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Monthly Contest
For the first time I can month’s contest with his second place. (When I
remember we had a 99 Tamiya 1/35 Sherman. say no points I mean bo-
percent turn out for the nus points, we all re-
monthly club contest. We had a three way tie for ceived the 7.5 points for
second between Dave, bringing a model.)
Miss a meet- We had 14 members at Gary and Jerry.
ing and you the meeting and 13 of us Don’t forget the top three
brought a model. However, just like in the finishers at the end of the
fall behind! classic movie “Top Gun”, year win gift certificates!
Tom Menert won this there are no points for
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Volume 1, Issue 3
Diorama Base Clinic
Dioramas are a favorite $4 each, the smaller line.
category to look at, but items are $3.00 each or
many hate to put them two for $5. I have some great items,
together. This month I and everyone who buys
will show you how easy it I will have wallpapers, them from me on Ebay
is to come up with a nice magazines, posters, play- has actually given me
looking base for your ing cards, and other items praise for how crisp they
model, the rest is up to for sale to enhance your look and how well de-
you. diorama buildings. tailed they are. My Ger-
man papers and notices
For the demonstration I For those interested in even has Hitler’s signa- Diorama Base
am going to have some of my items, shoot me an e- ture on them! Clinic this Month.
my printed material for mail (address on the last
sale. The bigger items are page), and I will e-mail I will even show you how
you a PDF of my product to apply them this month.
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The Workbench From Hell
There comes a time in every much attention to detail to number 4 I see something
modelers life when he says have ADD. on TV that inspires me to
to himself, “From now on I start Model 5.
am only going to build 1 kit In my case, I buy a new
at a time.” Ha ha ha ha!!! model. I want to build it, I Then the paint I ordered
start building it, and then a from Hobbytown finally ar-
Why am I laughing? Because newer model comes out. rives. Model 6 gets started.
I have said this to myself Model 1 then goes to the
dozens of times, and cur- dreaded “workbench shelf”, Then, I want to build a car.
rently I have seven projects and I start on Model 2. Then So now I am up to Model 7.
The Workbench in the works. Oh sure, tech- I notice at the contest there
Why do we do it? Why can’t
from HELL! nically three of these are is a special award for XYZ,
we build one at a time?
nearly finished and just and I start building an XYZ,
waiting on a minor detail or Model 3. I also let my son Don’t answer that. Just re-
two, but the others I might choose a model for me to member the fact that hob-
never finish. build. He draws a name out bies are supposed to be for
of a hat and I begin building fun. Fun that is until you
So what is our problem? Do that model too. (Model 4) enter a contest and everyone
all model builders suffer All the while I am neglecting else built a freaking Fokker
from some form of ADD? models 1-3 and working on too. Happy modeling!
No, if anything we pay too
Automotive: Continued
should be in scale if visible. in sheen of finish caused by sidered a "show" car or re-
misapplication of final clear stored car, and because of
Painting and finishing coats. this, weathering will be the
exception rather than the
1. The model's surface, D. Paint edges that are rule. If present, however,
once painted, should show supposed to be sharp should weathering should show
no signs of the construction be sharp (no ragged edges concern for scale, be in ac-
process (glue, file, or sand- caused by poor masking). cordance with the conditions
ing marks; fingerprints; ob- Edges that are supposed to in which the real vehicle was
vious discontinuities be- be soft or feathered should operating, and be consistent
tween kit plastic and filler be in scale and without over- throughout the model.
Cars: All about materials; etc.). spray.
the paint job! Decals
2. Finish should be even E. Chrome parts should be
and smooth, unless irregu- correctly represented and A. Decals should be
larities in the actual vehicle's should be just as free of sur- aligned properly. This is es-
finish are being duplicated. face blemishes and evi- pecially important for racing
Such irregularities should be dences of the construction subjects.
documented. process as the painted com-
ponents. Water-slide decals should
A. No brush marks, lint, show no evidence of silver-
brush hairs, etc. F. Weathering: Although ing or bubbling of decal film.
weathering is gaining more Decal film should be elimi-
B. No "orange-peel" or acceptance in the automo- nated or hidden to make the
"eggshell" effect; no tive ranks, especially with
markings appear painted on.
"powdering" in recessed ar- some trucks and certain
eas. types of racing cars (such as
the Rally types), it is not
standard practice. Most auto
C. No random differences modelers build what is con-
Our club has plastic modelers from Northern Colo-
rado, mainly from the Fort Collins, Loveland, Long-
High Plains Modelers mont area. We also have a few members from Wyo-
ming.
Meetings are the last Tuesday of the month We build scale and plastic models of armor, airplanes,
at The Ranch in Loveland. They start at 7pm vehicles, ships and anything else that we feel like is
and end around 9pm. worth a try.
Editor: Jeffrey Brown
jgdtiger007@yahoo.com Check out our meeting schedule and feel free to drop
by our next meeting!
Website
http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/
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