The Buzz Nov-Dec of ‘18

Official Newsletter of the Charlotte Scale Modelers

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Build King’s A2 M2 “Jack “

Fellow Bugs!

I know ! I keep saying I’m go-

ing to do this newsletter every

month, but life gets in the way

and here I am a week away

from a new year and I’m finish-

ing up the last one from ‘18. But

it was a great year.

In November We had 31 mem-

bers in attendance, another new

high since I’ve been in the club.

We also had a long time mem-

ber Warren Wilson come, first

time this year. We welcomed

new member Jim Greiner, who

has since been to the dinner

and Friday breakfast with his

wife Tressa.

We decided to go ahead and

have the regular meeting in

Dec. which we normally don’t

do, but was voted in enthusias-

tically. The Christmas dinner

was finalized for Dec 8th at

Waldhorn.

Member Gary Mason brought a

ton of models to sell, I know I

requested and bought a Bf 110.

I know there were some good

deals to be had. He’s still got a

Meeting Minutes lot for sale, so be sure to check

his email list.

The December meeting took

place on Dec 7th with about 25

guys and new guy Joe Lavender.

Joe is an accomplished small

scale ship modeler and paper

modeler. Tim Moore was also a

first timer and came prepared for

the swap meet

We decided to have a Corsair

build in time for the Nationals. I’m

thinking this will be a display.

King Richard is spearheading this

and we’ll get the details at the

January meeting. First thoughts

are to make similar Corsairs on a

flight deck diorama. We’ll finalize

this in Jan.

Inside this issue 2 Minutes Continued and pics

3 November Pics

4 Nov pics

5 Nov pics

6 On to December

7 Dec. pics

8 Dec. pics

9 Dec and Warbirds pics

10 Club info

11 Shows

Page 2 The Buzz

November Pics

Cont from page 1

We need to also decide about dues for 2019.

We’ll definitely have to appropriate some money

to build the deck diorama. But since we have a

good account, maybe we should just skip them

this year. I know I’ve heard some rumblings

about that. So, let’s decide what we’re going to

do.

We also had the model swap at the December

meeting. This usually took place at the dinner,

but this way more people would be involved. I

think it worked out well, at least I was satisfied

with my Accurate Miniatures Mustang over the

protestations of a certain long standing member.

Food was brought by a few members and the

pickings were good, Thanks to those who did

that.

Club stats:

We have 58 members on our club roster.

As far as I can tell we have about 10-12 IPMS

members.

We averaged 25 members per meeting this year

with a high in November (31) and a low in June

(17). Half the club was at Wonderfest.

We welcomed 5 new members this year.

King Richard does Japanese

Dave Bixler’s

Awesome Maiden

Dave does Japanese too !

Page 3 The Buzz

November pictures I like cars

Warren Woods is back

Bixler’s Porsche 944

This is a shot of

Warren’s mostly

scratch-built work

in the back of his

rig Just superb

work.

Jorge Suarez’s all resin 1/48

Heinkel 46 “Charlie”

Mike Ramp is moving forward on his F

250 conversion.

Gary Mason selling some of his stash to finance

big purchases ! (ie) 1/32

Page 4 The Buzz

November pics

Jerry also brought a “34 Dusenberg SJ as a

WIP

Dan’s mostly scratch fish interior. I wish I

could. Below is his Wolverine, done with

Garage kit skin tones. The rest is Mr. Color

Willie Althammer brought this beautiful Silver

“Tony” by Hasegawa.

Jerry Brewer showed his Ford coupe.

Dan Gardon made this unusual Fish ship

Page 5 The Buzz

November still Dave makes a plane ?

Jim Kiker “Yoda” brought an oldie but

goodie of one of his famous recon

planes, A tamiya spitfire.

Erik Rein is trying to take Bob’s spot as the

master of mini’s Here is his 1/285th scale

Macross Figures.

Inside of a “Jack” great work King R.

Jorge’s Heinkel

Glad to have Warren and his BIG RIGS

back

The

above Josh to

Page 6 The Buzz

On to December

Merry Christmas from Josh

The new guy getting some pointers from

Tony, and the other new guys just yakking

OH NO not paper ! Virgil does it again with

an outstanding model of all card stock.

Dan Gardon brought Abe Sapien. We’ve seen

this one come along on our group page

The above Josh told the story of B-17 pilot

Helen Snapp.

Page 7 The Buzz

Joe Lavender

Joe Lavender brought some cool minia-

tures. Above is the “Endurance” below is

One I don’t know the name of and an the

bottom is the HMS tiger.

The diorama master with his Christmas Re-

fill and some Egg plane Axis cooking

Gary Daily

Page 8 The Buzz

Dec models (Cont)

Richard Avery can’t do monochromatic.

This is the USS New York. WIP

The King is stuck in WIP world with this Val

type 99, I can’t just build OOB!

Lou Correri’s Abrams is coming along.

Erik Rein is making a base for the Macross man

Dave B brought a car with lots of de-

cals so the world is back on it’s Axis

Dan finished this awesome Swamp

creature with a cool story to go along

Page 9 The Buzz

More Dec. goodies

Jerry Brewer brought 3 planes from his WW 1

collection. .

Random pictures from Warbirds over Monroe

Treasurer’s report: We have $ 4,840.74

President: Jim “Yoda” Kiker VP: William “Freewillie”

Everhart

Secretary: Wayne Funderburk Treasurer: “Mighty Joe”

Hartmann

Charlotte Scale Modelers is a chapter of the International

Plastic Modelers Society (IPMS) - USA, a non-profit

organization dedicated to the advancement of all aspects

of scale modeling. We are a diverse group of people

united by a common hobby. We take our modeling

seriously, but we keep things light and have some fun -

that’s what recreation is all about! We cover the full

spectrum of scale modeling from airplanes to cars to

science fiction, and we enjoy sharing the hobby with

fellow modelers.

We hold monthly meetings in the White building behind

Memorial United Methodist Church at 4012 Central Ave in

Charlotte, NC. Come in on the left side and to the back

of the Church parking lot and come around to the back.

Our meetings are open to the public and we welcome

visitors. Meeting times are from 7pm til 10pm thought we

do sometimes run a little longer with lively conversations.

Phone: 980-245-8844

Web: www.ipmscharlotte.org Email: Dad4204 @aol.com

www.facebook.com/CharlotteScaleModelers/

C h a r l o t t e S c a l e M o d e l e r s Who Are We?

I love Paper

Page 11 The Buzz

Fellow Charlottean Steve

Munsell. Chattanooga, Tn Aug 7-10

June 1st and 2nd

Louisville Ky. My hometown.

The Columbia AMPS/IPMS show will be

June 22nd

SC National Guard Armory , and SC Military Museum

225 Bluff Road, Columbia, SC, 29201

EVERY ENTRY WILL BE JUDGED, NOT JUST ONE OR SOME OF WHAT YOU BRING!

EVERY ENTRY WILL BE JUDGED AGAINST A POSTED STANDARD WITH A CHANCE TO WIN A GOLD, SILVER, OR BRONZE AWARD; IF IT RISES TO MEET THE CRITEREA.

YOU WILL NOT “BEAT” ANYONE, AND NO ONE ELSE WILL BEAT YOU! YOU WILL COMPETE AGAINST YOURSELF AND THE STAN-DARD!

THIS IS A NEW SYSTEM THAT IS ROOTED IN THE IPMS “BASICS” THAT WE ALL KNOW, BUT GEARED TOWARDS REWARDING BUILDERS INSTEAD OF PENALIZING THEM!

THE MODEL SIDE OF THE ROOM WILL NOT CLOSE, BUT WILL BE OPEN ALL DAY LONG FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT !

JAXCON 2019 WILL STILL HAVE THE SPECIAL AWARDS, THE BEST

OFS, THE GREAT VENDORS AREA, AND THE HUGE RAFFLE

YOU’VE COME TO EXPECT!