We had a great meeting in April. We discussed the Model Expo coming up on June 3.
Members of IPMS San Diego before the meeting
The ModelExpo Committee meeting before the general club meeting
President Bob Ekstrom was unable to attend. Vice President RIchard Abraham leads the meeting in his stead. Secretary Joel Hendricks takes notes.
Treasurer Gary WIlliams reads his report on club finances.
Gary also shows off the look of this year's awards for IPMS Model Expo.
Manny Gutsche shows off the new Model Expo flyer.
Jerry Jackson brought in this large scale fairy figure for the group build starting in June
Jerry also brought in this HO-scale model railroad engine
Jerry Jackson discussing his fairy figure and model railroad engine.
Dustin Ferris brought in this 1/16 Tamiya WWII German Machine Gunner
Dustin Ferris discusses his 1/16 German Machine Gunner
Tony Beres brought in this 90mm Series 77 US Infantry Private, 1898
The book Tony Beres recommends for learning to about figures is Building and Painting Scale Figures by Sheperd Paine
Tony Beres discussing his 1898 US Infantryman and the book he recommends for learning about figures.
David Weeks brought in this 1/72 Horizon Models Mercury Redstone
David Weeks discussing his Mercury Redstone.
Manny Gutsche brought in this 1/32 US Astronaut and the kitchen jar he will turn into a display case
Manny Gutsche also brought in this 1/72 Hasegawa F-16
Manny Gutsche describing his Astronaut figure.
Tim Shipley brought in some items to discuss how to affix canopies and windshields.
Tim Shipley describing the techniques he uses for affixing canopies and windshields.
Marty Horvath brought in an F-16 as well, a 1/72 Academy YF-16A
Marty Horvath discussing his YF-16A model
Joshua Phillippi brought in this 1/144 Dragon "Operation Geronimo" Stealth Helicopter
Joshua Phillippi also brought in this 1/72 Eduard L-3920 Albatross
Joshua Phillippi discussing his stealth helicopter and Albatross.
John Ball brought in this 1/48 Academy UH-46 Sea Knight
John Ball talking about his Sea Knight model.
Richard Abraham brought in this 1/48 Argentine B-25. The was brought in for show n' tell, but was made a contest entry by the Lead Judge.
We also had our semi-annual contest with the following results:
Aircraft –
1st Place – Rich Durham, F-16
2nd Place – Richard Abraham, F-8 Bearcat
3rd Place – Richard Abraham, MiG-21
Military Vehicles –
1st Place – Dustin Ferris, M4 Sherman
2nd Place – Gilbert Barron, King Tiger
3rd Place – Mike Sedgewick, Chevy Truck
Dioramas –
1st Place – Mike Sedgewick, “Pink Panther”
2nd Place – Mike Potter, USS LSM-49
Civil Vehicles –
1st Place – Tim Shipley, Honda Motorcycle
2nd Place – Mike Sedgewick, Motorcycle
3rd Place – Tim Shipley, Chevy Blazer
Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Figures –
1st Place – Ethan Idenmill, Millenium Falcon
2nd Place – Mike Sedgewick, Viking
3rd Place – Mike Sedgewick, Batmobile
Richard Abraham's 1/48 Hobbyboss Thai Bearcat
Richard Abraham brought in this 1/48 Argentine B-25. The was brought in for show n' tell, but was made a contest entry by the Lead Judge.
Richard Abraham's 1/48 Eduard Cuban MiG-21
Rich Durham's 1/48 Tamiya F-16CJ
Mike Sedgewick's 1/12 Motorcycle
Tim Shipley's 1/25 AMT Chevy Blazer
Tim Shipley's 1/12 Tamiya RC1666 Honda Motorcycle
Gilbert Barron's 1/35 Tamiya King Tiger
Mike Sedgewick's 1/35 Chevrolet Truck
Joshua Phillippi's 1/35 Tamiya SdKfz 222
Gilbert Barron's 1/35 Tamiya SdKfz 222
Dustin Ferris' 1/35 Tamiya M4 Sherman
Mike Sedgewick's 1/35 "Pink Panther"
Mike Potter's 1/700 USS LSM-49
Ethan Idenmill's box-scale Bandai Millenium Falcon
Mike Sedgewick's 1/25 AMT Batmobile
Mike Sedgewick's 32mm Viking
Richard Abraham won third place in the Aircraft Category for his MiG-21
Richard Abraham also won second place in the Aircraft Category for his Bearcat
Rich Durham won first place in the Aircraft Category for his F-16
Mike Sedgewick won third place in the Military Vehicle Category for his Chevy Truck
Gilbert Barron won second place in the Military Vehicle Category for his King Tiger.
Dustin Ferris won first place in the Military Vehicle Category for his M4 Sherman.
Tim Shipley won third place in the Civil Vehicles Category for his Chevy Blazer.
Mike Sedgewick won second place in the Civil Vehicles Category for his motorcycle.
Tim Shipley won first place in the Civil Vehicles Category for his Honda motorcycle.
Mike Potter won second place in the Diorama Category for his USS LSM-49.
Mike Sedgewick won first place in the Diorama Category for his "Pink Panther".
Mike Sedgewick won 3rd Place in Sci-Fi, Fantasy and FIgures for his Batmobile.
Mike Sedgewick won 2nd Place in Sci-Fi, Fantasy and FIgures for his Viking
Ethan Idenmill won 1st place in Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Figures for his Millenium Falcon
Rich Durham won Best in Show for his F-16
About The Author
Ethan
Ethan Idenmill has built scale models for the last forty years (badly for most of them). He is a past President of IPMS San Diego and is now the club Webmaster.