IPMS San Diego - July 2011 meeting photos

JULY 2011 MEETING PHOTOS

The IPMS San Diego met on July 29 at the Veterans Memorial Center & Museum in San Diego. It was our annual BBQ meeting and there was plenty of food and yummy deserts brought by members to share. It was also our third quarterly contest of the year. David Weeks and Manny Gutshe were the judges of the event, while Head Judge Rich Durham was filling the chef's duty by manning the BBQ. And as it is getting to be an usual trend, members brought a substantial number of models for Show 'n Tell. (Click on any photo to see a larger image) President Tony Bunch opens the meeting. Treasurer Gary Williams gives his monthly financial report. Secretary Joel Hendricks makes his monthly report. Steve "Smitty" Smith, Curator of the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum came to give more details about the contest that will take place during the October Miramar air show. As it has become customary, Candice Hooper gives an update on the schedule of her Coronado Public Library's Naval Aviation Centennial exhibit. Marty Horvath brought his work-in-progress 1/720 Italeri USS America aircraft carrier. Dan Covey brought an MPC 1/72 SH-2F Seasprite with aftermarket decals, an Airfix 1/350 HMS Trafalgar attack submarine built out-of-the-box... ...a Fujimi 1/72 F7U-3 Cutlsass built out-of-the-box and a Matchbox 1/72 Folland Gnat, also built out-of-the-box. A couple of 1/72 scale BF-109s were also on display. Dany Galgani brought a work-in-progress MPC 1/24 1968 Olsonite Eagle. Jerry Jackson brought the four models that he plans to take to the IPMS Nationals next month. Seen here is his L'Arsenal 1/700 HMS Biter aircraft carrier. Jerry's Metal Kit 1/43 Leyton House Judd March Formula 1 is built out-of-the-box except for the added driver. Jerry's Dragon 1/72 Ferdinand uses Eduard's zimmerit kit and detail kit. Jerry's Dragon 1/72 Elefant is built out-of-the-box. Also built out-of-the-box is Jerry's Fujimi 1/76 Tiger 1 (Late). Ethan Idenmill brought two more Bandai model kits from the Star Blazers Series, a 1/700 Earth flagship Andromeda (left) and a 1/1000 battleship Yamato. Back into real space models, David Weeks showed a new Dragon 1/72 kit of the Apollo 11 capsule and lunar module. Robert Curtin brought his work-in-progress Skywave 1/700 USS San Diego Thanks to all who participated in this meeting and made it a very interesting event!