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04-30-2008 — OK, so maybe the Gallery is not working quite right yet. Please be patient as we beat our heads against a wall while trying to get the ISP to fix the problem they created.
In the mean time, the results from the record setting 2008 Kickoff Classic have been posted.
04-29-2008 —
Gallery is back
up and running.
If you
experience any
problems please
shoot the email
to the
webmaster. (<- False alarm!)
Also note the
monthly meeting
location change.
04-25-2008 —
Today's aviation
update is
dedicated to the
NASA research
aircraft based
at Moffett Field
in Sunnyvale,
CA. We've
added
walkarounds of
the civilian
version of the
C-141 -
Lockheed
L-300-50A
Starlifter KAO -
Kuiper Aerial
Observatory,
Boeing 747SP-21
SOFIA -
Stratospheric
Observatory for
Infrared
Astronomy
and
Lockheed ER-2
NASA - a
civilian version
of the famous
U-2 spyplane.
We've also
added two more
albums of the
contest photos
from the 80s
from Rodney
Williams -
OrangeCon 1987
and
Central Valley
Model Contest
1988.
04-21-2008 —
First part of
the photos from
SVSM Kickoff
Classic 2008
show have been
posted.
Stay tuned for
more photos and
the results from
the event.
04-18-2008 —
The armor update
today comes from
Littlefield's
museum.
We've added
photos of the
very early
M60
prototype
(possibly one of
the technology
demonstrators
with soft armor
hull) and
updated the
Matilda MkII
Series 4
album with over
50 photos of the
interior.
Both of those
were added to
the Armor
album.
We've also added
photos of the
Tracked Rapier
anti-aircraft
missile system
to the
Missiles
album.
And finally
we've added the
photos of the
1938 Buick Model
41 w. Sidemounts
brought to the
museum by one of
the visitors to
the
Softskins
album of the
Gallery.
04-10-2008 —
In today's theme
update we've
posted photos of
the equipment
used by the
129th Rescue
Wing stationed
at Moffett field
in Sunnyvale,
CA. We've
added photos of
the
Lockheed MC-130P
Combat Shadow
and
Sikorsky HH-60G
Pave Hawk to
the
Aircraft
album. The
photos of the
Honda Foreman ES
ATV were
added to the
Softskins
album and the
photos of the
Rigid Inflatable
Boat were
added to the
Miscellaneous
album. All
photos were
taken during
Capital City Air
Show 2008 in
Sacramento, CA
04-02-2008 —
We posted
another look
back in time to
the 80s courtesy
of our own
Rodney Williams.
We've added
photos of the
San Diego
Aerospace
Historical
Center taken in
1987,
1988 Madera Air
Show and
1989 Moffet
Field Airshow.
We've also
posted photos of
the
1987 Region 9
Regional in
Fresno.
03-28-2008 —
The armor update
for today comes
from Kubinka
armor museum in
Moscow.
We've added
albums of the
rare German
PzKpfw VI Tiger
I heavy
tank, soviet
copy of the
French FT-17
light tank -
Russian Renault
(Russkiy Reno),
one of the very
few surviving
unmodified early
T-44 MBTs
and
KSP-76
Experimental
Wheeled
Self-Propelled
Gun.
All have been
added to the to
the Armor
album.
To the Members'
Models Gallery
we've added
photos of the
Soviet Su-85M
SPG, 1/72 Dragon
by Vladimir
Yakubov.
03-20-2008 —
Today we have an
unusual update.
One of our
club's long time
members Rodney
Williams was
kind enough to
give us some of
his photos from
the old IPMS
events. We've
uploaded photos
from the
1988 IPMS
Nationals in
Dayton OH
and
1989 IPMS
Nationals
nationals as
well as
1988 and
1989 San Jose
Shows.
03-16-2008 —
From Aerospace
Museum of
California we've
posted the
walkarounds of
the
Sikorsky CH-3E
Jolly Green
Giant,
Composite
Engineering
BQM-167 Skeeter
Aerial Target
Drone and
Pratt & Whitney
J58 Engine
used on SR-71
Blackbird.
We've also added
photos of the
Ferrari Mondial
from Palo Alto
Concourse
d'Elegance.
03-08-2008 —
Trying to clean
up some of the
archives we've
posted three
different albums
from
US Army Museum
of Hawaii
located at Fort
DeRussy in
Honolulu.
We've added
Japanese
Type 95 Ha-Go
light tank to
the Armor
album,
US 105mm M3
Airborne
Howitzer to
the
Artillery album
and
US M1A1
Flametrower
to the
Infantry Weapons
album of the
Gallery.
03-01-2008 —
Today's update
has a theme - US
"century" series
fighters.
We've added 100+
photo
walkarounds of
the
North American
F-100D Super
Sabre,
McDonell F-101B
Voodoo,
Convair F-102A
Delta Dagger,
Lockheed F-104B
Starfighter
and
Republic F-105D
Thunderchief
to the
Aircraft
album.
All of these
walkarounds come
from Aerospace
Museum of
California.
02-23-2008 —
Today's armor
update comes
from various
museums.
From Jacques
Littlefield's
collection we've
added 146 new
photos to the
T-54A MTB
album, from
Kubinka we've
added photos of
the experimental
Su-100Y SPG,
from Aberdeen
Proving Grounds
we've added
photos of the
American
M20 Armored
Car and finally
from Belarusian
Stalin Line
museum we've
added photos of
the
MT-LBu APC.
To the Members'
Models Gallery
we've added
photos of the
Soviet Missile
Submarine K-162
(Papa class),
1/700, Samek by
Vladimir Yakubov.
02-13-2008 —
An aviation
update today
comes from the
Aerospace Museum
of California
located at the
former McClellan
Air Force base.
We've added
albums for
Lockheed EC-121D
Warning Star,
Mikoyan-Gurevich
Mig-17PF and
McDonell-Douglas
A-4C Skyhawk I
to the
Aircraft
album.
We've also
added photos
from last
weekend's
IPMS Santa
Rosa's
HobbyExpo 2008
contest held in
Petaluma, CA.
02-06-2008 —
A variety of
subjects came
together in
today's update.
We've added 138
new photos of
the Soviet
T-34/85 tank
from Jacques
Littlefield's
collection to
the Armor
album. Added
German Würzburg
Dora Radar
from Imperial
War Museum in
London to the
Miscellaneous
album.
Added California
Highway Patrol
2002 Chevrolet
Camaro Z28 B4C
Police Car to
the
Automotive
album. And
finally we've
added Soviet
PPSh Sub-Machine
Gun from US
Army Museum of
Hawaii to the
Infantry Weapons
album.
01-28-2008 —
Today's aviation
update contains
the second and
the last part of
the walkarounds
shot at the
Estrella Warbird
Museum.
We've added
photos of the
North-American
OV-10A Bronco,
Grumman US-2B
Tracker and
Bell UH-1D Huey
to the
Aircraft
album. The
photos of the
Soviet 14.5mm
ZPU-1
Anti-Aircraft
Machine Gun
were added to
the
Artillery album
of the
Gallery.
01-24-2008 — January's Meeting photos have been added to the Gallery.
Also, the 2008 Kickoff Classic information has been added to the site. In this page you will find both a color and black and white flier in PDF form to download.
01-22-2008 —
After a delay
caused by some
technical
difficulties
with a provider
we've added a
varied update.
We've added
photos of
US Polaris A-1
SLBM and
Vought RGM-6
Regulus I Cruise
Missile both
from USS Bowfin
Park in
Honolulu, HI to
the
Missiles
album.
From Moscow's
Victory park
we've added 19
new photos to
the
Matilda II
album in the Armor
album and
Soviet 152mm D-1
Howitzer to
the
Artillery album
of the
Gallery.
We are still
working on
migrating the
site to the new
server and some
service
interruptions
may be possible.
01-17-2008 — December's Meeting photos have been added to the Gallery.
01-03-2008 —
Aviation walks
in this update
come from the
Estrella Warbird
Museum in
Paso Robles, CA.
We've added
photos of the
rare
Douglas A-4A
Skyhawk (one
of only 165
early models
built) and
Grumman F-14B
Tomcat to
the
Aircraft
album of the
Gallery..
We've also added
photos of the
1912 Ford T
Ambulance to
the
Softskins
album of the
Gallery.
12-26-2007 —
A varied armor
update today has
tanks from three
different
museums.
From Kubinka
we've added
photos of the
French
Renault R35
light tank and
Soviet
JS-4
post-WWII heavy
tank. From
Aberdeen we got
the German
SdKfz 135/1 15cm
sFH13/1 (Sf) auf
Geschutzwagen
Lorraine
Schlepper(f)
self-propelled
gun and finally
from
Littlefield's
collection we've
added 11 new
photos for the
British
Bren Gun Carrier
interior.
All have been
added to the Armor
album of the Gallery.
12-17-2007 —
The aviation
update comes
from The
National Museum
of the USAF.
We've added
photos of
Bleriot
Monoplane,
Lockheed YF-22
Raptor,
Cessna A-37B
Dragonfly
and
Lockheed D-21
Drone.
12-06-2007 —
Another update
from Stalin Line
museum contains
armor, missiles
and
fortifications.
We've added a
T-44 medium
tank,
BTR-50PK APC,
S-200 Angara
(NATO - SA-5
Gammon) SAM
and updated the
Triple Machine
Gun Strong Point
#292 with 28
new photos.
11-23-2007 —
Continuing with
clean up theme
for the aviation
update we've
added last few
remaining odds
and ends from
Chino's Planes
of Fame museum -
Heinkel
He-162A-1
Volksjaeger,
Hawker Hurricane
Mk X and
Bell P-39
Airacobra.
Also we've added
photos of the
Canadair CL215
firefighters
taken at the
local airport by
Mick Burton.
We've also
posted photos
from the two
local contests -
Antelope Valley
Classic,
November 2007
and
Yuba City
Contest, June
2007.
11-14-2007 —
Today's armor
update comes
wholly from
Kubinka Armor
Museum in
Moscow.
We've added
several rare
tanks to the
gallery - Soviet
five turreted
T-35 heavy
tank from 1930s,
JS-7 heavy
tank from 1950s,
German
SdKfz 186
Jagdtiger
SPG and finally
T-34's
V2 Tank Engine.
All have been
added to the Armor
album of the Gallery.
11-07-2007 —
Today we've
added the last
of the Salinas
Air Show 2007
photos and by
coincidence all
of the aircraft
belong to the US
Navy.
We've added
Sikorsky SH-60B
SeaHawk
helicopter,
McDonell-Douglas
F-18C Hornet
fighter and
Beechcraft
TC-12B Huron
trainer.
All have been
added to the Aircraft
album of the Gallery.
We've also added
a US
Cletrac MG-1
tractor used by
the US military
in WWII to the
Softskins
album of
the Gallery.
11-01-2007 — September's Meeting photos have been added to the Gallery.
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