Once again this months APMA meeting was packed with members and visitors alike. With this months theme being submarines, submersibles amphibians or floatplanes there were lots of interesting craft on the tables for display. To go with the theme Tudor Goode gave an engaging and enlightening presentation of the secretive world submarine activities with his talk on the Cold War Operations of the RAN Submarine Fleet. Watch out for the companion article in a future APMA magazine.
Don’t forget our 50th Anniversary suggestions
Put you thinking caps on. Think out side the kit box and give us you suggestions! You can fill our virtual suggestion box with ideas by opening the Contact us form and add your suggestion and select ’50th Anniversary virtual suggestion box’ as your contact reason.
So let’s see it overflowing with Ideas.
Theme winners
First place
Weasel
I:35 Monogram kit with substantial conversion work.
By Ian Wrenford
Equal Second place
British X-Craft
1:35 scale ‘I love Kit’ (Merit International) kit with the sailor figures from Aero Bonus Models and Flag from Float a Boat Victoria. Painted with rattle can spray paint and hand brushed.
By Carlo Piscicelli
Equal Second place
Ford GPA
1:35 Tamiya kit with heavily modified figures from Mini Art including scratch built hats.
By Andrew Buckley
General display winners
First place
Fil 56 Crop sprayer
I:32 Hasegawa kit with scratch built custom spray gear added and custom markings.
By Ian Wrenford
Equal Second place
Panel Van
1:325 scale DDA Australian Model Car kit modified as a drag van.
By Christos Koutsogiannis
Equal Second place
Australian Matilda
1:35 Tamiya kits with wired smoke dischargers, tail lights, anti mine mesh, scratch built brackets on storage bins and rear deck modifications. Dragon infantry figures with scratch built hats.
By Andrew Buckley
Checkout the winners models and other great builds on the display tables this month.