IPMS San Diego - Feb 2011 meeting photos

FEBRUARY 2011 MEETING PHOTOS

The IPMS San Diego met on February 25 at the Veterans Memorial Center & Museum in San Diego. As for the past few months, the meeting saw a substantial number of models brought for Show 'n Tell, in all kind of types. (Click on any photo to see a larger image) Quite a few models in various stages of completion were brought for show-n-tell. Sid came along with Dad, but her own literature. Robert James brought three Sci-Fi models. Robert's Star Wars Hover Tank and AT-TE Walker, and Real Grade's Gundam. Jerry Jackson brought in work-in-progress L'Arsenal 1/700 HMS Biter. Jerry also brought an older model of a 3-mast steam boat. The sails are made of paper, curved around a round object. Jerry's Dragon 1/35 E100 Heavy Tank was also on display. Ethan Idenmill is the latest of the ship-going modelers, this one being a 1/700 scale USS Yorktown Not quite finished, but looking good already. Robert Curtin brought his finished Hasegawa 1/700 USS Alabama and his Skyways USS San Diego, in the same scale. Great detail can be seen on Robert's USS Alabama. Another 1/700 USS San Diego , this one scratch- built by Mike Potter. Eugene Watts brought his almost-finished Skyways 1/700 scale Perry class cruiser. Dan Covey brought some documentation to accompany his 1/700 scale IJN Tenryu light cruiser. Richard Abraham showed his finished SU-24. Richard's Trumpeter 1/48 scale Sukhoi SU-24 bears Ukrainian Air Force markings. First time for Richard to build an aircraft with an open canopy, which shows the nice cockpit detail. President Tony Bunch brought his work-in-progress 1/72 scale Curtiss SOC Seagull seaplane. Tim Latham is working on a new diorama featuring a 1/35 scale King Tiger. Mike O'Leary had two armor vehicles, a Emhar MkA Whippet WWI British medium tank and a Tamiya SU-85 Russian tank destroyer, both in 1/35 scale Kelvin Branden had a 1/35 scale LAV C-2 that is ready for paint. He also brought two model kits from the series Battlestar Galactica, one of the Galactica BS75 in 1/4100 scale and one of the Colonial Viper MkII in 1/32 scale, both from Moebius Models. Thanks to all who participated in this meeting and made it a very interesting event!