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The Meeting
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President Rex McCoy gets the meeting under way, followed by Gary Williams Treasurer report, and Joel Hendricks Secretary report. |
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Three members of the Secret |
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The highlight of the evening was a photo presentation of
the Salt Lake City auto model contest by Dan King. Two of the most memorable pictures: A representation of Ayrton Senna Formula 1 victory (left) at his home Grand Prix in Brazil when the crowd submerged him and his car. And a fire truck (right) entirely scratch-built, mainly made of metal. |
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Show 'n Tell |
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Members brought a nice collection of models in various stages of construction. |
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 Mark Knowlton presented the brand new HK Models 1/32 scale B-17 G Flying Fortress. At 39.5" of wing span and with over 500 pieces it is a huge model, beautifully crafted in and out. |
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 Showing the growing popularity of 1/32 scale, David Weeks brought a brand new Tamiya F4U-1 Corsair, another high quality model. |
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| Tony Dunn has built an Hasegawa 1/72 F-4 J Phantom (above) in the colors and markings of the CAG bird aboard the USS Ranger, Vietnam War era. The A-4E Skyhawk (top right) is an Accurate Miniatures model in 1/72 scale, also in the colors of a CAG bird, this one based on the USS F.D. Roosevelt. Tony also brought a SH2 Sea Sprite and a 1970 USN Tow Tractor (bottom right) both from Fujimi in 1/72 scale. The H2 operated from a US Frigate but cross decked to the USS Saratoga where the tow tractor belongs. |
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Richard Abraham has built this 1/48 scale
Academy Hawker Hunter FGA.9, finished in Kenya Air Force colors and markings, circa 1975. This was Richard's first attempt at home-made decals. |
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Jerry Jackson brought the Bf-109 (above left) that made third place in its category at the IPMS Nationals earlier in the month. Jerry also completed another Bf-109, a G6 in 1/72 scale from Academy, built out-of-the-box with Eduard interior components. |
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Rex McCoy brought two Coastal Command
aircraft, a shipping attack de Havilland Mosquito and an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ASW patrol craft with radar. Rex has been experimenting with "spinning prop" effects to a convincing result, as seen on these two aircraft. |
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Ethan Idenmill has started work on a 1/1600 scale Space Frigate from Nitto. So far, Ethan has replaced the guns with brass tubing. |
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Barry Rishel is working on a 1/350 scale USS Missouri from Lifelike. Barry says that the kit is a "comedy of errors", but he's having a lot of fun. Daniel Covey and Tony Bunch provided extra parts, for which Barry is very thankful. |
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Mike Potter is building 3 models simultaneously, all 1/700 scale Dragon models. One is of minesweeper, while the other two will be of the Benson-Gleaves Class destroyer USS Bailey, on which the grandfather of Mike's son-in-law served.
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David Nielsen is working on "Soldiers at Rest", two resin figures from Jaguar Models in 1/35 scale. Minor modifications include a replacement rifle for the seated figure, a replacement MP-40 for the standing figure, and replacement ammo pouches for both. The set is almost ready for primer.
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Our thanks to all who participated!
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AUGUST 2013 MEETING REPORT
