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. November marks our sixteenth (16th) on-line show & tell. We thank all of our members and builders for keeping alive the hobby. All entries are always welcome.
THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS, and KEEP BUILDING.
! Miniature world domination !
Enjoy our show, and we all hope to meet again in the new year.
STRANGE MODEL OF THE MONTH
Mitsubishi A6M Zero (diorama, 1:700 scale)
From IPMS Greece: the A6M was usually referred to by its pilots as the Reisen (零戦, zero fighter), "0" being the last digit of the imperial year 2600 (1940) when it entered service with the Imperial Navy. This is one of the few cases in which the actual name of an aircraft is commonly used by enemy forces.
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| Mitsubishi A6M 零戦 Zero |
FINISHED MODELS
German Agricultural Tractor D8500 1938 (MiniArt 1:35)
The Lanz Bulldog tractor was so popular that it stayed in production from 1935 until 1955.
I built the tractor for our 2021 Thanksgiving Blitz Build which ran from 8-11 October 2021. The goal of a Blitz Build is to start and complete a model kit within the established timeframe. As time to the Blitz counted down, my wee hamster brain shot from one project idea to another. The day before the Blitz started, I happened across this diminutive MiniArt kit in a local hobby store, and snatched it from the shelf; I finally had my project! This is my third MiniArt kit - the first two being very unusual aircraft - and my first 'armour-ish' kit from them. The kit went together very well and it has very nice detail. I had to replace a broken part - a fine linkage rod - with fine brass wire, but otherwise the kit is OOB (out of box). I beat up the tractor's metalwork with dents (courtesy of a 'bouncing' cutting ball bit in a Dremel), tried a new-to-me technique to mimic blistered paint, and scratched up & gouged the wheel rims. Priming was done by blackbasing with Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black; painting was done with airbrushed AK Real Color lacquers; and weathering was done with numerous spongings, various enamel & oil washes and filters, and the application of pigment powders. Of the Blitz Build finishers, my tractor claimed top honours! As part of this Blitz, we also had a running Zoom drop-in channel so we could keep each other company while at our respective work benches; it was a fun time. My full build album - rather short by my standards - can be found here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/wGKQDjHrZx47HAEL9
Glenn Cauley
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| Lanz Bulldog D8500 |
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| Lanz Bulldog D8500 |
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| Lanz Bulldog D8500 |
Object 279 (Takom 1:72)
Object 279 Объект 279 Котин (Kotin) was a Soviet prototype heavy tank from 1959, which was designed to fight on difficult terrain and withstand the shockwave from a nuclear explosion. Three were built.
The kit comes with two tanks and an NBC figure. Each tank has four sets of link and length tracks, as well as two different options for the suspension position and the gun. In addition to the sprues, the kit contains a couple small decals, a few photoetch pieces, as well as a length of wire for the tow cable.
I was inspired to do a scene in an irradiated, post-apocalyptic world, with a figure walking alongside the tank being observed by a three-eyed fish (a reference to Blinky, a mutated three-eyed fish living downstream of the nuclear plant in the Simpsons). I used alien tufts from Gamers Grass to represent post-apocalyptic vegetation mutated by radiation.
I had a resin fish in my stash, so I simply sanded down and resculpted the head. To hold it in place while I poured the water, I glued it to a small wire which was bent around and glued to the forms for the resin pour and removed once it was hardened and firmly in place. The resin was tinted with a fluorescent green artist ink to give it a radioactive look.
Brian
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| Объект 279 Котин |
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| Объект 279 Котин |
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| Объект 279 Котин |
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| Объект 279 Котин |
McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee (Hobby Craft 1:72)
Here is my RCN Banshee, with its interesting shape. I added a few details that the kit did not include, the most time-consuming of which was lining the engine intakes to make them smooth. I worked on the cockpit more than I usually do and I like the result, except that my pilot is too short!
Paints are a mixture of Model Master enamels, AK Real Colour acrylics, and Tamiya acrylics. The kit decals were no good, and I could not find any decals to buy, so I made my own using my printer and decal paper. I've modelled aircraft 104 126313 of VF 870 flying from HMCS Bonaventure sometime in 1957.
Peter de Salis
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| RCN F2H-3 Banshee |
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| RCN F2H-3 Banshee |
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| RCN F2H-3 Banshee |
USS Lexington CV-16 (Trumpeter 1:700)
Now a museum in Corpus Christi Texas. Not a bad kit, decals were almost useless. This is a version before the angled deck was installed.Nicknamed "The Blue Ghost".
Michael R.
Michael R.
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| USS Lexington CV-16 |
Little Nellie (Airfix 1:24)
Another shelf queen finished.Originally finished in June 2017 except for the rocket launch tubes which I wanted to convert from a toy rocket launcher to a proper looking attachment. Each launcher has 7 weapons. I took some wooden toothpicks, rounded the ends, glued them together, pained the tips red and the rest black then cut off the excess wood, made two sets......now it is finally completed. I also added some wire to represent plug wires and control cables.
Michael R.
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| Little Nellie |
A Straight-Out-Of Box project. Probably the nicest decals that I have ever worked with
Michael R.
Michael R.
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| Spitfire Mk Vb |
MiG-21 MF, Bangladesh Air Force, c. 1973 (Fujimi 1:72)
IPMS Ottawa Thanksgiving Lightning Build, October 2021.
MiG-21MF, known as the балала́йка (balalaika).
In 1973 the Bangladesh Air Force had one squadron of eight MiG-19MF fighter aircraft plus two trainers. A total of 10 645 aircraft were built in the USSR. Used by the USSR and exported to over 55 countries, the MiG-21 is the most-produced supersonic jet aircraft of all time.
The kit was built OOB in four days. Metallic body paint is Vallejo acrylic, with Tamiya for interiors. I hand cut masks for the canopy, and dropped the flaps. Decals, while extensive, were not of great quality, and the roundels were in poor shape. Tiny markings were in very good condition.
John Clearwater
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| MiG-21 MF, Bangladesh Air Force |
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| MiG-21 MF, Bangladesh Air Force |
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| MiG-21 MF, Bangladesh Air Force |
Da Vinci Steam Cannon (AMT)
This is the unknown scale model from AMT of "Leonardo da Vinci's STEAM CANNON" from their Classic Inventions Series. It was a two day build, and a lot of fun. Length overall is about 30 cm. I still do not know how the real design was supposed to work.
Metallic finish is all Vallejo metalizer acrylics, and the wood is Tamiya acrylics. It is very front heavy due to the length of the barrel. Drawings show the muzzle end being held up by a trestle, so I may add one. I added tiny licks of flame inside the firebox on top of the glowing embers. I also added a liner (drinking straw) inside the barrel as it was obvious it had no interior at the muzzle end.
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| Da Vinci Steam Cannon |
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| Da Vinci Steam Cannon |
Centurion Mk.8. Tank (Airfix 1:76.2 scale)
This is the tiny Airfix OO scale 1964 kit of the British Army's CENTURION Mk.8. main battle tank showing how it would have looked while serving with the BAOR in late 1966 during an "Active Edge" combat exercise with the 6th Brigade near Soltau Germany against the 'enemy' Canadian Army using the same tank.
This was a 48 hours build of an ancient kit bought at a militaria sale for $5. The paint scheme was achieved using knock-off silly putty as masking. I added a cloth cover to the mantlet as shown on the boxtop. OOB including decals. I have not been able to identify the markings. The rubber tracks were too long, so I trimmed out about 10mm of track and stapled the ends together. The four staples are totally hidden by the skirts. The base is a repurposed marble drinks coaster. The plans in the box extol the virtues of this superb tank by mentioning how well it did in Suez in 1956. Very strange.
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| Centurion Mk.8. Tank |
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| Centurion Mk.8. Tank |
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| Centurion Mk.8. Tank |
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Neiuport (Academy 1:32)
This thing has been on the shelf of doom for at least four years.
SeaRAM CIWS (Takom 1:35)
I continue to make slow but steady progress on my SeaRAM CIWS diorama, having recently completed the base. I had stalled on this part for a long time, as I was very uncertain if my scheme for making the complex patterns of anti-slip pads on a ship deck would work or not. My friend Benoit Bonnier had cut a complex vinyl mask – for the deck anti-slip pads – using his Silhouette vinyl cutter. Then it was up to me to apply the mask and apply the anti-slip material, then carefully remove the mask (while holding my breath). All the anxiety turned out to be for naught as it worked out better than I had hoped. After careful painting & weathering of the deck, I then scratchbuilt the bottom support stands, then glued the weapon to the base (FINALLY). Then came a lot of scratchbuilding to create the weapon-to-deck connections. 3D printed items then came into the picture – courtesy of my friend Paul Bornn – for small details on the weapon loading platform, and also small-size airbrushing templates for lettering on the deck. So yeh… a lot of work done!
Here is a link for the starting picture to my latest album updates; you can scroll forward from there to see the progress.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNRLuiQOPThn4Zr-ogfENPi7YG84WIDZWnr6kbsT6xZoedHZIzpv-3gyVFDaqCmVA/photo/AF1QipOaUHEPkeR65YB6IZA_SVWbbPdrPZxdXPUYbvcx
Glenn Cauley
British 8/7.2 inch gun & Scammell R100 Pioneer
On the Braille Discussion board we are having a Heavy group build, no not the modeller, the 'gun'!!! My entry will be a British 8/7.2 inch gun - both sizes because they were re-lined with the smaller barrel & the towing vehicle (pics below) Scammell R100 Pioneer from IBG.
Shows the rear end work, the winch rollers are plastic and the brackets are etch, all from the kit. The cable is thread with a coat of steel paint and will be hooked to something on the back plate.
Shows the work done on/in the cab, the sides of the main window were angled outwards and all the ref pics show them straight up & down so they were fixed. This resulted in the roof needing some work (not shown) so sides removed and some plastic removed more towards the front. The kit doors were completely square again pics show a rectangle so the sides show that work. The rear of the box has the kit mud flaps installed and the ladder looking thing is a storage bracket that goes under the rear box sides. The 2 wheel chocks (balsa) will be inside the brackets.
The cab interior, which was about to get a coat of flat clear until I realized the driver couldn't stop the truck or change gears!!! So you can just see the posts for the brake/clutch pedals, also the gas pedal foot rest was added from sheet brass BUT all the rest is kit etch!!!
Graham
