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:
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Scale
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Mfgr
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Subject
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MSRP
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48
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Eduard
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MC
202Folgore
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59
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?
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Revell
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Imperial
Star Destroyer
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35
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?
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Revell
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Rebel Star
Destroyer
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35
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35
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Takom
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King Tiger
Porsche Zimmerit
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79
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35
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Takom
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G6 Rhino
South African SPG
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73
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35
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Panda
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T-14
Armata
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66
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72
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Hasegawa
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Space Wolf
SW 190
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40
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24
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Meng
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Hummer H1
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90
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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 10th for our
Holiday party!
