The September APMA meeting did not disappoint. Again topping more than 100 models on the table. The themes included carriers & carrier aircraft and rockets & missiles. Alongside these themes the was the general display and a special display of interesting unbuilt kits.
Tudor Goode gave an interesting and thought provoking presentation on ‘EMU’ the Experimental Military Unit. He relayed the story of this relatively unknown collaboration between the 135th US Army Assault Helicopter Company and RAN aviators during the vietnam war. Where its motto “Get the bloody job done” was operational, not just theoretical. See Tudor’s presentation to find out more…
Don’t forget to check out the gallery below to see the diversity and quality of the models on display for our eptember 2026 meeting.
Carriers & carrier aircraft theme winners
Carriers & Carrier Aircraft including troop and armour carriers & ships.
First place
Gannett
1:48 scale Dynavector kit. Includes vacform, resin and metal parts. Constructed prior to the release of the Airfix kit.
By Ian Wrenford
Second place
Avro Bison
1:72 scale Joystick kit. Vacuform parts with scratch built interior, struts and rigging.
By Graham Carter
Third place
Corsair – Suez crisis
1:35 Italeri kit. With added stores and Weapons.
By Lindsay Charman
Rockets & missiles theme winners
Rockets & Missiles includes launch rocket vehicles, rockets, missiles and rocket propelled aircraft.
First place
Artemis 1
1:200 AMT kit. Painted with rattle cans.
By Carlo Piscicelli
Second place
Gap Leaping Carrier
1:35 scale Tamiya kit. Scratch built rockets.
By Andrew Buckley
Third place
Dornier Do 17Z Kampstift
1:96 scale Dragon kit. Painted with rattle cans.
By Jeremy Greenwood
General display winners
First place
Sandringham VH-BRC
1:72 scale Special Hobby kit. Converted from Sunderland kit with ansett markings made from custom decals and masks. Painted with SMS lacquers.
By Ian Wrenford
Second place
Australian Army A4-64E Apache
1:35 scale Takom kit. OOB.
By Mathew Gock
Third place
F107A Ultra Sabre
1:72 Trumpeter built. OOB.
By James Argaet
Checkout the winners models
and other great builds on the display tables this month.