This video will cover the Automotive, Sci-fi and Miscellaneous classes at the 2026 IPMS National Convention held August 5-8 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This will be the last of the contest room videos and we will move on to the vendor rooms and odds and ends happenings at the convention.
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Book Author(s)
Yves Buffetaut
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Company
Casemate Publishers
MSRP
$24.95
Due to the nature of our armament, and the tactics in which we shall perfect ourselves, we shall be called upon to carry out operations of far-reaching military importance, and we shall habitually go into action when the need is immediate and extreme. Let me call your attention to the fact that our badge is the great American eagle. This is a fitting emblem for a division that will crush its enemies by falling upon them like a thunderbolt from the skies.
The 101st Airborne Division…has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny.
Book Author(s)
Mikhail Timin
Published on
Company
Helion & Company
MSRP
$29.95
This book contains 82 pages, 84 b/w photos, 32 color profiles, 1 color map, and 6 tables. It covers the USSR’s military aviation in the Baltics in 1941. It is number 63 in the Europe at War series and is Volume one of three.
After beating Finland in the Winter War, the Soviets had also taken over part of Poland as well as Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. The false sense of superiority this instilled would come to light when the Germans invaded the USSR in Operation Barbarossa! Through the author’s access to many heretofore restricted files, especially those from the former Soviet Union, he can give a thorough accounting of situation.
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Company
UMM-USA
Scale
N/A
MSRP
$2.46
Produced by UMM-USA (Unique Master Models-USA), these three shapes are part of a larger catalog that contains an extensive number of profiles and sizes made from extruded lead. The shapes and various sizes are useful to the modeler in a variety of applications. I’ve been using the Round Lead Wire (RLW) 0.2 as vertical railing sections for quite a few years. The Half Round lead wire (HRLW) and Flat Lead Wire (FLW), are all shapes that are nicely extruded and have the same profile dimension throughout with measurements bearing out the high quality of the extrusion process.
Book Author(s)
Kevin Wright
Published on
Company
Helion & Company
MSRP
$45.00
This is part of a series of books by Helion on Technology and War. The book is unique in that on many of the pages they have printed bar codes that can be used to view online videos. This is a great idea, and I loved the ability to watch the videos as I read the book.
This book covers the growth and use of Combat cameras from World War two up to 1991, it is lavishly illustrated with many great pictures, many of which are stunning.
The book has a lot of content which provides a lot of history and background to the camera unit and the way they worked and development the use of cameras in the US Air Force.
It was interesting to see the involvement of Hollywood In the early days of the program. Also, how technology and its uses grow in war time and in peace time.
While reading it reveals a lot of history and acts of heroism by the crew. They have the quote “The Brave ones shoot bullets; the crazy ones shoot film” which says it all.