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
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Manufacturer
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Model
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Cost
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48
|
Revell/Monogram
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B-29
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$65.00
|
35
|
Takom
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Chieftain tanks (Mk 5, 10, & 11)
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$70.00
|
72
|
Academy
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F/A-18A
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$28.00
|
|
Revell
|
Star Wars X-Wing Force Awakens
|
$30.00
|
24
|
Revell
|
BMWi8
|
$36.00
|
48
|
Hasegawa
|
Bf 109-E4
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$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.