IPMS Denver / Rob Wolf Chapter
A.M.S. Chronicle
June 2002
“Everything should be made as simple as
possible, but not simpler”
-- Albert Einstein
Next Meeting: Wednesday, June 5 at 7:00pm
Burt Chevrolet, 5200 S.
Broadway (near Belleview)
This Month’s Program: Gloss
Painting by Alan and Char
In This Issue
Buffie’s Page
…….2
Roster
Updates
…….2
Meeting Minutes
…….3
A-4
Project Summary (Earl Hosmer)
…….4
Fokker D.VII “Grooming a
Thoroughbred” (Steve Lawson)
…….5
Book Review: B-29 Hunters of the JAAF (Mike Gawell)
…….8
What’s New In Town
…….9
Calendar of Events
…….10
HEAD’S UP!
The Auction Continues
Jay wanted as many of his unbuilt kits as possible
to go to the members of the chapter.
Rather than have members fight tooth and nail over distribution of the
kits, we have decided to bring a selection of 72nd and 48th kits to each
monthly meeting and hold a silent auction for each set of models. There are approximately 228 72nd scale kits
and 109 48th scale kits to be offered.
Many of the 72nd kits have photo etch, resin accessories such as
interiors, control surfaces, wheels and vac canopies in the boxes with the
kits. Some have additional AeroMaster or Eagle Strike decal sets with them
(sometimes more than one set in a box).
Members may submit written bids during the break for the sets of
kits. If members choose to pool their
money for a bid on a group of kits they may do so. Kits will be brought to the meetings until they are all gone.
Proceeds will go to the club treasury.
Dues Reminder
July is the
month of Dues and that time is quickly approaching. Stop and chat with Dallas Lloyd during the June and July meetings
to pay your annual dues for the Rob Wolf chapter of IPMS (and get your Colpar
discount and allow this great newsletter to reach your X-Acto scarred
fingers)!!!
Dues: $20 for IPMS members
$25 for Non-IPMS members
Did
you miss me? I can honestly say that I
did not think once of IPMS while I was laying on the crystal clear beaches of
St. Martin and St. Thomas. Too
much….err….scenery to look at.
I
heard that the program was great – thanks Steve. I also heard that Alan has helped the club and the members by
healing what’s ‘ill’n some of us. Terry
the King Tuyt was kind enough to help me keep track of the points – and after
updating for the meeting, the top 5 are:
1. Cliff Davis: 220
points
2. Terry Tuytschaevers: 207 points
3. Alan Harrison: 197 points
4. Mark Persichetti: 188 points
5. Jason Halterman: 146 points.
You
have two more months to build those models and get those final points. I have the gift certificates in hand so we
are set to award in July.
Due
to my extended absence from work (where the Tank Man lair is), I am unable to
render this month’s comic. Rest assured
however, that Tank Man will be back in force x2 for the July newsletter [if
there is room – Ed.]. A couple of
reminders – dues are due by July’s meeting.
If you want to pay this month that’s OK as well. Those that do not pay by the July meeting
will not be receiving a newsletter for August, and will not be able to
participate in the final MOTY point’s contest.
SO you may want to seek out Dallas to renew this month and avoid the
rush in July.
Second,
officer nominations are due this month, to be voted by the members at the July
meeting. While I have had my fun as
your Pres – I am hoping someone will step up to run for the job. I will be content to do the Tank Man cartoon
(sorry Guido – I can’t resist) and sit in the back of the room. Remember that the Pres gets free dues for
July! As the beloved Johnny Cash
sang….”I hear that train uh commin…..”
Martin
Sagara has volunteered to do a follow up presentation in August on metal
finishes – thanks Martin! This month's
meeting will be by Alan and Char on painting gloss paints. This one should not be missed, as these two
are probably the best painters you will see.
Can’t wait! July’s program will
be on doing a regional contest, put on by Cliff, Guido and yours truly.
See
you at the meeting.
Happy
modeling!
MINUTES FOR MAY 1, 2002
Vice
President, Mike Gawell, called the May 1, 2002 meeting to order at 7:10 PM at
Burt Chevrolet with 37 members and guests present.
CORRESPONDENCE:
Cliff
Davis started the evening mentioning the silent auction for Jay Mack’s models
for the evening. He also had a number
of tote trays that he was giving out.
Correspondence for the evening included a IPMS Centennial newsletter,
Front Range Hobby newsletter, flyers concerning the upcoming shows and contests
being held at the Pueblo Air Museum, a Region 10 newsletter, a flyer about a
make & take program in Pueblo on May 4th, and info on a
presentation of a Col. Tom Burns, an ex blackbird pilot, that was being held at
the Pueblo Air Museum.
TREASURY:
Dallas
Lloyd was away for the evening, but we received $91.00 from the auction and
$275.00 from Alan Harrison.
OLD BUSINESS:
None
NEW BUSINESS:
Cliff
Davis mentioned that he had found a top of the line Alps printer for $500.00
and he suggested that we should look into purchasing it for our club use. After some discussion it was decided to go
ahead and proceed with the purchase.
Mike
Gawell mentioned that there would be an air show at Peterson Air Force Base on
May 18th and 19th.
John
Trueblood also mentioned a number of other air shows scheduled in the area this
year. The include the Thunderbirds at
the Air Force Academy for graduation, the Blue Angels at Fort Collins July
27-28, the Thunderbirds at the Cheyenne Frontier Days, either the Blue Angels
or the Thunderbirds in Grand Junction around September 21-22, and a EAA fly-in
in Colorado in June.
Terry
Tuytschaevers asked what the general feeling of how we are now handling our
Show & Tell segment of the evening and the general consensus was that we
would like to hear at least what type model was brought in, the scale and the
kit manufacturer. We don’t need to get
into all the historical information and all the intricacies of what detail was
added to the kit. Keep it real short
and sweet, and if you need more info you can talk to the builder during the
break.
SHOW & TELL:
Mike
Gawell brought in a 1/48 Eduard Bell Airacobra that was under
construction. No mention of number of
kits in his collection. Cliff Davis
mentioned he had 4000 kits. Mike
McDanal has 5800 kits. Terry Tuytschaevers had a 1/16 Fujimi 959 Porsche
completed and a 1/35 Italeri Dodge WC 62 Truck completed. He mentioned that he had 2000 kits. Paul Linger has 1000 kits. Jeff Osborne had a 1/700 Skywave Japanese
Destroyer completed and he has 80 kits.
Earl Hosmer showed us a completed 1/48 Hasegawa A-4C backdated to an
A4D-1. John Holcomb has 900 kits. Doug DeCounter brought in a 1/35 Italeri
Amtrac completed and a completed 1/48 Monogram Douglas Devastator. He also mentioned that he has 1300
kits. Darrin McTee showed us a 1/48
Hasegawa A-4E Aggressor that was under construction and he has 202 kits. Bob Nixon had a completed 1/72 Academy
Banshee and he has 100 kits. Alan
Harrison had six trophies recently won at the Scale Auto Magazine Model Show and
Contest in Omaha. Char Torbett also had
4 trophies from the same show. Good
work guys. Todd Liva has 25 kits. Ben Fulcher has 1270 kits. Don Gustavson has between 5000 – 7000
kits. He wasn’t sure actually how many,
but he knew it was a bunch. Dave nelson
has 220 kits. Dave Reinecke had an
AMT/Ertl Starship that is still under construction and he has 93 kits. Steve Lawson has 63 kits. Shawn Schwaller has 100 kits. Chuck Stout had a tiny completed 1/72 BD-5
and a 1/72 Bell Jet Ranger converted from an Italeri kit. He also has 620 kits. Martin Sagara has 2500 kits. Jack Birch had a completed Gundam kit. Eric Johnson showed us a completed Anime
kit. John Trueblood says he has 200
kits. Mark Persichetti brought in a
herd of little 1/700 submarines that he is working on to up his points on the
MOTY program. It may take him a while
to remove all the putty he has put on them though. Mark also lied about the number of kits he has. 26 doesn’t seem like an honest number at
all. Cameron Lynch (Yes I said Cameron
Lynch. He actually made it to a meeting
for a change) has 1000 kits. Terry
Cooper has 60 kits. Paul Robinson has
200 kits. Steve Negley had a recently
completed 1/32 P-51 Mustang.
PROGRAM:
The
program for the night was “How To Do Natural Metal Finishes” presented by Steve
Negley. Thank you for the informative
program Steve
A-4 PROJECT SUMMARY
As of 05/02
|
SUBJECT |
NATION |
KIT USED |
MODS |
DECALS |
BUILDER |
STATUS |
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|
|
|
NEEDED |
ON HAND |
|
|
|
A-4A |
USA |
HASEGAWA A-4C |
yes |
Yes* |
Earl H |
FINISHED |
|
A-4AR |
ARGENTINA |
HASEGAWA A-4F |
Yes |
No |
Everett M |
NYS |
|
A-4B |
USA |
|
|
|
|
NOT PLANNED BUT AVAIL. |
|
A-4C |
USA |
HASEGAWA A-4C |
no |
yes |
Doug D |
SNF |
|
A-4E |
USA |
HASEGAWA A-4E |
No |
Yes |
David R |
SNF |
|
A-4E |
INDONESIA |
|
|
|
|
NOT PLANNED BUT AVAIL. |
|
A-4F |
USA |
HASEGAWA A-4F |
No |
Yes |
Earl H |
FINISHED |
|
A-4F AGGRESSOR |
|
HASEGAWA A-4F |
no |
yes |
Darren M |
FINISHED |
|
A-4F BLUE ANGELS |
|
HASEGAWA A-4F |
yes |
yes |
Al G |
FINISHED |
|
TA-4F |
USA |
|
|
|
|
NOT PLANNED |
|
A-4G |
AUSTRALIA |
HASEGAWA A-4E/F |
no |
yes |
Terry T |
FINISHED |
|
A-4H |
ISRAEL |
HASEGAWA A-4E/F |
yes |
yes |
Everett M |
FINISHED |
|
TA-4J |
USA |
MONOGRAM OA-4M |
yes |
yes |
Everett M |
SNF |
|
A-4K |
NEW ZEALAND |
HASEGAWA A-4E/F |
yes |
yes* |
John H |
SNF |
|
A-4KU |
KUWAIT |
HASEGAWA A-4E/F? |
yes |
yes |
Billy C |
NYS |
|
A-4L |
USA |
HASEGAWA A-4C |
yes |
yes |
Earl H |
FINISHED |
|
A-4M |
USA |
HASEGAWA A-4E/F? |
yes |
yes |
Cameron L |
NYS |
|
OA-4M |
USA |
MONOGRAM OA-4M |
|
|
Earl H |
FINISHED |
|
A-4N |
ISRAEL |
HASEGAWA A-4E/F? |
yes |
yes |
Darren M |
NYS |
|
A-4P |
ARGENTINA |
HASEGAWA A-4C |
yes |
yes |
Earl H |
SNF |
|
A-4PTM |
MAYLAYSIA |
|
|
|
|
NOT PLANNED BUT AVAIL. |
|
A-4Q |
ARGENTINA |
|
|
|
|
NOT PLANNED BUT AVAIL |
|
A-4SU |
SINGAPORE |
HASEGAWA A-4C |
yes |
yes |
Earl H |
FINISHED |
|
AF-1 |
BRAZIL |
HASEGAWA A-4E/F |
yes |
yes |
Earl H |
SNF |
|
YA-12 |
USA |
VARIOUS |
Yes |
Yes |
Dale S. |
SNF |
KEY: NYS: Not Yet Started
SNF: Started but Not yet Finished
NOT PLANNED: Not vitally important to overall theme….might be done if space permits, decals can be located, and someone wants to do it.
The Skyhawk project is moving along well. We now have 10 different builders doing subjects for the project,
with 9 completed (or real close) so far, and several others well along. I just finished my fifth and am about 75%
done on Number 6! The rest of you guys
are eating my dust… The best part is
the upcoming aftermarket goodies which will help us finish a lot more. The Cutting Edge resin Skyhawk II conversion
set is due any time now. From Gekko
Graphics in Australia comes a decal sheet for the A-4K, and a sheet for the
A-4E (Indonesian) and A-4PTM is due by year’s end. Horizon Modeltech’s A-4SU sheet is due out any time as well (so I
can decal mine!).
Still want to get in on the action? It’s not too late, there are still a couple
possible subjects unclaimed that we will include if someone wants to do one of
them. These are summarized below……
A-4B (U.S Navy):
rumor has it Hasegawa is due to release an A-4B kit by years end, but
maybe not…There are decal sheets out there as well, in colorful 1950s Navy
markings. This one is easy if the
Hasegawa kit comes out. If not, it is a
moderately easy conversion of the C kit.
TA-4F: a 2-seat
combat-capable trainer variant of the A-4F.
No 2-seaters have been slated for issue by Hasegawa in the near future,
so this one would be a real challenge, to say the least.
A-4E (Indonesia):
decals may come out late this year.
This is basically an A-4L with 5 pylons. Piece of cake to build using the A-4C kit assuming decals are
available.
A-4PTM (Maylasia):
This is basically the Isreali H model, which can be built easily using
the A-4F kit and Cutting Edge A-4H conversion set. If decals become available this has a striking camo scheme!
A-4Q (Argentina):
This is a B-model, similar to the P but used by the Argentine Navy. Scheme is easy and has interesting
features. Decals could be used from
Hobbycraft kit (I have some to give if need be). Real easy if the rumored A-4B kit comes out. Falkland Island War 1982.
I will finish my current buildup by the June
meeting, then I will get going on modifying and refinishing the display. David Reineke has volunteered to help with
the graphics work (Thanks David!). The
display part should be ready to go by late Fall 02 at the latest, so let’s get
the models done to put on it. Thanks
for all the hard work put in by the participants so far. I think we will have a real strong entry
when all is finished!
Fokker
D.VII
"Grooming a Thoroughbred"
by: Steve Lawson
The Fokker D.VII became Germany's main production fighter in 1918. Usually matched with the Mercedes D.IIIau 180 hp engine. It was the variant with the BMW IIIa 185 hp motor that pilots prized ultimately. For several reasons the Fokker D.VII is a must have item in the serious collector/modeler's stable. The lack of rigging is a big plus, the various Lozenge Patterns, unit and pilot markings that are available in decal form. Books on the subject are also at an all time high. Unfortunately the best and latest mold from Dragon has not been re-released in a timely manner. The price commanded on internet auction because of this oversight has the 1/48 scale Dragon (DML) Fokker D.VII going for $60-80.00.
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|
#106 Aurora 1/46 |
#5905 DML 1/48 |
#5908 DML 1/48 |
#SL6 Hasegawa 1/48 |
|
Plastic |
33 pc |
43 pc |
43 pc |
43 pc |
|
Resin |
0 pc |
0 pc |
3 pc. |
0 pc |
|
Metal |
0 pc |
25 pc |
25 pc |
25 pc |
|
Decals |
F 5125/18 |
Jasta 18 v.Buren |
Jasta 4 E.Udet |
JG II Berthold |
|
Instructions |
Exploded View Detailed text |
10 step exploded view |
10 step exploded view |
10 step exploded view |
|
Character |
Late OAW |
Late OAW |
Late OAW |
Early Fokker Late OAW |
|
Price |