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Models

Personally I went to the

Airbrushing Figures

seminar expecting it to be

more about painting mili-

tary figures (since that is

what most people focuson.) To my surprise, Mark

Krabbenhoft taught us

how to mix various flesh-

tones for larger,

more female and

more scantily

clad figures. I

stayed because I

am pretty sure I

can apply what I

learned to 1/35

scale, even

though it might

be difficult to

airbrush figures

that small.

The other semi-

nar I attended was put on

by Dem Brudders. Randy

and I actually learned a

few things from this

demo. Mainly dont ne-

glect your wife or she will

end up with some other

dude in a Jacuzzi. My

best tip from them

brothers was using a tiny

strip of tape to hold paper

as a mask if you dont

want to pull of the metal

finish or a decal you al-

Well, it is over. As I sit

and write this article I

reflect on the past four

days that took place in

Nebraska, and the memo-

ries and adventures many

of us shared.

This was the third IPMS

National convention I

attended, and my first

time entering

models. I did

not do too bad

taking one first

place and one

third place

award.

I arrived onThursday after-

noon. I brought

my wife and

our 2 year old

son out with

me. Needless to

say my vendor room trips

were cut short, and I

missed some really good

seminars and the Colo-

rado presentation for the

2013 Convention because

I was at the zoo.

My registration went

flawlessly. I received a

nice packet and a really

cool set of decals and

booklet. Then I went to

drop off my models.

Luckily all of my forms

were filled out in advance

except one. Entering my

models went very fast for

me. The guys at the entry

station (my name for the

desk they were sitting at)

really made it easy.

In fact the hard part of

my first day was lugging

around 20+ pounds of

models and a 30 pound 2

-year old while trying to

find where my models

went.

Friday I was able to at-

tend two seminars, one

on Airbrushing Flesh-

tones from Four Cultures

and the other onTrying

to Put Square Parts in

Round Holes? Practical

Tips to Help Build Better

Omaha 2011 IPMS Nationals Special Edition

High Plains Modelers

August 2011Volume 1, Issue 10

High Plains Gazette

Whats New ThisMonth:

IPMS Omaha Special Edition

Pablo the Cold Warrior Toms First Model (rebuilt)

Pictures and more Pictures

Jeffs Acceptance Speech

Inside this issue:

IPMS Omaha Review 1

Thank You Speech 2

Pablo the Cold Warrior 3

Tom buys a motorcycle 4

Pictures of Omaha HPM6

Pictures of Omaha HPM 7

IPMS Membership App 9

HPM in Omaha!


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ready laid down. I actu-

ally applied that tip today

to an F1 car I am working

on and it worked. Look

out Orlando!

Friday night for me was

the fun of judging. This

was my third time as a

judge! (Yes, I am now

certified.) I judged ar-

mor, mainly because I

want to build better ar-

mor and figured this

would be a good way to

learn how, and partly

because Bill Devins told

me he had plenty of air-

craft judges.

My crew was TJ, Tracy,

and an OJT, Greg. I hate

to say this but we were

the last judging team to

finish. We had a few

funny moments during

our judging this year. I

almost wrote the wordDragon as the builder

instead of the persons

real name. TJ joked, that

Dragon builds a lot of

kits. Still we were done

around 11:00 pm, not too

bad.

Saturday was all about

the awards banquet. I did

not get to attend since it

was a bit out of the pricerange for the whole fam-

ily to go. I sat in the over-

flow room. It was nice to

have the ceremony broad-

cast to us. I thought I had

a shot at a third, which I

got, but I did not expect

the first place award. (See

my story on page 5)

Our club took a photo of

our members in atten-

dance and then we said

goodbye to Omaha.

I personally want to

thank IPMS and the guys

in Nebraska (IPMS Fort

Crook and the other

IPMS chapters who

pitched in) for putting on

one hell of a show!

Omaha IPMS National Review cont.

the 2013IPMS

NationalConvention

wasawarded to

Colorado

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The awardsplaques for 1st,2nd and 3rd.

3 of us came home withfirst place awards, and a

second and a third as

well.

That is not a bad percent-

age considering there

were over 2,400 entries.

I think we took a count

and High Plains Modelers

entered a total of 30 mod-els and 5 of them won

awards.

There are pictures of

most of the models on

pages 6 and 7.

Not bad for a tiny little

club!

To steal from Meatloaf3 out of 5 aint bad.

In Omaha we had five


(Jeff, Pablo, Tom, Gary

and Randy) enter the

IPMS National Contest.

In a stroke of luck, or

brilliance (take your pick)

IPMS High Plains in Omaha

3 out of 5 aint bad.

tee.

Now comes the fun part

of actually planning and

executing a show. We

have enough experience

in Colorado to come up

with something remark-

able and we are close

enough to almost every-

thing that it should be a

well attended event.

I just hope the Mayan

prediction of the apoca-

lypse happening in 2012

does not take place be-

cause I for one am going

to build something spe-

cial for Loveland!

In a strange turn of

events the 2013 IPMS

National Convention was

awarded to Colorado.

The CNCC did an out-

standing job of pitching

the qualities of Colorado

and the Embassy Suites

in Loveland to the Na-

tional Selection Commit-

IPMS 2013 will be in Loveland, CO


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he suspects that particu-

lar Mig-21 saw service in

Egypt.

He also shared with me

that when the museum

got the Mig-21, it camewithout landing gear. The

museum staff decided to

take on the challenge of

restoring it, even if no

landing gear was avail-

able.

A resourceful restoration

team member remem-

bered that the museums

F-105 had its landing gear

removed and placed instorage before being set

on exhibit on a pole by I-

80. They thought that the

F-105 landing gear could

either be modified or

temporarily used to jack

up the Mig-21, until a

proper landing gear were

to be acquired.

To everyones surprise,

the F-105 landing gearfitted the Mig-21 gear

wells and retraction

mechanism without the

need for any modifica-

tion. At that point the

team realized that they

had, most likely, run into

a spy-story.

What the team couldnt

be sure was if the Soviets

copied the F-105 landing

gear of if the Americans

copied the Mig-21 one. A

quick internet search re-

veals that the Mig-21 pro-

totype (Ye-4) made itsmaiden flight on June

1955 and that the F-105

prototype (YF-105) made

its maiden flight on Octo-

ber 1955.

Im not specialist in either

aircraft, but I suspect that

both aircraft continued

their development even

after entering production

and this interchangeableparts situation could

have gone either way,

given the parallel time-

frame for the develop-

ment of both aircraft.

Probably we will not

know until many years

from now what the spy-

story really was. But in

the time being, if you are

looking for missing land-ing gear on a scale model

of a Mig-21 you can use

the landing gear from an

F-105 from the spare box.

It should fit and looks like

the part. You can always

say that you saw it at the

museum!

By Pablo Bauleo

At the 2011 Nationals in

Omaha I visited the SAC

museum. One of the or-

ganized tours was called

A night at the museumand it featured open cock-

pits among other attrac-

tions.

One of the aircraft that

got most attention was

the Mig-21, currently un-

der restoration. I got to

climb on it and to feel its

cold and slightly dented

metallic skin with my

finger tips.

Beyond the rare opportu-

nity of being up close

and personal with a

piece of machinery devel-

oped by the Soviets at the

height of the cold war,

there was a more memo-

rable and unique experi-

ence: get to talk to a

member of the restora-

tion team.

After talking about the

aircraft performance and

future plans for restora-

tion, I had to ask what he

knew about the history of

that particular example.

He told me that the mu-

seum got it as a donation

from the USAF and that

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If it is worth anything I

left off two of my entries

as well so that it balances

out.

Still we had a great time

and your High Plains offi-

cers had a great lunch on

Friday at the Summer

Kitchen! That might be

our last lunch together as

officers with us all retir-

ing this year.

I know I left out some

pictures from Omaha,

and I also might have

some of your models

wrong. Hopefully I got

everything correct.

Apology in Advance

You can

always say

that you

saw it at

the mu-

seum!

Pablo tries to steal

a B-52.

F-105

Mig-21


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gory, and Bill Devins an-

nounced third place, then

second place, (neither of

which was me) then he an-

nounced first place and

while looking at the screen Isaw my diorama Death of

Blue Leader and he called

out my name. The only time

during the night I did not

clap for the winner. Not be-

cause of any sense of honor

or not wanting to show up

those who did not win, but

because I was honestly

stunned. I leaned over to a

distinguished gentleman

from Kentucky and quietlysaid, That was my dio-

rama.

I was very happy to win, and

a few categories later for

OOB Triathlon I won a third

Many times when an athlete

wins an award like an Olym-

pic medal, or a world cham-

pionship, they say later that

the reality of the victory

really didnt sink in until thenext day. I had that happen

to me in Omaha.

While sitting in the awards

overflow room, I watched as

two of my club members

(Tom Menert and Gary

Moore) took home first

place awards for their mod-

els. I was glad to see my fel-

low club members win. It

makes our club look good.

When it came to announcing

the Dioramas my heart

started to race, because I

was entered in Sci-Fi Dio-

ramas. There was the cate-

place award. It made me feel

good that the hard work and

improving my skills through

IPMS have finally paid off.

After the ceremony I went to

collect my models with eve-

ryone else. It was a mad

house in there. I met up with

the other members of my

club who attended and we

had a picture taken.

I went back to the hotel

room, laid down and fell

asleep. Standing by the ele-

vator the next morning wait-

ing to come down to break-

fast I had a big smile, and

my wife asked me simply,

What? I looked at her and

said, I won at an IPMS Na-

tional contest. It finally

sunk in.

The Workbench from He!! (Special Edition)

A beautiful thirdplace plaque!

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Uncle Vern, thisones for you!

I went back

to the hotel

room, laid

down and

fell asleep.

he was in charge of dio-ramas. Even though he

might not remember me he

taught me how to judge, and

in judging I have learned

what to do and not to do to

improve my skills.

My club members Gary,

Tony, Pablo, and Don. Gary

and Tony have been putting

up with my car building

questions for years. Thanksto them I grabbed a third in

Omaha with my Triathlon

which included a car. Pablo

for his masking clinic, Tony

for his salt weathering clinic

and Don for bringing these

three little bulldozers to a

monthly meeting which

Okay, so we dont get to givea speech for winning an

award at the IPMS National

Show. That is probably a

good thing. So who would I

have thanked? Well

First Dave Dardine. He is

the reason I became a local

club member and eventually

an IPMS member. His air-

planes are the reason I

wanted to improve my mod-eling skills. My goal has

been that someday Dave and

I have planes next to each

other and people cant tell

them apart.

Next Bill Devins, Bill is now

the National Aircraft Head

Judge but in Oklahoma City

made me go out and pick upa Komatsu to build. Without

these three guys showing me

these things my Triathlon

subject would not have

looked as good as it did.

Rob Fuller, who has kicked

my ass at so many local and

regional events for making

me work harder to become a

better modeler. Ironically I

thought it would be Robwho won at a National con-

test before me.

A great big thanks to Larry

Hersh for taking us to Okla-

homa City where I was in

awe at all the great models.

That was a great trip filled

with a lot of fun. I have been

Id Like To Thank The Academy...


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rama. (In Orange County

I judged Automotive and

in Omaha Armor, so

watch out Orlando and

Loveland for my next

builds!)

Finally to my late uncle

Vernon, who passed away

last month, for taking me

to my first model show

when I was a kid. He built

models and because of

him my dad had to buy

me models to build as

well. Uncle Vern, this

ones for you!

a member since 2003,

and in 2013 when the

convention literally will

be in my back yard I will

celebrate 10 years as an

IPMS member. In Okla-

homa City I was an OJTand judged Dioramas.

Now I am an award win-

ner for building a Dio-

Acceptance Speech (cont.)

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 1

S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

BNB11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Pueblo Day atthe Museum

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

WingNutCon

25 26 27

HPM Meeting28 29 30

cluding that P-12E in Po-

land to buy a motorcycle

at that time. But because

it was the same model as

my first model it carries a

lot of meaning with it for

me.

The model has a small

engine inside that is con-

nected to a base I built for

it with a battery and a

switch inside it.

By Tom Menert

The 1/72 scale Matchbox

Boeing P-12E model I

displayed was the very

first model I had built in

Poland long time ago

when I started my model

building 'career'. I sold

my model collection in-

I Sold My Model Collection for a Motorcycle

Toms P-12E Model,

it took first place in

Omaha.


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Toms Castle

Randys Chopper

Pablos Autoblinda AB-41

Garys Barnyard Fun

Jeffs Dead Mans Hand

Pablos Isuzu

Randys Ford

Randys Tuner

Pablos Staff Car

Randys Jeep

Toms Sturmtiger

Randys Vette


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IPMS Omaha (High Plains Modelers Entries)

Photos by Jeff Brown

Gary Moore (1st Place)

Toms T-55Toms Sherman

Tom Menert (1st Place) Jeff Brown (1st Place)

Tom Menert (2nd Place) Jeff Brown (3rd Place)

Jeffs TIE Fighter

Jeffs Irony

Garys APC

Toms Storch


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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

Classifieds and other Happenings

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For Sale or Trade:

Jeff Brown has items for

sale and trade, see ads

below and e-mail: jgdti-

[email protected]

I have added this new

section so you can show

photos of what you are

selling.

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.) Will trade for F$F-3

Late or F$F-4!

Only 364 days to go as I write this! We will begin having

monthly contest updates in the next issue.

Website: www.ipms2012.org


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Volume 1, Issue 10

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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

About IPMS/USA


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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

[email protected]

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!


Next Meeting August 30,2011. 7pm at The Ranch.

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