April 2018 Meeting

Capital Marine Modellers' Guild will meet on April 3, 2018 at 7 p.m., at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue, Nepean.

2018 March Meeting Show and Tell Models

Capital Marine Modellers' Guild had three items of interest at the March 6th meeting.

Tim Mayo's work in progress scratch built model of his own power boat.

HMS Beagle, mounted on a versatile clamp that can tilt the model to various positions.

Ed Chan's 1/700 scale model of light cruiser USS Juneau (1952 period).

Some of the Displays at the 2018 Ottawa Boat Show

I went around the Ottawa Boat Show and took photographs of some of the things on display for the purpose of having something visual to put into a promotional post on this blog, should we be having a display at future Boat Shows.

I did not take a comprehensive set of pictures. The Boat Show is very much like a very large car dealer convention with most of what is on display there to make sales. For that reason there is a great deal of repetition and sameness to the displays, unless the viewer is a real boating enthusiast.

I took a selection of photographs of what I found interesting. I'm posting them here because others might find them interesting, too. You will likely see some of these again around the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, should Capital Marine Modellers' Guild be attending the Ottawa Boat Show next year.

This is longer than it looks here. The other side had too many people in the way.

This RCMP police boat would make a great radio control model.

Rideau Nautical Modellers Display, 2018 Ottawa Boat Show

At the 2018 Ottawa Boat Show, Capital Marine Modellers' Guild's display occupied the booth next to that of The Rideau Nautical Modellers. They had a very impressive display.