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Freeze Frame Scale Model Nationals contest and show photo gallery

Superb scale models at a growing Midwest contest

By Tim Kidwell

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Despite widespread use, we don’t often see models of the Hitachi ZW100-6 frontend loader. Craig Jarboe built his Hasegawa 1/35 scale kit to depict a loader in NATO service, painting with Tamiya acrylics and airbrushing the camouflage freehand. He applied Ammo products for dirt and weathering.

The Freeze Frame Scale Model Nationals contest and show filled up the Classic Café Event Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Modelers displayed over 800 scale replicas—a show record!—across 55 categories. Organized by Ed Ferguson and the United States Scale Model Association, Freeze Frame offered attendees not only a bustling model show but vendors and a swap-meet component, too. This was the first time FineScale Modeler attended the contest, so let’s take a look at some of the excellent models!