Ed Chan's Display at the Military Hobby Show

Ed Chan has these models on display at the 2nd Annual Military Hobby Show.

You May See Models Like This at the 2nd Annual Military Hobby Show

The Capital Marine Modellers' Guild will have a presence at the 2nd Annual Military Hobby Show on June 7, 2015. Although the models on display have yet to be finalized one's like these will be shown by our members.

Paula D

I went out to photograph the new statue of John McCrae. On the way I saw the Ottawa River tour boat, Paula D.

The Hobby Centre Purchased Large Naval Book Collection

The Hobby Centre, 6-33 Roydon Place in Ottawa, has purchased a large collection of ship and naval books. There are over a thousand titles listed. for more information phone The Hobby Centre at 613-288-1299 or email.
hobcen@rogers.com
If this is of interest, act on it quickly. Many titles have already sold.

1:700 Scale Ships Will be Displayed at Military Hobby Show

The 1:700 scale model ships shown here are some of the fleet built and owned by CMMG member, Ed Chan, that will be displayed at the 2nd Annual Military Hobby Show. For more information on the show click here.

May 2015 Meeting

The Capital Marine Modellers' Guild's April meeting will be on Tuesday May 5, 2015 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue.

2nd Annual Military Hobby Show

This show will feature militaria and military modelling vendors, used military books & magazines, hobby displays, toy and model soldiers, information tables and displays from the Ottawa Service Battalion Museum and active Army Reserve Unit.

The Capital Marine Modellers' Guild will be participating in this year's show. Among the displays members will provide there will be a rope walk demonstration and a selection of 1/700 scale warships. 

Show Admission
$5.00
Half price for serving Canadian Forces Members
FREE for Children 14 and under

As the Capital Marine Modellers Guild is not directly involved with
running this show this information is subject to change without notice. 

For more information click the following link.
Ottawa Service Battalion Association

April 2015 Meeting

The Capital Marine Modellers' Guild's April meeting will be on Tuesday April 7, 2015 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue.

March 2015 Meeting

The Capital Marine Modellers' Guild's March meeting will be on Tuesday March 3, 2015 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue. Dave Omond will continue his presentation on rigging. Remember to bring show-and-tell items, including finished models, work-in-progress, problems for which you need a solution and anything else you think is interesting.

Club Members' Models

Ed Chan kindly took photographs of models brought out for show and tell at club meetings running from December 2014 to February 2015. As you will see the models represent a broad range of nautical interest within the club.

Vic Chartrand's Hermaphrodite Brig viewed from above

The next three pictures show more of this model.

Steam Warping Tug seen from above.

Another view of Schleswig-Holstein.

The next two pictures show other views of this model.

Matchstick Fleet

79-year-old Phil Warren from the UK spent 62 years building this incredible fleet of 432 ships and 1200 aircraft, all built entirely of matchsticks and their wooden boxes. The collection includes 370 U.S. and 60 British ships and their associated aircraft.

He began creating his first boat in 1948 when he was 17. He uses a razor blade, tweezers, sandpaper and glue. He has used more than 650,000 matchsticks to create this amazing collection of 1:300 scale models.

February 2015 Meeting

The Capital Marine Modellers' Guild's February meeting will be on Tuesday February 3, 2015 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue. Among the regular meeting activities will be a discussion about attending the Military Hobby Show in June and who can attend to be present at the booth.

January 2015 Meeting

Capital Marine Modeller' Guild's first meeting of 2015, will be on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue starting at 7:00 p.m.