It’s the July meeting, where has the year gone? As usual a healthy attendance at this months APMA meeting. One of our regular and knowledgeable presenter’s Ley Reynolds, provided a detailed look at the Chinese armour of the Sino-Japanese War. Also a big thank you to Ley & Platypus Publications for sponsoring this months theme ’80 Years of Defeat’ Losers 1945 – 2025. Ley provided gift certificates to the winners.
Theme winners
First place
80 Years of Defeat’ Losers 1945 – 2025
Vietnam war surplus US UH-1D ‘Huey’ used for rice sewing
I:48 Kittyhawk kit with scratch built spray tanks and custom markings
By Ian Wrenford
First place
Chinese armour.
Chinese captured TR-62 main battle tank
1:72 scale Zvezda kit
By Jiri Kure
General display winners
First place
DH.83 Foxmoth
I:32 Matchbox DH.82 with scratch built fuselage and custom markings
By Ian Wrenford
Equal second place
747-400
1:144 scale Revell 747-400.
By Graham Carter
Equal second place
F1 & Midget racer
1:24 Revell kit
By Christos Koutsogiannis
Checkout the winners models and other great builds on the display tables this month.