Our February meeting was held on the 27th at the Girl Scout campus in San Diego. We had a great meeting with lots of models brought in for Show N’Tell.
A reminder – ModelExpo will be held on May 16th this year. Please see the ModelExpo page for details. Please consider sponsoring a contest category for this year. It is only $25 and your name will be honored before assembled host of model builders attending the event!
Club President Richard Abraham brings the meeting to order
Club Treasurer Rich Durham gives his report
Club Contest Coordinator Bob Ekstrom talks about category sponsorships - they're only 25 dollars
Tony Beres brought in this 1-43 Swift by StromBecker which he is building as a nostalgia project
Tony Beres also brought in this Tamiya 1-48 P-38
Tony Beres discusses his models
Bob Ekstrom brought in this 1-48 diorama made with Tamiya kits which he calls Tipping a Doodlebug
Bob Ekstrom talks about his diorama
Dan Swiersz brought in this 1-32 XB-51 vacuform kit
Dan Swiersz talks about the challenges of his short-run vacuform kit
Ethan Idenmill brought in this Tamiya 1-35 M-48A3
Ethan Idenmill talks about his model
Kenny Petska talks about his models. He made his display box after learning more about his father's USMC service
Kenny Petska brought in this Atlantis 1-48 Howitzer and a Shadowbox Display he made in honor of his father
Chris Jonas brought in this Revell 1-32 F4U-1 Corsair
Chris Jonas discusses his model
Manny Gutsche brought in these Revell 1-48 X-15 models as well as the other X-15 kits in his collection
Manny Gutsche also brought in this 1-35 Astronaut
Manny Gutsche talks about his love of the X-15 and building models of it
Jerry Jackson brought in this Tamiya 1-72 Bf-109
The first of three HO scale railroad cars Jerry Jackson brought in
The second of three HO scale railroad cars Jerry Jackson brought in
The third of three HO scale railroad cars Jerry Jackson brought in
Jerry Jackson talks about his models
Richard Abraham brought in this Eduard 1-48 MiG-21 in North Vietnamese markings
Richard Abraham also brought in this Hobbycraft 1-48 T-33A in Columbian markings
Richard Abraham discusses his models
Mike Sedgewick brought in this AMT 1-25 Bat Boat
Mike Sedgewick discusses his Bat Boat
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.
