5/25/2026
Yesterday Nina and I attended the 2026 Rocky Mountain Expo at the Utah Cultural Community Center in West Valley City Utah. It was an amazing event and very well organized. This was put on by a local group – Scott GentryBarry Biediger, Shawn Shuler and many others. I brought the following:
1/200 Trumpeter USS Arizona
1/200 Trumpeter USS Missouri
1/16 Andy's Hobbies M4A3E8 Sherman tank
1/16 Takom 1/4 Ton Jeep
1/35 Tamiya M4A3E8 Easy 8 Sherman tank diorama
I had to carefully bring the two battleships up from my basement display room. At 76 years old it a little dicy. Then I had to pack them in my car so they could make the trip without damage. I used shelving boards connected by Gorilla Glue tape and museum wax to attach the ships to the shelving planks. That worked out really well.
Thanks so much for the help bringing them in and setting everything up!
I had good luck in the raffle. I bought 4 tickets and 2 of them were winners:
Here is an overview of the event:
Here are the pictures I took:
