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As for our July BBQ night, attendance was good. Show 'n Tell saw a substantial number of models.
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Treasurer Gary Williams, back and walking after his knee surgery, made his financial report. |
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Rex had asked members to bring a project that they had done for their significant other at this pre-Christmas meeting. Doing his part, Rex brought a knife sheath that he made out of Evergreen plastic stock and Testor glue. The sheath is a protective cover for a high quality kitchen utility knife. |
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In the same spirit, Dany Galgani brought a photo montage of a garden shed that he's built for his wife's dog grooming business, a 1:1 scale, 15' x 8' kit from Lifetime, with scratch-built sub-floor, electrical and plumbing.
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Gary has built a 1/48 scale Hasegawa LTV A-7 E Corsair II with a Black Box detailed cockpit. Gary used the kit's decals which represent a special CAG aircraft from VA 25. |
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Jerry Brunson brought a 1/48 scale A-7 D Corsair II from Hasegawa, built mostly out-of-the-box
except for an Aires cockpit. |
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Jerry also brought his 1/32 scale A7-E from Trumpeter to which he added lots of after-market parts
- Zactomodels seamless intake and canopy, Aires cockpit, wheel wells and electronics bay. Jerry's A-7 E was entered in our October Quarterly Contest and won second place, although it didn't have its ordinance yet. |
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Richard Abraham brought a previously-built F-4 U Corsair (above), a 1/48 scale Monogram model, that he soaked in Simple Green, cleaned up and repainted in Salvador Air Force colors and markings.
Richard also brought a 1/48 scale Kinetic Alpha Jet (below), built in colors and markings of Ivory Coast Air Force. |
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Something different from Colin Hodges, a 1/48 scale Hasegawa VF-19 A "SVF-569 Lightnings" (left), an aircraft from the Macross Plus series. Colin also showed LED lights that he's connected to an Arduino chip and blinking rate controlled by an Arduino Nano. 
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Ethan Idenmill is currently building a Ki-49 "Helen", a 1/144 model
from Aoshima - a pain in the neck, according to Ethan. |
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Ethan is also working on a 1/2000 scale Revell Queen Elizabeth II
to which he plans to add railings from Toms Modelworks. |
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| Robert and Zack Curtin have almost completed their father-and-son project, a Dragon 1/144 scale F/A-18 D (above) that they started a few months ago. The Brig of War, a box scale Pyro model (above right) is another father-and-son project that is almost finished. Only rigging and sails need to be added to the ship. |
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Stewart Richline brought a 1/35 scale Tamiya M1A1 Abrams in Western European version with mine plow. Stewart also brought a 1/24 scale Fujimi 1966 Ford GT40 MKII, an "old school Ford with sacrilegious wheels". |
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| Jerry Jackson brought his Sprint car collection, all 1/24 scale Monogram models. | |
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| Jerry's gold #6 racer made second place at the 2013 Cruisin' for a Cure, while the blue one made first place at the 1990 IPMS Nationals in Miami, FL. |
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| Jerry's four Sprint cars were all built in the 1980s. | |
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Jerry also brought a 1/128 scale Revell Type 7B submarine that took first place at the 1989 IPMS Nationals in San Diego.. |
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| Kayla Walker made this diorama, "Princess Duck in her Habitat". Well done Kayla! | |
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Our thanks to all who participated!
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DECEMBER 2013 MEETING REPORT
