During our April meeting, we welcomed a lot of new folks to our club who brought models for show n’ tell. We also held our bi-annual model contest which our Lead Judge, Jerry Jackson, used as an opportunity to train new judges. Full results of the contest are in the picture below, but Tim Shipley won the Best in Show for his 1-48 Stearman. Our Tie Fighter group build continues. Our next meeting will be held on Friday, May 25. That will be our last meeting before the San Diego Model Expo which will be held on June 9.
All pictures were taken by Ethan Idenmill
Club members get settled for the meeting
President Bob Ekstrom opens the meeting
Treasurer Gary Williams gives his report for this month
Tony Beres discusses his Do 17Z-2
Tony Beres brought in this 1-48 Do 17Z-2 by ICM
Tony Beres also brought in this 1-12 Werner Voss bust by Model Cellar
Richard Abraham brought in this 1-48 Sukhoi Su-17 by Kitty Hawk
Rich Durham brought in this 1-72 F-16 by Tamiya. Rich highly recommends using Tamiya Extra Thin Cement (in the green bottle)
Richard Abraham discusses his Su-17
Rich Durham discusses his F-16
Mike Potter brought in this 1-350 USS Eliot
Mike Potter discusses his USS Eliot model
Mark Deliduka brought in this 1-72 Vauxhall car by Roden
Mark Deliduka brought in this 1-72 T-80UM-1 by Model Collect
Mark Deliduka brought in this 1-72 T-80U by Model Collect
Mark Deliduka brought in this 1-72 STuG IIIF by Dragon. Mark completed this model in four hours as a part of a challenge during an AMPS meeting
Mark Deliduka brought in this 1-72 South African Mirage III by Matchbox
Mark Deliduka brought in this 1-72 Sherman Tank with Mineroller by UM Models
Mark Deliduka brought in this 1-72 Merkava IV by Hobbyboss
Mark Deliduka brought in this 1-72 Merkava IIID by Hobbyboss
Mark Deliduka brought in this 1-72 Ludwig Aero Bus by Roden
Mark Deliduka brought in this 1-72 Ford 3-ton truck by Roden
. Mark is planning to bring approximately 700 1-72 scale models to Nationals this year in Phoenix
Greg Watts brought in this 1-48 P-47 by Hassegawa
Greg Watts brought in this 1-48 F-4C, built out of the box.
Greg Watts discusses his models
Dustin Ferris brought in this 1-72 First Order Special Forces Tie Fighter which he is painting in a P-51 Mustang paint scheme.
Dustin Ferris discusses his Tie Fighter which will be built with a P-51 paint scheme
David Weeks brought in some of the parts he has scratch-built.
David Weeks brought in this 1-48 Project Mercury Little Joe, mostly scratch-built with some parts from Revell and Realspace Models kits.
David Weeks discussing his Little Joe model
Dan Swiersz brought in this 1-32 F4D by Fisher
Dan Swiersz discusses his F4D
Dan Covey brought in this 1-350 November Class submarine by Zvezda
Dan Covey brought in this 1-32 Mitsubishi Zero by Revell. Dan is a fan of the box-art from older kits.
Dan Covey also brought in this J-10 egg plane
Dan Covey discussing his November Class submarine
Carl brought in this 1-700 Bismarck
Carl discusses his Bismarck
Alex Nevin's 1-72 Tie Interceptor with winter camouflage. Alex is buiding this for the Tie Fighter group build.
Alex Nevin also brought in this Corsair which he is building into a crash diorama.
Alex Nevin discusses his Tie Interceptor with winter camouflage
A modeller brought in this nicely built Corsair
A modeller brought in this M-26 Pershing tank
This modeller discusses his Corsair and M-26 tank
Lead Judge Jerry Jackson prepares to read the contest results
Alex Nevin won third place in Juniors for his C-Panzer
Dustin Ferris won first place in Juniors for his M4 Sherman
Richard Abraham won third place in aircraft for his P-26 Peashooter
Tim Shipley won second place in aircraft for his Stearman
John Ball won first place in aircraft for his Nieuport 17
Rich Durham won first place in ships for his HMS Aurora
Dan Covey won second place in ships for his PLAN SS 039 Class
Ethan Idenmill won first place in Science Fiction for his Guntank RTX-65
Tim Shipley won first place in automotive for his Honda 750
By popular vote, Tim Shipley won Best in Show for his Stearman
1-35 C-Panzer by Alex Nevin
1-35 M4 Sherman by Dustin Ferris
1-48 P-26 Peashooter by Richard Abraham
1-72 F-102 Delta Dagger by Mark Deliduka
1-72 Westland Lysander by Hermann Ng
1-48 Stearman by Tim Shipley
1-32 Nieuport 17 by John Ball
1-700 HMS Aurora by Rich Durham
1-350 PLAN SS 039 Class by Dan Covey
1-1500 Space Pirate Battleship Arcadia by Ethan Idenmill
1-144 Guntank RTX-65 by Ethan Idenmill
1-72 Tie Advanced X1 by Ethan Idenmill
1-72 Imperial Guard Tie Interceptor by Ethan Idenmill
1-6 Honda 750 by Tim Shipley
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.
