Pictures from Model Expo 2011

[Daniel C]

I have some pictures of the IPMS San Diego "Model Expo 2011" model contest which is held each year at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, Calif.
It is done in conjunction with the San Diego Air and Space Museums annual swap meet. If you like aeronautical stuff this is a great swap meet, it is our biggest (almost only) model swap meet in San Diego.

I had a nice time, I picked up some "wanted" kits and helped IPMS SD judge the Armor categories.

Here are the pictures.... (in no particular order, just how photobucket uploaded them hehehehe)

This is probably my favorite aircraft in the show. It is a beautiful Spad in post WWI markings, the kit is by Eduard in 1/72 scale.


Academy, M-10 Tank Destroyer in 1/35th


Achilles in 1/35th


Matilda in 1/35th


M-48 in Vietnam by Tamiya in 1/35th


Oddball's Sherman in 1/35th


Big German tank in 1/35th.... strange it was in the OOB category??


Of course there was a Me-109, very nice in 1/72


A PE Spirit of St Louis in 1/144th scale(?)


F6F, Hellcat by Academy in 1/72 "Blue Angels"


Devastator... Airfix 1/72 scale TBD.


Carrier Akagi by Hasagawa in 1/350th. Nicely built with PE and a wooden flight deck added.






Field Marshall Rommel showed up.... 1/24th(?) Revell


Don't know what it is, but a nice armored car in 1/35th


Get that Stug out of my wheat! 1/35th


uh oh...... another one!


Hunter, 1950's ASW hunter/killer team in 1/72 scale.


Killer


Old Hasagawa 1/32 scale Boeing



A Spitfire in 1/32


Crusader in 1/32 scale


A Hummvee variant in 1/35th


A 1/700th scale IJN DD


More Akagi...... big and impressive


Old Ironsides, USS Constitution in 1/150th scale


Three tv show space vehicles


German locomotive in 1/35th


Japanese Shinden in 1/32 scale Out of the Box


FW-190 torpedo plane in 1/72 scale. I like the FW carrying a torp.


Part 2 coming soon.....

[Daniel C]

Intermission

;D




Yo, Tamiya...... this would be nice in 1/24th scale!

[Daniel C]

More Akagi..... detail shots of the Hasagawa 1/350th kit.



















This seems like a nice kit with pretty good detail.... the photo etch adds a lot....

[Daniel C]

More aircraft....

A nice T-34 Mentor in the retro centennial paint scheme. 1/72 scale kit.


I don't know the name of this aircraft, but it is a beautifully built kit in 1/72.


Same with this one..... Alex, what is the kit and name of the aircraft?


Academy, 1/72 scale F4F Wildcat..... 1st place in 1/72 aircraft.


Sabre.... Don't know the manufacture, but it is 1/72 scale.


Ummm, yea.... cool! hehehehe, something by Rockwell aviation in 1/72 scale.


T-45 (?) USN trainer in a Centennial retro scheme. Italeri, 1/72 scale.


A nice little Hornet in 1/144th scale?


OK, lets move up in size...... 1/48th scale aircraft....

A 1/48th scale XP-51.....

[Daniel C]

1/48th aircraft continued.....

Wobbly Goblin....


Monogram 1/48th F-5E Tiger II


First place winner for Mexmarine!


Sopwith Pup in 1/48






















City Cobra, another first place winner for Mexmarine!

[Daniel C]

More armor and ships to come......

[Daniel C]

The last pictures I have......
Starting with the manly scale.....

SE-5 in 1/32 scale.


SBD by Trumpeter in 1/32.....



P-47 in a nice color scheme.


F-18 Hornet


In the OOB category there was a nice Swordfish in 1/32


And a nice Ford in 1/48...


UH-34 Helo in 1/72


Mi something.... in 1/144th?


Hughes chopper...


I have always loved the lightships!


Ironclad..... civil war


Disneyland's pirate ship


old Revell PT boat in 1/72


1/350th Fletcher class DD


1/350th gearing class DD


U Boat.


1/350th IJN I-19 submarine.


A beautiful Chinese Han class SSN.


Seehund in 1/72


U boat


Twin Turret Monitor type ship.


Russian Destroyer in 1/700.


1/700th Fletcher class DD


EOD






Panzer II in 1/35th OOB


Hetzer, OOB in 1/35th


Mexmarines 1/48th F3F-1...... oh, in USMC markings....


Well, thats all I have. Unfortunately my camera battery is getting old and ran out of juice before I could go thru and photograph the models again and I totally missed all the automotive models. I usually take 2 of each model to help ensure I get one good picture. I apologize to the people whose model I missed getting pictures of.....

[mexmarine]

Thanks for posting the pics Dan!