With more than 100 models on the table and room full of people the APMA August meeting was a great success. There was a Special display of P-40’s, P-36’s, Hawk’s, Kittyhawk’s and Tomahawk’s. Our themes included ‘Cargo’ the letter ‘D’ and the General display. Check out the gallery below to see the diversity and quality of the models on display for our August 2026 meeting.
Cargo theme winners
Cargo Includes; cargo planes, cargo vehicles, cargo ships or cargo handling.
First place
Liberty Ship – Nautilus Line
1:350 scale Scratch built. Was built before the Trumpeter kit came out! Built as a post WWII cargo ship when the surviving Liberty Ships were of often reproposed for civil use.
By Ian Wrenford
Equal second place
GMC CCKW
1:35 scale Tamiya kit. OOB.
By Andrew Buckley
Equal second place
Messerschmitt Me 323E-2 Gigant
1:35 GWH kit. OOB.
By Jeremy Greenwood
The letter ‘D’ theme winners
The letter ‘D’ Includes any craft, figure or item beginning with the letter ‘F’
First place
Air France Bréguet 763 Deux-Ponts
1:144 scale F-RSIN kit.
By James Argaet
Second place
DUKW
1:35 scale Italeri kit. Scratch built tie down hooks and home mad custom decals with tilted display based
By Ley Reynolds
Third place
Dornier Do 17Z Kampstift
1:48 Eduard kit.
By Jeremy Greenwood
General display winners
First place
‘ES CHAR GOT’
1:Egg scale Meng kit. Scratch built with base using real sail pellets!
By Paul Greene
Second place
Supermarine Swift FR Mk5
1:72 scale CMR Resin kit. ‘What if’ with RNZAF Decals.
By Jeremy Greenwood
Third place
OBRE Monoplane
1:72 Scratch built. Plastic card and rod with some components from a Revell Fokker E III.
By Ley Reynolds
Checkout the winners models
and other great builds on the display tables this month.