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September 17th, there is
an IPMS day at Pueblo at
the air museum. Different
clubs will be there and we
will have 1 table for a dis-
play. Popular choice for
best Region X chapter
display. Vendors, swap
meet and free make and
take, Free BBQ. $20 for
vendor table.
September 24th, Wing-
nutcon in Denver at
Wings Over the Rockies.
BBQ at Randys on July
30th at 4pm. (See story
on page 4 and pictures
on page 17)
IPMS elections, please
vote. (It is really easy to
vote, I did!)
We had a short business
agenda this month be-
cause we have a lot of
contest business and a
great clinic on using Mig
Washes, Filters and Pig-
ments.
July Meeting Notes
High Plains Con XXII UpdateFirst off, Randy and I
choose the medals, we
ordered them, and they
are here. They look good,
and we have a few pic-
tures of them posted on
page 17.
Now for the fun part. We
received another sponsor
last month, IPMS Rob
Wolf who is sponsoring
two categories!
We also drafted the last of
our troops to fill key posi-
tions at the contest.
We have Gary as the ven-
dor wrangler. Mike has
agreed to create the floor
plan/layout, and he also
volunteered to be the
bullhorn. George volun-
teered to be the official
photographer.
Larry was drafted (notice
I did not say volunteered)
to handle the registration
software.
Dave is working on his
head judges. We will still
need volunteers to judge
at the contest, and hope
that many of you who are
coming will judge.
I volunteered to be the
Master of Ceremonies. I
honestly have a bigger
fear of death and snakes
than public speaking so I
dont mind yapping in
front of everyone.
Next month hopefully
Randy and I have the Best
of Plaques ready, we also
plan on having the mini
flyers hit all the local
hobby shops and shows
going on. Then Pablo and
I need to get an ad in the
Journal and we can relax,
until October 8th.
High Plains Modelers
July 2011Volume 1, Issue 9
High Plains Gazette
Whats New ThisMonth:
Jeffs War Movie Review
Review: Quickboost 40 mm July Model Gallery
Part 5 of Georges M-16 Build
Swedish Meatballs
Anchors Aweigh Lyrics
Club BBQ pics
Inside this issue:
July Meeting Notes 1
Omaha Update 2
Guest Review 3
1st Annual Club BBQ 4
Workbench from Hell10
July Calendar 11
IPMS Membership App 21
Why is there afence here?
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This month we still had a
very good turnout for the
monthly contest, and
once again Gary won. Yes,
he does amazing work,
but other clubs who read
our newsletter might startto think we are the Gary
Moore Club. Gary
brought a French Fire
truck. Pablo brought a
Bandai 1/48 Sherman.
Jeff brought a 1/72 Fine
Molds X-Wing. Scott
brought a (no surpsrise)
1/72 Horch. Tim brought
a War Game French
army. Mike brought some
Trench warfare figures.Dave brought a 1/48
Kubelwagen. Jerry
brought a 1/25 1962
Chevy Impala SS Con-
vertible.
Gary has a stranglehold
on first place, but I think
we still have a four way
tie for second. (Scott,
Dave, Pablo and I) This is
going to turn out to be a
fun three months, espe-cially since some of us
have been saving our best
for Omaha. Still, I love
seeing us build, thats
why we are a model club.
Also, a unit of the Com-
memorative Air Force in
nearby Council Bluffs,
Iowa believes its aircraft
will be in its hangar dur-
ing our convention. The
Great Plains Wing of the
CAF has the P-51
"Gunfighter," and an L-3
and an L-5 observation
aircraft plus a small mu-
seum in its hangar. The
unit is normally open
Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. and
Saturday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The wing's hangar is ap-
proximately 20 miles east
of the convention site on I
On Saturday, August 6, re
-enactors will visit the
convention from approxi-
mately 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Most will be in WWII
uniforms although some
will be dressed as far back
as Civil War soldiers.
They tentatively plan to
bring with them an
Sd.Kfz.251 half-track,
perhaps up to three
Sd.Kfz 222 scout cars,
some Jeeps, an M20 half-
track, an M3 White half-
track and a 45mm Rus-
sian anti-tank gun.
-80 and then 3 more
miles on two-lane roads
with well-marked direc-
tions.
The vendors room is a sell
out with over 300 ven-
dors!
There are over 300 of us
that have pre-registeredfor the contest, which
should make for a very
exciting show.
By the time the newsletter
is published the show will
be a week away.
Monthly Contest
Omaha IPMS National Update
...climbing
on board avintage
bomber fromWorld War
II
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Daves Kubel-wagen
Things to do in Omaha
doing a science experi-
ment with a giant Gravi-
tron ball at the Omaha
Children's Museum. Pic-
ture yourself surrounded
by an incredible arbore-
tum and bird sanctuary,
taking a cultural walk
through the first Latino
art and history museum
in the Midwest, El Museo
Imagine walking over a
swinging bridge in the
largest indoor rainforest
in the world at Omaha's
Henry Doorly Zoo, climb-
ing on board a vintage
bomber from World War
II at the Strategic Air and
Space Museum, climbing
in restored train cars at
The Durham Museum or
Latino, or enjoying a ro-
mantic gondola ride at
Heartland of America
Park and Fountain. Imag-
ine no more, visit Omaha,
it's all right here.
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on the crude side with
some fit problems and
skimpy decals (tail mark-
ings only; the circular
photo reference target
and the letter U), it
nonetheless made up intoa reasonable model of the
test aircraft in one of its
final configurations. The
kit included a seat, instru-
ment panel with raised
detail and two thin, clear
vacform canopy/
windscreen parts. Land-
ing gear struts/legs bits
were unusable and re-
placed with scratch-built
items. Lots of superglue
and filler were needed in
the basic construction,
along with lots of wet
sanding. I rescribed most
of the panel lines, primed
with Model Master
enamel and finished with
Alclad II dull aluminum.
National insignia from
the spares box, sealed
with Floquil Flat.
The J35J kit is a Revell
Germany rebox of the
excellent Hasegawa kit of
a few years ago. The box
can be readily identified
by the bright red and
white J35 Draken demo/
display scheme of the
Austrian Air Force. Those
markings are included; as
are the decals and illus-trations for the Swedish
Draken I modeled. Alter-
nate parts/instructions
are provided for both the
Austrian and Swedish
aircraft; the kit provides
for the J35J IR sensor
under the nose, but gun
ports are molded in both
wing shoulders. The
Swedish J only had a
gun in the starboard
(right) side, so I filled the
port in the left shoulder.
Paint is Model Mastergray enamel on top and
Alclad aluminum on the
belly pan.
References:
Saab 35 Draken by Mik-
hail Putnikov, Squadron
Signal, 2010.
Aerofax Minigraph 12 -
Saab J35 Draken, by
Robert F. Dorr, Rene
Francillon and Jay Miller,
Aerofax Inc., 1987.
By Chuck Holte
(IPMS Legacy, Colo-
rado Springs, CO)
The Saab 35 Draken
(Dragon) program began
in the early 50s as aFlygvapnet (Swedish Air
Force) requirement to
develop a replacement for
the J29 Tunnan (Barrel)
and the A/J 32 Lansen
(Lance). Saab 210, a dou-
ble-delta wing prototype
known as the Lill Dra-
ken (Little Dragon) was
first flown in 1952. Three
versions of the Little
Dragon with variations ofengine inlet geometry,
were flown extensively
(nearly 900 test flights),
resulting in the definitive
Draken profile. With the
first flight of the 35-1 pro-
totype in 1955, Saab built
615 Drakens which served
the Swedish, Finnish,
Austrian, and Danish Air
Forces throughout the
Cold War, soldering on
until the last Austrian
J35D retired in 2005.
As part of an ongoing pro-
ject to model Flygvapnet
aircraft in 1/72 scale, I
thought it would be fun to
do the beginning and end
of the Swedish Draken
program.
The Lill Draken test air-craft is/was available as a
garage resin kit (DA
72259, not sure of the
manufacturer) mine
came in a plastic bag
found at a modelers swap
meet vendors table. A bit
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Reviewer: Pablo
Bauleo
Manufacturer: Quick-
boost
Product: QB 482551/48 40 mm Cannon
Barrels Hurricane Mk
IID
MSRP: 3.30 Euro
from http://
www.quickboost.net
This review was first
published in the
IPMS/USA website
http://
www.ipmsusa.org
The 40 mm cannon are a
high visibility part in a
Hurricane MkII.D and
Quickboost has produced
another quick way to
boost your model, by
producing a seam-free,
flash-free reproduction of
the 40 mm cannon for the
tank-buster hurricane.
The cannons are perfectly
casted in grey resin, with
a bubble-free, smooth
finish. The molding cast
includes two side walls
to prevent accidental
damage of the parts while
in transit or storage. Re-
moval of the parts should
be easy, with either a
hobby saw or even by
scoring with a #11 blade if
you take your time.
Pictures are shown of the
plastic injection molded
cannons from Hasegawa
and the nicely detailed
resin version from Quick-
boost, side by side. By
comparing the parts Ive
noticed that the Quick-
boost ones are slightly
larger in diameter (by 0.1
mm) and about 1.5 mm
longer. I do not know
which manufacturer got it
closer to scale.
The cannon barrels ends
are hollow and dead cen-
tered. They look much
better than I could have
ever made the plastic
parts look, by using a
hand-drill and a drill bit.
To attach the resin can-
nons, you will have to do
some minor surgery to
the original parts, as Ha-
segawa has molded the
cannons as one piece to-
gether with the under-
wing fairings.
Quickboost has delivered
another little gem, and
these cannons are going
to look excellent in your
finished model. You can
order these resin cannons
from
www.quickboost.net. Let
them know that youve
seen a review of their
products in the IPMS
website.
I would like to thank
Quickboost for providing
the review sample and
IPMS for the chance to
review it.
Review Quickboost 40mm Cannon
Quickboost
has delivered
another little
gem.
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JBs famous Life Af-ter Death By Choco-late cake.
QB 48255 1/48 40
mm Cannon Barrels
Hurricane Mk IID
High Plains Modelers 1st Annual BBQOn Saturday July 30th we
held our First Annual
Club BBQ at Randys
house.
We had a great turn out.There was some really
good food and desserts.
Being what the Food Net-
work calls a foodie I
sampled a bit of every-
thing, and I have to say it
was all good. While it is
true people had their fa-
vorite dishes and des-
serts, I actually did not
taste anything bad. That
is rare for a pot luck gath-
ering. Usually someone
has a dish that everyone
avoids. My son and I
loved Garys baked beans.
I thought it was ironic
that Randy mentioned we
might have everyone
show up with a bag of
chips, and we actually
had nobody bring chips.
I for one am glad we did
this. It was fun and a
chance for us to socialize
and share some goodtimes.
A big thanks to Randy
and Jamie for sharing
their home with us for the
BBQ. Hopefully we can
do it again next year. (Or
maybe for the Christmas
party?)
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IPMS Handbook: ARMOR
Page 5
Volume 1, Issue 9
Basic Construction
Flash, sink marks, mold
marks, ejector-pin marks,
provisions for motoriza-
tion eliminated.
Seams filled where appli-
cable, especially on cylin-
drical parts such as gun
barrels, wheels, and auxil-
iary equipment.
Contour errors corrected.
Gaps between upper and
lower hulls blanked off to
prevent a "see-through"
effect.
Gap/overlap at point
where track ends join
eliminated.
Machine guns, main
guns, exhausts, vents, etc.
drilled out/opened up.
Cylindrical cross-section
of gun barrels main-
tained.
Track pattern (cleats)
facing in the proper direc-
tion on both sides of vehi-
cle.
Alignment:
Road wheels on tracked
vehicles (along with idler,
drive, and return rollers,
if any) at the same dis-
tance from the lower
chassis centerline.
Road wheels sitting flush
on the track.
Tracks vertical (not lean-
ing in or out when viewed
from the front or back of
the vehicle) and parallel
(not toed in or out when
viewed from top of vehi-
cle).
All wheels/tracks sitting
firmly on the ground.
Vehicle components
square and aligned.
Gun(s) (on most turreted
vehicles) parallel to turret
centerline when viewed
from above.
Items positioned symmet-
rically on actual vehicle
(e.g., headlights and
guards, fenders, mud
flaps, etc.) positioned
symmetrically on model,
unless represented as
damaged.
Details
Parts that are thick, over-
scale, or coarse should be
thinned, modified, or re-
placed.
Weld marks should besimulated where applica-
ble.
Extra parts should be
added if practical, with
references used to con-
firm their existence on
the actual vehicle. Such
parts should be as close to
scale as possible.
Add (especially on con-
version or scratch-built
models) the small detail
parts (rivets, nuts and
bolts, etc.) usually found
in standard injection-
molded kits.
Add tarps, bedrolls,
chains, fuel cans, etc., but
be sure to also add some
method by which such
items are attached to the
vehicle (hook, rope, tie
down). Jerrycans are not
attached to real tanks
with superglue.
Aftermarket parts (photo-
etched, white metal,
resin, etc.) should inte-
grate well with the basic
model. Photo-etched
parts that require forming
should be precisely
shaped, and any surfaces
that require building up
to a thicker cross-section
should be smooth and
uniform.
Molded-on parts such as
axes and shovels should
be undercut or removed
completely and replaced.
This is especially true of
molded screen, which
should be replaced with
real screen.
Track "sag" on tracked
vehicles should be dupli-
cated where appropriate.
Windshield wipers should
be added where appropri-
ate.
Headlights and tail lights
should be drilled out and
have lenses added.
Cable and electrical lines
should be added to lights
and smoke dischargers.
Valve stems should be
added to tires.
CONTINUED ON PAGE
18
The Judges Are
a Bunch of @#$
%# Nit-pickers.
- From the IPMSCompetition
Handbook
Flash, sink
marks, moldmarks, ejector-
pin marks,
provisions for
motorization
eliminated.
A 1/48 Jagdtiger
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Detailing Dragons M-
16 Multiple Motor
Gun Carriage Kit No.
6381
By George Slack
PART 5: Finishing
Due to the cab and open
fighting compartment
most of the painting was
done during construction.
A 70-30 mix of Tamiya
olive drab and dark yel-
low was used. For areas
that would be inaccessi-
ble later in the build, a
filter of Humbrol matt 83represented dust and
muddy boot prints. This
was slowly built up until a
dusty/dried mud effect
was realized. Two or
three applications seemed
to do the trick. (Photo 1.)
Decaling began with the
armored radiator louvers.
Several magazine articles
have commented on howthe author had chosen the
closed louver option to
simplify the decal proc-
ess, but handling the
separate louvers if really
easier than it looks. The
key is a decaling jig. I
made mine from scrap
Plastistruct sheet and L-
angles. (Photo 2.) Photo
2-a shows the primed,
painted and glossed lou-
vers placed in the jig. The
square stock at the bot-
tom allows the etch parts
to slide into the jig and be
held tightly in place. Ap-
ply the decal as usual. I
used Micro Sol to make
sure it conformed tightly
to the painted louvers.
(Photo 2-b.) Once the
star had dried overnight I
used a new #11 blade to
slice along each louver
(Photo 2-c.) The finished
louvers are shown in
Photo 2-d. Before remov-
ing the louvers from the
jig I gave them a second
coat of Micro Sol to help
snug down the cut edges.
The registration number
and the bumper codes
were added using the kit
decals. Except for the
USA marking the decal
sheet provides individual
letters and numbers. Its
a mixed blessing; its
much easier to model a
particular vehicle using
this system but getting all
of the letters and num-
bers evenly spaced and
aligned can be a chal-
lenge. Since I was not
modeling a particular M-
16 I went with a genericregistration number.
(Photo 3.) It is a valid
number for the M-16 se-
ries but with my luck it
probably served in the
Pacific. It really wont
matter anyway as the ex-
tra gear strapped to the
fenders means the entire
registration number will
never be seen again.
The bumper codes repre-
sent a vehicle of the 197th
Antiaircraft Artillery
(mobile) which supported
the 1st Infantry Division
on D-Day. The 197th
fielded both 90mm anti-
aircraft guns and M-16s
during the invasion.
(Photo 4.)
Allied stars went on next
and heres where I got
interesting. The side
stars went on withoutincident but the star on
the hood gave me nothing
but trouble. I wanted a
star with a broken circle
but the kit only provides a
hood stars with a solid
circle around it. I dipped
into my Dragon mortar
carrier kit (Kit # 6163)
and applied the hood star
as usual. Opps! For some
reason the star was not
printed evenly and the
body color showed
through in many places
(Photo 5). Im not sure
what happened, but at
this point the half-track
nearly became an aircraft
and took a flying lesson
into the nearest wall.
Once the Micro Sol was
on and the decal dried itlooked like badly scraped
paint. I decided to en-
hance this look by dry
brushing with the body
color. No bad decal here;
the hood was scratched
by the movement of all
those packs and boxes I
would add later. Thats
my story and Im sticking
to it.
Things only got better
when I clear coated the
decals. I used an acrylic
flat as I was planning on
using oil washes for
weathering. I airbrushed
the model early in the
morning and the clear flat
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Photo 2: Decaling the ar-mored radiator louvers.
A. The four louvers in theirjig. The jig is EvergreenL-angle glued to a sty-rene base.
B. The kit star decal hasbeen added and set us-ing the Micro Sol Sys-tem.
C. After drying, the decal is
cut using a new #11blade.
D. The cut decals were overcoated with Testors Dul-cote before they wereremoved from the jig.
Photo 1: Dust and mud
effects in the cab built
up with two or three ap-
plications of a Humbrol
matt 83 filter.
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Photo 4: The 197th Antiair-craft artillery went ashoreat the Easy Red Sector ofOmaha Beach on D-day insupport of the 1st InfantryDivision and remained inaction with the First Army
until VE-Day, a total of339 operational days.
Photo 5: The hood star
after application. Notreally what you want tosee when you only haveone decal and youre
working on a deadline.
Photo 3: The registrationnumber. Individual let-ters and numbers are achallenge to align andspace; most of the workhere will be hidden byrolled tarps and bedrolls.
went on slightly milky as
usual. I returned home
several hours later and
the clear coat was dry but
still milky. Disaster! I
dont have any photos of
the kit at this point be-
cause I quite honestly
thought I was done and
the project was headed for
the dust bin. After wait-
ing a couple of days to
make sure the clear coat
was completely cured I
tried shooting the model
with a thin coat of Future.
The milkyness disap-
peared and the projectwas saved. Needless to
say, the next clear coat
was flat lacquer and not
acrylic.
With the project back in
business I moved on to
the stowed gear common
to Allied vehicles of theperiod. My original plan
was to make all of the
rolled tarps and bedrolls
from Miliput superfine
white, adding lead straps
and wire buckles (Photo
5). To explain the well
worn hood star I would
need a lot more stowed
gear than I was prepared
to create on my own.
Various resin storage set
came to the rescue
Detailing Dragons M-16 GMC Part 5 cont.
(Photos 6 and 7) but they
took some time to track
down and ship. They ar-
rived in time to get
primed and painted, but
my deadline arrived be-
fore I could begin the final
weathering on the M-16.
Next time well look at
adding splashed mud,
dust and rain streaks to
the finished kit along with
the creation of a simple
Normandy setting to
show the halftrack as it
may have looked in late
June, 1944.
Photo 6: A rolled tarp
made from thinly rolled
Milliput superfine white
putty. Using a bit of baby
powder prevents the Mil-
liput from sticking to the
roller, in this case an ink
pen. Straps are lead from
an old wine bottle
with .010 copper wire
buckles.
Photo 7: A Blast Modelstarp painted and glued tothe left fender.
Photo 8: Resin kit bags
and canteen; unfortu-
nately I dont know the
manufacturer. I added a
rope from cotton thread
dyed with tea as I dont
like the look of gear
floating on the side of a
vehicle.
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that is rare and far between.
So, what movies are tear-
jerkers for men? Well, I
know people who hate Notre
Dame, but when Rudy takes
the field and makes that
sack we turn on the water
works.
For me I was sad at the end
of Saving Private Ryan
when Tom Hanks gets
killed, and Ryan (James
Francis Ryan, from Iowa)
stands over his grave and
salutes.
When John Wayne gets it in
Sands of Iwo Jima who
isnt sad? (besides Gary who
cant stand John Wayne)
Seabiscuit, when he races
War Admiral, brings a few
tears. Especially since
George has to ride for Red
because of the accident.
Brians Song with Billy Dee
Williams and James CaanI hate the Bears but that is a
sad, manly movie.
Women and men are differ-
ent. Statistically for 90 per-
cent of us that is a good
thing. One big area we are
different is crying during
movies.
Yes, I said crying during
movies! Women get all
misty eyed during romantic
movies and sad movies
where you lose a main char-
acter to some tragedy. Most
men avoid seeing these
films, or if we are dragged to
them we pretend it is an
action flick, and the cancer
eating through (insert fe-male leads) body is a small
mutant army shrunk by a
mad scientist because she is
a cheating, lying, whore who
should have never been
mean to the dorky kid in
high school who turned out
to be an evil scientist.
Men, we choose to cry at two
types of movies war and
sports. Search your feelings,you know it to be true. Sure
there might be an occasional
fluke like Toy Story 3, but
Miracle, the movie and the
actual game. Who do you
play for? I play for the
United States of America.
Take that you Commie bas-
tards.
The Natural, of course if the
movie ended like the book
we would have felt ripped
off, and more angry than
sad. (For those who dont
know, in the novel he strikes
out after Wonderboy
breaks.)
The Pride of the Yankees.
Again, millions of us hate
the Yankees, but Gary Coo-
per plays Lou Gehrig, and
his speech, and knowing
that he will die helps the
salty watery eyes commence.
Why? What causes us to cry
for these movies when we
couldnt care less about
(insert female star) dying
some tragic death? Its not
that we dont have feelings,
its just that we dont care.
The Workbench From Hell
Nobody cried whenOld Yeller got shot?I'm sure.I cried my eyes out.
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Today, I considermyself the luckiestman on the face ofthe earth.
Men, we
choose to cry
at two types
of movies
war and
sports.
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy...
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Photo of the Month for July
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High Plains Modelers First Annual Club BBQ
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Model of the Month for June
Garys French Fire Truck
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May Model Gallery
Photos by Jeff Brown
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Jeffs 1/72 X-Wing
Daves 1/48 Kubelwagen
Jerrys Convertible
Pablos 1/48 Sherman Garys Fire truck
Tims French Army Scotts Opel with AA gun
Mikes Bayonet Infantry Jeffs Mig Clinic
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High Plains Modelers
Presents
HIGH PLAINS CON XXII
Cool Cats
October 8, 2011
The Ranch in Loveland
5280 Arena Circle
Loveland, Colorado
I-25 Exit 259 (Crossroads Blvd)
Registration 9:30am-12:30pm
Judging Begins around 1:00pm
Awards to follow Judging
Model Pick-Up 5:00pm
No Previous IPMS or Regional WinnersIPMS Rules will be used for Judging. (Rulebook on hand.)
Registration forms are available to download online at http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/
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Special Awards Award Sponsor
Best Cat Themed Model IPMS High Plains Modelers
Best Weathered Vehicle Mig Productions USA
Best Race Car M&S Hobbies
Best Star Wars Subject Anonymous Donor
Best UAV Chuck Holte
Best Mopar Subject Wyoming Mighty Mopar Club
Worst Model IPMS High Plains Modelers
Categories(Subject to change/splits All decisions are final)
AIRCRAFT ARMOR
Military Single Engine Propeller Tanks
1/72 and smaller 1/72nd
1/48 to 1/50 1/48th
1/32 and larger 1/35th
Military Multi Engine Propeller Soft skin
1/72 and smaller 1/72nd
1/48 and larger 1/48th
1/35th
Military Single Engine Jet
1/72 and smaller Half-Tracks & Armored vehicles
1/48 and larger 1/72nd
1/48th
Military Multi Engine Jet 1/35th1/72 and smaller
1/48 and larger ARTILLERY PIECES (ALL SCALES)
Senior
Civil, Sport, Racing, Commercial Junior
Rotary Wing (all scales)
Junior SPACECRAFT
Sci-Fi (all scales)
AUTOMOTIVE (CIVILIAN VEHICLES) Real (all scales)
Cars Junior
Trucks
Competition NAUTICAL
Commercial 1/700 and smallerHeavy trucks 1/350
Motorcycles 1/150 and larger
Junior Junior
DIORAMAS FIGURES
All Scales All Scales
Junior Junior
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Instrument faces on
dashboards should have
detail picked out and
lenses added.
Gas and brake pedals
should be added to open-wheeled vehicles.
Road wheel interiors
should be detailed (this is
especially necessary on
the Hetzer).
Molded grab handles and
hatch levers should be
replaced with wire or
stretched sprue.
Underside of model, if
viewable, should be given
the same attention to de-
tail as the top; e.g., motor
holes filled, paint applied,
weathering on the inside
of the road wheels consis-
tent with that on the out-
side. If the vehicle being
modeled was weathered,
normal wear and tear to
the bottom of the hullfrom riding over the usual
rocks, brush, and other
obstacles should be visi-
ble on the model.
Painting and finishing
The model's surface, once
painted, should show no
signs of the construction
process (glue, file, or
sanding marks; finger-
prints; obvious disconti-
nuities between kit plastic
and filler materials; etc.).
Finish should be even and
smooth, unless irregulari-
ties in the actual vehicle's
finish are being dupli-
cated. Exceptions such as
zimmerit or non-slip sur-
faces should be docu-
mented.
No brush marks, lint,
brush hairs, etc.
No "orange-peel" or
"eggshell" effect; no
"powdering" in recessed
areas.
No random differences in
sheen of finish caused by
misapplication of final
clear coats.
Paint edges that are sup-
posed to be sharp should
be sharp (no ragged edges
caused by poor masking).
Edges that are supposed
to be soft or feathered
should be in scale and
without overspray.
Weathering, if present,
should show concern for
scale (e.g., size of chipped
areas), be consistent
throughout the model,
and be in accordance with
the conditions in which
the real vehicle was oper-
ating. Be careful to distin-
guish some of the pur-
posely "heavy-handed"
paint schemes from over-
zealous weathering. Ex-
treme examples should be
documented. Weathering
should not be used to at-tempt to hide flaws in
construction or finishing.
Decals:
Aligned properly. (If the
real vehicle had a mark-
ings anomaly, the mod-
eler should provide docu-
mentation to show that he
is deliberately duplicating
someone else's error, not
inadvertently making one
of his own.)
No silvering or bubbling
of decal film. Decal film
should be eliminated or
hidden to make the mark-
ings appear painted on.
Colors: Paint colors, even
from the same manufac-
turer and mixed to the
same specs, can vary from
batch to batch. Different
operating environmentscan change colors in dif-
ferent ways. All paints
fade from the effects of
weather and sunlight, and
viewing distance alone
can change the look of
virtually any color. Poor
initial application and
subsequent maintenance
compound these prob-
lems. Therefore, color
shade should not be used
to determine a model' s
accuracy. Models with
unusual colors or color
schemes should be ac-
companied by documen-
tation.
IPMS: Armor (Continued)
No random
differences in
sheen of finish
caused by
misapplication
of final clear
coats.
An APC which isarmor. Think aboutit.
A T-55.
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mystery all rolled into one
film.
Honestly I have always
been a William Holden
fan, and as you may or
may not know he was inone of the other premier
films about POWs in
World War II, Bridge on
the River Kwai. He won
an Academy Award for
his role in Stalag 17 and
gave the second shortest
speech in Oscar history.
He simply said, Thank
you. (Shame modern
actors cant take a hint.)
The movie has a great
cast, including Otto
Preminger and a very
young Peter Graves.
The plot is simple, there
is a POW camp that has a
German spy in it this
spy keeps disrupting the
camp life for the GIs.
Ahhh but who is the spy?
That is the mystery.
As I said, I dont want to
spoil the movie, if you
dont want to watch the
film but still want to
know what happens go to
Wikipedia.
If, however, you want to
enjoy one of the all time
greatest films about
World War II then watch
Stalag 17. Whatever
your rating system this
film deserves all the stars
you can give it, and then
some.
A 10+ on my scale!!!
Stalag 17 (1953), starring
William Holden, is in my
opinion the best movie
about POWs during
World War II and per-
haps the best movie about
the war. It is definitely atop 3 for me, and it is also
one of my favorite Christ-
mas movies.
Christmas movies? Yes, I
said Christmas movies.
Watch the movie and
then you will understand.
The movie takes place in
Stalag 17, a POW camp in
Germany. I dont want to
spoil anything for those
who have not seen it, but
this film has everything
you want in a war movie.
There is action, drama,
comedy, sadness, and
Jeffs War Movie Review: Stalag 17
Why don't you just tell
them it's me, because
I'm really the illegiti-
mate son of Hitler...
Maybe he just wanted
to steal our wire cut-
ters did you ever think
of that?
Russian Poster SaleFor August we are having a
special on our Russian Posters,
normally they are $6.00 each
this month they are $5.00
each!
August Special
COMRADES!
Russian Posters Sale
Kahuna Designs
Kahuna Designs Inc.
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I have a bunch of Mig
Productions items for
sale, all are brand new,
never opened. I am giving
a good discount on these,
and if they dont sell lo-
cally I will put them on
greEd Bay. The prices do
not include shipping.
*** Posting Ads are free
Classified Ads***
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For Sale or Trade:
Jeff Brown has items for
sale and trade, see ads
below and e-mail: jgdti-
I have added this new
section so you can show
photos of what you are
selling.
I also have the following Mig Pigments for sale:
Lunar Dust (5)
Neptune Blue (2)
Zombie Green (2)
Rocket Exhaust (1)
Metallic Silver (1)
Graveyard (1)
Price on these is $5.00 each.
for High Plains Modelers
Members to post items for
sale or trade. If you are
not a member of the club
it cost $2 to post an ad
which goes towards our
annual club contest.
Trumpeter 1/32 Wildcat F4F-3.
These retail for around $75 this one
is still sealed in the shrink wrap. I
am asking $45 for it. (Shipping is
extra for those outside of Northern
Colorado.)
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over 220 active US chap-
ters (including groups in
Canada and the Philip-
pines as well as one
"cyber-chapter" existing
entirely on the internet).
These chapters are organ-ized into 13 geographi-
cally-determined Re-
gions, overseen by Re-
gional Coordinators. The
IPMS/USA Executive
Board, made up of elected
and appointed members,
serves as the overall gov-
erning body for IPMS/
USA.
IPMS/USA produces theModelers' Journal, an all-
color magazine supplied
to our members 6 times
each year. Sample copies
of the Journal are avail-
able upon request, and
you'll find several cover
shots elsewhere in this
handout.
In addition, IPMS/USA
maintains one of the larg-
est and most-visited pub-
lic websites in the model-ing community
(www.ipmsusa.org).
Members and visitors can
view product reviews,
chapter and contest infor-
mation, see examples of
members' work, and view
images of contest, mu-
seum walkarounds, and
the like. A members-only
Forum allows discussion
of specific topics of inter-est amongst our member-
ship. The remainder of
the website is open to the
modeling public and sees
thousands of hits weekly.
From: www.ipmsusa.org
IPMS/USA is the United
States Branch of the In-
ternational Plastic Model-
ers' Society, whose roots
can be traced to the
startup of the first IPMS
National Branch duringthe 1960's in Great Brit-
ain. In 1964 a US-based
modeler applied for a
charter to start the US
Branch. In the ensuing 4
decades, IPMS/USA has
become a 5,000 member,
all-volunteer organization
dedicated to promoting
the modeling hobby while
providing a venue for
modelers to share their
skills in a social setting,
along with friendly but
spirited competition in
the form of local, re-
gional, and national con-
tests and conventions. As
this is written, there are
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Meetings are the last Tuesday of the monthat The Ranch in Loveland. They start at7pm and end around 9pm.
Editor: Jeffrey Brown
President: Pablo BauleoVice President: Gary MooreTreasurer: Randy RobinsonSecretary: Jeff Brown Our club has plastic modelers from Northern Colorado,mainly
from the Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont area. We also have afew members from Wyoming.
Honestly, if you need an excuse to get away from the wife an kids afew days a month, join our club. Your skills will improve and youwill have a few laughs.
Stop by a meeting, the first one is free kid!
High Plains Modelers
Next Meeting August 30,2011. 7pm at The Ranch.
Website
http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/
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Contest Sponsors: Please Support Them (They Support Us)
Kahuna Designs Inc.
Chuck Holte is sponsoring Best UAV!
Hersh Consulting is sponsoring Best Armor!
Wyoming Mighty Mopar Club is sponsoring Best Mopar Subject
Sidles Co. is sponsoring Best Automotive
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