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SVSM is a club dedicated to the promotion of the hobby of scale modeling. Our meetings feature modeling subjects and programs covering all areas and genres of the hobby. Our meetings are open to visitors (see the meetings page for directions and maps) and frequently feature a monthly contest.
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Fantasy of Flight Photos

Fantasy of Flight Photos

Opening the new series of walkarounds, this one from Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.  We’ve added the photos of Nieuport 17, Avro 643 Mk.II Cadet and Cierva C.30-A Autogyro.

Posted on September 10, 2014Tags aircraft, museums, walkarounds
New armor photos

New armor photos

It’s been a while since we’ve updated the armor photos, so to rectify that here are four albums with armored vehicles.  From Latrun we’ve added the photos of BTR-50PK (IDF) and Tiran 6, while from MVTF we’ve added the Valentine V and M88 Hercules.

Posted on September 5, 2014Tags armor, walkarounds
Yet another aircraft update

Yet another aircraft update

Posted four more walkarounds of the aircraft from Hayward Airport open house – Canada Car and Foundry Harvard Mk. IV, Stinson L-5E Sentinel, Canadair CL-600-2A12 Challenger and Eclipse 500.

Posted on August 27, 2014Tags aircraft, walkarounds
Announcing the Egg-Plane Speed build contest

Announcing the Egg-Plane Speed build contest

We will be hosting a Hasegawa “Egg Plane” speed build that will be held on August 23rd in Bascom Library in San Jose, CA.  See the flyer for more information.

Posted on August 14, 2014
Photos and Awards Presentation from the IPMS USA Nationals

Photos and Awards Presentation from the IPMS USA Nationals

Posted the photos from the IPMS USA 2014 Nationals that were held last week in Hampton, VA.

Also posted the Awards Presentation Slide Show from the awards banquet that shows all of the winners.  As usual 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.

Posted on August 11, 2014Tags contests
More Hayward aircraft

More Hayward aircraft

Posted four more albums with the aircraft from Hayward Airport Open House – Eurocopter MH-65C Dolphin, Stearman N2S-3 Kaydet, Dassault Falcon 2000 and  Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II.

Posted on August 6, 2014August 6, 2014Tags aircraft, walkarounds
Airliners International Contest

Airliners International Contest

Added the photos of the last month’s Airliners International Contest held at LAX.  Thanks to Ken Miller for sending them in.

Posted on August 6, 2014Tags contests
Cars, Trucks and Airships from Hayward Airport Open House

Cars, Trucks and Airships from Hayward Airport Open House

Here are four albums with photos of four different vehicles photographed at Hayward airport open houses 2012 and 2013 – AM General M925A1 Truck, 1962 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Iusso, Oshkosh T-1500 Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Vehicle and Goodyear Aerospace GZ-20A Blimp “The Spirit of America”.

Posted on July 30, 2014Tags aircraft, automotive, softskins, walkarounds
Hayward Airport Open House 2013

Hayward Airport Open House 2013

Posted three albums from last year’s Hayward Airport Open House.  Added the photos of Yakovlev Yak-50, Bell 260L-4 Long Ranger VI and Lockheed JetStar 731.

Posted on July 10, 2014Tags aircraft, walkarounds
San Francisco Fleet Week 2012

San Francisco Fleet Week 2012

Posted three new albums of ships from San Francisco Fleet Week 2012 – coast guard cutter USCGC Sherman WHEC-720, destroyer USS Spruance DDG-111 and excursion ship Harbor Queen.

Posted on July 1, 2014Tags ships, walkarounds
Last of the Pacific Coast Dream Machines 2012

Last of the Pacific Coast Dream Machines 2012

Finally got around to publishing the last of the photos from Pacific Coast Dream Machines from two years ago.  Added the albums for Beech C23 Sundowner,  Let C-11 Blyak Racer, Robinson R44 Raven II and Dodge WC56 Command Car.

Posted on June 20, 2014Tags aircraft, softskins, walkarounds
Cars

Cars

It’s been a very long time since we updated the automotive category, so today here are four different classic cars from Pacific Coast Dream Machines 2012 – 1968 Plymouth GTX, 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, Messerschmitt KR200 and 1971 Dodge Polara.

Posted on June 14, 2014June 20, 2014Tags automotive, walkarounds
Aircraft photos from random events in California

Aircraft photos from random events in California

Four different albums of individual walkarounds made in different locations in CA where only single aircraft were present.  The albums are North American B-25J Mitchell from Collins Foundation visit to Moffett Field in 2014, Grumman S2F-1 Tracker from Mojave Airport in 2013, Bell UH-1H Huey from USS Iowa open house in 2013 and Gulfstream G550 photografied at Moffett Air Field in 2013.

Posted on June 4, 2014Tags aircraft, walkarounds
Armor and softskins from Connecticut

Armor and softskins from Connecticut

Added four new albums from Military Museum of Southern New England located in Danbury, CT.  They are Fiat 500 Topolino, M656, MBT-70 prototype and Beobachtungspanzer 22-2.

Posted on May 27, 2014June 4, 2014Tags armor, softskins, walkarounds
Aircraft from Hayward Airport

Aircraft from Hayward Airport

For the last several years Hayward Executive Airport has been hosting it’s open house with a mini-airshow, and even through I missed it this year, I did go there for the last two years, so here are photos from the Hayward Airport Open House 2012.  We’ve posted the photos of General Motors FM-2 Wildcat, Aero Vodochody L-39C Albatros and Gates Learjet 55.

Posted on May 7, 2014Tags aircraft, walkarounds
Space related update

Space related update

During the Nationals two years ago visited Cape Canaveral, so here are three albums from there.  We’ve added the photos of Saturn V Rocket, Apollo Capsule and the Moon Buggy.

Posted on May 2, 2014Tags space, walkarounds
More aircraft from Pacific Coast Dream Machines 2012

More aircraft from Pacific Coast Dream Machines 2012

Just before this year’s PCDM show added four more albums of the aircraft from two years ago.  They are North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang, Vultee SNV-1 Valiant,  Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane and Pitts Model 12.

Posted on April 23, 2014Tags aircraft, walkarounds
New naval update

New naval update

Posted four new naval themed albums.  We’ve added USS Constitution from Boston, MA, 2-Ton Crane from Havenmuseum in Rotterdam, Netherlands and two guns from The National Museum of the United States Navy in Washington, DC – a US 3pdr Mark 15 Naval Gun and a US 12pdr Dahlgren Boat Howitzer.

Posted on April 11, 2014Tags artillery, ships, walkarounds
Photos from yesterday’s Silicon Valley 2014 Classic

Photos from yesterday’s Silicon Valley 2014 Classic

Yesterday’s contest was a great success, thanks to everyone who came and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.  Here are the photos from the contest.

 

Posted on April 7, 2014Tags club, contests
Pacific Coast Dream Machines 2012

Pacific Coast Dream Machines 2012

Running just two years behind on content here are new albums from  Pacific Coast Dream Machines 2012 – North American T-28B Trojan, Beechcraft A36 Bonanza and Bleriot XI replica.

Posted on March 26, 2014Tags Air shows, aircraft, walkarounds

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