RPM Club Newsletter November 2012

RPM MODEL CLUB!
NOVEMBER 2012
NEWSLETTER !
CLUB OFFICERS
President: Scott Harvieux • Vice President: Toby Halliday
Treasurer: Bill Halvorson • Sergeant At Arms : Jim Allen • Newsletter Editor:
Jim Kampmann
New kits this month!
Club Calendar
November 17, 2012
Meeting, Edina Library, 1:00 P.M.
Club Contest
December 15, 2012
Meeting, Edina Library, 1:00 P.M.
White Elephant
Gift Exchange
January 19, 2013
Meeting, Edina Library, 1:00 P.M.
2328 Southcrest Avenue East
Maplewood, Minnesota 55119
RPM MODEL CLUB!
NOVEMBER 2012
NEWSLETTER
President's Message
Hi everyone! Don’t forget the club contest this time around! Please bring models, but also PLEASE
make sure you adhere to the only real rule we have regarding this: it must be a car that you finished
since the last contest (November 2011).
Also, December is the White Elephant gift exchange along with pizza and our club elections. Please
consider running for one of the elected positions (especially those who have not served before). Every
position is available including: President, Vice President, Treasurer, etc.. While any paying member
may run, I personally like to see newer members run because it is an essential way to keep our club
growing and “fresh”. (Are you reading this Toby?)
I never thought I would have to bring this up here at RPM, but it appears I was wrong, so here goes.
Once upon a time I was President of a club called TCMAS from 2001 to 2006. (That stands for Twin
Cities Marine Aquarium Society.) Those of you who have been to my house are aware of my “other
hobby”. Anyway, TCMAS was once a very enjoyable club with a large membership (about 200
members back then), but has continued to deteriorate because of the internet message board.
Frankly, the message board has become a "bitch fest". I don’t totally blame the club or the
membership. I believe that most of these problems exist because of the general nature of message
boards. When sitting behind a keyboard, people's statements, opinions, and thoughts are not
communicated as well as when you are face-to-face with the person. Online messaging does not show
the speaker's mannerisms, tone of voice, etc.., and can easily be misinterpreted. Here is an example: I
had to moderate fights on the TCMAS message board almost every day, yet at our monthly meetings,
where we were all face-to-face, there was never a problem- no fights and rarely even any arguments!
So, in light of recent events taking place on our RPM Yahoo group, I think you all know where I am
going with this. (Yes, I know ours is not technically a message board, just an email group, but the point
is exactly the same.) If you have an issue with what someone says or take offense to any online
comments, please wait and address this when you see the person face-to-face, bring it up
with me privately (or whoever the President may be at the time), or if you feel it
necessary, bring it up to the entire group at the meeting. Also, picking up the phone, while not
as effective, is still better than behind a keyboard.
I know this has never been a problem with RPM before and will most likely not be a problem ever
again. However, I take this particular issue very seriously because of what I watched happen to TCMAS.
While I am President, I will not hesitate to block certain members from being able to post until their
specific issues are discussed and worked out in person.
So with all that, if you have any responses to my comments above or this situation in general, please
feel free to bring it up with me privately, at the meeting, or in front of
the group if you wish.
Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Scott
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NOVEMBER 2012
ON THE TABLE by Mark Rollie & Bob Maderich
This month was the ever-popular Out of the Closet, where members
can bring in models they’ve built of other subjects (rather than cars) …
and a few builds that showed up where “out of the closet” was where
they were banished to (or just stored) for years. The tables had a nice
mix of all sorts of models.
Jim Allen brought in his ’58 T-Bird KSTP-TV racer, built from a
Monogram kit and using Fred Cady decals and finished with Tamiya
paint.
Larry Reasland brought in a couple of Camaros, the first built from an
Revell ASA Pro-Am Leasing kit, representing the car that Bob
Senneker drove. Finished with Tamiya Racing Blue, Larry said this kit
didn’t go together particularly well and he had to use sheets of styrene
to finish off the interior. The 2nd Camaro was a ’69 Camaro with
custom decals for a Playboy car #69. Uh-hhm.
Bob Maderich showed off his Revell of Germany Schnellboot S-100,
which he described as his coward’s way out of building a ship. The
model was finished off with Testors flat enamels.
Next up from Bob was his 1/35 Jeep from AFV Club, which was built
for another club challenge to be displayed at NordicCon but only 2
jeeps were ever finished!
Bob’s Tamiya Pibber river patrol boat was detailed with an Eduard
photo-etched set.
Keeping with the military theme, Bob had his Tamiya Tiger tank,
which displayed his first attempt at using a double-action Iwata
airbrush.
And last but not least from Bob was his STAR WARS Y-Wing fighter
ship, which he described as one of the best engineered and trouble-free
builds he’s done.
Mark Rollie’s Dr Smith & the Robot, from the TV show “Lost in
Space”, was a Polar Lights kit that was finished mostly with Tamiya
paints, and then used flocking for Smith’s jacket collar and some
railroad landscape material for the base. This build took home the
theme award of “As Seen On TV” at this year’s NordicCon.
Chris Vick brought in a ’41 Lincoln that had been built box stock, and
a 2002 NASCAR COT car from Mike Dowd to represent the #21
Wood Bros car. Chris had also brought in a painted car body to
demonstrate that you can paint lacquer over enamel but only if you do
it in a certain time frame … over that time frame, you get the disaster.
Mark Rollie goes from SF to FC, with his Blue Max, built from the
AMT/Ertl reissue of the old MPC kit. The front tires were replaced by
those from the recent Revell Mongoose dragster kit, as the BM kit tires
were too small for the wheels. BMF was used on window trim, chassis
panels, and the side wings.
The engine was wired and had fuel lines going to fuel tank, the blower
scoop’s holes were opened up more, and the car’s body was finished
off with Tamiya French Blue.
(Continued)
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ON THE TABLE CONTINUED
Jim Allen’s Wildcat F4F WW2 plane was built from a Tamiya kit and
finished with Tamiya and Model Master paints.
Bob Halliday modified a hemi boat kit to build his drag boat, with the hemi
engine all plumbed & wired up, detailed with Model Car Garage gauges and
custom decals made by Don Stadick.
Don Stauffer flew in with his PM 1/72 Model of an Beechcraft D-18, using
US civil markings with homemade decals.
Next to that was his 1/48 Czech Model Beechcraft D-17 Staggerwing, which
Don also made his own decals for.
Looking a little lonely by itself was a “desperado” figure painted by Don,
from the Lindberg Stagecoach kit.
Not so lonely were the Union troops manning an 8 inch Parrot rifle from the
Civil War, which was a resin kit.
Last from Don was the Encore release of the USS Olympia, Commodore
Dewey’s ship from 1898, and a kit that Squadron had Revell repop and
Encore provided photo-etched parts for; however, no updating was done to
the old molds which resulted in a poor fit of parts.
Ted Poetsch brought in a trio of cars, a ’48 Plymouth coupe from a resin
body and a ’41 kit to finish off, a ’37 Ford humpback sedan that was also
from a resin kit, and a ’50 Ford that used a top from a ’51 kit and used
Modelhaus resin bumpers.
Jim Allen had three cars for the display; they were a lovely 1969 Camaro
done up as Dick Harrel's Super Stock car from that same year. He used Slixx
decals and painted the car with Tamiya colors.
His 2nd car was a 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner made to look like a local dirt
car from the time. He used dry transfer letters for the markings, and
scratched numerous parts on the car, including the roll cage. Jim's last car
was an old '57' Chevy that he built to replicate a local Cedar Lake dirt car. Cameron gave us a old Hawk/Lindbergh Trolley car that he built for a
friend. The base was scratchbuilt, he even added a photo-reduced Rice 'a
Roni box to one of the seats. Umm, the San Francisco treat!!
Matt McNally, one of our resident NASCAR builders, had two different
models for us. The first was the 1984 GMC "Fall Guy" truck that he is
building for a friend. He grabbed the wheels and tires from the Daisy Duke
Jeep. He also had a cool '37 Chevy Panel wagon towing one of the Revell
Midgets. Bill Johnaneck had three cars for us. The first was a quick, 'dirty' build of the
old '32 Ford Vicky, very cool. An AMT '55 Chevy, sporting a lovely green
paint job, was next. This had the new Nova frame and drive train underneath
it. Finally, he had a fictional '56 Ranchamino that had '57 Ford wheel covers. Don Stadik's tiny '72 Plymouth was done up in Petty colors and markings. It
was an HO slot car. (Continued)
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More on the Table...
Bob Knudsen graced the table with a 'yummy' Dreamsicle colored
'32 Ford Hi-boy. Lots of aftermarket parts adorned this beauty. He
also had the "Uncertain T" that he had rebuilt from a bagged it he
got at the NNL North. (Rumors were flying that Bob and Mark
Rollie were grappling for this rare kit) But seriously, both of these
cars were done up in HOK paints.
Continuing the "Classics" challenge, Andy Martin had a box stock
Monogram Mercedes 540K for us. This was #4 in his Mercedes
fleet, #6 was in primer right next to it. This was the Heller kit, with
vast improvements. !
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NOVEMBER 2012
Model of the Month
Featured Builder
Jim Allen
Make & Model of Vehicle
1969 Camaro ZL-1
Kit Manufacturer
Revell
This months featured model is the Dick Harrell Gibbs Chevrolet Super Stocker,
brought to us by "The Machine" Jim Allen. Jim , working at his usual blistering pace,
completed this one in about 1 month. The paint is gold base, with candy apple red on
top, and a couple coats of clear, all out of Tamiya spray cans. This Camaro features
an assortment of scratch built and parts box pieces including: scratch built roll bar,
headers, and hood scoop. Also out of the spare parts boxes are; 2x4 manifold, and
Cragar rims. Jim also had to scratch build the front radiator support, as the real car
did not have inner fenders, and this was lost during the removal of them.
Jim states that the kit does fit together well, and the motivation behind this one was
to add another drag car to the fleet. The biggest challenge during the build were the
decals, which were a Slixx item. In fact, Jim says he has about 6 hours invested in
decaling. With that much time spent , it is no wonder he had a slight scare when he
found 1 decal off the car and stuck on his thumb. After that situation was handled, he
chose to put a protective coat of Future over them, just for some peace of mind.
When you get a chance to see this one in person make sure and give it a good look.
With it's Apple Red paint, and intricate lace decals it is easy to spot on the table.
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