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

Armor from Israel

Here are four new armor walkarounds from Israeli Batey ha-Osef museum – Shot Kal Alef tank, M3 Mk.D mortar carrier, Panhard AML-90 armore car and M577 command vehicle.

Hiller Museum Seaplane Fly-in

Here are three albums from the Hiller Museum Sea Plane Fly-in 2013, they are Grumman HU-16RD Albatross, Cessna A185F Skywagon and de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver MK.I.

More USAF Museum albums

Here are four more albums from the USAF Museum in Dayton – Consolidated PT-1 Trusty, North American T-6D Mosquito, Lockheed VC-140B JetStar and V-1710-85 Engine with 37mm M4 Cannon.

New artillery albums

Here are four new artillery walkarounds. Two of them are from South Carolina Military Museum – the Spanish 18pdr Fortress Cannon and the German 10.5 cm leFH 16 Field Howitzer and two more are from Saumur – the Italian Obice da 75mm/18 Modello 35 and the French 47mm SA37 Anti-Tank Gun.

This and That

Here are four albums that are all loosely related to aviation – Canadair CL-13 Sabre, JB-2 Loon, AGM-78 Standard ARM and Hough T500 tow vehicle.

Here are the last of the long long running set of the photos from the MVCC Camp Delta photos. They are M35A3 truck, M274A2 Mule with 106mm M40A2 Recoilless Rifle, Dodge WC-52 and Dodge WC12 truck from Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, CA.

Yet another post from Dayton

Continuing to post albums from the National Museum of the USAF, we’ve added the photos of Caquot Type R Observation Balloon, Bell P-63E Kingcobra, American Helicopter Company XH-26 Jet Jeep and M40 Parafrag Bomb.

Armor from Canada

Here are four new albums from Aquino Tank Weekend in Oshawa, ON last year. We’ve added the photos of Leopard C1, Sabre CVR(T) FV107, FV701 Ferret Mk.1 and M113A1 MTV-E.

IPMS USA 2018 Nationals

Just back from the IPMS USA 2018 national convention in Phoenix. Big thanks to the crew that put on the convention, it was great as usual. We’ve posted the photos of most of the models that were present at the convention. You can see them at the SVSM Gallery.

We’ve also posted the presentation from the awards banquet. 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.

Last of the Hollister photos

Finally finished posting the last of the photos from Hollister air shows. We’ve posted the Hollister Air Show 2015 overview as well as the walkarounds of the Curtiss P-40E-CU Warhawk, Piper J5A Cub and Waco UPF-7.

HMCS Haida

Here are the photos of the museum ship – destroyer HMCS Haida (DDE-215) located in Hamilton, ON, Canada. In addition to the ship itself here are the photos of various armaments from the ship – Quad Torpedo Launcher with Mk.IX Torpedoes, 4-inch/45 Mk.16 Twin Naval Mount, 40mm Mark VII Bofors Anti-Aircraft Mount and 40-mm QF2 Mk. VIII Single Anti-Aircraft Mount.

New USAF Museum Photos

Here are four more albums from the USAF museum – General Dynamics F-111A Aardvark, Lockheed VC-121E Super Constellation “Columbine III”, Boeing X-40A and T9E1 75mm Automatic Cannon.

Hollister aicraft

Getting toward the end of the photos from Holister Air Shows, here are four new albums – North American P-51D-30-NA Mustang, Vultee BT-13D-VU Valiant, Travel Air 4000 and Ranger 6-440 C-2 Engine.

Another USAF museum post

Here are four more albums from Dayton – Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI, North American NA-64 Yale, Kellett K-2 and a VB-9 ROC Guided Bomb.

New softskins

Here are four new softskin albums taken at various VMCC Camp Delta events. They are 1942 Chevrolet Truck, M151A2 MUTT, Ford GPW and US 155mm M114A2 Howitzer on M1A1 Carriage.

New set from Hollister Air Show

Here is a new set of photo from various Hollister Air Shows. The albums are Piper J-3 Cub, Ryan ST3-KR Recruit, Beechcraft E35 Bonanza and Clark Clarktor 6 tow tractor.

This and that from Saumur

Here are four new albums from the Musee des Blindes in Saumur, France. They are Italian M15/42 tank, EE-9 Cascavel armored car, Panhard EBR ETT APC and LVT-4 Water Buffalo amphibious vehicle.

Another USAF Museum update

Here are four more albums from the National Museum of the USAF – Martin B-57B Canberra, Douglas O-38F, Bell Helicopter Textron XV-3 and VB-13 Tarzon Guided Bomb.

Guns of Fort Rodd Hill

In this update we have added the various artillery pieces that are displayed on the grounds of the Canadian Fort Rodd-Hill in Esquimalt, BC. The guns that were added are US 90mm M1A2 Anti-Aircraft Gun, British 13-pdr RML Field Gun and British 12pdr QF Coast Defense Gun.

MTBs from Battleship Cove

Here are four albums taken at the MTB Museum at Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA. We have the photos of the PT-796, PT-617, 570mm Mark13 Torpedo and Packard 4M-2500 Marine Engine.