Silicon Valley Scale Modelers

Posted two more albums from Minsk-Borovaya air museum – Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-27K and Ilyushin Il-18V, also added the last two albums from the LA Science Center – Lockheed F-104D Starfighter and Mercury-Redstone 2 Space Capsule.

Reminder that next meeting on Friday December 20th will be out annual holiday gift exchange, there will be no model talk during the meeting.  If you want to participate in the gift exchange bring up to three gift wrapped models with you.  Please read official gift exchange rules here before the meeting.

Added four new albums of the vehicles photographed at various MVCC conventions in the last couple of years – M38A1 with 106mm M40A2 Recoilless Rifle, Gama Goat Prototype, GMC CCKW-353, 2 1/2 ton, 6×6 truck with ST-6 Shop and .30 Caliber, M1917 Browning Machine Gun on a M1917A2 tripod.

Posted four more albums from LA’s California Science Center – Wright Glider, Northrop T-38A Talon, Douglas DC-8-52 and Gemini 11 Space Capsule.

Added two new albums from Latrun and two more from MVTF.  The Latrun albums are ZSU-57-2 and BTR-152 BREM, while the MVTF photos are Universal Carrier Mark II and T-72M (almost 400 photos).

Posted the last two albums from Moscow’s Zadorozhny museum – Yakovlev Yak-25M and Yakovlev Yak-23UTI, also added two more from Minsk-Borovaya Air Museum – Mil Mi-1M and Tupolev Tu-134A.

Posted the photos from last weekend’s IPMS Fremont’s  Tri-City Classic IX Contest.  There were over 230 models on the tables and the show went off without a hitch.  Thank to everyone who came to the show.

Posted four new naval themed albums – USS Bonhomme Richard LHD-6 from San Francisco Fleet Week 2011, USS Albacore AGSS-569 from Portsmouth, NH, Tugboat Maashaven from Havenmuseum in Rotterdam, Netherlands and US 47mm Hotchkiss 5-Barrel Revolver Gun from National Museum of the United States Navy located in the Navy Yard, Washington, DC.

Added four new albums from LA’s California Science Center –  Lockheed A-12, Northrop F-20A Tigershark,  Velie Monocoupe Model 70 and Apollo-Soyuz Capsule.

In today’s armor update we have two tanks from MVTF – M48 Prototype and M4A3E8 76(W), as well as two armored vehicles from Military Museum of Southern New England – Spähpanzer Luchs and Pansarbandvagn Pbv 302A.

Posted four more aircraft albums taken Russia and Belarus.  They are Yakovlev Yak-141 from Zadorozhny museum, Mil Mi-2 and Antonov An-26LL from Minsk-Borovaya air museum and finally Soviet FAB-5000 Bomb from Victory Park museum in Moscow.

We’ve posted the photos of (almost) all of the models from the IPMS USA 2013 Nationals that just concluded in Loveland, CO – over 2500 photos.

We’ve also posted the  Awards Presentation Slide Show that shows all of the winners for every category in the contest.  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.

We’ve added a new model to the Member’s Models section – United Fruit Company Freighter MV Worden scratchbuilt in 1/700 scale by Vladimir Yakubov.

We’ve also updated the softskin section with the photos of M135 truck, 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe 4-Door staff car, M116 Husky all terrain vehicle and GSP Tracked Self-Propelled Ferry.

Welcome to our new website! We completely redesigned the site on the new engine and with the new updated look and better functionality. Unfortunately the links to the pages on the old site will no longer work, so please update your bookmarks.

After a break for vacation added four more aircraft walkarounds – Yakovlev Yak-38M and Buran Space Shuttle BTS-001 Non-Flying Prototype from Moscow, as well as Diamond T-52A and Van’s Aircraft RV-7A from Mojave Airport.

Starting the albums from the new museum, we’ve posted three different aircraft from the Minsk-Borovaya Air Museum in Belarus – Mil Mi-26, Yakovlev Yak-28PP and Sukhoi Su-24M.

The new armor albums for today’s update comes from various museums in Israel. They are OT-62 TOPAS, PzKpfw IVJ, FV4201 Chieftain Mk.3 and T-34/122.

Posted the last of the SAC Museum albums – Boeing B-47E Stratojet, also added three albums from Mojave airport – Sikorsky S-70A Firehawk, Rutan Boomerang 202 and Hough Payloader T500.

Updated the ship section with the following albums – destroyer USS Milius DDG-69 from San Francisco Fleet Week 2011, submarine USS Requin SS-481 from Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, PA, tugboat USS Mazapeta YTB-181 from Alameda, CA and US 12.75″ Mark 32 Triple Torpedo Launcher from USS Laffey DD-724 located in Patriots Point in Charleston SC.