Silicon Valley Scale Modelers – SVSM is a Region IX chapter of IPMS/USA

USS Hornet Model Contest

Here are the photos from last weekend’s USS Hornet Model Show. Big thanks to all of the organizers and participants for a fun show.

Thunder Over Utah

Continuing to catch up with older photosets, here are three walkasounds shot at Thunder Over Utah Air Show 2014. The new albums are Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-15, Canadair CT-133AN Silver Star 3 and Fokker C-31A Troopship.

Here is another from out “Around the world” series of posts, this one is with softskins from four different countries. From Israel we have a Shilem Radar, photographed in Batey ha-Osef Museum in Tel Aviv, from Belarus we bring you a PTS-M Tracked Amphibious Transporter from “Stalin Line” Museum near Minsk, from France, comes a WWI GMC Ambulance from Musee des Blindes in Saumur and from USA here is a Corbitt Model 50SD6 truck from Military Museum of Southern New England in Danbury, CT.

Last of March Field and some missiles

Here are the last two albums from the March Field Air Museum – Northrop YA-9A and Douglas EA-1E Skyraider, as well as two missiles from the Point Mugu Missile Park – Vought RGM-6 Regulus I Cruise Missile and AIM-120 AMRAAM.

Naval update

Today’s naval update brings us the photos of USS Midway (CV-41) from San Diego, CA, Clipper Cutty Sark and National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, UK, as well as Mallard II Dredge from Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge in Fremont, CA

Another update from March Field

Here are four more albums from March Field air museum – Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-19, Bell P-59A Airacomet, MMIST CQ-10A Snow Goose and Teledyne Ryan AQM-81A Firebolt.

Captured Soviet Equipment from Israeli Museums

Here are four albums featuring the captured soviet equipment photographed in various Israeli museums. They are Tiran 4 and BTR-50PK from Latrun Armor Museum, as well as Su-100 and KP-48 Field Kitchen from Batey ha-Osef Museum.

More from March Field

Here are four more walkarounds from the March Field Air Museum. We’ve added the photos of Republic F-105B Thunderchief, Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-23BN, Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird and Benson B-8M Gyrocopter.

US Artillery from South Carolina Military Museum

Today’s artillery post is about US artillery photographed at the South Carolina Military Museum in Columbia, SC. The artillery pieces are a US 6-pdr Battalion Gun, a US 3″ Ordinance Rifle, a US 3″ Model 1905 Field Gun and a US 3″ M1897A2 Field Gun.

March Field Air Museum

Started a new series of photos from the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, CA. The new walkarounds from there are Folland Gnat F.1, Consolidated PT-6A and Martin EB-57B Canberra.

TriCity Classic 2017

Here are the photographs of the IPMS Hornets TriCity Classic 13 that was held yesterday in Milpitas, CA. Thank a lot to everyone who attended.

Last of the Seabee museum

Here are the last four albums from the Seabee Museum – Cougar 4×4 MRAP, M1043 Up-Armored HMMWV, US Navy Mark V Diving Suit and Al Kadesih Sniper Rifle.

Last of Reno 2015

Here are the last three albums from Reno Air Races 2015. They are North American P-51B Mustang, North American OV-10A Bronco and PZL TS-11 Iskra. And just to round out to the usual four updates here is Pitts S-1S Special from Mojave airport.

Seabee Museum

Here are four albums from the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum located in Port Hueneme, CA – M151A2 MUTT, Willis MB Jeep, TD-9 International Harvester Tractor and Japanese 7.7mm Type 92 Machine Gun.

More from the Reno Air Races

Here are four more walkarounds from Reno Air Races 2015. They are De Havilland DH-115 Vampire T.55, Aero Vodochody L-159A ALCA, Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin and Bell AH-1G HueyCobra.

2017 IPMS Nationals Winners

Here is the slideshow that shows all of the winners from the 2017 IPMS USA Nationals in Omaha, Nebraska. Big Thanks to John Heck and Randy Ray for doing the slideshow this year.

This is the slide show from the awards presentation. The winners are posted in the reverse order – after the slide with the name of the category next model is the third place winner then second and then first.

Ships from Australia

Here are last of the ship albums photographed in Australia over Christmas 2015 – HMAS Advance (P 83), HMAS Anzac (FFH 150), HMB Endeavour and Barque James Craig.

Reno Air Races 2015

Just in time to the upcoming Reno Air Races, here are photos of the Reno Air Races 2015. We’ve added the photos of a Grumman TBM-3E Avenger, an Aero Vodochody L-139 Albatross and a Pilatus PC-6 Porter.

Marders

Here is the collection of four German Marder tank destroyers from Saumur armor museum. They are SdKfz.135 Marder I, SdKfz.138 Marder 38H, SdKfz.139 Marder III and Geschutzpanzer 39H(f) 7.5cm PaK 40 Hotchkiss (Marder I).

F-14s

This post is dedicated to one of the most distinctive naval fighters of all time – F-14. We’ve added two walkarounds of the aircraft itself – one of the early production YF-14A Tomcat from March Field Air Museum in Riverside, CA and a regular F-14A Tomcat from USS Hornet in Alameda, CA. We’ve also posted photos of the two weapons used by the F-14 – AIM-9M Sidewinder and AIM-7M Sparrow, both from the F-14 on board the USS Hornet.