January 2026 Meeting Review

This was the first meeting of the APMA’s Golden Jubilee year. The meeting included the first of our special 50th anniversary themes ‘Anniversaries’. Which provided for an imaginative array of kits on display. There was a good turn out for a January meeting, traditionally a little lite on participants due to the holiday season, but the tables were full and room was buzzing with conversations. New and returning members were surprised to receive a ’50 years of modelling’ commemorative patch this was also the first of many surprises instore for our members this year.

50th Anniversary patch

Anniversaries theme winners

1st place

First place

PZL Dromader

I:48 Scratch built

By Ian Wrenford

2nd place

Second place

Batmobile 1966

1:25 scale 60th Anniversary of batman.

By Carlo Piscicelli 

3rd place

Third place

NATO AWAC

1:144 Minicraft E-3 Sentry AWACS NATO 50th Anniversary edition.

By James Argaet

Desert theme winners

1st place

First place

R4D4 ‘Charlene’ Taxi

I:72 Italeri Kit converted to an Antarctic ‘Ice Taxi’.

By Ian Wrenford

2nd place

Second place

Westland Widgem

1:48 scale Scratch built ‘Coffee Royale” affair.

By Ian Wrenford

3rd place

Third place

Rommels Rod

1:24 Monogram kit..

By Christos Koutsogiannis

General display winners

1st place

First place

XW Falcon ute

I:24 DDA Kit. Adde Fuel injected Coyote motor

By Allan Johnson

2nd place

Second place

Clevenger crop duster

1:48 scale. Converted Sword L5 Sentinel.

By Ian Wrenford

3rd place

Third place

AMX-13/90

1:35 Takom kit. French Light Tank AMX-13/90.

By Matthew Gock

Checkout the winners models and other great builds on the display tables this month.