We held our last meeting of the year and annual pizza party on Friday, December 15.
We discussed the 2018 San Diego Model Expo and the club agreed to the following:
- The themes will be
- Poke the Bear, Soviet Union 1917-1991.
- 60 Years of the Chevrolet Impala.
- The categories and fees will remain unchanged from 2017.
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As a remineder – starting next month we will begin a Star Wars Tie Fighter group build. If you would like to participate, please bring a Tie Fighter kit to the January meeting to discuss.
Members of the club waiting for pizza
Fortunately, members had brought dessert while we waited for the pizza
Vice President RIchard Abraham brings the meeting to order
Gary Williams gives the Treasurer's report
Joel Hendricks give the Secretary's Report
Contest Coordinator Manny Gutsche talks about the possible themes for June's Model Expo
Ethan Idenmill brought in a collection of Tie FIghter kits and his Hasegawa 1-1500 scale Space Pirate Battleship Arcadia
Ethan Idenmill's Tie Fighter kts
Ethan Idenmill's Space Pirate Battleship Arcadia
Marty Horvath brought in a Tamiya 1-48 scale Ki-84 Hayate (Frank)
Marty Horvath's Tamiya 1-48 scale Ki-84 Hayate (Frank)
Rich Durham brought in his Tamiya 1-700 scale USS Saratoga
Rich Durham's Tamiya 1-700 scale USS Saratoga
Mike Potter discussing his Spruance-Class destroyer which will be built as the USS Elliot
Mike Potter's Dragon 1-700 scale Spruance-Class destroyer
John Ball brought in this Italieri 1-32 scale Nieuport 17
John Ball's Italieri 1-32 scale Nieuport 17
This modeller brought in an Airfix 1-72 scale Gloster Gladiator
An Airfix 1-72 scale Gloster Gladiator
This modeller brought in a collection of 1-700 scale submarines from various eras
A collection of 1-700 scale submarines
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.