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Dragon Fest 2025 scale model contest photo gallery

An annual California event brings out great models

By Dave Campbell

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Sarah Mort
Orangevale, California
Inspired by an online photo of a well-used artillery piece from World War II, Sarah built a Trumpeter 1/35 scale 15cm howitzer out of the box and painted it with Vallejo acrylics. She added dust with pastel powders mixed with water and placed the finished gun on foam covered with white glue and sand.

On Jan. 18, 2025, the Dragon Lady Scale Modelers, and IPMS/USA club in Yuba City, CA, hosted Dragon Fest 2025. The annual show attracted builders from across California and nearby states with hundreds of models to show. Here are some of the models that caught our attention.