IPMS Ottawa - Monthly Plastic Model Contests

Thursday, 4 October 2018

October 2018 IPMS Ottawa Contest

These are all of the models entered in the 03 October 2018 IPMS Ottawa ad hoc model contest. There was also a talk on 3D printing of models (see last panels).

FIRST PLACE

Academy 1:48 scale CH-46 Labrador SAR helicopter

SECOND PLACE
Great Wall Hobbies 1:48 scale T-33A

THIRD PLACE
Fearless Leader's Mobile Pod Ball (which won best of show at the 5th Ottawa Scale Auto Contest in 2018).

OTHER ENTRIES

Meng 1:egg scale KV-2 Tank, with added chain and pine tree. Model by John Clearwater.

KV-2 kicking the crap out of Nazi scum

C-130J Hercules, stretched

Eduard 1:72 scale Junkers J-1 Sesquiplane (the only survivor is in the aviation museum in Ottawa).

1:72 scale Black Eagle Tank, prototype from the Omsk Tank Factory

M-10 tank (circa 1944)

M-10 circa 1943

Revell 1:25 scale 1963 Corvette (very very heavy)

1:43 scale Ferrari, Lemans 1961

Swamp Siren in solid water cube

Nazi Elefant

WORK IN PROGRESS

MiG Ye-8 experimental prototype (2 built) from 1961

3D PRINTING

Thursday, 6 September 2018

September 2018 ANYTHING BRITISH Contest at IPMS Ottawa

These are the entries to the annual IPMS Farnborough "Anything British" contest held by IPMS Ottawa every September. Members brought out a nice selection of things British built or used; new and old.

FIRST PLACE
HMS Kent is a Type 23, Duke Class frigate of the Royal Navy. This is a Trumpeter 1:350 scale kit with added PE and rigging. The Cody Tree Trophy is pictured behind the winning model.

HMS Kent

SECOND PLACE

Eduard 1:48 scale SPITFIRE MkXVI with added cowling and seat belts and cannons.

THIRD PLACE

Eduard 1:48 scale SPITFIRE Mk VIII.
Pilot F/L Yarnell (RCAF) attached to RAF 601 Sqdn, and shown as it looked when Yarnell made his first and only kill. This si the uncle of the builder. Decals by Belcher Bits. Cowling by Ultracast.

OTHER ENTRIES

Ace Models 1:72 scale, Saladin British Armoured Car, as used in Northern Ireland.

Saladin - as used in Northern Ireland

Airfix 1:72 scale RAF B-17 Fortress III with added Eduard PE and extra decals.

Amy Johnson. Bad Squiddo Models 1:10 scale. Amy Johnson set many long-distance flying records in the 1930s, then died in mysterious circumstances while flying an Airspeed Oxford for the ATA.