FlakSheet - IPMS/North Central Texas
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FlakSheet - IPMS/North Central Texas
The z FlakSheet March 2011 All the News We Make Up to Fit Don’t Forget! The next NCT meeting is Sunday, 03/13/10. It’s Auction Time! The opportunity to sell low and buy high! The Summer of 1941: JATO Ercoupe! The Prez Sez! Hi all, been moving into my new building on campus this week so I have to keep this one short. Lots to write about this week but not enough time to do so. First on the list is a big thank you to our Contest Director Mr. James Sharp for hunting down a new venue for the ScaleFest 2011 event. For those of you who have not heard we're heading back to the Mesquite Convention Center and Exhibit Hall. For those of you that still think it's not called the Mesquite Convention Center I refer you to the website which clearly shows the name emblazoned across the front facade of the venue. You can see it for yourself at the following website: http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/photo_galler y.jhtml?ctyhocn=DALHSHX March 2011 In any case thanks to James and Trevin we have a signed contract and are a "GO" for the May 21st ScaleFest event. I traveled to San Antonio Alamo Squadron IPMS Event and had a splendid time. While spreading the word about the new venue there were smiles a plenty from the vendors who really seemed to like the idea. I'm hopeful for a great turnout at the event this year. IPMS-NCT made a great showing at the event. I didn't win anything this year at the contest but several of our members did. As a consolation prize I did come home with three door prizes. Remember that March is the semi-annual auction so bring all your choice goodies for the rest of us to bid on. I myself am looking forward to it very much. We'll see you all there. Remember that we're on Facebook now at IPMS-NCT and IPMS North Central Texas. Log on and join the fun. Last time I checked we now have nearly 170 friends on IPMS-NCT. There are 38 friends on the other site. Sean is working on getting the website back up but as of this writing I couldn't find it yet. I'm sure it will be up soon. See you all in March. Don The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 1 The VP’s Notes! Program Information for the Next Three Meetings March 13, 2011 NCT Semi-Annual Auction This will be the Chapter‟s first semi-annual auction for 2011. The auction is timed to coincide with you annual spring inventory of kits, books, and modeling related paraphernalia. Assuage that lingering feeling of guilt engendered by the embarrassing avalanche of kits that almost crushed a family member when they inadvertently opened your primary kit closet last month. Check the deterioration of kit boxes. Are they beginning to disintegrate; have they reached an advanced state of discoloration; maybe one summer from turning to dust? Now‟s the time to share that bounty with the kit archeologist that regularly attend the auction. Remember – all donations are gratefully accepted and go to a most worthy organization. Well maybe not worthy, but a bunch of fun guys. And most importantly - be sure to set the minimum bid on 1/700 scale ships [and any scale Swedish kits] at a mere fraction of their original retail price. Your last name and minimum bid price should be prominently marked on the item you wish to have auctioned. There is a 10% club processing fee levied on sold. Don‟t forget any stuff that you don‟t want to bring back home can be donated to the San Antonio Burn Center or Make „N Take! April 10, 2011 Modeling Skills Workshop: Modeling Work Space In this program we will look at pictures of NCT members‟ modeling workspace and discuss space layout and organization. Member Request - Please email pictures (2 or 3) of your workspace to [email protected]. If you have a feature or arrangement in your modeling space you would like to share with others, please include a picture(s) that highlights that item. Your pictures should be emailed to the VP no later than March 7th in order to allow time to incorporate the images into the program. JPEG files are preferred, but I‟ll try to work with other formats. May 10, 2011 Countdown to ScaleFest and Pictures From The 2010 Phoenix IPMS National Convention We will finalize actions and assignments for this year‟s ScaleFest and see pictures from the 2010 IPMS National Convention (third attempt at presenting this program). John Walen March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 2 has been gathering dust for around 20 years. I dug it out and began making changes. I found a real nice HO scale mail truck model at my local hobby shop. So using this and photos found on the web, I have just about everything ready to mold. Kit Collecting If any of you have been in this hobby for long you probably have inadvertently become a kit collector. Most are just models we plan to build. Others may hold some significence. Still there are those of us that purposley collect certain old model kits. As I said last month, I grew up building Aurora and Revell WW-I kits. I have been collecting these for nostalgia's sake in the past couple of years. My main interest is in those boxed from 1950 to 1968 or so. I have managed to find all of the pyro pre WW-I models (6), many of the Hawk small boxed classics like the 1/48 Racers and almost all of the Revell 1/72 fighters. I only need three of these to complete the set, and most of the Aurora Famous Fighters series. I have several reasons for hunting these classics down. One is they bring back very fond memories of going to Woolworths as a kid and the stacks of the Aurora kits they always seemed to have, the other reason is they are the classic period of plastic model airplanes. The 1/72 Revell kits had some beautiful box art! Instead of just putting them all in a big box and stashing them in a closet, I have been framing them. Hobby Lobby has some nice shadow boxes in several different sizes. They make great wall art for the Man Cave. Since I am a bachelor the whole house is the Man Cave so I have some on display in my den. Below is a photo of a few . I find it kind of amazing that these were released so long ago and yet never built. I wonder how many hands they have passed through since first purchased? Lone Star Models 1/48 Northrop A-17 Nomad At long last I have completed the rework and now waiting on the mold rubber to arrive. At this time I am not sure about doing the A-17A model. I have quite a number of kits in the works right now that need to be completed first. The kit has 40 plus parts including a full interior and bombs. To save on production I did not include any bomb sway braces. They are simple crescent shaped pieces. Decals are also included. Yellow Wings is also going to produce a sheet for this aircraft and it should cover many other squadrons. Also please do not place an order for the A-17. I have so many on preorder now that they will more than likely wear the molds out. When I can get a 2nd set up and operational I'll announce availability. Sorry! Lone Star Models 1/48 Ford Model T Mail Truck I seem to never be at a loss for a new project. Gary Adams had suggested this one when he finished his DH9 mail plane recently. I had an old 1/48 Model T kit that March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 3 Lone Star Models 1/72 1,000 Gallon Belly Tank The new 1/72 1000 available. $15.00 gallon tank is May seem an odd way to ofer this but the plan is to only sell the 9 cylinder block and face plate. You use the cylinders from the Williams Brothers engine kit. These are available and last time I purchased one were less than $10.00. The block will be $15.00. The Williams Brothers kit has extra cylinders ,so you will have enough for 3 engines with two kits. The block will have holes to accept the WB cylinders. Nieuport 17 cockpit for the Hobbycraft kit $20.00. Below is a partial of the set. This will be available in late March. now Lone Star Models 1/32 1/32 Sets Coming Soon! Sparrowhawk cockpit set for the William's Brothers kit Seversky cockpit set for the Williams Brother's kit I am also working on a new engine of sorts for the Hasegawa F4B4/P-12 kits. Pictured is the new engine face plate and the engine I am working on. I still need to modify the nose of the engine to a much shallower one so the face plate will fit over it. March 2011 Hints and Tips: Dry Spraying I imagine many of you have experienced this. especially in the area between the fuselage and cowling on a twin engine airplane. The air turbulence causes your paint to dry as you spray and gives you a finish like 240 grit sand paper. This is a real hassle to fix and then repaint. Oddly this can come in handy if you are making a concrete tarmac or maybe the dry lake bed at Edwards AFB. I built a model of the Mickey Thompson Land Speed car Challenger 1. I wanted to display it on a base. I decided the salt flats of Bonneville would look great. First I took a 40 thousandths piece of styrene and scored a cracked looking surface. I sprayed the surface with a can of flat white paint. The first coat was wet and before it fully dried I sprayed it again. The 2nd coat I held the can 14 inches or more away from the surface and dusted back and forth across the surface. With the can this far away from the surface it causes the paint to pre dry before reaching the surface of the base but it sticks to the 1st wet coat. You may want to experiment with this. You may find other uses for the technique. The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Mike West Page 4 Scratch-built 1/72 scale ARME-2 Montevideo by Gabriel Stern The Uruguayan ARME (nothing to do with arms, just the acronym of “Avión de Reconocimiento Modelo Escuela”) Montevideo was a vernacular creation loosely based on the Breguet XIX. It was an observation trainer powered by a 450 hp. Lorraine. One was equipped with floats –of archaic design- aiming to a Montevideo-New York raid (Via the Pacific Ocean climbing the Andes, not an easy feat) that fell short in Colombia. Three machines were built and operated from the late 20‟s into the mid 30‟s. This model was a commission that pressed a little bit more on the skills department, as the stringer-ridden fuselage needed a viable way to be reproduced. March 2011 So again a wood fuselage was created, and again the lack of vacuforming equipment of the right size prevented a copy to be made; therefore the wood shape once carved was covered with previously-engraved skin panels. Some small parts as per photos were vacuformed with the Mattel Psychedelic Machine, and the rest was created from styrene sheet of varied thicknesses again as per images. A wood prop was made and much fun was had with the 28 struts and the rigging that populate the wings and attach the floats. The two cockpits were provided with generic interiors and the decals were home-made. The fuselage and tail added up to 75 parts, the wings to 12. Floats to 18. And better to stop here. The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 5 March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 6 March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 7 A certain number of images is included to depict the techniques used during construction, saving me (and you) from large explanatory paragraphs. March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 8 March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 9 March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 10 Not in the same aesthetic category as the Uruguayan seaplanes posted here before, but this one had two merits: it was a local creation and after all its clumsy lines look in a –strange- way appealing. Gabriel Photos and text © by Gabriel Stern http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 11 http://www.ipmsusa.org/ IPMS/USA is an organization dedicated to the fun of Scale Modeling. It was started by Jim Sage, of Dallas, Texas, in 1963. There are now branches of IPMS all over the world. Many of our Local Chapters and Regions sponsor Model shows and contests every year. Of course, you needn't be a member to just visit the shows, or attend the clubs. As part of your IPMS/USA Membership, you will receive The Modeler's Journal six times a year. In it you will find stories of interest on subjects such as aircraft, armor, automotive, ships, figures, you name it. You will also find listings of IPMS contests and swap meets, hints and tips, and reviews. Membership also qualifies you to participate in IPMS/USA sanctioned Regional Contests, as well as our World-famous National Convention, held each summer. As a member, you'll also be able to access our online Member's Forum where a wide variety of Society and Modeling topics are discussed, and enjoy real-time access to other Modelers for help with questions about Modeling or the Society in general. In addition, many Hobby Shops around the county offer discounts to IPMS/USA Members. Memberships are available in several packages: http://www.whatfirefly.com Coming Events NCT Chapter Meetings Junior 17 years old or Younger, $12.00 per year Adult 1 Year, $25.00 2 Years $49.00 3 Years $73.00 Family Adult Membership plus $5.00 (Additional Membership cards as requested) Canada or Mexico $30.00 per Year Foreign $32.00 per Year (Journal via Regular Mail) or $55.00 per year (Journal via Air Mail) Payment Information: Payment may be made via Personal Check, Money Order, or Credit Card. Applications using payment via Check or Money Order should be printed upon completion of the registration process, and mailed to: IPMS/USA Dept. H PO Box 2475 N. Canton, OH 44720-0475 For any questions or problems with your membership application/renewal, please contact the IPMS/USA Officer Manager, Ms. M.J. Kinney, at [email protected] March 2011 March 13, 2011 IPMS North Central Texas Get Ready! Set! Auction Time! Garden & Arts Center Irving, Texas www.ipmsnct.net April 10, 2010 IPMS North Central Texas Modeling Skills Workshop: Modeling Work Space Garden & Arts Center Irving, Texas www.ipmsnct.net May 10, 2011 IPMS North Central Texas Countdown to ScaleFest & 2010 Phoenix IPMS National Convention Pictures Garden & Arts Center Irving, Texas www.ipmsnct.net The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 12 Upcoming Contests May 14, 2011 Cajun Modelfest XXVI IPMS Baton Rouge Scale Modelers http://www.brmodelers.com/ LSU AgCenter Baton Rouge, Louisiana May 14-15, 2011 March 19, 2011 MCMA Showdown 2011 http://www.themcma.net/ IPMS Metroplex Car Modelers Association Dr. Pepper Star Center 12700 North Stemmons Freeway Farmers Branch, Texas March 26, 2011 Stars of the Silver Screen http://tulsaipms.org IPMS Tulsa European Auto Specialist 4121 South 72nd East Avenue Tulsa, Oklahoma March 26, 2011 Great South TigerFest XVIII IPMS New Orleans Flying Tigers Scale Model Builders St. Jerome K.C. Hall 3310 Florida Ave Kenner, Louisiana WonderFest 2011 www.wonderfest.com Crowne Plaza West Louisville, Kentucky May 21, 2011 Squadron ScaleFest 2011 IPMS North Central Texas www.ipmsnct.net Mesquite Convention Center & Rodeo Center Exhibit Hall 1800 Rodeo Drive Mesquite, Texas 75149 June 23-25, 2011 Squadron EagleQuest XX (Formerly Mastercon) Squadron www.squadron.com Embassy Suites Dallas DFW Airport North Outdoor World 2401 Bass Pro Drive Grapevine, Texas 76051 June 4th & 5th, 2011 Heartland Model Car Nationals www.kcslammers.com IPMS / KC Slammers Model Car Club Overland Park Convention Center 600 College Blvd. Overland Park, Missouri 66211 April 30, 2011 Model Mania 2011 IPMS Houston http://www.ipms-houston.org/ Stafford Center 10505 Cash Road, Stafford, Texas March 2011 June 18, 2011 Soonercon 2010 IPMS Metro OKC http://flagshipmodels.com/metroOKC/ Moore Community Center 301 South Howard, Moore, Oklahoma 73160 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 13 Local Events of Interest March 9, 2011 (Wednesday) Marauder Men of the Metroplex http://webspace.webring.com/people/oj/jobiz/ Buisness Meeting Spring Creek Barbecue, Cooper Street, Arlington, Texas March 3, 2011 (Thursday) Lone Star Aero Club www.lonestaraeroclub.org Grace Flight Around the World Mission 2010 DFW Airport at Hyw 360 & FAA Road American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum Fort Worth, Texas 76155 March 12, 2011 (Saturday) OBA / FACM / VMAP 2nd Saturday Work-Party 9:00 am to 2:00 pm http://www.ov-10bronco.net http://www.facmuseum.org 3300 Ross Avenue, , Meacham Airport, Fort Worth, Texas March 6, 2011 (Sunday) IPMS MCMA http://www.themcma.net/ Monthly Meeting Senter Park East, Irving, Texas March 8, 2011 (Tuesday) EAA Chapter 34 Meeting http://eaa34.org Brad Dement from E-Mag UTA Campus Room 100, Nedderman Hall 416 Yates Street, Arlington, Texas March 2011 March 15, 2011 (Tuesday) B-36 Peacemaker Museum http://www.b-36peacemakermuseum.org/ Col. Ed Rasimus: The Vietnam Air War UNT Health Science Center Room 124, West Building 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd.; Fort Worth, Texas The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 14 Local Events of Interest April 15-17, 2011 BroncoFest VIII http://www.facmuseum.org/ 3300 Ross Avenue, , Meacham Airport Fort Worth, Texas March 16 - 21, 2011 Wings of Freedom Tour Frontiers of Flight Museum http://www.flightmuseum.com/ 6911 Lemmon Avenue Dallas, Texas March 21, 2011 [Monday] IPMS Fort Worth Scale Modelers http://www.fortworthscalemodelers.org/ Frank Landrus: Saab J-21 Ejection Seat Development First Baptist Church of Benbrook 1015 McKinley Street; Benbrook, TX 76126 April 16-17, 2011 Air Power Expo http://www.airpowerexpo.com Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas April 18, 2011 [Monday] IPMS Fort Worth Scale Modelers http://www.fortworthscalemodelers.org/ Auction! First Baptist Church of Benbrook 1015 McKinley Street; Benbrook, TX 76126 March 26, 2011 Tyler Historic Aviation Memorial Museum http://www.tylerhamm.com Jack Gibson: The Strange Story of HAMM‟s F-104A Tyler Pounds Airport, 2198 Dixie Drive, Tyler, Texas 75704 April 2, 2011 The Taylor 125 Air Race http://www.sportairrace.org/id4.html Taylor, Texas April 7, 2011 (Thursday) Lone Star Aero Club www.lonestaraeroclub.org TBD DFW Airport at Hyw 360 & FAA Road American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum Fort Worth, Texas 76155 March 2011 April 16, 2011 Texoma 100 Air Race http://www.sportairrace.org/id4.html North Texas Regional Airport Sherman, Texas April 30, 2011 The Big Country Air Fest and Air Race http://www.sportairrace.org/id4.html Abilene, Texas May 14, 2011 The Lone Star Air Rally http://www.sportairrace.org/id4.html Galveston, Texas The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 15 March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 16 Babe of The Month Carla Gugino She describes her bicoastal childhood, saying, "I lived in a tepee in Northern California and a van in Big Sur. With my dad, I lived in a beautiful house with a swimming pool and a tennis court and went to Europe for the summers. So I feel like I lived two childhoods." She worked as a teenage fashion model, and took acting classes at the suggestion of her aunt, former Let's Make a Deal spokesmodel Carol Merrill. She eventually came to support herself, and with her parents' support, was legally emancipated by the time she was 16. Gugino's television work during the late 1980s and early 1990s includes appearances on Saved by the Bell, Who's the Boss?, ALF, Doogie Howser, M.D. and The Wonder Years. Gugino co-starred with Pauly Shore in the 1993 romantic comedy film Son in Law. She subsequently appeared in the video to Bon Jovi's 1994 song "Always". After playing Michael J. Fox's love interest, Ashley Schaeffer, during the first season of the sitcom Spin City in 1996. Carla Gugino (born August 29, 1971) is an American actress known for her roles of Sally Jupiter in Watchmen, Lucille in Sin City, Amanda Daniels in seasons 3, 5 and 7 of Entourage, Ingrid Cortez in the Spy Kids film trilogy, and as the lead characters of the television series Karen Sisco and Threshold. Her feature film work includes appearances in Son in Law, Night at the Museum and American Gangster. Carla Gugino was born in Sarasota, Florida, to Carl Gugino, an orthodontist of Italian descent, and a mother of English-Irish descent described as "Bohemian". Her parents separated when she was two, after which she would travel between her father and half-brother Carl Jr.'s home in Sarasota and her Paradise, California home, to which her mother moved her when she was four. March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 17 She starred in two short-lived TV series, the ABC crime drama Karen Sisco in 2003, and the CBS science fiction series Threshold in 2005 on CBS. That same year, Gugino appeared as Lucille in the feature film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel, Sin City. The following year, she appeared in Night at the Museum. Gugino appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company play After the Fall opposite Six Feet Under's Peter Krause. In late 2006, she began the Off-Broadway play by Tennessee Williams, Suddenly Last Summer opposite actress Blythe Danner. Gugino appeared as Amanda, Vincent Chase's agent, in a dozen episodes of the cable television series Entourage. Gugino appeared nude in the May 2007 issue of Allure. That same year she appeared in the feature film American Gangster. The following year, she played the female lead in the serial killer thriller Righteous Kill, opposite Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Gugino appeared in the 1997 art-house film Lovelife. Her 1998 film work includes co-starring with Nicolas Cage in Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes, and appearing in Judas Kiss, which she also co-produced. She appeared as Dr. Gina Simon during the 1999-2000 final season of Chicago Hope. In 2001, she appeared as family matriarch Ingrid Cortez in the first Spy Kids film by director Robert Rodriguez (as well as that film's two sequels in 2002 and 2003). That same year she appeared as Jet Li's love interest in the martial arts action thriller The One. March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 18 Gugino starred in Chicago's Goodman Theater production of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms from January 17 to February 17, 2009, in the role of Abby. Charles Isherood of The New York Times praised Gugino's performance, saying, "Ms. Gugino displays a depth and range of expression that I cannot imagine any other actress achieving with such blazing honesty and wrenching truth. She is simply magnificent." During the first three months of 2009, three feature films premiered featuring Gugino: the thriller The Unborn, the feature film adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel, Watchmen, in which Gugino played Sally Jupiter, and the adventure remake Race to Witch Mountain, in which she starred opposite Dwayne Johnson. That April, she received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Actress In a Play for her performance in Desire Under the Elms. March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 19 Museums Hanger 10 Flying Museum http://www.hangar10.org/Site/Home.html 1945 Matt Wright Lane Denton Municipal Airport Denton, Texas 76207 American Airlines C. R. Smith Museum http://www.crsmithmuseum.org Fort Worth, Texas 76155 National WASP WWII Museum http://www.waspmuseum.org Sweetwater, Texas Cavanaugh Flight Museum http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com 4572 Claire Chennault Addison, TX 75001 Cold War Air Museum http://www.coldwarairmuseum.com/ Lancaster, Texas 76106 OV-10 Bronco Museum http://www.ov-10bronco.net 3300 Ross Avenue, Meacham Airport, Fort Worth, Texas Ranger Wing, Commemorative Air Force www.rangerwingcaf.com Blackland Aircraft Corp. Hanger Airport Blvd., Waco, Texas Corsair (Goodyear FG-1D), Commemorative Air Force www.caf-corsair.com Lancaster Municipal Airport 630 Ferris Road, Lancaster, Texas 75115 Silent Wings Museum www.silentwingsmuseum.com 6202 North I-27 Lubbock, Texas 79403 Dallas-Fort Worth Wing, Commemorative Air Force http://www.dfwwing.com/ Lancaster Municipal Airport 630 Ferris Road, Lancaster, Texas 75115 Flight of the Phoenix Air Museum www.flightofthephoenix.org Hanger One, Gilmer Texas 75644 Texas Military Forces Museum http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas Tyler Historic Aviation Memorial Museum http://www.tylerhamm.com Jake Smith Exhibit Hall Tyler, Texas Frontiers of Flight Museum http://www.flightmuseum.com/ 6911 Lemmon Avenue Dallas, Texas March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Vintage Flying Museum http://www.vintageflyingmuseum.org 505 NW 38TH ST. Hangar 33 South Page 20 HobbyTown USA Rockwall Local Plastic Emporiums M-A-L Hobbies 108 S. Lee St., Irving, TX 75060 (972) 438.9233 Rockwall Crossing http://www.hobbytown.com/Store/Profile/TXROC 935 East Interstate 30, Rockwall, TX, 75087 (972) 771-1233 HobbyTown USA Colleyville HobbyTown USA Tyler http://www.malhobby.com Town Center Colleyville http://www.hobbytown.com/txcol/ 5611 Colleyville Blvd., Suite 160, Colleyville, TX 76034 (817) 581-1027 French Quarter Shopping Center http://hobbytown.com/TXTYL/ 4566 S. Broadway, Tyler, TX 75703 (903) 509-3000 HobbyTown USA Dallas Mason’s Hobby Lobby The Corner Shopping Center http://hobbytown.com/TXDAL/ 8041 Walnut Hill, Suite 870, Dallas, TX 75231 (214) 987-4744 HobbyTown USA Arlington 6905 Grapevine Hwy., Fort Worth, Texas 76180 (817) 284-0264 Roy’s Hobby Shop 1309 Norwood DR., Hurst, TX 76053 http://www.royshobby.com/ (817) 268-0210 http://hobbytown.com/TXARL/ 4634 South Cooper St, Arlington, TX 76017 (817) 557-2225 Wild Bill's Hobby Shop HobbyTown USA Plano http://hobbytown.com/TXPLA/ 2100 Dallas Parkway, Suite 150, Plano, TX 75093 (972) 473-0800 March 2011 535 East Shady Grove Rd. Irving, Texas 75060 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 21 New Ware 1/24 Last Men on the Moon By Sven Knudson, IPMS 32490 www.ninfinger.org Here are the parts for the kit. The kit box contains a black and white drawing of Cernan and Schmitt on the lunar surface. While Evans remained in lunar orbit above in the Command/Service Module, Cernan and Schmitt spent just over three days on the lunar surface in the Taurus-Littrow valley, performing three EVAs or moonwalks during which they collected lunar samples and deployed scientific instruments. Cernan, Evans, and Schmitt returned to Earth on December 19 after an approximately 12-day mission. Apollo 17 remains the most recent manned Moon landing and the most recent manned flight beyond low Earth orbit. Background Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. It was a "J-type mission", missions including three-day lunar surface stays, extended scientific capability, and the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt launched at 12:33 a.m. EST on December 7, 1972. March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Here's a closer look at the parts. Page 22 Here's another side of the parts. Apollo17 Liftoff Kit contents: 25 resin parts Resin base Decals Instructions Order from: Eugene A. Cernan Comments The parts are beautifully cast with crisp details and no visible airholes. There is some slight flash between the figures' legs. All parts are still attached to their pour plugs. You will have to be especially careful to remove the fragile scoop handle from its plug. You will have to provide some lengths of wire to simulate the antennas and electrical connections. Exploded assembly drawings, detailed decal guides, and a description of the Apollo 17 mission complete the instructions. The kit also includes a resin base representing the surface of the moon with plenty of boot tracks molded in place. March 2011 Price: The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com New Ware ing. Tomas Kladiva Klimkova 5 710 00 Slezska Ostrava CZECH REPUBLIC email: [email protected] web: http://www.mus.cz/~ales/newware/ $ 79.00 http://www.ninfinger.org/ Page 23 Floyd’s Fling The Vought F4U Corsair: A Comprehensive Guide Written by Rafe Morrissey and Joe Hegedus ISBN- 978-1-906959-12-8 MDF 18 MSRP- $39.00 Reviewed by Floyd S. Werner, Jr. IPMS# 26266 OK before you read any further let me say that I contributed to this publication and the authors are my friends….so you better like it as much as I do. March 2011 Typical of the SAM Publications MDF series, this soft bound A4 sized book is printed on 143 high quality paper. The book includes beautiful color and black and white photos, many of them never before released. The color photos are especially interesting and helpful. This book is obviously written by modelers for modelers. There are plenty of great photos of interiors and wheel wells. The detail nuts will not feel left out either as there are plenty of high quality photos that cover various details throughout the airframe. The text is easy to read. Historical text tends to be dry but the authors have overcome this with what is quite enjoyable and informative. I liked that each chapter starts with a little story about a pilot who actually flew that particular version. It gives a nice „personal‟ history to the aircraft. Some of the stories are quite amusing, such as Blacksheep „Wildman‟ Chris Magee. The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 24 Now that is something you don‟t see everyday. The modeler will have a great time with this particular variant alone. Because the book is written by modelers each version has a section on colors and markings section. Did you know that the tri-color scheme is actually a four color scheme? Read the book to determine what the colors are. Hint is on page 39. The color profiles are nicely rendered by Vincenzo Aultetta. The aircraft are set up in alphabetical order as opposed to operational development order. So the F2G is before the prototype but this is just something I noticed. I would have preferred to go in developmental order with the prototype to the final version just to see how the aircraft grew. The chapters follow the development of the Corsair from prototype to the F4U-7 and AU-1. Interestingly the designation -1A and -1D were not Navy designations but designed by historians to determine the modifications applied to the airframe. Each version of the aircraft includes a complete cockpit walk around. This is especially interesting in the prototype. Most of these photos have not been seen before. Some aircraft are given more attention to special items. The elusive and mysterious salmon color is discussed and a piece of an unrestored airframe is shown so the modeler can finally see what it looked like and that in fact it did exist. The unrestored FG-1A KD431 is shown in color which is really interesting especially the cockpit. Another aircraft that you don‟t see very often is the cannon armed F4U-1C. There are photos of the cannon installation that I‟ve never seen before. There are photos of them deployed on the USS Shangri-La and Bunker Hill. March 2011 The Corsair‟s Foreign Service is included. Color photos of some Fleet Air Arm Corsairs highlights this chapter. The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 25 If you were going to have one book on modeling the Corsair this would be that book. It is comprehensive in its dealing with colors, markings and changes between variants. The clear photos, especially the color ones, and the color profiles will inspire many modelers. The modeling section provides plenty of information and will be very helpful to the modeler. This book does what the authors wrote in the forward, and that is provide the modeler with a book that has all the information in one spot. This book is obviously a labor of love for both authors and it shows. Highly recommended You can obtain your copy through your local hobby shop or by contacting SAM Publications at www.sampublications.com . The New Zealand aircraft are included as well. El Salvadore and Honduran aircraft are shown for those that like there Corsairs with a Latin flavor. There is a young soldier showing Captain Soto‟s Corsair with three aircraft kill markings. These were the last air to air kills of the Corsair during the 1969 Soccer War. The modeling section is broken down into scales with the opinions of the authors included. This will allow the modeler to figure out where to spend their money. This section also features models built by various modelers, including this reviewer. Also for the modeler, there is a breakdown of kits, accessories and decals offered in various scales. Four view scale drawings are included in 1/48th scale, but unfortunately they only include the F4U1A, F4U-1C, and the FAA conversion. It would have been nice to have the rest of the versions included if only in 1/72nd scale. March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 26 Kit Review DML 1/35 VK.45.02(P)H Reviewed by Cookie Sewell Kit Number: 6657 Contents: 465 parts (330 in grey styrene, 107 etched brass, 23 clear styrene, 2 twisted steel wire, 2 DS plastic track runs, 1 turned aluminum barrel) Price: US $ 49.99 Pros: May be first kit of this vehicle in styrene (depending on competitor release dates) Cons: Unknown Skill Level: Experienced One of the problems with very long tank guns is that they tend to cause problems when crossing rough terrain or moving in cities. Studies by all armor producing nations show that too often a long gun barrel digs into the ground with unpleasant results for the crew and the tank. The solutions were either use a shorter gun – which then tended to limit the firepower and armor penetration capabilities of the tank - or move the turret March 2011 farther back on the chassis. This solved the problem of overhang but also caused problems with balance and visibility, creating larger “dead ground” spots in front of the tank that the crew could not protect with turret armament. Towards the end of the war when the Germans had moved to bigger and longer guns they began to experiment with rear-mounted turrets. The two design iterations of the VK.4502(P) prototype tank looked at both versions dubbed “V” (for “vorwarts” - forward ) and “H” (for “heckwarts” - rearward). While neither version ever appears to have gotten into more than early production and testing, it shows the design evolution of these tanks (and why the “Maus” and “Loewe” tanks used the rear mounted turret). Part two of the latest DML/cyber-hobby.com “Paper Panzer” kits has now been released, and it models the other prototype version. This kit is nearly identical to the earlier cyber-hobby.com kit with two major exceptions. First off is a new hull sprue for the “H” design turret mounting and a matching fret of etched brass with the different vents and covers. Secondly it comes with a modified set of DS Plastic tracks - on this set every other guide tooth has been removed, so if you have both kits you have two different sets of tracks. The rest is identical with the earlier kit. The turret is based on the Tiger II turrets but has a new shell with an insert on the side of the commander‟s cupola bulge for a detail found on the prototypes (it appears to be a pistol port). The model comes with two plastic barrels as well as a turned aluminum barrel with a generic 8.8 cm L/71 muzzle brake. It also comes with two different commander‟s cupola castings, each of which can hold clear styrene viewers (the original Tiger II cupola with single piece viewer ring is also included). The kit has a relatively large set of etched brass covering all of the radiator intake and exhaust screens and all of the external tool and fittings mounts. (Note that formers are located on one of the T series sprues for the tool clamps and locks.) This vehicle now comes with two sets of twin exhaust pipes (parts A29-A30) which mount on the upper hull decking; thanks to slide molding the bores are opened out. Tom Cockle and Gary Edmundson are listed as the technical consultants. Your choice of finishing is simple: overall sand brown or a two color red brown/sand finish, both of which are presumptive. Four small crosses are provided on a tiny Cartograf sheet. The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 27 Overall if displayed with the first variants it provides an illustration of the direction German tank design was taking in the latter half of the war. As it compliments the first one, it also should fit in with a collection of Tigers very well. DML 1/350 USS Momsen DDG 92 By Michael Benolkin Thanks to Freddie Leung for the review sample. Sprue Breakdown: A 40 VK.4502(P)-H - upper hull, hull details E 35x2 Elefant - drivers and hull details F 18x3 Elefant - road wheels and suspension arms H 28 King Tiger turret base and two types of 8.8 cm barrels K 9x2 Tiger II details - lights, hooks, engine crank J 8 German MG34 and ball mount L 15 Clear styrene M 6 Early production Porsche Tiger II turret shell and details N 47 King Tiger turret details and hatches S 8 Clear styrene U 2 Turret cupola rings W 2 Twisted steel wire X 1 VK.4502 lower hull Z 2 DS Plastic track runs TA 8 German generic - pioneer tools and OVM TB 9 German generic - towing rigging and jack TC 4 German generic - tow cable heads TD 4 German generic - track recovery cable heads TF 3 German generic - 8.8 cm L/71 muzzle brake TG 3 German generic - close-in defense weapon TH 2 German generic - hatch booster and lock TJ 10 German generic - commander‟s hatch details TK 3 German generic - ball mount TL 7 German generic - armored exhaust covers MA 107 Etched brass MB 1 Turned aluminum barrel MB 1 Stiff wire Cookie Sewell March 2011 Kit Number Primary Media Clear Media Pros Cons Skill Level MSRP (USD) 1022 Styrene Acetate Nice detailing, easy build, multiple decal options Exhaust ducts are capped Experienced $ 49.95 Background The USS Momsen is an Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer that is homeported at Naval Station Everett, Washington. This ship is named for Vice Admiral Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen who invented the 'Momsen Lung' which was a rebreathing device that was used to escape from World War submarines in an emergency. The USS Momsen was commissioned in 2004, powered by four gas turbine engines that can propel the ship above 30 knots. At first glance, it only appears to be armed with a single 5 inch main gun, but the Momsen, like the other members of the Burke-class, are armed with a number of vertical launch cells below deck that can fire the Standard Missile SM-2, Tomahawk cruise missile, and ASROC missiles. The ship is also armed with torpedo tubes. Fight IIA Burke-class destroyers are distinguishable by their twin hangars to accommodate two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters, improved 5 inch gun, deletion of the towed sonar array, deletion of the Harpoon missile launchers, among other features. With the cancellation of the DDG1000 program, plans are under consideration to keep the Arleigh Burke class under construction beyond the DDG 112. The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 28 The Kit: It is always interesting to see the gun battle between DML and Trumpeter as far as kit subjects go. Trumpeter released the DDG 82 USS Lassen (Flight IIA) while DML released this DDG 92 USS Momsen. You might think that these should be identical kits, but there are some distinctive differences between those two ships. More on this later. Like the Trumpeter kit, DML has made this kit modular so that different versions of the Burke-class can be easily released with a few parts changes. One example is the two different flight decks that indicate that the earlier Burke class examples are also on the horizon or already released. The kit is molded in light gray styrene and presented on seven parts trees. You can already see this won't be a difficult build! A fret of photo-etched parts are also included to provide railings, phased array antennas, and other details. The hull is a one-piece affair that will make construction easy but may not appeal to the waterline ship builders. On the other hand, the design of the model is such that a reasonable replica can be rendered with few small parts and by simply passing on the photo-etch. With the photo-etched parts installed, the kit will appeal to more of the AMS ship builders straight out of the box. March 2011 So how does this kit differ from the Trumpeter USS Lassen? The Trumpeter kit has quite a few more small parts and represents the earlier Flight IIA configuration. The DML kit represents a later Flight IIA with the new shrouded exhaust stacks to reduce the ship's radar crosssection. Unfortunately, the mold-makers simply capped the top of the ducts rather than represent them with exhaust ducts. When those four gas turbines light off below decks, they won't be able to blow off the exhaust. This should be an easy fix for most modelers. One counter-intuitive detail on the Momsen the absence of the fore and aft CIWS mounts. I don't know what (if anything) replaces this last line of defense, but you can see from online photos that the ship lacks those guns. The DML kit includes the fore and aft CIWS mounts and the modeler will have to modify the kit accordingly, or be patient as some of the other late Flight IIA Burke-class destroyers that were commissioned without CIWS are getting at least one mount added later on... Decals Markings are provided for ten examples: USS Winston Churchill DDG 81 USS Lassen DDG 82 USS Howard DDG 83 USS Bulkeley DDG 84 USS McCampbell DDG 85 USS Mustin DDG 89 USS Chafee DDG 90 USS Pinckney DDG 91 USS Momsen DDG 92 USS Chung-Hoon DDG 93 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 29 Conclusions This is a beautiful model that is not complex and will give the average modeler some nice results. DML has done a good job in rendering the late-configuration Burkes. If you want to do a quick and easy build, this is just the kit for you. If you're looking for a bit more detail on the decks, you might want to look at the Trumpeter kit. This kit is definitely recommended! http://www.cybermodeler.com/ You can't use many of these markings on this kit as many of these ships didn't have the shrouded exhaust ducts. It is easy enough to go online to see the differences in configuration between these various ships. Even so, the markings will be handy if you also happen to have the Trumpeter kit! March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com Page 30 Flying Low with François 1960 Corvette March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com 1925 Dodge Brothers Page 31 1956 Chevy Nomad Lancaster 09/04/10 March 2011 The FlakSheet - the newsletter of IPMS North Central Texas http://ipmsnct.com 1952 Jaguar XK120 Photos Copyright © by Frank Landrus Page 32 IPMS NCT Group 1/48 Mustang Build Randy Spurr IPMS/NCT Group Build Flag Country Variant(s) Notes [email protected] 1/48 decals Base Kit Builder Camo High polished finish Yes Tamiya Robert Fair Yes Tamiya Don Capone NMF and Black Fuerza Aerea Rebelde NMF, Black or Camo Yes Tamiya Larry Allen Yes Yes Tamiya Accurate Miniatures, Tamiya Randy Spurr D, Robert Fawcett Yes Tamiya Tom Mitchell Yes Tamiya Ed Grune Bolivia Cavalier F-51D & TP-51D Canada Mustang Mk.IVa (P-51D) Coasta Rica P-51D Cuba Dominican Republic P-51D P-51A, -C or -D El Salvador P-51D / Cavalier F-51D Guatamala P-51D w/ wingtip fuel tanks w/ Mayan God decals Haiti P-51D Homemade decals Yes Tamiya Brad Hoskin Nicaragua P-51D Purple wing stripes Yes Tamiya Buddy Wolfe Uruguay KY Air Nat Guard New Mexico NG US National Guard P-51D P-51D P-51D P-51H w/ red prop tips Ventura decals Ventura decals Yes Yes Yes Tamiya Tamiya Tamiya Classic Airframes Sean Glaspell Mike Tobin Rick Chandler Tail Shot Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando Cockpit Photo © by Jay Miller, IPMS #45 The FlakSheet IPMS North Central Texas President: Vice President Contest Director Treasurer: Secretary Facebook Director Social Director: Don Capone John Walen James Sharp Trevin Baker Bruce Culver Richard Hanna Open [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] IPMS USA # 45394 (214) 797-9766 (972) 490-8223 [email protected] IPMS North Central Texas meets on the second Sunday of every month. 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