From the Editor Thanks from the Troops

Volume 5, Issue 6
October 2009
Thanks from the Troops
From the Editor
This month’s issue starts off with a thank you from “the troops”.
Dick Montgomery asked that their letter be shared so it appears at
right in its entirety. If any of you have any excess kits that you
know you won’t be building in the near future, I stongly urge you to
send them to our service members overseas. As it says in the
preface to the letter, the address can be found at www.ipmsusa.org.
I attended PENNCON 2009 in Mechanicsburg PA back in
September (and was lucky enough to earn a couple of medals).
While it wasn’t a big show, there were still plenty of models on
display (including some truly amazing ones made of paper!).
Check out the photos on pages 2-3.
From Dick Montgomery, IPMS Director of Local Chapters:
A note arrived from "the troops" thanking IPMS for the Support
the Troops program. Please share this file with your club
members as you see fit. You can find the address to which
contributions can be sent on the IPMS website.
(www.ipmsusa.org)
Thanks!
Dick Montgomery
IPMS Director of Local Chapters
This month’s feature article is for all our car builders (I know there
are some of you out there). The Mustang has been popular since its
inception in 1965 and the Revell kit builds into a very nice replica..
I finally found a posting that gives all the winners of this year’s
IPMS Nationals. Rather than list them all, I’ve included only the
“best of” winners. The entire list can be found at the IPMS USA
website (www.ipmsusa.org ).
Tim Barb
Inside This Issue
1
From the Editor, Thanks from the Troops
2
PENNCON 2009
4
Revell 1/24 Shelby Mustang GT350H
7
Hobbytown National Contest
7
IPMS Nationals “Best of” Winners
8
Club Contacts; Contest Themes 2009;
Upcoming Events
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PENNCON 2009
On September 19, 2009, IPMS Central Pennsylvania hosted PENNCON 2009 in sunny Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The contest
used an open judging criteria (gold, silver, and bronze medals vice first, second, and third awards) and the quality of the models
was excellent. See for yourself in the following photos.
The venue
The Make & Take Table
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Vendors
Best of Show
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Lots of Armor
Lots of Cars & Trucks
PENNCON 2009 (cont.)
A Paper Model!
A Nice Schnellboote
Figures Were Mostly Sci-Fi
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Another Paper Model
Best Armor
A Redneck Mobile Home
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Revell 1/24 Shelby Mustang GT350H
Source: from Internetmodeler.com
By Jameston Kroon
[email protected]
The Revell 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350H is a great kit, and it builds into a
great model out of the box. Starting with the body, you are rewarded with a
kit that has good proportions, which only needs a little clean up to make it
work.
After the removal of the “Mustang 2+2” and “289” scripts on the fenders, the
molding lines on the rear quarter panels need filling and smoothing. The
passenger side is the worst, with the mold line extending up to the B pillar
roofline. Glue on the front and rear pans, along with the side scoops, and the
body is ready for paint.
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Speaking of paint, only 800 of the 1000 cars ordered by the Hertz car rental
company from Shelby were painted black and gold. The remaining 200 cars
were broken into blocks of 50.
These cars were painted Candy Apple Red, Wimbledon White, Sapphire
Blue, and Ivy Green, respectively. All five colors are classic, and they work
well with the Gold stripe decals in the kit. The choice is yours. I chose
Wimbledon White paint from Scalefinishes.com.
While the paint on the body dries, the next step is the interior. With only 15
parts, this step goes quickly. The interior parts include the correct tachometer
and arm rests. All Hertz cars had a black interior.
Do NOT follow the kit instructions for painting the steering wheel and the
seat hinges! The steering wheel center and spokes should be chrome, and the
rim is brown wood. The seat hinges are only chrome on the long sides and
the short hinge covers are black. Be sure to paint the underside of the interior
primer red as it is visible through the center of the chassis.
The engine and transmission are the next stage and in keeping with the rest
of the kit, these components are very well represented. The kit’s 289 cubic
inch V-8 with four-speed transmission represents one of the early Hertz cars.
The later cars used a C4 automatic. Engines are painted Ford Corporate
Blue.
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The transmission bell housing is aluminum, with a steel transmission case.
No chrome was used on the motor except for the breather on the driver’s
side valve cover and the air filter. Oil pan, valve covers, intake manifold, and
carburetors are all bare aluminum. For the headers I used airbrushed Testors
Chrome to replicate “jet hot” ceramic coating.
The chassis is well made and goes together nicely. Both front and rear
suspensions are molded separately, as is the exhaust, and the shocks. With a
bit of detail painting the underside of the kit really pops. Overall the Chassis is primer red, the wheel arches,
and the top/sides of the front frame are flat black, and the front suspension is a mix of chassis black and
silver. Silver is also used on the exhaust, and the gas tank.
On the real cars the shocks are red. I painted mine yellow to replicate the
look of a modern Monroe. The rear suspension is chassis black for the axle,
primer red for the center section, with steel finishing off the leaf springs and
drive shaft.
The wheels are Magnum 500s. Flat black paint on the centers is all that’s
needed to make them look fantastic. The tires need a little cleanup, and have
very little marking on the sidewalls. The tread is okay, and the tires look good, but are not one of the kit’s
strong points.
Final assembly is quick, with just the glass, chrome, and under hood parts
remaining to be attached. The engine bay, front shock brace, radiator core
support, and wheel wells are painted flat black. The radiator is gloss black.
The assembled kit is a nice model out of the box. My only complaint is the
flash on the ends of the bumpers, and the lack of traction bars that Shelby
used on the real GT350Hs. But what can you do?
(Note: author Jameston Kroon is the owner of Scalefinishes model paints. You can follow the link to his
website)
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IPMS 2009 Nationals “Best of” Results
Best Aircraft
Sponsored by: Don Harris Memorial Fund
Avro Lancaster Mk.I Andrzej Zibber
Posnan, Poland
Art Gerber Best Military Vehicle
Sponsored by: Lt. Alexander Pearson Modeleers in memory of
Roderick "Pete" Forest III
Bison II Harvey Low
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Best Figure
Sponsored by: IPMS Eddie Rickenbacker
Queen Elizabeth I Michael Gondor
Stratford, Connecticut
Best Ship
Sponsored by: Nautilus Models
USS Harry Truman, CVN-75 Kelly Quirk
Kearney, Missouri
Best Automotive
Sponsored by: IPMS Roanoke Valley
Fire Jeep Janet Hein
Walton Hills, Ohio
Best Space / Science Fiction
Sponsored by: Niagara Frontier Chapter
Krote Rick Carlson
Erie, Pennsylvania
Best Diorama
Sponsored by: IPMS Eddie Rickenbacker
Lincoln Memorial Dave Browne
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Best Miscellaneous
Sponsored by: IPMS Metro Atlanta
First Jet Engines and Planes That Flew Them in WWII
Benjamin Guenther
Hampton, Virginia
Best Canadian Subject
Sponsored by: IPMS/USA
CF-188 Hornet Bruce Simard
Chester, West Virginia
IPMS Chapter / Group Trophy
Sponsored by: IPMS Eddie Rickenbacker
Duel in the Mist Chicago IPMS Panzer Gnomes
Oak Lawn, Illinois
Popular Best of Show
Sponsored by: Cincinnati Scale Modelers
USS Harry Truman, CVN-75 Kelly Quirk
Kearney, Missouri
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CLUB CONTACTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
CHAPTER OFFICERS
President – Vince Mankowski
[email protected]
Vice President – Curtis Clinton
[email protected]
Treasurer – Mike Neyland – [email protected]
Secretary/Historian – Mike Larson
[email protected]
CHAPTER VOLUNTEERS
Newsletter – Timothy Barb – [email protected]
Website – Sunil Gupta – [email protected]
Contest – Rich Durphy – [email protected]
CHAPTER INFORMATION
Web: www.novaipms.org
Yahoo Groups: novaipms (where the newsletters are posted)
MEETING INFORMATION
Fairfax High School – Usually first Wednesday of the Month
with notable exceptions. Please see the club website.
Local Clubs
Washington Armor Club – Meets 3rd Thursday of the month at
Cabin John Elementary School. Contact Joe Booker at
[email protected] for more information
IPMS Washington D.C. Chapter meets the third Tuesday of
each month at 8:00 PM at Beverly Farms School, 8501 Post
Oak Rd., Pomomac , MD www.ipmsdc.org
National Capitol Model Soldier Society meets on the fourth
Tuesday of each month in Annandale, Virginia. Contact
Norbert Lustine (301) 384-4100; email: [email protected]..
Hobbytown National Contest
October 10, 2009
Hobbytown USA (703) 590-5890
Lake Ridge, VA
www.hobbytown.com
HRSM Annual Modelers' Swap-Meet
October 10, 2009
Messiah Lutheran Church
4136 Holland Road
Hampton Roads Scale Modelers
Robert Beach 757-217-7433
The 2009 Military History Weekend
October 17-18, 2009
The Hospitality House
Williamsburg, VA
www.williamsburghosphouse.com
JERSEYCON
October 16-17, 2009
IPMS/USA 2009 Region II Convention
Holiday Inn, Runnemede New Jersey
www.IPMSNJ.org
New Contest for December 2009 Meeting
There has been a change in the contest scheduled for the
December meeting. No longer will it be a “build the same
kit” of the F-8 Crusader. The new contest:
Any model of any subject that meets these two criteria:
Contest Themes 2009
Oct - "Cannon Cockers" - any artillery piece – Ground-toground missiles, MLRS, SAMs, Nebelwerfers, Katyushas, etc.
Nov - Airlifters
Dec – No longer F-8s; see next column.
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1) You built it ten (10) or more years ago;
2) In your lifetime you must have built at least two models
of this subject.
For example, you want to enter an F-4E Phantom in 1/72
scale that you built 12 years ago. At some point in your
life, either before or after, you must have also built another
model of an F-4 Phantom - it can be any scale, and any
variant, built at any time.
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