MINUTES FOR JULY 2, 2003

Acting president, Terry Tuytschaevers, called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m. with 22 members and guests present. President Tom Deppe was off and away playing at the IPMS National Convention along with many of our other members.

CORRESPONDENCE:

Cliff Davis had received E-mail from a Pete McQuade from the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) asking that the club or some of its members to bring some models to a show and display he was planning.

TREASURY:

No treasury report tonight. Dallas was also away at the Nationals wandering around the vendors’ tables.

OLD BUSINESS:

There was some discussion about extending the deadline for club dues for another month since both people that have access to the checkbook were out of town for the convention. A motion was brought up and approved to have all dues at next month meeting.

Some members were questioning when we would be discussing the upcoming club show and contest. Cliff Davis should be getting us together sometime shortly after the Nationals.

Next month program should be a slide show presentation from the National Convention.

NEW BUSINESS:

None

SHOW & TELL:

Terry Tuytschaevers brought in a completed 1/24 Italeri 1933 Chrysler Imperial Phaeton. Alan Harrison showed us a Paul McCartney Sgt. Pepper figure with a lot of detail features painted with chrome illusion style paints, a 1/24 Fujimi Porsche 928 with his usual stunning paint, a 1/25 Johan 1970 Cadillac El Dorado painted and polished to the max, a styling exercise car consisting of a Dodge Viper front end grafted on to a modified 1960 Plymouth station wagon rear end. This was still under construction, so stay tuned. He also had a pair of sunglasses the he did his usual paint tricks to the frames. Bob Nixon had a 1/72 Italeri North American F-100F Super Sabre two-seater. Carl Barna bought a new airbrush and he has started work on a 1/72 Ju-87 Stuka to try it out. Doug DeCounter brought in a 1/48 Hobbycraft Curtiss P-40C in Flying Tiger Markings and a 1/35 Ironside Marder I that was under construction. Jeffrey Osborne showed us a completed 1/48 Hasegawa Val (his first aircraft model in 25 years), a incredible resin 1/700 Pit Road Hi Mold IJN CV Soryu 1941 aircraft carrier under that was under construction, a 1/48 Hasegawa Nakajima C6N1 Myrt kit, and a 1/144 Trumpeter Kawanishi H6K5 Type 97 Flying Boat kit. Steve Negley had a completed 1/32 Hasegawa F6F-3 Grumman Hellcat, a completed 1/48 Accurate Miniatures North American B-25B Mitchell Doolittle Raider, a completed 1/32 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf-109G, and a 1/32 Trumpeter Mikoyan MiG-15 that was under construction. David Bathke brought in a 1/72 Douglas SBD Dauntless and a 1/72 Monogram Space Shuttle. Jack Lassiter had a 1/32 Hasegawa Boeing P-12E under construction. Jack was also looking to “Awesome Steve Lawson” for some advice on rigging this sucker. Chuck Stout brought in a scratch-built Polaris missile, a 1/72 Real Space Vostock space capsule, a 1/144 Real Space Mercury Redstone, and some kind of unrecognizable hunk of plastic that he called a VORPAT. “Awesome Steve Lawson” showed us a beautifully finished 1/32 Battle Axe Fokker D.VII. The words dog and never again came up a lot in his speech describing this model. Mike Gawell talked about his web site – us-aircraft.com, his trip through Greybull, Wyoming and discovering the airport that is used as a slurry bomber-training base. Lots of older aircraft sitting all over the place. (I’ve been there – it is impressive). He also had a 1/48 Lindberg Gladiator kit, a comparison of the new 1/48 Trumpeter Savoia-Marchetti 79 Sparviero and the Classic Airframes SM 79 kit, a 1/48 Tamiya Beaufighter under construction, and a 1/48 Mirage PZL 11 C kit. Dale Summers brought in a 1/24 Airfix Sea Harrier kit.

PROGRAM:

The program for the evening was an extended show and tell period and general bull session with some great pictures on the screen of the TamiyaCon that Derek Brown attended. Thanks for the video Derek!

Words from the Road: A recollection of the IPMS Nats from Prez Deppe

Before I get to my recollections on this year’s IPMS Nationals, I would like to salute our club members who were contest winners. They are listed elsewhere in the newsletter, so I won’t mention any names to avoid redundancy. As usual, IPMS Denver Rob Wolf had a stellar showing along a broad spectrum of model categories. I stand in awe of the modeling talent represented in this chapter’s membership ranks and heartily congratulate each and every one of our individual winners.

I would, however, like to single out Earl Hosmer for special recognition regarding all his effort in putting together the collection of A-4’s that comprised our group entry. His artwork and display stand, along with the models, made for a very impressive, crowd-pleasing display. On behalf of the club membership, Earl, congratulations on the second place and thank you for all your effort in organizing the A-4 project.

Since Shawn is always looking for articles, I had approached him with the idea of keeping a National’s Diary. I wasn’t able to pull that off so instead I give you this convention recap/travel log as well as my memory can serve me.

For my travelling partner Mike Smith and I, attending the IPMS National Convention has become an annual summer ritual. I am hard pressed to think of a convention we have missed in the past decade. This year’s Oklahoma City location was a plus since it is an easy drive from Denver. How sweet it was not to have to worry about flying space-available and enduring the ever-increasing hassle of clearing airport security.

We left Wednesday morning (July 2^nd) and took the scenic route south on I-25 to Raton, then across northern New Mexico into Texas and east on I-40 into Oklahoma City. I do enjoy that rugged “Commanche Country” around Amarillo and found it quite intriguing how the soil changes from brown to a rich iron oxide red almost as soon as you cross the Texas/Oklahoma border. Being a fan of pastoral settings, I really enjoyed the drive through Oklahoma’s green, rolling agricultural and ranching terrain. Total driving time for us was a leisurely 13+ hours.

Thursday morning (July 3^rd), we slept in and decided to tour the 45^th Infantry Division museum located in the northern part of Oklahoma City. After one wrong turn and “brunch” at Carl’s Jr., we got a better set of directions and made it to the museum. As near as I could tell, it’s an old country club converted into its present museum status. For those of you interested in U.S. Army / National Guard history, the 45^th ID museum houses a splendid collection of uniforms, weapons, and memorabilia that spans U.S. military history from the Revolutionary War up to the present. Of special note at the 45^th ID museum is a collection of Bill Mauldin’s WWII cartoons and an exhibit of artifacts from Hitler’s “Eagles Nest” mountain retreat. The museum grounds sport a collection of well-preserved 1940’s-1980’s armor that would gladden the heart of any average “Treadhead”. Hummer Bah! Give me a Gamma Goat instead.

After that, it was back to the hotel and off to the model room to ogle the contest entry’s. My interest being 1/144 scale airliners and military aircraft, I made a beeline toward their respective tables and was pleasantly surprised to find a number of nicely done aircraft. Then it was over to the vendor’s room to search for any “to-die-for” products that I just couldn’t do without. Sad to say there weren’t and I managed to last about 30 minutes before I cracked my wallet open and bought, of all things, some MV Lenses. Nothing works better for vehicle headlights and aircraft taxi lights. Let’s hear for practicality over spendthrift.

Mike got together with his cousin for dinner and a baseball game that evening (I was invited, but declined). I met my old friend from Illinois, Carl Knable, who is a renowned modeler in his own right and has been featured in FineScale Modeler. Our dinner conversation ranged from personal matters to modeling, to the ills of our dysfunctional airline, since Carl was the head of United’s meteorology department until his retirement last November.

On Friday (July 4^th), Mike and I changed our plans for the day. We had originally intended on a side trip down to Ft. Sill but on advice from Mike’s cousin, we decided to spend our time at the Oklahoma National Memorial and Museum. That scene of horror eight years ago has been transformed into a memorial that, like the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC, is so powerfully moving by its very simplicity. Where the Murrah Federal Building once stood is a beautiful sloping lawn with 168 bronze chairs on glass bases arranged in nine rows for the dead on each of the building’s nine floors plus the five outside of the building who were also killed by the blast. Where the street once ran past the Murrah Building, a reflecting pool now stands, flanked by a portal on the east end with 9:01 on it for the minute before the explosion and a portal on the west end with 9:03 on it for the minute after. On the north side of the pool is another lawn with trees interspersed on it and prominently featuring the “Survivor Tree”. Bordering that is the old Oklahoma Daily Record building still bearing some scars of the blast but now housing the museum. Getting back to the “Survivor Tree”, it is an American Elm that was in the parking lot across from where the blast occurred and it was severely injured by the explosion. The tree went unnoticed at first in the aftermath but then as people observed it returning to life it became a treasure of the memorial site. It is now gorgeously leafed and branched out and is a fitting symbol of renewal for the people of Oklahoma City.

As for the museum at the memorial site, it is organized along a time line before and after the bomb explosion. Exhibits highlight the destruction and loss of life wrought by the blast; rescue and recovery operations; the crime investigation; reclamation of the blast site; and the final exhibit room featuring an individual photo of the 168 victims, each accompanied by articles of memorabilia special to that person. If you can make it through that section of the museum without choking up, you are emotionally dead! Also particularly touching are a child’s shoe and stuffed dog that are in the immediate blast aftermath section of the museum. How often can you go through a museum that is horrifying yet fascinating and ultimately very moving and inspiring? The murderous pretensions of the bombers will be long outshone by the simple humanity of their victims and indomitable spirit of Oklahoma City’s residents.

That was the extent of my sightseeing in Oklahoma City although I did venture up to the Memorial site after dark (accompanied by a rousing 4^th of July fireworks display just east of the convention hall and hotel) as it is open 24/7 and even more memorable whit the glass seat bases are illuminated. One of the great disappointments of this convention was its lack of tours, particularly given the proximity of Tinker Air Force Base and Ft. Sill. You could get to most of the city attractions by transit bus (in theory) but I didn’t talk to anybody who tried doing that. My gut feeling given our experience driving to the 45^th ID museum is that it would have been a very time-consuming experience.

I was a bit emotionally drained after the Memorial and Museum experience but it didn’t take me long to get back into the spirit of the convention and the manic cycle of wandering through the model room, then the vendor’s room, then back to the model room, then back through the vendor’s room and so it went. I must say that this year the vendor’s room was pretty underwhelming and missing many of the folks I have gotten used to seeing at these conventions. In retrospect this was very healthy for conserving my cash hoard. For me thought, the highlight of the vendor’s room was the test shot of the forthcoming 1/144 scale Minicraft C-54. This is one kit that Minicraft has done right!

Before I say anything about the models at the convention, I have to add the disclaimer: be it a masterpiece, middle-of-the-crowd, or subpar, anybody who has a completed model on display at Nationals ranks with me. I may have an eye for detail and can pick out positives and flaws quite readily; however, I can’t seem to complete a model project so I always keep that in mind when I am critiquing a completed model. As for the models in my area of interest (1/144 airliners and military aircraft), there were a healthy number of nicely done entries. Particularly noteworthy was a beautifully finished and detailed 1/144 Airfix 727-200 done up in Eastern Airline’s final natural metal color scheme. This is an absolute dog of a kit ad the effort put into getting it to it’s display status was pretty phenomenal. It did have some engineering flaws but the overall level of detail and the gorgeous natural metal finish garnered this model a well-deserved first place in the airliner category.

Regarding the rest of the models, if you have ever been to a National Convention, there are so many good ones that you hit the “MEGO” (My Eyes Glaze Over) stage as you wander up and down the lines of display tables. Outside of the 1/144-scale models, I tend to gravitate toward the car section in search of the fabulous auto finish. There were a number of them and in particular, a customized pick-up, “The Cheshire Cat”, dressed up in a flawless House Of Kolor paint job. I was sorely disappointed to find out that it got “anal retented” out of the Best Automotive award.

Unfortunately the convention ended on a sour note for me as a low-grade headache got progressively nastier and kept me from attending the banquet and awards ceremony Saturday evening. By all accounts, it was a decent meal and the awards ceremony cam off without a hitch.

My congratulations go out to the Oklahoma City group for organizing a smooth running convention. However, as an attendee, I would use the term “no frills” to characterize my overall impression of this year’s IPMS Nationals, especially given the bombastic hype Rusty White issued forth last year at Virginia Beach. The registration package was pretty minimal and lacked the usual convention-themed pin that I enjoy collecting and I have already mentioned the absence of any organized tours. Also, as previously mentioned, the vendor’s room was pretty disappointing but the Oklahoma City folks can’t be held responsible for that. Despite a noisy air conditioner, the Oklahoma City Westin was a pretty comfortable hotel and the Myriad Convention Center, although a bit austere, was a perfectly adequate convention venue. I will happily concede that the major aspects of the convention came off quite well but the minor details were a bit wanting.

The drive home for Mike and I was as relaxing and enjoyable as our trip out (thank heavens for cruise control and power naps!). We took I-40 westbound, made a detour to the Washita National Battlefield site in Oklahoma, returned to I-40, then cam up 287 north from Amarillo, crossing the Oklahoma panhandle and coming up through eastern Colorado, finally connecting with I-70 at Limon for the final stage home. Next year, we get to be road warriors to Phoenix.

FIFTY YEARS OF THE DOUGLAS A-4 SKYHAWK

THE LAST WORD ON OUR CLUB PROJECT

By Earl Hosmer

Two years of hard work by our club came to fruition at the 2003 Nationals in Oklahoma City over the Independence Day weekend. We took a close 2^nd Place to the perennial winners, the boys from Texas. An amazing number and variety of attendees came by and gave very positive reviews of our collection, and the winners from Texas were also impressed, several of them telling me that they thought we should have won! Judging being a subjective thing, First Place could have easily gone either way. Regardless of the final standing, the display looked great and the crowd seemed pleased.

Now for some well-deserved credit to our club members who helped me to make this happen. First, I would like to especially thank my “Executive Officer” Everett McEwan, not just for building four models, including the most difficult (TA-4J conversion), but for his endless enthusiasm which kept me going during my periods of anxiety, his help in research, and other assistance too varied to list. Thanks also to our other builders, who did such marvelous work: Al Gonzales for suffering through the glossy paint scheme on the Blue Angels A-4F, Terry Tuytschaevers for his excellent A-4G, Darren “Jetdude” McTee for his unbelievable A-4E Aggressor and Israeli A-4N (we will be seeing these two in the winners circle at next years Nationals), Doug “Treadhead” DeCounter and his A-4C, which shows us that good basic model building is universal, John Holcomb, who had the incredible misfortune of seeing his A-4K wrecked before it was able to be displayed, and a non-member, Billy Crisler, who came all the way from Florida with his fantastic Kuwaiti A-4KU.

I would also like to thank those members who helped with set-up and carrying models while we were at Oklahoma City: Cliff Davis, Dallas Lloyd, Derek Brown, Mike McDanal, and Cameron Lynch. Thanks to all the club members who supported this two-year project with your interest, enthusiasm, and club funds! I wish I could say I enjoyed EVERY minute of this project, but I can say truthfully that the majority of it was a satisfying and fun experience.

What’s New In Town

By Terry Tuytschaevers

A+V MODELS

1/72 Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52

1/72 Lippisch P.13b

1/72 Rikugun Ki-202

ACCURATE MINIATURES

1/48 Grumman F3F-1

AIRFIX

1/72 US Calvary Indian Wars (36-Pieces)

1/72 Australian Infantry (48-Figures)

1/72 Northrop F-5E Tiger II USMC/USAF Aggressor

1/72 Lockheed P-38 F/H Lightning Sharkmouth

1/72 Australian Ca-13 Boomerang

1/72 Panavia Tornado F3 Commemorative (Black-Tail)

1/72 Bae Harrier II Gr7

1/144 Vickers VC-10 K2 Tanker

AZUR

1/72 Gal St 25 Monospar Universal

1/32 Dewoitine D.520c.1 1940 French Fighter

CLASSIC AIRFRAMES

1/48 Westland Whirlwind

CZECH KITS

1/72 Westland Welkin Mk.I

DML/DRAGON

1/35 Sd.Kfz 165 Hummel (Early)

1/35 MDD MD500E Los Angeles Sheriff

1/35 Stug III Ausf.A "Michael Whitmann" LAH Barbarossa 1941

FONDERIE MINIATURE

1/48 SNCASO Griffon II

1/48 SE 2415 Grognard

1/48 Dassault Mirage III E

FUJIMI

1/24 Veil Side Porsche Turbo 964 ECI

ITALERI

1/35 Opel Maultier

1/35 Sturmgeschutz IV

1/35 Tiger-Ferdinand

1/35 M4A1 Sherman

1/48 Bell V-22 Osprey

1/72 Junkers JU-88C-6

1/72 Waco CG-4A Hadrian

1/72 Convair B-58 Hustler

1/72 Grumman EF-111 A Raven

1/72 British Infantry

1/72 Siege of Orleans Set

HASEGAWA

1/72 Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star "U.S.A.F."

1/72 Grumman F-14D VF-2 Bounty Hunters Tomcat

1/72 Messerschmitt Me-262A Adolph Galland April 1945

1/72 GD F-16C 8th FW Wolf Pack 2002 Fighting Falcon

1/72 MDD F/A-18A Hornet 'Adversary'

1/72 Mitsubishi A6M5c Zero Fighter Type 52 Hei

'Jinrai Squadron'

1/72 Nakajima A6M2-N Type 2 Fighter Seaplane (Rufe) 'Takuma Flying Group'

1/48 Grumman F-14A Tomcat Atlantic Fleet Squadrons

1/48 Lockheed P-38F/G/H Lightning "Beautiful Lass"

1/48 Kawanishi N1K2-J Shidenkai "George" Yokosuka Naval Air Group

1/48 Douglas A-4E/F Skyhawk USMC, VMA-211 Or VMA-311

1/48 GD F-16A Fighting Falcon Israeli Netz IDF

1/48 Nakajima C6N1-S Saiun "Myrt" Night Fighter With Oblique Mounted 30mm Cannon

1/48 Messerschmitt Bf-109G-2 Tropical "Black 6"

1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII 'S.E.A.C.'

1/48 Kawasaki Ki-61-I Hien '244th Fighter Group'

1/48 MDD AH-64A Apache IDF

1/32 General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon

HELLER

1/150 Pilgrim Ship Mayflower

1/35 Patriot Missile With Launcher Truck

1/35 M4A3 (76) W Sherman Medium Tank

1/35 German WWII Pz.Kpfw.V Panther Ausf. A

1/72 British Commandos WWII (40-Figures)

1/72 US Army WWII Paratroopers (48-Figures)

1/72 Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk Col Scott Flying Tigers

HIGH PLANES

1/72 Martin RB-57D Recon Canberra

1/72 "Rare Bear" 1977 F8F Bearcat Unlimited Racer

1/72 "Rare Bear” 1985 F8F Bearcat Unlimited Racer

IMAI

Nippon Maru With Sails

1/12 Count Philip Armored Knight Figure

1/12 Otto Heinrich Armored Knight Figure

MACH 2

1/72 Blohm und Voss HA-139

1/72 Blohm und Voss BV-142

1/72 Convair YF2Y-1 Sea Dart

1/72 Sud-Est SE 210 Caravelle III & VI

1/72 Fairchild C-123 Provider

1/72 Martin PBM 3/5 Mariner

MPM

1/72 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk. II Night Fighter

PANDA MODELS

1/350 USS Arleigh Burke DDG51

1/144 Rockwell B-1B Lancer SAC

1/144 Rockwell B-1B Lancer ACC

1/144 Rockwell B-1B Test Program Aircraft

PAVLA

1/72 Consolidated TBY-2 Sea Wolf

1/72 Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB

PEGASUS

1/72 SPAD VII C.1

PLAYING MANTIS

1/12 Robby The Robot Limited Edition Black Chrome Version

POLAR LIGHTS

"The Homer Car" With Pre-Painted Homer Figure

REVELL/MONOGRAM

1/48 Douglas A/B-26C Invader Korean War "Dream Girl"

1/48 McDonnell F-4E Phantom II USAF Vietnam Pro-Modeler

1/24 Hemi-Hydro '60s Era Inboard Ski/Race Boat With Trailer

1/25 Off Road Adventure Set With Datsun Pick-Up, 2-Off Road Bikes And Trailer

1/72 Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina Flying Boat USCG

1/48 Focke Wulf Fw-190G-2/G-3 Pro-Modeler

1/72 Grumman F7F Tigercat Heritage Edition Kit

RODEN

1/48 Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter

1/72 Felixstowe F.2A

1/72 RAF SE.5A (Hispano-Suiza)

1/72 Heinkel He-111E

1/72 Sd.Kfz 263 8-Wheeled Radio Car

RPM MODELS

1/35 Skoda 420mm Gun Trailer

1/35 Taisho 3 "Woodpecker"

1/72 PWS 26

1/72 Mikoyan MiG-3

1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109 T-2

1/72 American "Six-ton" M1917

1/72 American "Six-ton" M1917 (late)

SHANGHAI DRAGON

1/700 H.M.S. Invincible

SPECIAL HOBBY

1/72 Vultee Vengeance TT Mk.IV Target Tug

TAMIYA

1/20 Williams Formula 1 Team F1 BMW Fw24 Fedex/Alliance/Hp Racer

1/24 Campus Friends

1/35 Strurmpanzeriv Brummbar Sd.kfz 166

1/35 US Army 2.5 Ton 6x6 Cargo Truck Accessory Set

1/35 British Centaur C.S.Mk.IV Cruiser Tank Mk.VIII

1/35 German Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind

1/35 British Universal Carrier Mk.II Forced Recon

1/48 Bristol Beaufighter TF.Mk.X Torpedo Bomber

1/48 Fairey Swordfish Floatplane Photo-Etched Bracing Wire

1/48 DeHavilland Mosquito Nf Mk.XIII/Mk.XVII

1/48 North American P-51D Mustang 8th AF Aces

1/32 Grumman F-14A Tomcat VF-154 "Black Knights"

1/6 Honda CB750 Police Type Interceptor Motorcycle

TRI-MASTER

1/48 Heinkel He-162A-1A / Volsjager

1/48 Messerschmitt Me-262A-2A/U2 Bomber

1/48 Messerschmitt Me-163S 2-Seat Rocket Fighter

1/48 Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A Nachtjager/Nightfighter

TRUMPETER

1/35 British 155mm AS-90 Self-Propelled Howitzer

1/35 Chinese 105mm Type 75 Recoilless Rifle

1/24 Mitsubishi A6M2b Model 21 'Zero' Fighter

1/350 U.S.S. Yorktown CV-10 1944

1/350 Vought F4U Corsair Set

VERLINDEN

1/5 Divine Wind Kamikaze Pilot Bust

1/16 General Lasalle Riding On Horse, Holding Hat And Smoking Pipe

1/35 Iraqi T-55 Add-On Armor

1/35 Israeli T-55 Conversion Set

1/16 WWII German SS Machine Gun Crew

1/35 Railway Bridge System (Resin & Ceramic)

1/35 Sniper! Complete Vignette

1/35 US Marine Tankers (2-Figures Standing)

1/35 Time To Eat (2-German Figures Standing, Both Eating)

1/35 Under Fire (2-German Figures)

WAVE

1/24 Tyrrell 020B Ilmor F1 Race Car

1/24 Benetton Ford B192 F1 Race Car

1/24 Benetton Ford B193B F1 Race Car

CLASSIC WARSHIPS

USS New Mexico BB-40

GINTER BOOKS

Grumman F9F Panther, Pt 3: Korea & Beyond

IAN ALLAN BOOKS

Tanks in Detail #3 Panzer V Panther

OSPREY PUBLICATIONS

Pirate Ship 1660-1730

British Motor Torpedo Boat 1939-45

Napoleon's Guns 1792-1815

M24 Chaffee Light Tank 1943-85

The US Army of World War I

WW II German Women's Auxiliary Services

Roman Legionary 58 BC-AD 69

French Soldier in Egypt 1798-1801

Zorndorf 1758

Dieppe 1942

Essential Histories: American Civil War

The Lines of Torres Vedras 1809-11

Defenses of Pearl Harbor and Oahu

Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399 BC-AD 363

PROGRESSIVE PUBLISHING

SdKfz 234 Armor Photo Gallery

Sturmgeschutz 40 Ausf. G

PzKpfw VI Tiger I Ausf.E

SPECIALTY PRESS

X-15 Photo Scrapbook

Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy Volume 6

SQUADRON/SIGNAL PUBLICATIONS

P-39 Airacobra in Action

Schnellboot in Action

Lockheed C-130 Walk Around #31

TANKOGRAD PUBLISHING

Militar Fahrzeug

Die Anfangsjahre des Heeres 1956-1966

WARBIRD TECH

Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy

Colorado Wins 23 Awards at IPMS Nationals

Colorado participants in the 2003 IPMS National Show and Contest, held over the 4th of July in Oklahoma City, OK, won an impressive 23 awards at the contest that featured 511 entrants and 1,504 models.

The winners from Colorado included:

Darren McTee (IPMS Denver) - 2nd place award for 1/48 scale aircraft

Dallas Lloyd (IPMS Denver) - 3rd place for 1/32 scale prop aircraft

Matthew Jones (??) - 2nd place award for junior figures

Stephen Jones (??) - 1st place award for junior figures

Decker Zimmerman (IPMS Springs) -1st place for 1/32 scale prop aircraft
2nd place for 1/32 scale conversions aircraft
2nd place for a dinosaur

Kevin Degencolbe (sp?) (IPMS Springs) - 2nd place for 1/72 scale aircraft
1st place for 1/72 scale helicopter
3rd place for 1/35 scale military vehicle
3rd place and Out of Box for 1/72 scale military vehicle
2nd place and Out of Box for 1/32 factory stock auto

Larry Hersch (IPMS Longmont) - 1st place for 1/72 scale military vehicle

Mike McDanal (IPMS Denver) - 2nd place for 1/20 scale open wheel competition auto

Cliff Davis (IPMS Denver) - Out of Box for 1/24 scale auto

Derek Brown (IPMS Denver) - 1st place and Out of Box for Space/Sci Fi Tie Fighter
1st place for 1/35 scale Military Diorama

Mark Persichetti (IPMS Denver) - 3rd place for miscellaneous railroad boxcar

Earl Hosmer and crew (IPMS Denver) - 2nd place for Chapter Entry 1/48 Skyhawks

Steve Lawson (IPMS Denver) - 1st place for 1/48 WW I aircraft diorama

A great time was had by all. Congrats to those that went and to those that placed.

The 2005 IPMS Nats were announced - we are going back to Atlanta, Georgia.
Get those Trumpeter F-105's ready.

More details on the Phoenix convention for 2004 were announced - the date is
August 4-7th, and the web site is IPMS2004.org

The theme awards will be:
* Best Arizona Subject * Best Race Car
* Best Weathered Subject * Best Cold War Subject

(Pssssst.......get started now and avoid the rush later)

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CALL FOR ARTICLES

My cache of articles is running low and I could sure use some new ones: buildups, kit reviews, book reviews, museum reviews, how-to articles, etc. etc. etc. Get those articles written and then either snail mail or e-mail them to me!

I use Windows98 to produce the newsletter so articles via email can be Microsoft Word, plain text, or PDF format. Thanks!

Also, if you have a favorite website, drop me a line and we’ll put it in the Website of the Month section.

Shawn R Schwaller

20836 E. Belleview Pl.

Aurora, CO 80015-6423

Email: schwall@worldnet.att.net

Website Of The Month

To see the winners of the IPMS Nationals held in Oklahoma City over the 4^th of July weekend, point your browser to:

www.ipmsusa.org

Upcoming Presentations

Contact either Prez Deppe or Editor Schwaller (Contact info on last page of newsletter) to schedule a presentation.

August: Nats Review / Judging Training

September: Nats Review / Judging Training

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December: Annual Gift Exchange