On Dec 9 2007 IPMS-Israel
held its annual Chanukah convention. It was held in the auspicious
hall of the Israel Air Force convention center in Hertzelia, a minutes drive
from the airfield where First Fighter Squadron S-199 Avias took off on their
combat missions.
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This year, for the first time, IPMS/Israel
decided to give recognition to our fellow model builders who use paper as their
medium of choice. In the paper model category, the first place went to a
beautifully designed, printed and build Israeli Air Force F-4E Phantom with
second place going to a Stuka with complete engine detail.
I had the pleasure of judging the
1/48 scale model airplane category and my choice of first place went to a WWII
Italian Reggia 2000 and second place to a Korean War vintage dragon nose art
F-86F. 1/72 first place went to a completely reconstructed ESCI TU-22 Blinder,
with second place going to a Saudi Tornado in a beautiful wrap around scheme. As
for my non competition display entry I brought with me five 1/72 scale Israeli
Air Force delta fighters painted up in a 70's vintage desert scheme and post Yom
Kippur War yellow and black identification triangles. My entries included a
recon nose Mirage, A two seat MiG kill Mirage IIIB, a Nesher, and a pair of
early versions of the Kfir. Attached are photos of the models I enjoyed most,
and to our Jewish modelers out there, Happy Chanukah.
Yours,
Yoav
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