May Meeting Info

 Gentlemen and Ladies,

Once again IPMS MARIETTA will have our Monthly Club Meeting this Saturday, 7 May 2022, 1:00 PM EST at the Local Lodge 709 Union Hall at Lockheed. This meeting will be conducted the same as last month's Meeting. It will be a combination "In Person" and "ZOOM" Meeting. MASKS ARE OPTIONAL! Last Month's Meeting was a success with 23 members in attendance with 4 members joining on "ZOOM". I expect another great turnout and plenty of models for the "SHOW & TELL". REMINDER! This is the fifth Club Meeting for the Modeling Year so ANNUAL DUES WILL BE COLLECTED at the amount of $12.00.

Discussion of "Futue of IPMS MARIETTA will be a TOPIC.

For those who are bringing models (please limit it to two (2) due to time restraints) "This goes for you Mark Nickelson" I encourage everyone to submit photos to Mike Idacavage no later than Friday evening, 7 May 2022, in order for him to put those photos into a Power Point for better viewing at the Meeting. Mike's Email: rocketmi@bellsouth.net

The Following Information is provided in order to be a part of our Club Meeting both "In Person" and via "ZOOM":

DAY: SATURDAY

DATE: 7 May 2022

TIME: 1:00 PM (EST) 6:00 PM (IRELAND/UK) 7:00 PM (NETHERLANDS)

LOCATION: LOCAL LODGE 709 UNION HALL at LOCKHEED

1032 S. MARIETTA PKWY

MARIETTA, GEORGIA

30060

"ZOOM" INFO -

MEETING ID: 592 129 1631

PASSCODE: Contact us for info

I look forward to see everyone there!

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Fred Martin's Sidestrand

 This is a Boulton Paul Sidestrand which is an earlier manifestation of the Overstrand. Sidestrand and Overstrand are the names of two seaside villages in Norfolk, UK. The Sidestrand was a medium bomber of the early 1930s, serving in the RAF with only 18 ever built. The model was made from the 1/72 Contrail vacuform kit. This was one of Contrail's early offerings and it shows. The kit provides an approximation of parts that needs quite a bit of work and of course, there are no decals. One builds somethings like this for the challenge, or possibly to serve some kind of penitence.

Atlantacon 2022 Winners List

The list includes First through Third place winners for the 2022 Atlantacon. Thanks to all who participated and volunteered their time and energy! 

AtlantaCon 2022 Awards by Category

April 2022 Meeting

Gentlemen and Ladies, Once again IPMS MARIETTA will have our Monthly Club Meeting this Saturday, 16 April 2022, 1:00 PM EST at the Local Lodge 709 Union Hall at Lockheed. This meeting will be conducted the same as last month's Meeting. It will be a combination "In Person" and "ZOOM" Meeting. MASKS ARE OPTIONAL! Last Month's Meeting was a success with 30 members in attendance with 4 members joining on "ZOOM". I expect another great turnout and plenty of models for the "SHOW & TELL". REMINDER! This is the fourth Club Meeting for the Modeling Year so ANNUAL DUES WILL BE COLLECTED at the amount of $12.00. Discussion of ATLANTA CON 2022 "End of Action" will be a TOPIC. For those who are bringing models (please limit it to two (2) due to time restraints) I encourage you to submit photos to Mike Idacavage no later than Friday evening, 15 April 2022, in order for him to put those photos into a Power Point for better viewing at the Meeting. Mike's Email: rocketmi@bellsouth.net The Following Information is provided in order to be a part of our Club Meeting both "In Person" and via "ZOOM": DAY: SATURDAY DATE: 16 April 2022 TIME: 1:00 PM (EST) 6:00 PM (IRELAND/UK) 7:00 PM (NETHERLANDS) LOCATION: LOCAL LODGE 709 UNION HALL at LOCKHEED 1032 S. MARIETTA PKWY MARIETTA, GEORGIA 30060 "ZOOM" INFO - MEETING ID: 592 129 1631 PASSCODE: Please contact Buz Pezold for code I look forward to see everyone there!

November Meeting Notes

Our meeting kicked off at 1:00 PM. Unfortunately I showed up at 1:10 thanks to the horrible job of accident clearing by the Woodstock PD!

We had 15 members in attendance, taking into account the ACME NNL Southern Nationals show was happening in Smyrna, and Dave Lockhart on a work trip. I’ll also excuse Mike Idacavage; I guess your daughter doesn’t get her degree every week!

We had 4 models completed plus a WIP.

We did not have a formal presentation, so items discussed included the upcoming Holiday parties:

• ·         IPMS Marietta Scale Modelers on December 10 at Sidelines – Kennesaw beginning 12 Noon
• ·         Atlanta Area IPMS Christmas Party on December 14 at Thai Star in Norcross beginning around 7 PM

Don’t forget to bring a wrapped nice modeling-related gift for the Dirty Santa exchange.

Next we covered the upcoming model shows:

• ·         January 6-7 – Chattanooga
• ·         February 17-19 – AMPS Atlanta and Atlanta Model Soldier Show
• ·         March 11 – Atlanta Con

Kevin Westphal showed us some new models that have arrived at Hobbytown USA:

Scale	Mfgr	Subject	MSRP
48	Eduard	MC 202Folgore	59
?	Revell	Imperial Star Destroyer	35
?	Revell	Rebel Star Destroyer	35
35	Takom	King Tiger Porsche Zimmerit	79
35	Takom	G6 Rhino South African SPG	73
35	Panda	T-14 Armata	66
72	Hasegawa	Space Wolf SW 190	40
24	Meng	Hummer H1	90

As always, your membership in IPMS Marietta gets you 10% off at Hobbytown USA!

Mark Nickleson had two aircraft in November. Mark’s first aircraft was a classic Grumman F9F-8 Cougar. Mark built the 1/48 scale Kittyhawk kit. He painted it in the Glossy Sea Blue finish with Model Master.

Mark’s other aircraft was a helicopter. Mark built the Special Hobby Sikorsky R4 kit, which is also a 1/48 scale model. Using Model Master paint, Mark modeled a USCG R4 that ferried plasma from Floyd Bennett Field on Long Island to Sandy Hook, NJ to aid victims of an ordnance handling explosion on the U.S.S. Turner (DD-648).

Andy Roberts displayed his newly completed Imperial TiE Fighter. Andy built the fighter using the Bandai kit in 1/72 scale. He said the kit does face fit issues especially of you are cementing it together, as it is designed for the snap-tight crowd. Using Vallejo acrylics, Andy achieved a realistic finish with washes and dry-brushing.

James Young had this year's Hallmark aviation ornament, an F-16 fighter. There were significant issues with the intake and missiles, and the paint job was farcical. We'll see how James salvages this one.

Fred Heil displayed a unique kit bash project. Fred titled the aircraft “Aurora” after the US spyplane project. The basic airframe was part of an Italeri kit (SR-75 Penetrator with XR-7 Thunderdart). Fred modified the engine from twin pods to an inline set up to include heat diffusers. Fred also scratch built a bomb bay then placed the aircraft on a base with service personnel and equipment. Fred guessed at what “Aurora” might have looked like. A few years later a new Stealth magazine showed an aircraft named “Astra” with amazing similarities. Fred also mentioned the upper and lower wing halves were not well matched and required genuine whittling to make them fit.

Mark Grzenia had his in-progress Westland Wysander airframe. Mark is building the Eduard kit in 1/48 scale. He is discovering some discrepancies in the kit instructions as he is using the Eduard photo-etch accessories in the cockpit. He will be adding wiring behind the instrument panel as he continues the build.

Tom Rice is venturing into the CAD side of things in creating custom parts for his Saturn I project. Tom had a Shapeways item compared to a scratch built item and the difference was pretty astounding. Tom is going to have some additional parts from other sources for comparison soon.

Fred’s Aurora was voted MoM, in a true democratic fashion (no delegates needed!). Bill Ficke was lucky duck for the second month in a row winning the Hobbytown USA gift card.

See you all at Sidelines December 10^th for our Holiday party!

November Meeting Notes

The November meeting came to order and President Dave Lockhart presented the PowerPoint show. Remember that we are engaging with the Atlanta club for their March show and each of us need to pitch in. “Pitching In” does NOT mean walking around looking at models and buying from the vendors (or just vending yourself)! Helping with registration, admission, setting up/tearing down, judging are all areas needing OUR support.

Chuck Davenport gave a quick review of the ACME Car Club Show, which by all reports was very well attended. Hopefully someone can share pictures for us to publish in an upcoming newsletter.

Kevin Westphal had a short but tempting list of new arrivals at Hobbytown:

Scale	Manufacturer	Model	Cost
48	Revell/Monogram	B-29	$65.00
35	Takom	Chieftain tanks (Mk 5, 10, & 11)	$70.00
72	Academy	F/A-18A	$28.00
	Revell	Star Wars X-Wing Force Awakens	$30.00
24	Revell	BMWi8	$36.00
48	Hasegawa	Bf 109-E4	$36.00
72	Academy	B-25B Doolittle Raiders	$55.00
35	Hobby Boss	Panzerkampfwagen IV D (ex-Tristar mold)	$45.00

The next show in the area is not until January’s Chattanooga Show. This is a two-day (Friday-

Saturday) held once again at the Convention Center.

On to the show-and-tell. Mike Idacavage had two in-progress builds. The first is his Iraqi SA-9 Gaskin SAM. Mike employed some parts from the Eduard photo etch set with scratchbuilding to dress up the 1/35 scale DML kit.

Mike also is working on Revell’s Sigma 7 Mercury spacecraft. He is adding the Realspace Conversion kit to model Wally Schirra’s craft. Mike will base the craft on a stand superimposed over a photo of the Earth taken by Schirra on this mission.

Tom Rice had an in-progress scratch built Mercury rocket, coincidentally in 1/72 scale, same as Mike’s capsule. Tom used ABS and styrene as well as made a resin section joining the components.

Tom also had a finished YF-12A Interceptor. This aircraft is in 1/32 scale and is a scratch built masterpiece. Tom modeled one of the three interceptors built, 06934. He used a wood lathe to turn plastic for the nose cone and exhausts, and finished the plane with Alclad.

We are pleased to welcome a new member, David Price. David is actually a long time modeler who many of us know from the AAA Hobby days. Dave had an in-progress Soviet heavy tank, the T-1oM. This Meng kit is 1/35 scale and David enhanced several exterior details with Evergreen styrene. David has chosen to model the tank as one participating in “Operation Danube”, the Soviet invasion to suppress the Czechoslovakian Uprising of 1968.

Paul Crawley finished his latest 1/72 scale propliner. Paul’s subject is the Lockheed L-1694A Constellation “Starliner”. The build is a modification of Heller’s L1049G Super Constellation with Fliegerhorst’s Starliner resin conversion kit. As always, Paul’s build does not just include the aircraft but also two heavily modified passenger stairs, red carpets (made of felt), stanchions (sourced from earring backs) and figures. The TWA livery decals are from Vintage Flyer.

Larry Beam was just about finished with his Academy 1/48 F-86 modification to the E series when chemistry struck. Apparently the latex glove he was using to handle the model during finishing reacted with the paint and damaged the surface. Larry was successfully able to remove the damaged finish and is well on his way in the repair process to be able to present the aircraft to USAF Korean War ace “Chick” Cleveland.

Fred Heil finished another of the Doyusha Japanese Castle series kits. This 1/350 scale vignette is a model of Himeji Castle in the Hyogo Prefecture. Fred added landscape details used in railroad modeling and was able to refer to photos from “Japan – The Pre-War Years” and scenes from the “Victory At Sea” series.

Mark Grzenia is making progress on the Eduard 1/48 Me-109-E4. This is the profi-pak kit which includes resin and photoetch items to add detail, and Mark has the painting of the standard Luftwaffe day fighters applied. He is modeling the 109 flown by Franz Von Werra during the Battle of Britain which was shot down over Kent in 1940.

Mike Rinehart completed his Star Wars Drone Trooper figure. This is a white metal figure scaling out around 1/50 scale.

Dave Lockhart had two in-progress works to display. First, Dave is building Hobby Craft’s 1/48 scale Avia S-199. Dave has added the Eduard cockpit and will model this to be one of the first aircraft of the Israeli Air Force.

Dave also had some progress made on the Interstellar Ranger. The Moebius kit will be done out-of-the-box and he is going with Vallejo paints.

Mike Wolfe displayed a Boeing 247 in 1/72 scale. This is the Williams Brothers kit done in the livery for Zimmerly Airlines, a trunk carrier in Idaho that later was acquired by Empire Air Lines in 1948. Empire was merged a short time later with West Coast, which then formed part of Hughes Airwest, later bought by Republic, then Northwest and finally merged with Delta Air Lines.

Paul’s lovely Constellation Starliner was selected as model of the month. Art Murray won his second gift card in a row.

The next meeting is actually our Christmas party to be held Saturday, December 12, 1:00 pm at Sidelines Kennesaw. We will not be having a presentation nor show and tell, but we will have hors d’oeuvres and soft drinks on the club (full meals and adult beverages are on you). We will also have a Holiday Gift Exchange/Dirty Santa, for those who bring a wrapped GOOD QUALITY kit, book or modeling tool.