Testors spray can. The impellor on the nose is bent scrap photo-etch brass from the spares box. The model was bought at the last IPMS Ottawa meeting before the COVID-19 closures.
John Clearwater

RCAF V-1 "Vergeltungswaffe"

425 SQUADRON, THEN AND NOW

These aircraft were built for on line ground build. Both aircraft flew with 425 Squadron.

Richard Tonge
(Editor's note: Both aircraft are notable bombers. The Wellington could carry 2.5 tonnes of bombs. The CF-18 can carry 7 tonnes of bombs.)

425 SQUADRON - THEN & NOW

Wellington - 425 Squadron - Then

CF-18 - 425 Squadron - Now

Wellington - 425 Squadron - Then

R.M.S. TITANIC

There were 34 Canadians on board Titanic when it sank in April 1912, mostly in first class. All Canadians in third class died, as did half of those in first and second class. Some 209 bodies were brought to Halifax, and about 150 were buried in Fairview, Mount Olive, and Baron de Hirsch cemeteries in Nova Scotia.

R.M.S. TITANIC

SE5a (Roden 1:48)
William Avery "Billy" Bishop VC, Canada's highest scoring WW1 ace. This build was "modelled" on an SE5/SE5a hybrid that Bishop flew in 1918. The fuselage was from an SE5 but a field-mod added the wings from an SE5a. This was a COVID-19 lockdown model.
Marc Racine

SE5a, as flown by Billy Bishop

WORKS-IN-PROGRESS, USEFUL THINGS, & NON-CANADIAN SUBJECTS

M114 155mm HOWITZER (Toxso)
WIP but not enough 'P' to be a finished model?? Oh well.
This is the Toxso kit of the M114 155mm howitzer. The weapon was used by Canada from shortly after the war until retired by the more mobile M109 SP 155mm howitzer.
There is a good amount of detail for a lesser known company, you see some from the pics. What has slowed me down is, I believe, the recoil springs on either side of the gun mount. It is the long unpainted part in the pics with the raised representation of springs. It is close but not even close enough to be called hand grenade or nuclear weapon!!!! So I have a plan to rebuild them more accurately and this will take some time!!! The silver part of the barrel (don't know why this was done?) is AK metal paste applied with a Q tip and polished after drying for a bit. The decal on the gun shield is 2 pieces of Micro decals sheet; the leaf came from a leaf punch.
G.
(editor's note: The Canadian guns were built by the Otis Elevator Company of Canada, on the theory, perhaps , that large spring-mounted items such as elevators and heavy artillery are the same thing. There is a superb example in the Canadian War Museum. The barrel was left bare metal due to the distance of the recoil, apparently.)

M114 155mm Howittzer (Toxso)

SPITFIRE MkXIV(Airfix)

Hi guy's. Summer heat and COVID-19 should be good times for me to sit down and work on my models but nooooo, my wife had other plans for me this summer. We had a weekend build this past May and I had started an Airfix Spitfire MkXIV and the weekend was finished and I had barely finished painting it. Now we are in July and yet the Spitfire isn't finished yet because knowing me, I found some major issues (seams, fit and other flaws that I needed to fix). Well now I'm back in the paint booth to complete the painting.
Benoit

Silhouette Cutting machine

Other than that, for those who don't know, I just purchased a Silhouette Cutting machine so that I can start doing my own masks and templates and let me tell you, this machine is awesome. Very simple to learn and barely knowing the machine, I was cutting stickers on vinyl without any problems. Now I'm designing the templates for my Caudron Racer because I could not find the Font that they used back in 1934! Here's a screen image of the markings

Benoit

LEA (Ouroboros Miniatures, Exquis series)

This is Léa, a 1:12 scale resin bust, from a series of five modern-day women. This series was launched on kickstarter last year, and shipped only a couple months later.

I painted her as though she was standing under a streetlight at night, lit only from above. She was mostly brush painted over a zenithal prime, with some light glazes overtop with the airbrush to smooth out the blends. Also, to set the scene, I made a simple backdrop out of plasticard. I painted the backdrop dark with some hints of light and shadow, to set the scene and represent the same light being cast onto a wall behind her.

This model was started before COVID-19, shelved, and then finished recently.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/859512613/exquis/description

Though, come to think of it, technically, Léa could be a French-Canadian name...

Brian LaTour

LEA (Ouroboros Miniatures, Exquis series)

CONQUEST (Privateer Press)

This is a 1:56 scale resin/metal model from their Warmachine game, though it was later redone as a plastic kit. The old resin/metal version is harder to assemble, requiring a lot of pinning, but it has better detail in some places than the new version - here were some areas where the sculpt didn't lend itself to injection-modling, so they or the people they outsourced production to in China for the plastic version cut some corners.

IPainted with various acrylics, in a custom scheme. Mostly Reaper MSP and P3 paints, with Vallejo Metal Color and Scale75 used for the metallics. No decals used; all markings are painted on by brush. Weathering is all acrylics as well.

Base was built up with layers of cork, and textured with textured artist mediums. I used brass girders to make some hedgehogs, green stuff to make sandbags, and strung some barbed wire across to make it look like it is striding across the battlefield, not even slowed down by the enemy's prepared defenses.
Model was completed during COVID-19.

Brian LaTour

CONQUEST (Privateer Press)

MiG-15bis (airfix 1:72)
I wanted something simple after my previous builds so I opted for the natural metal finish. What was I thinking? Every little mistake sticks out like a sore thumb! Oh well, the end result doesn’t look to bad.
This kit was released in 2009. It’s not bad. The panel lines are a bit crude. Fairly typical of Airfix from that period though. Newer Airfix kits are much better. The cockpit is overly simplified. It has some accuracy issues. e.g. the fuselage is too large apparently. The fit isn’t bad though, and it goes together well enough. The end result looks like a MiG 15, at least to me anyway. Nice kit if you can find one. The Eduard kit is probably the better choice these days though.
Dylan Keith

MiG-15bis

DEWOTINE D.520 (Tamiya, 1:48)
Dewotine D.520, GC III/6, 5th Esc. based at Le Luc. I’ve had this kit in my collection for quite a while. Finally got around to building it. A French plane was a nice change from the more typical British and German planes from this period.
This kit was released in 2004, but is based on earlier kit from 1996. It goes together quite well. It had a couple minor fit issues, but nothing serious. I did have some challenges painting the three-colour camouflage scheme, but the end result came out okay. The only real problem I had was with the decals. They weren’t opaque and were out of register in a couple cases. If I had to do it again, I’d paint the markings instead.
Dylan Keith

Dewotine D.520, GC III/6, 5th Esc

CURTISS P-40 WARHAWK (Airfix 1:48)
As flown by 2nd Lt. George Welch, 47th Pursuit Squadron, 15th Pursuit Group, Wheeler field, Oahu, Hawaii, December 7th, 1941. I completed this one back in March. Wanted to try something with a simpler colour scheme, and little or no weathering. This met both requirements.
All in all a very nice kit. Detail was lacking in a couple areas, but the fit was good, and the decals went down beautifully. I added some Eduard photo etch to spruce up the cockpit although honestly I’m not sure it needed it.
Dylan Keith

Curtiss P-40

MYSTERY ENTRANT

Paint is three different Alclad aluminiums.

ŠKODA 42CM M.1917 HEAVY SIEGE HOWITZER (Meng)
I like big guns, and I cannot lie... you other builders can't deny...
I submitted WIP (work in progress) pics of this model in the June on-line show, but am happy to say that I finished it shortly afterwards! From the time that I started this model, it took nearly 4 years to complete it. (Mind you, I had put it away on a shelf for many years and only recently resurrected it.) This build gave me more practice in making a base and groundwork, which I think really does enhance the overall build. I'll likely let it sit for a while, then haul it out and do even more weathering and improve the groundwork. Maybe I'll even add <GASP!> figures in the future!
Build log: https://goo.gl/photos/iXSKbs62wiBkJQVS7
Glenn Cauley
(editor's note: the Takom kit box art features two of these guns firing at Sevastapol, yet in reality the nazis had only a single Skoda M.1917 42cm gun in their entire arsenal - call it artistic license.)

ŠKODA 42CM M.1917 HEAVY SIEGE HOWITZER (Meng)

SMK 18 TYP 2 -- 8-BARREL (!) AA GUN

I am in the process of building a very unique model to my growing collection of 1:35 AA (anti-aircraft) guns, this time a German 2cm Salvenmaschinenkanone SMK 18 - Typ 2. This 8-barrel AA gun kit -- this is not a typo, there were EIGHT barrels -- is produced by Das Werk, who also released a 3cm Flakvierling 103/38 kit which I built previously. I am in the final stages of assembly, painting as I go along -- using AK Real Colors lacquer paints (which are fantastic). I added Master machined metal gun barrels for enhanced realism. During barrel preparation, I found that one of the machined metal flash suppressors (flared, perforated cone at the end of the barrel) was not completely machined and would not fit. I reached out to the vendor (Ultracast in Guelph, ON) for a replacement. While it was not their fault that Master messed up, Ultracast sent me a replacement right away; gotta love great customer service, especially in these difficult times. Build log: https://photos.app.goo.gl/YspHwebAaUo1E7zA8

Glenn Cauley

SMK 18 TYP 2

1929 Model A (Revell)
This is my latest model, a 1929 Ford Model A Highboy rod. It is mostly out of the box except for some extra detailing / parts replacement on the engine. A nice kit that went together pretty well.
Ian MacAulay

1929 Ford Model A Highboy

STARSHIP ENTERPRISE NCC-1701 (AMT 1:600)
(This text and photo are from a new member)

Hi Everyone! Thanks for the add!
I recently started building during Covid-19. I mostly focus on Star Trek models. I started with two $10 Tamiya WWII aircraft kits as practice.. but my first real build was the classic 650 scale AMT TOS Enteprise, which I gave to my dad for Father’s Day. I’m currently working on a 537 scale Enterprise Refit. I really enjoy scratch building things and ‘accurizations’ (these 40yo Trek kits provide plenty of need for that!).
I just finished scratch building an arboretum for my 537 refit. I’m also working on part of the engineering section as an internal set piece, which hopefully will be visible through the phaser scar on the secondary hull (Wrath of Khan battle damage).
Cheers!

RF-86 HAYMAKER SABRE (Hasegawa)

Obviously this is not a Canadian subject! This one started as a failed entry in the May long weekend blitzbuild, with the nice resin bits to make it into a Haymaker Sabre. Haymaker Sabres were converted from F-86Fs and served as strategic reconnaissance aircraft after the Korean war up to the time the first U-2 aircraft were operational.
The model is painted with the new Tamiya Lacquer silver paint and I am a big fan of this paint. It covers very well and blends fixes perfectly. I did a write up on this model on my blog www.modelairplanemaker.com
(Editor’s note: In early 1954 the USAF converted at least eight F-86F aircraft to high-speed reconnaissance aircraft under “Project Haymaker”. The large bulges accommodated film magazines for the vertical cameras which took up the space formerly used by the guns. The USAF painted on gun ports. The aircraft were used by the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on illegal spying missions over the USSR, DPRK and PRC territories through the 1950s until replaced by the U-2.)

RF-86 HAYMAKER SABRE (Hasegawa)

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