Show and Tell - September 13, 2007
Meeting Location: HobbyTown USA, Petaluma
Meeting Time: 7:00pm
Theme: Commercials
President John Admire waits as members regroup after a break in the meeting.
Pictures by Doug Dropeskey
Commentary by Doug Dropeskey
Edited by Doug Dropeskey
Club Announcements (by John Admire, President):
• Please come to the board meetings if you would like to contribute.
• Some people still need to pay club dues for 2007. Please contact Brett Halby to make a payment.
• Thanks to everyone who helped with the airshow. Club members built over 250 models with the kids who attended. Members spoke with over 100 people about the club, and public response was very positive. IPMS Santa Rosa would like to extend a special thanks to Steve Elliot for sponsoring the whole thing. • Many members attnded the IPMS Nationals Convention in Anaheim, California. Four of those members brought home a total of 9 awards.
John Admire
Premier Award in Space and Science Fiction Vehicles, Science Fiction and Fantasy Vehicles from Kits.
Jack Riggar
1st in Hypothetical
1st in Aircraft, Small Jet, 1/48
1st in Aircraft, Medium Jet, 1/48
2nd in Space and Science Fiction Vehicles, Science Fiction and Fantasy Vehicles from Kits.
Hal Sanford
1st in Figures, Dismounted, 71mm and Larger
2nd in Figures, Dismounted, 54 to 70mm
2nd in Dioramas, Aircraft, Small Composition, 1/48 and 1/32
Tom Young
3rd in Dioramas, Figures, Dioramas (more than 5 figures)
• Please consider joining IPMS USA. You will receive their excellent magazine 6 times a year, with information about the organization, upcoming events, new kit reviews, and build reviews. Furture issues will feature full color throughout.
• 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 $25.00 gift certificate.
• Club shirts in both old and new styles are available for $20 each.
• The club needs help finding a video camera that can provide direct feed to a projector. If you have any technical expertise in this area, please contact Greg Reynolds.
• IPMS Santa Rosa will offer classes on weathering with washes, weathering with a drybrush, and weathering with chalks and pigments. Please see the Event Calendar for more information. We still need teachers and assistants for these classes, so please volunteer if you would like to help. The classes will run from 11am to 2pm and cost $5.00 each.
• The Armor Modeling and Preservation Society (AMPS) is organizing AMPS West for 2008 and they need volunteers to help. For more information, please visit the AMPS website.
• The club is still sponsoring club builds and reviews. If you would like to participate, please contact John Admire.
Upcoming Events (Please see the Event Calendar for more information.):
• On September 19 at 7pm, the Pacific Coast Air Museum will hold its monthly meeting. You may attend a meeting without actually joining the organization. If you do want to join, club dues run $30.00 a year. PCAM currently comprises over 600 members, and attracts superior speakers in the aviation field.
• On September 22, Dawn Patrol Rendezvous World War I Fly-In will take place on the grounds of the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. Please see the National Museum of the United States Air Force website for more information.
• On September 27 to 30, The Final Roundup, The Gathering of Mustangs & Legends, will take place in Columbus, Ohio. Please see the The Final Roundup website for more information.
• On September 29, IPMS Santa Rosa will take a field trip to the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien and U.S.S. Pampanito in San Francisco.
• On October 13, IPMS Fremont Hornets will host their annual model contest and show.
• On October 21, Hiller Aviation Museum will hold a special event, Aces with Wings of Gold, presented by the Northern California Friends of Fighter Aces Association. Local IPMS chapters are supporting this event, with members building and displaying models of representative aircraft. Please see the Home Page for more information.
• On October 27, IPMS Shasta Scale Modelers will host their annual model contest and show.
• On Friday, December 14, IPMS Santa Rosa will host its annual Christmas party at the Round Table Pizza across from Coddingtown Mall in Santa Rosa.
• On February 9, 2008, IPMS Santa Rosa and IPMS Mount Diablo will host Hobby Expo 2008 at the Petaluma Community Center. Adds will soon appear in Fine Scale Modeler and the IPMS USA Journal.
• On April 19, 2008, IPMS Silicon Valley Scale Modelers will hold their annual Kickoff Classic.
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: Chipped Paint (by John Admire):
You can use a sponge, dipped and blotted in paint, to simulate paint chips. John Boes also suggests using a potato for this purpose. You can easily cut the potato to any desired shape, and the uneven surface distributes paint randomly.
Jack Riggar suggests an alternate, four step method. First, paint the model aluminum, steel, primer, or whatever color you want to chip down to. Second, seal the model with Future. Third, paint the model in the correct paint scheme. And finally, use transparent tape to randomly pick take flakes out of the final coat, revealing the color underneath.
Slide Show: IPMS Santa Rosa Make and Take at the Wings Over the Wine Country (by Greg Reynolds):
Greg presented a brief slide show of the make and take, featuring many happy kids and their models. These photos now appear online for your viewing pleasure.
Slide Show: IPMS National Model Contest (by Greg Reynolds):
Greg presented a comprehensive slide show of superlative models at the IPMS National Model Contest held in Anaheim, California. These photos now appear online for your viewing pleasure.
Question and Answer:
What do you use to make arials for aircraft?
Use stretched sprue or one pund fishing line.
What solvent and tools work best to thoroughly clean an airbrush?
Use Pine Sol, airbrush tip reamers, and dental brushes.
Editor's Note: Pine Sol dissolves some acrylics, but does not work on a mixture of Model Master acrylics and enamals. A cellulose based thinner (a.k.a., lacquor thinner) works best in most cases, because it dissolves acrylic, enamal/oil, and lacquor based paints. When finished, thoroughly clear all lacquor thinner because it will attack styrene and other plastics. Do not soak your airbrush in lacquor thinner for long periods. It will attack the chrome finish and even pit the underlying metal.
Show and Tell (select a picture to view at full size):
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• Lon Irwin brought in the first two models, an American P-38 Lockheed Lightning and a Japanese Kawasaki Ki-61 Tony, both by Revell in 1/32 scale. Lon spent 3 months removing, correcting, and restoring the P-38s superchargers, using a lot of chalk in the process. |
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• Pat Nichols displayed the next three models, a Russian Zil 151 command truck by ICM in 1/72 scale, a Russian T-55 by PST in 1/72 scale, and a Russian BMP-1 by ACE in 1/72 scale. ICM makes three versions of the Zil 151, a command truck (shown here), a police version, and a rocket armed variant (shown below). Pat used Bison Decals on the T-55, depicted as a Balken Wars vehicle after the tank was captured. The BMP-1, an ACE resin kit costing about $6 US, was painted plack, then sand, then white, hit with a "grunge" wash, and finally drybrushed a sand color. The model represents a vehicle used by Pat's son. |
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• Pat also brought in the other to Zil 151 variants, presented on a nice diorama base. • Bill Stewart presented the next two items, the latest issue of Air Modeller and a book on the 4th Fighter Group in World War II. |
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• Bill also brought in the next two items, the latest Dragon Smart kit, a Panzer IIIJ, and a Nieuport by Eduard in 1/48 scale. Bill replaced the engine in the Nieuport with a resin set from Roden. He also used cellulon to replicate the see-through panel in the upper wing of the aircraft. • Greg Reynolds purchased the next item at the IPMS Nationals, a very fine razor saw. Greg claims this is the finest razor saw made. Spacers, included with the set, allow stacked blade arrangements for cutting parallel tracks. The set cost $27 US and includes three blades plus various spacers. |
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• Wesley displayed this model of the Spirit of Saint Louis in 1/48 scale. • Cameron, attending his first IPMS meeting, brought in the next two models, an unidentified mecha in 1/550 scale by Bandai, and a Mirage YC07 Cronus Vixen Version from the Playstation Game Armored Cor in 1/72 scale by Craftsmanship Kotobukiya. |
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• John Boes presented the next three models, a resin early Indy Racer by Edsel, a 3/4 sprint racer, and his ongoing scratch built Ryan project. The Indy and sprint racers feature very nicely detailed engine and crew compartments. WINNER: THEME AWARD The 1/32 scale Ryan now includes a very detailed gas exchange manifold and woven wicker seat! Beautiful work, as always. |
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• John also brought in this British Africa Corps tanker on a custom wood base, featuring a prickly pear cactus. • Howard Brown, attending his first IPMS meeting, brought in the next three items, an Albatross D.III in 1/48 scale by Roden, a decal sheet for the Albatross featuring markings for Wernor Voss, and an Eduard photo-etch set for the D.III. The Eduard set includes a prepainted instrument panel and other fine upgrades. The decal set includes two sheets of wood paneling. The instructions recommend a base coat of Model Master wood, with the decals applyed on top to add subtle woodgrain texture. |
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• Howard also brought in this Hawker Hurricane in 1/144 scale, which features decals for 8 different aircraft, and some additional decal sheet. Howard notes that another version of the Hurricane model features decals for 6 different aircraft. • Dave presented a series of photographs showing the Manitowoc, a submarine at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum. During World War II, submarines were built at a nearby facility and shipped down the Mississipi on barges. Additional photographs covered U-505, located in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. • Wesley made a second appearence to talk about the latest Fine Models offering, a Y-Wing fighter in 1/72 scale. At least 5 club members expressed interest in building this kit. |
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• Jack Riggar presented a number of items he picked up at the recent IPMS Nationals held in Anaheim, California. First was the Special Hobby X-15 kit in 1/32 scale, depicting the second test aircraft. The very large model features a fairly good cockpit, many resin parts, vacuformed and resin canopies, and a nice decal sheet (probably Cartograff of Italy) for $55 US. Jack purchased the X-15 Photo Scrapbook over the internet, which features leftover pictures from "Hypersonic". Miniart gave away many kits at the Nationals. The kits feature high quality moldings, even on the vacuformed parts, and Dragon-like engineering. |
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