Marietta Scale Modelers IPMS August 2015 Meeting Minutes
Meeting was held at Hobbytown USA Kennesaw on August 8,
2015. We kicked off at 1300 (1:00 P.M.) with 22 members on hand, a great
turnout for a hot summer’s day. There were 10 models on the tables, which seems
low but the quality was there (along with a few sizeable pieces…)
Dave kicked off the presentation with some pictures
presented by Jim Pernikoff of the displays at Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage
Collection of aircraft and armor in Everett, WA. Allen is one of the
co-founders of Microsoft and has amassed a nice collection of running airplanes
and tanks.
An post-Nationals rundown was next. Nearly a dozen members
made the trek to Columbus, OH, with Paul Crawley and Mike Idacavage collecting
awards for their models.
Kevin Westphal of HTUSA had a nice bounty of new items from
the store shelves:
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Manufacturer
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Subject
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Scale
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$ MSRP
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Revell Germany
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FW190 F8
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32
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124
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Tamiya
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Mosquito FB Mk IV
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32
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215
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Moebius
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Interstellar Ranger
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72
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32
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Mirror
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US Recovery Tractor/Bulldozer
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35
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75
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Moebius
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Ford 1971 Ranger pickup
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24
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32
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Glencoe
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Thor ICBM
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87
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30
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Eduard
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Spitfire Mk 16 (two kits)
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48
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75
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ICM
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Dornier 215
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48
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45
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Mirror
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Diamond T Wrecker
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35
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75
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AMT
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Beech Staggerwing
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48
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24
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Squadron
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F-4 Phantom II in Action
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N/A
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20
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Valiant Wings
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D-Day to VE Day Air Battle over Europe
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N/A
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14
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Looking ahead to upcoming events, on September 12, a Warbird
display will be at Peachtree Dekalb Airport. Wings over North Georgia Airshow
takes place on October 3-4 in Rome with the F-18 and F-22 solo flight displays
and Falcon Field in Peachtree City will host the Blue Angels on Oct 31-Nov 1.
For less noisy gatherings, IPMS Huntsville has its annual
show on Sept 26 and IPMS Arm/Air in Salisbury NC goes on Oct 17. Murfreesboro
TN holds its show on Nov 7, and the ACME Southern NNL contest will be in Smyrna
on Nov 14. That’s it locally until January at Chattanooga.
Member John Vallrugo, a Colonel in the USAF, shared with us
some images he took during his summer “vacation” (read Deployment). John and
his unit won an all-expenses paid trip to Spangdahlem Air Base near Trier
Germany, with deluxe accommodations in a KC-135. As a guy who is used to
traveling across the Atlantic in Delta’s Business Class, I cannot say I was
envious! At least he had a few days to explore the Rhineland. Thanks for your
service, John!
Mike Idacavage had a few tools he purchased from vendor UMM
at the Columbus Nats. One was the Hand Sanding bar around which one wraps
sandpaper to facilitate any sanding task. The other item was the Detail Sander,
which features a small area to apply self adhesive sandpaper in the end of what
looks like a sanding tool.
On to the models on display! McLean Gilbert not only builds
military subjects, but he also has somewhat of a model railroad collection. Mac
has his “O” Scale (1/48 for modelers…) railroad engine house. He was given a
Polar Express locomotive by his wife and needed to properly store it. This was
built initially with the Atlas kit, to which Mac added lights, a base, an
interior and a loading dock to bring it to life. Mac used basswood for the
extra details and painted it in Model Master colors.
Gregory Dyar brought in a memory from my past. Greg had a
Me110 Zerstorer in 1/72 scale. He built Monogram’s kit OOB with Micro Scale
decals and Model Master paints. Another great job on an old friend.
John Vallrugo also specializes in some of the vintage 72nd
scale aircraft. He presented Heller’s Saab J-21A. He scratch built the cockpit
and finished it in Model Master paints. This type was the first combat aircraft
with an ejection seat. Another very nice build from John,
Mike Idacavage has a couple of in-progress works. He is
continuing progress on the DLM SA-9 Gaskin Anti-aircraft missile vehicle. He
has added wiring for the missiles using thin wires based on pictures of
prototypes.
Mike also is starting a space project. The subject is the
Sigma 7 Mercury Spacecraft. He is using the Revell and Real Space Connections
kits and details to model the capsule in flight. Mike is modeling the craft to
represent astronaut Wally Schirra’s mission.
Paul Crawley finished another 1/72 civil conversion, this time an
Avro York airliner. Paul used CMR resin conversion kit with Matchbox Lancaster
wings to complete this propliner used by Dan-Airas a freighter. Painted with
Testors and Alclad, Paul added Preiser figures, a Viking forklift and tug and
trailer by Airfix to a Max Models resin base.
Keith Scruton also chose an older kit to demonstrate some
advanced painting skill. Keith took the 1/108 scale Revell Tug Boat and added
windows which were not included in the kit. To depict a boat he saw beached
along the side of the road in Chesapeake, VA, Keith used rust ground into powder
from an old steel wool pad along with Model Master paint.
Fred Heil had an in-progress WWI/WWII Subchaser. Fred added
parts from 2 Airfix Air-Sea Rescue boats to the 1/74 Glencoe Subchaser. He is
converting the kit from a WWI vintage to WWII by detailing the cabin and deck
and adding details to the kit 3” Poole Gun.
Gary Litavis completed a KrAZ-255B Russian transport truck.
This is the Roden kit in 1/35 scale, to which Gary added a tissue paper tarp
roof over the truck body. Painted in Tamiya colors and weathered with Mig
pigments, Gary’s 7 ½ ton cargo truck is marked as one from the DDR NVA (German
Democratic Republic’s Army).
Dave Lockhart brought in his Berlin Airlift C-47. This old
Italert kit in 1/72 scale included some eduard photo etch and Quickboost
exhausts. Dave’s paint choice was Model Master and he based the plane on a
Verlinden tarmac sheet. Dave used Cutting Edge decals to mark the plane as one
of the “Candy Bombers”.
Keith’s tugboat was the Model of the Month. Unfortunately I
did not recall the gift card winner for this month.
Next meeting will be held on September 12 at 1:00 PM.
