Welcome to IPMS Ottawa's ongoing monthly SHOW & TELL, which allows club members to show off their completed work despite not being able to attend group meetings. Each member is invited to send in up to three photos of a model and some explanation. January marks our ninth (9th) on-line show & tell. We thank all of our members and builders for keeping alive the hobby. The theme this month is WHAT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS, but everything is welcome.
THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS, and KEEP BUILDING.
! Miniature world domination !
Enjoy our largest show so far, and we all hope to meet again soon.
FINISHED MODELS
KV-2 Tank (Trumpeter 1:35)
In an attempt to lighten up the shelf of doom I'm concentrating on finishing up stalled projects. Attached are photos of the 1:35 Trumpeter KV-2 "large turret" I built this model many years ago but somehow never got around to painting it. It is out of the box. Markings are painted with stencils. Mud is Liquitex acrylic gel medium mixed with sweeping compound. Paint is all Tamiya acrylics, weathering is homemade oil washes and pastels.
Ian MacAulay
(editors note: The text on the turret says колхо́зни kolkhozni, and refers to workers on collective farms. Also of note is that the collective farm tractor stations mechanics could repair any tank engine, so were very useful to the armoured forces.)
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| KV-2 "large turret" |
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| KV-2 "large turret" |
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| KV-2 "large turret" |
AVRO CF-105 Arrow (Hobbycraft 1:72)
I quickly assembled this kit out of the box nearly 2 decades ago, and started brush painting it. Unhappy with the result, I abandoned it. So, to clear off the shelf of doom, I resolved to do a better job. I snapped off the landing gear, gear doors, and engine intakes (on purpose) and pitot tubes (by accident) and fixed what I could. The canopy was a lost cause (glued on and crazed with poly cement) so I just sanded it to a hopefully better shape. Paints are Model Master enamels and the kit decals were used; but I think some of them are not quite the correct size.
This is not the most recent version of this kit – I would love to have one of those, which I would make into the proposed rocket-boosted Zero Length Launch configuration.
Peter de Salis
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| AVRO CF-105 Arrow |
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| AVRO CF-105 Arrow |
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| AVRO CF-105 Arrow |
8 inch Siege Howitzer (Roden 1:35)
Royal Canadian Artillery. 8 inch seige howitzer, France, 1918. On traverse platform. Colour scheme per Canadian War Museum display example
Ian Moore
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| Royal Canadian Artillery. 8 inch seige howitzer |
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| Royal Canadian Artillery. 8 inch seige howitzer |
Bellanca CH300 Pacemaker. (Dorawings 1:72)
Modified rudder,added photo rear windows, installed floats. Markings per RCAF 1930. Trenton & Rockcliffe photo survey flights.
Ian Moore
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| Bellanca CH300 Pacemaker |
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| Bellanca CH300 Pacemaker |
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| Bellanca CH300 Pacemaker |
Brewster Bermuda ( Special hobby 1:72)
One of 3 Bermudas used by RCAF during WWII at Suffield Alberta for “special” projects, essentially because they were underpowered, obsolete, and disposable.
The kit is large for a 1:72 single engine and has a lot of detailed resin and photoetch parts; and masking the greenhouse was a chore.
Tamiya paints, kit decals, vallejo panel washes, replaced gun barrels and pitot and added aerials.
Ian Moore
Sikorsky H-5 (AMP 1:48)
The rare kit of the Sikorsky H-5. S51. The first RCAF helicopter 13 of the type. This one 9603 served at RCAF Trenton in 1947. Kit assembled well with detailed interior. Used decals bits from Belcher Bits Canadian helicopter markings and squadron codes per patrick Martin aircraft marking references. This was the only aircraft with rescue markings. The stretcher carriers were supplied but used aluminum tubing for sturdiness. AMP supplied canopy masks for the extensive greenhouse. Black decal stripes were used to simulate the black rubber glazing insulation. The aircraft had both double and triple blade tail rotors at different periods. It remains as a museum exhibit at CFB Trenton's RCAF Museum.
Tamiya and vallejo paints with grey/black panel washes.
Ian Moore
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| Sikorsky H-5. S51 |
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| Sikorsky H-5. S51 |
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| Sikorsky H-5. S51 |
SNOWMAN
A quick project to further explore the uses of Tamiya Texture paint.
On our armour dicussion forum a thread went up to show winter projects!? A quick look thru my completed kits failed to find any with even a tiny snow theme?? I had bought a bottle of this Tamiya diorama detailing putty (for lack of a better name) and wondered if it could be rolled into a ball. Well the pic shows that is possible, once dry it can be manipulated with most tools from our benches, i.e. the orange sprue carrot was inserted in a hole drilled into 'Frosty's' face.
Graham Mansell
AMBULANCES (now 54 in this collection)
M274 Mule (S-Model 1:72)
PZ KFW 1 Ausf. A (ACE 1:72)
SD KFZ 265 Kleiner Panzer (S-Model 1:72)
GAZ-55 M.1938 (Zebrano 1:72)
Janyce and I have been retired for some years now and are basically home bodies. We no longer travel much, if any, so the Covid situation has not put as much change in our daily lives as it has for some, especially those with many family members. Since we fall into the older category of the species we have restricted our errands and shopping as much as possible. Online shopping and drive-by pick ups work well for us. We look forward to many catch-up BBQs and get togethers once this pandemic is over!!!
I have assembled 6 small summaries of completed projects from March to end of year 2020, all of these 15 projects are Out-Of-Box. Since joining IPMS Ottawa I have built just over 300 models.
I started a collection of Ambulances about 7 years ago, it has grown quickly. I was looking to start something new, as in large project.
I wasn't quite sure what to build...Janyce suggested checking what I had in similar kits and see if more could be obtained....oops!! I had already built some RCN, RCMP and RCAF aircraft collections and the rest are a variety of projects and scales. My aviation projects are almost all 1/72. I am still adding to the RCAF collection. I also started a 1/700 ship collection of all the ship museums that Janyce and I have visited.
Michael Roy
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| GAS-55 M.1938 |
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| M274 Mule |
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| PZ KFW 1 Ausf. A |
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| SD KFZ 265 Kleiner Panzer |
FIRE-RESCUE (now 3 in collection)
Bedford QL Fire Tender (IBG 1:72)
PMZ-2 (Zebrano 1:72)
Michael Roy
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| Bedford QL Fire Tender |
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| PMZ-2 |
MILITARY VEHICLES (now 69 in this collection)
I started building 1:72 vehicles with the idea in mind to try dioramas later on....didn't really happen,
but I still like these little vehicles as a distraction from aircraft.
AS-37 (ACE 1:72)
Long Range Dessert Group Patrol Car (Dragon 1:72)
Michael Roy
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| AS-37 |
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| Long Range Dessert Group Patrol Car |
MOTORCYCLES 1:35 (now 27 in this collection)
I used to own and drive motorcycles and scooters while living in France and Germany as a teenager.
Bikes are still in the blood.
BMW R75 w/sidecar, 2 trailers (LionRoar, 1:35)
Honda C-100 1938 (Diopark 1:35)
PMZ A-750 w/sidecar, civilian (AIM Fan Model 1:35)
Michael Roy
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| BMW R75 w/sidecar, 2 trailers |
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| Honda C-100 1938 |
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| PMZ A-750 w/sidecar, civilian |
FIXED WING (now 69 in in this collection)
My original goal for the RCAF collection was to try and build most, if not all, of the aircraft that my father worked on in his 30 years in the RCAF. He could remember most of the aircraft that he worked on post war but his war time records are sketchy. He was with a unit that would do maintenance on various aircraft, like one day Mosquitos and the next Lancasters. As an aside Dad and Mom (she was RAF) met while working on Lancasters.
RCAF Cornell (Special Hobby 1:72 JBOT Decals)
RCAF CT-134 Muskateer (Airfix 1:72 CanMilAir Decals)
RCAF T-33 (Heller 1:72 Leading Edge Decals)
Michael Roy
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| RCAF Cornell |
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| RCAF CT-134 Muskateer |
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| RCAF T-33 |
RIFLES (now 14 in this collection, 10 are rifles)
All weapons are 1:3 scale by Trumpeter except the last item.
Many years ago I was quite interested in pistol/rifle target shooting. As a young adult this became a serious hobby. I owned a few pistols and even had all the gear to reload various calibers. Firearms are still somewhat of an interest.
When these 1:3 scale weapons first came out they really caught my interest especially since there were indications of many more pistols and long arms planned. Well we all know what happens to some plans....they did not happen. Nonetheless I picked up a few of these kits with the hope that there would be more. I built 5 of them a number of years ago. I came across a few more on sale and acquired another 5 of the kits. Long story short....I built these 10 and no more. Now that we have down-sized I decided to give the 2 frames to my youngest son for his man cave.
Left frame
XM177E1
XM177E2
M4A1/M203
M733
SR16
Right frame
M16
M16A1
M16A2/M203
M16A4
M14 w/Mark IV Scope, Dragon
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| RIFLES |
2K12 KUBE S.A.M. SYSTEM (Trumpeter 1:35)
The 2K12 Kube (cube) short- and medium-range surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile system was used by the USSR, all Warsaw Treaty countries, and various importers which bought it from the USSR. It was designed to destroy aircraft up to 10 000 m altitude flying under 2000 km/hr with a single shot kill probability of 0.7. The model shows a regular Soviet Army air defence battery live firing a missile during the May 1977 Zapad-77 exercises for most of the Warsaw Treaty members held in the USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the DDR.
Development of this crucial battlefield SAM system began in 1958, and a prototype shot down an aircraft in 1963. This was the first combined solid rocket motor and ramjet ever deployed.
The main customer was the Soviet Army, followed by all the air defence forces of the allied Warsaw Treaty countries. The USSR sold the systems all over the world. The greatest combat success came in 1973 when the Egyptian army used to it shot down at least 40 Israeli fighter aircraft, much to the surprise and consternation of the USA. More bizarrely, the Iraqis used it to shot down a fair number of US-made jets from the Iranian air force in the early part of the Ira-Iraq War Gulf War I. During the US war against Iraq, the two USAF aircraft were hit by the Kube: a B-52 and an F-16. The USAF made up a story about a friendly fire incident to cover the damage to the B-52. Syrian forces were able to destroy some 10% of incoming USA/UK/French missiles in the April 2018 attacks.
This is the Trumpeter 1:35 scale kit #00361 from 2005, and it is a very nice kit with a lot of detail and more than enough links for the tracks. A small P.E. sheet adds lovely bits. Paints are Tamiya Deep Green for the T.E.L. tractor body, and NATO Green for the missiles. The missiles have been left clean as from the factory, while the armour was rubbed with powders and central-European dirt/mud from Vallejo. A pencil edge made for metal rubbed spots and scratches. I added a painted Xmas tree ornament and cotton wool fuzz as a blast/flame for a launch.
John Clearwater
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| 2K12 Куб KUBE S.A.M. Launcher |
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| 2K12 Куб KUBE S.A.M. Launcher |
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| 2K12 Куб KUBE S.A.M. Launcher |
Citroen 11cv Traction Avant (Tamiya 1:35)
As I mentioned in the December meeting, it took me some research to figure out what the prototype vehicle represented, which was a late 1930's (1938-42) 11BL. There were a number of details which, on researching the car further, I found to be curious. The interior design was representative of an earlier production series, while the taillights looked to be from the postwar period. Needless to say, if you found the right wheels and changed some design elements (hood louvers, lights, etc.), you could make the car represent a model from 1934-52. The paint was mostly Tamiya, though the wheels were painted in Gravity Colours Butternut Yellow. Chrome trim was Alclad.
It was nice to have some time off during the Christmas holidays, but I know that I am bound to be swamped as soon as the schools go back to class on the 11th of January. Hopefully, we will find chances to see each other once the lockdown is ended, but who knows?
Ken Nesbitt
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| Citroen 11cv Traction Avant |
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| Citroen 11cv Traction Avant |
SOMUA S35 (Meng)
This is the Somua S35 toon tank from Meng and my first armour model ever!
The past month or two at work has been very busy for me. I was feeling very frustrated with work one night, so I decided to log off, pull out a nice relaxing model kit, and get to work. Next thing I knew, I was feeling a lot more relaxed and had a nearly-assembled toon tank.
The kit had options for both French and German markings; I obviously chose French. Inspired by the box art, I tried a new style to give it a more cartoonish finish. After airbrushing the camo and doing some dry brushing and sponge chipping to accentuate the corners, I took out 2/0 Raphael 8404 brush, my wet palette, and some nice thin paints with a touch of flow improver, and got to work painting hundreds of tiny hash marks, accentuating the many curved surfaces on this model.
Brian LaTour
(editor's note: The French Somua Company (Société d'outillage mécanique et d'usinage d'artillerie) built 440 of these machines which were used mostly by the Nazi army after the defeat of France.)
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| SOMUA S35 |
DH.115 Vampire T.11 (Merlin Models 1:72)
This is the 2-seater trainer version of the Vampire in one of the kit-supplied schemes to make an RAF version circa 1955.
I bought this kit on a whim for $5, thinking it would be a good practice model; after all, how bad could it be? The answer is that it gave my meagre filling, sanding, and correcting skills a good workout. There was no cockpit, and the supplied metal ejection seats did not fit. Since I badly messed up the canopy trying to polish it, that didn't matter in the end, so with nothing to lose I also scraped off the extra window frames (that seem to be for the night fighter version). The tail fins were the wrong shape (regular version), and the instructions (which I luckily found on the internet) were a single paragraph that may as well have said "make these parts look like a Vampire".
I prefer to build airplanes in flying configuration, so I gladly abandoned the landing gear. Paints are Model Master enamels and the kit decals were used, although they were in rough shape (and included only fin flashes for 1 fin). I had to add the intake vanes, and also added the nearby holes, marker lights, aerials, and pitot tube.
Peter de Salis
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| DH.115 Vampire T.11 |
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| DH.115 Vampire T.11 |
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| DH.115 Vampire T.11 |
Heinkel He111 "Zwilling" (Italeri 1:72)
A strange 5-engined and successful modified Heinkel He111 aircraft that was used for towing the huge German Gigant troop carrier glider.
Marc Racine
(editors note: a total of 21 were built or converted to the "Twin" (Zwilling) configuration. This was a less-than-sucessfful design)
AMC DH-9 reconnaissance/bomber (Wingnut Wings 1:32)
Another wonderful kit from Wingnut Wings with tons of detail and fit tolerances of a Rolls Royce. Flown by J.A. Gray and J.J. Comerford. On 27 June 1918 Gray and Comerford were near Bruges when they were hit by flak and forced down in a Dutch field and were interned (for a few months).
Marc Racine
Zero A6M3 (20th Century Toys 1:32)
A really odd kit from a company who sold pre-assembled and painted models in 1:32 and 1:16 scales. They branched out with a small series of 1:32 model kits which had some parts assembled with screws, in this case the engine, bottom wing and fuselage halves. A fun kit to build even though mine had a badly half molded engine manifold ring.
Marc Racine
PBY Catalina (1/72 Airfix 1:72)
Flown by Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron Leader Leonard Birchall, the “Saviour of Ceylon”, He was flying a Catalina aircraft before being shot down and captured near the island of Ceylon by the Japanese in 1942. Before being shot down, Birchall located and warned of a Japanese attack on Ceylon which caused the failure of the Japanese attack.
Marc Racine
Supermarine Walrus Mk1 (Airfix 1:48)
One of Airfix's nicest kits I have ever built; superb interior molding and detail and fit was awesome. Got it at one of IPMS's swap meets for a song as it did not have the proper box.
Marc Racine
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| Supermarine Walrus Mk1 |
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| Supermarine Walrus Mk1 |
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| Supermarine Walrus Mk1 |
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Avro 671 Rota Mk1 Autogyro (MiniArt 1:35)
After a detailed build went sideways, I wanted to build something OOB (bahahahaha <breathe> bahahahahahahaha). But seriously, I wanted something fun and quirky to get my mojo (and sanity) back. I happened upon a recent release from MiniArt: a 1/35 RAF autogyro (aka Cierva C.30) which was a Spanish design from the 1930s. I had not yet built a MiniArt kit, though I knew their kits have a good reputation. I almost made it through the radial engine stage before I broke down on the whole OOB thing by adding sparkplug wires. Oh well, it was worth a try. I have the cockpit nearly assembled, and that is the point I am now at. So far it is a straightforward build with nice detail. (Note: It is killing me a bit inside not to add more cockpit detail, but I must remain strong!) Blog is here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Re1WtMq1mYbizkD79
Glenn Cauley
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| Avro 671 Rota Mk1 Autogyro cockpit |
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| Avro 671 Rota Mk1 Autogyro cockpit |
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| Avro 671 Rota Mk1 Autogyro engine |
RT project #1
Spitfire Mk XIV
Since the latest issue came with decals I thought it was about time I used some of these!? The Spit 14 caught my eye and I excavated some Mk XIV kits from Stash Mountain!! These are the new(ish) Sword kits and in 1:72 you only have 3 companies to choose from – Academy (looks like a Spit?), Fujimi – good kit; a bit fussy to build, and the new Sword kits. I have built one each of the first two so it was time for a Sword kit, not going to go with a lot of detail, belts only.
Graham Mansell
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| Spitfire Mk XIV |
RT project #2
Diamond T truck
Diamond T truck with the extended frame, a Canadian only feature, lengthened to 201 inches, primarily to carry; to steal a line from the movie about an unreachable bridge - “That Bailey stuff!” Martin, one of our members (IPMS Canada) from Denmark built one of these trucks using the new(ish) IBG kit, and since I had done some research on this but never translated it to styrene thought this would be an interesting conversion. So out came the IBG Diamond T and construction has commenced.
Graham Mansell
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| Diamond T truck extended chassis |
C130 H (Zvezda 1:72)
A really quick review
Recently Zvezda released a brand new tool C130 H, and IMHO this kit is an absolute gem! It has finely recessed panel lines and details that no other 1:72 Hercules kit has; engine intakes to the compressor face and exhausts back to the turbine!! They have also engineered and designed this kit to be built as one of the extended Hercs!!! After releasing the H model they announced an extended fuse J model!!! I am planning to build a CC130 NT (Nav Training) #305 the bird I flew for my final Nav checkride, so need to build the training consoles!!?!
The first pic shows the flight deck with the detail other kit makers have neglected, the second pic shows the fuselage and the fact that Zvezda did thorough research – the crease towards the bottom of the fuse is only on one other kit - the ancient Airfix kit but it had raised panel lines! In the third pic you can see the cargo deck and it's detail but the upper piece has been cut as per instructions since it is long enough for the extended versions!
And now for those who have or are planning to win the lottery!! Eduard has released about (??) 5 etch sets for this kit; the usual stuff interior/exterior and I noticed that for the cargo compartment they have the curved tracks that the rear side doors slide up on when opened! Another company has released a Gunship conversion, still another has made, in resin, stressed skin control surfaces, and IIRC resin & etch interior detail, also there is a resin set (large) to duplicate the rivets on this aircraft! And yes the decals are starting to trickle out.
Graham Mansell
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| C130 H cockpit construction |
Super Snipe (Ace 1:72)
This really nice little kit is coming close to the finish line. The pic shows the interior detail, an umbrella and briefcase and will finished as General Dempsey's car from post Normandy. He was in charge of the British and Canadian Armies that moved NW out of France and eventually to the Rhine. General Dempsey was the first senior officer to cross the Rhine!
Graham Mansell
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| Super Snipe |
CHRISTMAS FUN & TOOLS
Clockwork...thing
I made a wargaming terrain piece out of leftover clock kit pieces— some sort of steampunk clockwork thing, shown here being defended by some Cygnar soldiers.
Simple paint job — spray painted it black, then dry brushed successively lighter silver colours onto it with a large dollar store makeup brush. Finished it off with some Citadel Typhus Corrosion and Reaper Brown Wash & Black Wash dabbed on with a big brush.
Brian LaTour
PAINT!
So, as per usual I didn't get any models for Xmas. Something about: "You already have more than you could possibly build in TWO lifetimes!!." There is possibly a small shred of truth to this statement. Santa did however bring a lovely container of Ferrero Rocher that once emptied I was able to repurpose into a case for my Humbrol enamel tins! I also got a "joke" Lego snowspeeder in my stocking that my daughter challenged me to make into a diorama. I spent 5 minutes building the speeder and a whole 15 minutes creating this base! I hope that everyone had a good holiday!!
Ian MacAulay
Inbox review of TITANIC Seal & Iceberg Scene (Suyata, 1:egg scale)
This is a first look in the box of the new TITANIC egg/cartoon scale model from the new Suyata models released in 2020. TITANIC SEAL & ICEBERG SCENE, Suyata (HK) International Co., Ltd, of Hong Kong (kit #SL001). The kit is not officially available in North America due to lack of a distributor, but I acquired this one from a factory in China. It arrived in about 15 days by post.
Quality and details are excellent. It can be made waterline or full hull version. All parts are moulded in appropriate colours, but any purist will of course paint most everything. Technically it is a snap-together kit, but of course purists will glue everything in place and add rigging. Overall it is 150 mm long. The only negative is the lack of decals for the hull. This seems odd given the quality and the decal for the base/stand. Overall this kit is far and away better than the new Meng cartoon kit of the Titanic, which has fewer parts, fewer decks, and is overall smaller. Real wooden decks as extras are available for this Suyata kit on-line for only about $10. This would make a great kit to do with a child over a weekend, or for an actual modeller to do up fancy. For reasons I do not understand, all of the six seals in the kit have names. Even the small seals are the size of a funnel on the ship.
My video review on youtube is attached here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjsfoTdB2cU
