IPMS Israel October Show 2004

by Jonathan B Poliakov

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On October 4th IPMS Israel had its annual model show at the Israeli Air Force museum.  Although our club is small in terms of both number of members and budget, the show was very successful, had a variety of scales, subjects and skill levels and had a relatively large number of visitors that came to see the big planes but found the small ones equally interesting (in other words "Location, Location, Location").

I chose to put here mainly pics that reflect my personal taste for two reasons. 

1) To refute the myth that we are all about IAF and nothing else and 

2) Those are the only pics I have, because at the time I didn't think of journalistic integrity. 

This model came to be the Best of Show.  It actually looks better in real life.  The yellow portion of the tiger pattern is not part of the decal and had to be painted on.

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Here are a few general views of the exhibition tables.  The left pic shows my contributions to the show right beside those of my friend Danny whom you can see in the bottom left corner of the picture (now, how did THAT happen?) .   

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After having 'slight' trouble rigging the big Tamiya Swordfish you can imagine what was my first thought when I saw this one.

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Some WWII pacific aircraft :

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And here are some models you don't see so much as others on shows or the web sites :
Dornier Do-24T ,Do-18G-1 and a PZL-11C .

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But its alright, we can all stay calm as we have our share of Bf-109's to : 

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And on to something modern : 

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I like close support mission aircraft, so this marine is my absolute favorite in this years show.  Built OOTB with minor additions like the Remove Before Flight ribbons:

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This one made me wonder how big a shuttle model will be in my scale - 1/48 but more importantly, where I will be able to put such a thing.

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And we should not neglect the armor boys :

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Well, I hope you all enjoyed my little presentation.  There were quite a few more models to see as well as the real aircraft that served as a background for the show.  The Black Spitfire that is maintained buy dedicated IAF technicians as well as a Stearman trainer flew above that day and it was fun to spend a day of models.
Great finale for the summer break just before the start of another academic year.
 
J .

Photos and text © by Jonathan B Polyakov & Pawel Zabza