Show and Tell - August 9, 2007
Meeting Location: HobbyTown USA, Petaluma
Meeting Time: 7:00pm
Theme: Heavy Metal
Pictures by Doug Dropeskey
Commentary by Doug Dropeskey
Edited by Doug Dropeskey
Club Announcements (by John Admire, President):
• Club meetings take place on the second Thursday of every month at HobbyTown in Petaluma at 7:00pm. Board meetings take place on the fourth Thursday of every month at HobbyTown in Petaluma at 6:30pm.
• This month, the board meeting will take place on August 30 due to the IPMS Nationals.
• Please talk to Brett Halby if you still need to pay club dues.
• The new IPMS National Magazine is out.
• We are considering offering a dues package for IPMS USA and IPMS Santa Rosa. By renewing both at the same time, a member would gain a small price break.
• Each IPMS Chapter awards one Meteor Award annually, to the greatest contributer as judged by club leadership. To become eligible for this award, you must be a current member of IPMS USA. The award comes with a $20.00 gift certificate.
• New club shirts are now available for $20 each. Some of the old style shirts are also available.
• Club member Tom Berto recently wrote an article about his Fonderie Miniature 1/48 R-5/HO3S-1 for Modeling Madness.
• The IPMS Santa Rosa 2007 Summer Picnic was a great success and we already have lots of pictures online.
• Please consider writing kit reviews and articles for the IPMS Santa Rosa website. We would like to make it into a premier resource to modelers everywhere.
• The first IPMS Santa Rosa weathering class, Weathering with an Airbrush, was pushed back one month due to the IPMS Nationals. Rees Gwillim will teach the class at HobbyTown in Petaluma on September 15, 2007. The course fee is $5. If you would like to attend, please contact Steve Elliot at HobbyTown to reserve a space.
• If you would like to teach or help out with an upcoming class, please contact us.
• The Wings Over the Wine Country Airshow is coming up on August 17-18. We have secured insurance, a space, and passes so everything is go. Setup will be Saturday morning around 8am. We have 250 models courtesy of HobbyTown in Petaluma including SR-71 Blackbirds. A-10 Warthogs, AH-64 Apaches, and F/A-18 Hornets in Blue Angel livery. We also have new cards and brochures to hand out at the event. The booth will require 6 people a day--2 to hand out flyers and 4 to man the Make-and-Take table--so please volunteer to help. The Make-and-Take will run from 10am to 2pm each day, so volunteers will have time to see the airshow. The booth is in a shaded location. We also have brand new display cases cut and ready, so if you want to place something in the display, please contact us.
• The IPMS Nationals are August 22-25 in Anaheim, California.
• Announcements for Hobby Expo 2008 have already appeared in various journals and on the IPMS USA website.
• On September 8, Reno High Rollers will hold their annual show in Reno, Nevada.
• On October 13, Fremont Hornets will hold their annual show in Fremont, Califormia.
• On October 20, HobbyTown in Petaluma will hold its installment of the HobbyTown USA National Contest.
• On October 27, the River Classic I contest will take place in Redding, Nevada.
• On April 19, 2008, Silicon Valley Scale Modelers will hold their annual Kickoff Classic in Santa Clara, California.
• See the club calendar for more information on all upcoming events in this area.
• The club continues to sponsor kit reviews. A kit review volunteer receives up to $40 towards a recent kit release of his or her choice. The volunteer must complete three reviews over three months--an in box review, an in progress review, and a completed model review.
Website Announcements (by Doug Dropeskey, Website Administrator):
• Please see the Update History page for a complete listing of all changes to this website.
• Please visit the online Task List to view all planned improvements to the club website. If you would like to add to, remove from, or comment on the task list, please contact us or attend a board meeting.
• If you would like to contribute photos of events, meetings, walkarounds, and so forth, please contact us. We are happy to handle all image processing and include any information or captions you like.
Demonstration: Dry Transfers (by John Boes):
John offered a brief demonstration on the use of dry transfers, including the use of dry transfers as masking tools. To use in the latter role, lay down the marking color, seal with Future (or another clear gloss overcoat), add the dry transfer, spray the correct fuselage/hull color, and then use tape to bring up the transfer.
Question and Answer:
How do you fill very small holes without removing surrounding raised detail? You can try filling the holes with Squadron putty and using acetone to wipe away the excess.
Show and Tell (select a picture to view at full size):
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• Lon brought in this 1/25 scale T34/85 by Tamiya. • Lon also brought in this 1/24 scale Focke Wulf 190 by Airfix. The tulip petals were the hardest part of the model which features fairly good details and working landing gear. Only one gear strut still works on this particular model. |
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• Mike Rice presented this Albatross by Eduard featuring lozenge camouflage and rip tapes. The pilot also came from Eduard. • Mike also brought in these prepainted barbed wire and stone wall accessories in 1/48 scale by Pegasus Hobbies. They can be purchased from Hannants. |
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• Chris Spangler offered this wooden ship model purchased at a hobby shop in Navato. Chris, who hails from Guadalajara, Mexico, is traveling and built the model in his hotel room. It features pre-cut parts with very good fit. • Chris is also working on a hound shaped mecha by Bandai, which goes together very well, and a Carribean Pirate Ship by Revell (not shown). The latter model does not fit well, depicts a ficticious subject, and glows in the dark! • John Admire brought in the next model of BB-3 U.S.S. Oregon in 1/225 scale by Glenco. The battleship Oregon was commissioned in July, 1896 and carried 13", 8", and 6" guns on a hull 351 feet long and 69 feet wide. Belonging to the Indiana class, Oregon made 16 knots on coal burning engines. John built the model about 10 years ago. All of the stanchions and railings were built using wire and monofilament line. It features metal chain, planking drawn on with a pencil, a balsawood base simulating a drydock, drilled barrels, and a special "foam" weathering technique on the hull. |
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• John Boes displayed this English knight in full armor. |
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• John also brought in the next three models, a Model T armored car, Baron Von Richthofen, and a scratch built Ryan in 1/32 scale. |
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• John finished with a 1/32 scale Sopwith Camel by Hobbycraft. The rondels were airbrushed on. |
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• Greg Reynolds offered for review a Ki-10-11 by ICM in 1/72 scale. |
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• Pat Nichols displayed this Kamov Ka 25C "Hormone" in 1/72 scale by Airfix. The model, which Pat finished a few months ago, represents a search and rescue helicopter. The kit has raised details and pilots added from another kit. • Pat also presented this Kamov Ka 52 Alligator in 1/72 scale by Italeri. The well detailed model suffers from very bad fit problems. Italeri bought the mold from another company. Pat built the model with the canopy open on one side. • Doug Dropeskey brought in the next work in progress, a Focke Wulf Fw 190A-8 in 1:33 scale by Halinski. The card model features a full 18 cylinder radial engine under the cowl and all control surfaces are deflected. |
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• Doug also brought in this late model Tiger I tank in 1/72 scale by Dragon, marked as Michael Wittman's last ride. The zimmerit comes molded in place. The glueable tracks chemically react with enamal paints such that they remain tacky for years after, as is the case with this model. Acrylic paints do not cause this problem. Doug notes that newer Dragon DS tracks take enamel paints, but take care because some kits still come with the older style tracks. The track runs were sigificantly too short, so Doug filled the gaps with pieces from another model. The results were not completely successful. • Tom Young offered the next model for review, a two man Italian suicide submarine in 1/72 scale along with referance material. |
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• Tom continues to work on a series of commissioned dioramas showing Russian cavalry units in action, in this case Russian Hussars in 1/72 scale. |
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• Tom also brought in this rare model--a World War I aircraft hanger produced in 1936 by Skybirds. The model contains wood parts and metal frames. Skybirds was the first model company to release kits in 1/72 scale. • Mike Winters presented the next subject, a very complex and detailed diorama in 1/35 scale depicting an Asian elephant rescueing a Lee tank from the mud in Burma. Tamiya produced the Lee kit and Verlinden the elephant. Mike states that the hardest part of the project was conceptualizing the scene before he started. The Lee tank crushed a Japanese pillbox but became trapped in the mud as a result. The local Burmese people are now helping the British crew free their mired vehicle. Mike continues to finish parts of the diorama, which utilizes Woodland Scenics Realistic Water, plants from the yard, photoetch fronds, and various other products from Woodland Scenics. WINNER: THEME AWARD |
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• Jack Riggar, after 8 months of work, approaches completion of his spectacular A-7 Corsair in 1/48 scale. Please review previous meeting pages for information about this extremely detailed model. |
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• Jack also presented this finely produced F/A-18 Hornet in 1/48 scale by Hasegawa. Jack used a Black Box cockpit, Eduard photo etch, and tinted the front windscreen, a process requiring 20 coats of paint, mixed at 30 to 1, before polishing. After removing seams from the ordanance, Jack carefully put back the lost detail and panel lines. He also replaced every rivet on the gear doors, scratch built many parts, cut treads on the tires using a drill press, and added new pitot tubes after breaking off the originals. The nav light were cut from a toothbrush, the landing lights made from confetti, and the FLIR tinted orange. |
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• Spencer Lew displayed this in progress Camero, which he bought after seeing the latest Transformers movie. Spencer plans on painting the car yellow with black racing stripes, the livery worn by Bumblebee in the movie. |
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• Keith Lew brought in this F-100D Super Sabre in 1/48 scale by Monogram, backdated to an F-100A. Keith now plans on converting the plane to a C variant by cutting off the tail and replacing it. The fuselage was rescribed and finished with Model Master buffing metalizer. • Keith also brought in this YPR721 (M113) in United Nations markings. Keith notes that the white paint highlights every single flaw. • Brett Halby offered for review two 1/35 scale Israeli Sherman tanks by Dragon--the older release and the current premium edition kit (not shown). |
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