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.

October 2015 Meeting Notes

The October meeting kicked off at Hobbytown USA Kennesaw at 1:00 P.M. with over 20 in attendance. We had to meet in the back section of the big game room which prevented us from running the slide show, so Dave Lockhart improvised with paper copies!

We have the fortune of introducing two new members. One is Keith Tarpley of Marietta. He is interesting in various modeling genres so he should have no problem fitting in with us! The other is David Hobbs. Dave is a member of Atlanta AMPS and a skilled armor modeler. Welcome!

Kevin Westphal hauled in a shopping cart full of new arrivals for us to drool over.

We are progressing ahead with our preparations to assist the Atlanta IPMS Club with their upcoming show. Mark March 19^th on your calendars and be ready to pitch in!

On to the models…Gary Litavis had completed his Esci LAV-25 Command Vehicle. The 1/35 scale kit was upgraded with the addition of pioneer tools and an M-240 7.62mm machine gun from Trumpeter. Gary weathered the NATO-Three Tone finished LAV with Mig Pigments for a worn in look.

Gregory Dyar had a vintage build, a Hasegawa P-47D Thunderbolt in 1/72 scale. This Razorback was in a natural metal finish (not airbrushed!) and Greg used Microscale Decals to model the “Dove of Peace” from the 353^rd Fighter Group.

Fred Heil had two kits to display. First up, he had a Smithsonian Jet Engine Test Stand. He believes this is a reissue of a Revell kit. He stated this was his first time doing electrical work, as this is a full motion cutaway with lighting.

Fred’s other work was his completion of his WWII US Subchaser. He used the Glencoe 1/74 scale WWI Subchaser as the base, scratchbuilding most of the items located aft of the Conning Cabin.  This included the midships gun deck, cabin, depth charges and racks, railings, roof for the conn and steering deck. Fred used 20mm guns from the Airfix Air/Sea Rescue boat, and detailed the 3” Pool gun. His primary reference was the Squadron/Signal US Subchasers book and photos obtained from the Naval Institute. Fred used Model Master paints and pastel chalks to finish the build.

Dave Lockhart presented us with his early in-progress work. The subject is the Mobius Models Interstellar Ranger kit, scaled out to 1/72. Dave originally had planned to add photoetch plated to the cockpit sections but was unhappy with the general fit, so he acquired a new hull and is taking another approach to it.

Mike Idacavage is moving right along on his Boeing B737-232 ADV. Mike’s done correction work on the venerable Airfix kit by knocking down the panel lines, correcting the tail fin hinge configuration and substituting BRAZ resin JT8D-17 powerplants for the kit’s anemic blower pipes. Mike used Model Master and Alclad to paint the airframe, and is moving forward with marking her in the classic Delta “Widget” scheme.

Rob Morales is constructing a vignette/diorama (?) featuring a Dragon Models figure set. The work in progress is to be called “Hunting the Partisans” based on the 4-figure kit of the same name.  The kit features three Waffen SS soldiers and an Italian R.S.I. Bersaglieri trooper in combat action versus partisans set in the Balkans in 1943. The SS troops are from the Prinz Eugen Division and were known for their ruthlessness in the Yugoslav campaign. The Bersaglieri trooper features the legendary capercaillie black feather which Rob will enhance with real feather material. The figures will be based on a small 4”x4” plinth which he has modeled with celluclay, sand, gravel and railroad grass tufts.

Tom Rice kept the figure theme going with some heavily modified 1/12 scale Marx figures.  Tom desired some figures to accompany his 1/12^th scale Tiger tank. Tom cast new torsos from Milliput and vacuformed some equipment details. Using Model Master paint, he is experimenting on flesh tones and SS camouflage uniforms.

Larry Beemer had some big progress on his F-86E Super Sabre from last month. The NMF is complete and black and yellow bands have been painted on. The decals have been applied so Larry should only have some finishing work to go before he can mount the Chris Craft for presentation to America’s final Korean War ace.

Mark Grzenia displayed his 1/48 scale P-47D Thunderbolt, also a Razorback. Starting with the Tamiya kit, Mark added the True Details pilot seat and E-Z Line antenna. On top of the Model Master enamel paint, Mark uses an acrylic paint wash to highlight the details.

Mark’s Thunderbolt won Model of the Month and Art Murray won the $10 Gift Card.

See you November 14^th!

Thanks to Chuck Davenport for his great photos!