Thursday 8 December 2016

December 2016 IPMS Ottawa O.O.B. Contest

These are the entries to the IPMS Ottawa, December 2016, monthly contest. This contest was only for OUT OF BOX models. This meant there could be no after-market parts or conversions.

1st place is a magnificent Revel 1:144 scale Airbus A400M done in pre-paint factory colours, circa 2015.

Revel 1:144 scale Airbus A400M done in pre-paint factory colours, circa 2015.


2nd place is an Airfix 1:72 scale Nazi Ju-87B, circa 1943.

Airfix 1:72 scale Nazi Ju-87B, circa 1943.
3rd place is a 4D 1:72 scale USSR/Russian RT-2PM Topol mobile ICBM launcher, circa 2010.


4D 1:72 scale USSR/Russian RT-2PM Topol mobile ICBM launcher, circa 2010, by John Clearwater..

Trumpeter 1:35 scale Canadian Army GRIZZLY
HobbyCraft 1:48 Red Army Polikarpov I-16
Tamiya 1:35 scale Nazi 37mm Flak anti-aircraft gun and trailer
1:72 scale Nazi Dak ambulance
75th anniversary of the battle of Pearl Harbour display
75th anniversary of the battle of Pearl Harbour display
Mongram 1:24 scale "Boot Hill Express"
















Thursday 6 October 2016

October 2016 IPMS Ottawa Contest

These are the entries to the IPMS Ottawa, October 2016, monthly contest.

1st Place Winner -Nazi German U-47 Type VII U-Boot with scratch built interior. Battle of the Atlantic. Revell 1:100 scale.

Second Place Winner - P-47D flown by Lt Kibble, 56th GS, 61st FS, Halesworth UK, March 1944. OOB Academy 1:48 scale.


Third Place Winner - RCAF CP-122 P2V Neptune ASW maritime patrol aircraft. OOB Hasegawa 1:72 scale.

Morris Mini - splendour in the grass. Tamiya, 1:24 scale.

IJN mini-submarine as used in Pearl Harbour, 1941. added brass wire and chain and rigging. Finemolds, 1:72 scale.
RS-71 "OXCART" used by C.I.A. Hasegawa 1:72 scale (kit K-0016) by John Clearwater

GAZ-67B with towed ZIS-3 artillery, and Miniart Red Army crew. AER (Moldova) and Italeria, 1:35 scale.



Renault ambulance captured from France and used by Nazi Germany in 1944. White circles are painted. Number 39 in a series of military ambulances by the builder. Ace Models, 1:72 scale.

Container Ship "Cartier". Used IPMS decals instead of kit stickers. ZT Models (China) unknown scale.


Zeon Scout sci-fi hovercraft in Israeli colours. Custom rebuild with PE parts and new gun and wiring. Gundam, 1:35 scale.

Japanese Type 97 tank. Battle of Iwo Jima. OOB Tamiya 1:35 scale.

Heinkel HE-277. aircraft. This is the old Airfix 1:72 scale kit with Toad Resin parts.

ME-109G flown by Franz Stiglers. Note the yellow 2 made from a six. Academy 1:48scale.

Thursday 8 September 2016

"Anything British" September 2016 IPMS Ottawa Contest

These are the entries to IPMS Ottawa's annual "Anything British" contest in September 2016.
The winner was awarded the Cody Tree Trophy sponsored by our sister club IPMS Farnborough in England.


IPMS Farnborough sponsored the CODY TREE TROPHY for IPMS Ottawa's annual 'All Things British' contest. The tree is said to be the one used for engine tests where an aircraft was tied to the tree and the engine run at maximum power.
First Place, and Cody Tree Trophy winner - Wessex HAS-2 helicopter in Royal Navy colours. 1:48 scale from Italeri.

2nd Place winner - "1804 Steam Locomotive", sometimes known as the Trevithick or the Coalbrookdale Locomotive or the Pen-y-Darren Locomotive. 1:24 scale from  Airfix / Hornby  (kit #A05871),  by John Clearwater.

3rd Place winner, Wessex HU-5 helicopter in RAF colours from RAF Odiham. 1:72 scale by Italeri.

Spitfire Mk XIV C in 1:72 scale from Academy.

Churchill tank after the battle of Dieppe. 1:35 scale from Tamiya.
1971 Toyota Celica in 1:24 scale from Oashima. Does being right-hand drive qualify for the British contest?

Jet Provost in 1:72 scale from Airfix
Sea Vixen in 1:72 scale from Airfix

British 25 Pounder Gun pulled by CMP Quad Gun Tractor as Canadian 1st Infantry Division. 1:35 scale from Tamiya.

British SAS Raider 4x4 truck. 1:72 scale from Dragon

These items were on display:

ZIS truck with winter running attachments. 1:72 scale.

Large deck gun. Metal and wood model of a "32 pound long gun" 1:30 scale from Unicorn Model of China

3-D printed stretchers in 1:72 scale