Thank You! - HobbyTown USA

APRIL 2012
April Meeting
The April meeting of the
Winnebago Auto Modelers
will be held on Tuesday April
10th, at 7:00 PM, at
Hobbytown USA in Oshkosh.
Meeting agenda will include
a roundtable discussion of
models and other model
related topics brought to the
meeting, and last minute
plans for the upcoming NNL
in Milwaukee.
Thank You!
Thanks to those who read our
club newsletter each month.
Thanks also to to Hobbytown
USA in Oshkosh for allowing us
to hold our monthly meetings in
the shop, as well as let us
display our builds in our club
case in the store, and their
general support of our club.
Thanks to the Auto Modelers
Group (AMG) of Wisconsin, RI
Bong Chapter IPMS, IPMS/GTR
Auto Modelers and the Hoosier
Model Car Association (HMCA)
for their electronic newsletters.
VOLUME 7
ISSUE 06
Winnebago Auto Modelers March Meeting
The Winnebago Auto Modelers held their March meeting on Tuesday, March 13th at Hobbytown USA
in Oshkosh. Members present were Matt, D9 Dave, Dave, Greg and Rob. We started off the meeting
by giving our club display case a good cleaning, and changing up the display. Following some
shopping at
Hobbytown, we
held our usual
roundtable
discussion. On
display in March
was the stellar
build of a snap
together Monte
Carlo, that Rob
fashioned after one
he once owned,
only in a little
better shape! Rob
also had a Jimmy
Flintstone resin
sedan delivery
project in its very
early stages. Matt
brought a rod
project he has in
the works, using a
Jimmy Flintstone
resin chopped 5
window coupe
body. While we are
on the subject of
Jimmy Flintstone,
Greg displayed his
build of the Testors
release of Jimmy’s
Extremeliner resin
kit. Greg also had a
Revell funny car
and Dave Deal’s
ZZZZ28 kit on the
table. Dave
displayed some
Slixx drag racing
decals, and several
automotive
magazines.
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YOUR LOCAL
HOBBY
SHOP!
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 14, 2012 Milwaukee NNL
20 hosted by AMG. 3-9 The
Excellence Center, Waukesha
Theme: Sportscars & Road
Racing For info:
[email protected]
April 15th, 2012 Milwaukee
Miniature Motors Spring Show &
Racing Collectibles 10-2
Waukesha Expo Center
www.milwaukeeminiaturemotors.com
May 5th, 2012 IPMS/Mad City
Model Contest, Madison Info:
262-567-9147
May 20th, 2012 NNL North
Model Contest, Bloomington, MN
August 5th, 2012 GTR 5th
Summer NNL & Swap Meet,
Theme: Dirt/Off Road 9:30-2:00,
Crystal Lake, IL
Info: [email protected]
October 6th, 2012 NNL
Nationals 33, Toledo, OH 1-7
Theme: 100 Years of Chevrolet
Info: [email protected]
November 10th, 2012
Hobbytown USA – Oshkosh’s Fall
Plastic Model Contest and
Moebius Kit Challenge. 10:303:30 upper level of Hobbytown
USA. 807 Oregon St. Oshkosh
For more info, contact the store
at 920-426-1840 or
www.hobbytownoshkosh.com
(see flyer elsewhere in newsletter)
If you know of any upcoming events
that you would like to see posted
here, or if you would like to correct a
posting already listed, please let me
know, Thanks!
WAM Birthday Build at D 9 ’s
On Saturday, March 24th, D9 Dave invited the WAM club over for a Saturday model build
and general nonsense session. As hard as it is to believe, this build was completely
wingless and lacking of tiny orange shorts. It was however an enjoyable day spent making
a mess of Dave’s floor with styrene shavings and belated birthday cake crumbs. As hard
as it is to believe that there were no wings consumed, it is even harder to believe that the
other Dave not only peeled the cellophane off a model kit, but he actually took parts out
of the box and
altered them from
their pristine
factory condition.
He even looked
like he might
have enjoyed the
experience, as
painful as it was
for him. The build
session was
sponsored by new
Pepsi NEXT, and
featured club
members pretty
much all breaking
out new builds for
the event. Matt
was seen working
on no less than 3
different hot rod
projects, Greg
started work on a
’32 3 window
coupe by grafting
on the louvered
decklid from the
new 5 window
coupe, and
channeling the
body over the kit
frame. Rob
started in on a
Chevelle street
machine, while
Dave was working
over a new
Challenger. D9
was
scratchbuilding
some “pioneer”
tool racks for
some military
truck builds he
has going, and
also gave a
demonstration on “thermoforming” styrene fenders. Stay tuned for more WAM build
sessions like this in the future. As Dave found out, it’s not that hard to get started building
a kit at an event like this, the hard part is finding a day where everyone can make it. We’ll
try it again, soon!