Welcome aboard the website of TASK FORCE 72 Scale Model Ship Association Inc.
This website is here to provide Association members, potential members and members of the general public with information about the association, its events and activities across Australia.
Please feel free to have a look around, and contact us if you would like more information.
Our Calendar of Events is updated regularly with all our coming events, location and contact information.
Our past events are recorded with mission reports. Our “Post Mission Reports” with photos and a short story on each event is available online for everyone to see what we get up to and for members to catch up if they are unable to attend.
Another of the new models currently under construction is the Royal Navy Type 42 missile destroyer HMS Exeter, the fifth ship of the RN to bear the name.Exeter was designed to provide anti-air warfare protection for convoy's, amphibious task forces and carrier groups, and found herself doing some of all three during the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict. … See MoreSee Less
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As an association of modelers, Task Force 72 includes a wide range of builders, some incredibly detail-oriented, some more interested in the engineering and electronics, some fast builders, other's slower, to suit their own pace.Last week we brought you details of the build of the sloop HMAS Parramatta 2, being built by Fleet Base Sydney member Martin. Martin's definitely the 'not let the grass grow under his feet' style of modeller, as he is already on the painting stage for parts of his model build. … See MoreSee Less
With the Carriers & Escort weekend rapidly approaching, work is proceeding at a feverish pitch on models bound for Wagga, including this model of the first ever U.S. Navy FFG, or guided missile frigate, USS Brooke (FFG01) … See MoreSee Less
Another of the very many new projects underway is the Grimsby class sloop HMAS Parramatta, the second of four ships to bear the name of the Parramatta River, which runs through the city of Sydney, capital of NSW.She is being built by prolific Fleet Base Sydney modeler Martin, who already has Royal Australian Navy V&W and N class destroyers completed and is also building a Bathurst class corvette. … See MoreSee Less
As we mentioned in our previous post, the 2024 Carriers & Escorts run is now less than a month away and there's lots of activity as members work at finishing models in time to appear in the Oasis Aquatic Centre's outsized outdoor Olympic Pool.Here's a couple. … See MoreSee Less
