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- The IPMS San Diego met on March 26 at the Veterans Memorial Center & Museum in San Diego. The number of models, finished or work-in-progress, is constantly - and fortunately - increasing. Besides the usual meeting business functions, Christian Esquevin and Candice Hooper, of the Coronado Public Library, came to talk about the Naval Aviation Centennial Exhibition that will open on January 1, 2011, at the Library.
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Christian Esquevin and Candice Hooper of the Coronado Public Library. A great number of the IPMS modelers indicated that they will provide Navy aircraft models to be included in the Naval Aviation Centennial Exhibition that will open on January 1, 2011 at the Library. 
Craig Burke showed the modification that he's making to his aircraft carrier model. 
Ethan Idenmill brought his ESCI 1/1200 Imperial Japanese Navy Yamato Battleship. Tony Bunch brought a 1/700 CVS Takanoruga Aircraft Carrier. 
Jerry Jackson explained how his weathering technique resulted from an accident and how to solder tiny brass railing. His work-in-progress Academy 1/150 U-boat started life as a bath-tub model, complete with electric motor. Jerry also brought his beautiful Aeroshima 1/700 Imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Fuso... 
... which made first place in the Ship category at the 2010 Valleycon, in Pasadena on March 6, 2010. 
Dan King explained how he went the unusual way to paint his Revell 1/24 '37 Ford Delivery Truck to give it a "natural" weathering look. Rex McCoy plans to give his Kinetic 1/48 NATO F-16C with Danish markings to the San Diego House of Denmark. 
Manny Gutsche brought his Monogram 1/24 California Daytona Spyder, a 1/24 scale model of the car that was used in the Miami Vice TV series, a Corvette with Ferrari body panels. Jose Gonzales brought three models... 
... a Monogram 1/72 Messerschmitt BF110... ...a Hobbycraft 1/72 Yakovlev 38... ... and a Tamiya 1/35 Jackson M36. 
Michael O'Leary talked about the 1/32 Sopwith Pup RNAS model, made by Wingnut. Richard Abraham brought his work-in-progress 1/48 E-2C by Kinetic. Richard also showed the decals that came with the kit and those that he's planning to use. 
Dany Galgani brought the Hasegawa 1/48 P-38J which made third in the 1/48 multi-prop aircraft category at the Valleycon. Tim Latham brought this diorama, titled "Spoils of War", which represents an American soldier standing on a crippled tank and holding a bottle of Chianti, somewhere in the Italian countryside in Spring 1944. 
Tim described how he creates his dioramas elements from scratch, using non[hobbyshop materials. 
- Another diorama by Tim, titled "Paradise Found". This one is in progress, waiting for the elements in the photo on the right.
Tim's clever tool (top right) to create corrugated sheet metal from soda can material.
MARCH 2010 MEETING PHOTOS
