Text Box: IPMS Denver / Rob Wolf Chapter

A.M.S. Chronicle

January 2004

 

“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”

-- Bette Davis

 

Next Meeting:  Wednesday, January 7 at 7:00pm

Burt Chevrolet, 5200 S. Broadway (near Belleview)

 

This Month’s Program: **1st Annual In-Club Contest!**

 

 

 

In This Issue

 

Meeting Minutes

                                    …….2

Prez Deppe

…….2

1st Annual IPMS Denver In-Club Contest Information

                                    …….3

What’s New In Town

                                    …….4

A perspective on 12/17/1903 (Mike Gawell)

                                    …….5

Website Of The Month

…….5

Presentation Calendar  

…….5

Classified Ads 

…….5

Calendar of Events

                                    …….6

 

 

HEAD’S UP!

 

Happy Holiday’s and Happy New Year

to everyone!!

 

 

THANKYOU!

 

A big hearty thankyou to everyone who helped out with the newsletter during 2003 by submitting articles, passing along meeting minutes and the monthly “what’s new” column (thanks Terry!), keeping me up to date on activities so that the Calendar of Events isn’t always empty, and submitting any classified ads.

 

 

With that said, there are going to be a new challenge for the year 2004.  This newsletter needs your support every month to keep going and it can’t rely on the efforts of a select few members of IPMS Denver.  I couldn’t keep this going without Terry, Earl, Steve, Tom, and Al and I can’t allow them to be the only people who submit articles.  There are almost 50 people who receive this newsletter every month and every one of them is capable to writing something.  EVERY MEMBER OF IPMS DENVER WILL SUBMIT AT LEAST ONE ARTICLE TO ME DURING THE 2004 CALENDER YEAR!  It can be something as simple as a book review (not everyone can attend the meeting where you show off the book) or as complex as a kit buildup with the vehicle history thrown in for good measure.  It can be done (just ask Al and Steve and Earl), and I’m asking you to do it.  Come on guys, help me out here.  Thanks!!

 

MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 3, 2003

 

Our President, Tom Deppe, called the November 3RD, 2003 meeting to order at 7:14 PM at the Burt Chevrolet with 23 members and guests present.

CORRESPONDENCE:

Terry Tuytschaevers again brought up F-104 Starfighter pilot reunion in Pueblo next year.  He also had some E-mail concerning the judging criteria for the IPMS regional contests.  More on this later.

TREASURY:              Dallas Lloyd was missing – no report

OLD BUSINESS:       David Reinecke brought in a bunch of entry forms for the January club contest.

NEW BUSINESS:

Mark Persichetti mentioned the new release of a Curtiss JN-4Jenny model.  He also had a sign up sheet for judging at the January contest.  Mark then brought up the issue of how the IPMS Regional contests should be judged.  Some IPMS club members would like to be able judge their Regional contests in a format different than the IPMS National standards.  After a bit of discussion, a vote was taken and approved to have the IPMS regional contests abide by all of the IPMS judging standards.  Mark also brought in a guest who would like to have a model of an actual hot rod built by someone in the club.  Jeremy gave us some info and showed us some pictures of the car.  Jason Alterman stepped up and said he would give it a try.

SHOW & TELL:

Doug Decounter showed us an AFV Club 1/35 M3A3 Stuart and an Italeri 1/35 M4A2 Iwo Jima Marine Sherman.  Terry Tuytschaevers had a Trumpeter 1/35 Zil-157 Military Truck and an Italeri 1/35 M925 “Big Foot”.  Dave Bathke brought in a Revell Germany 1/144 Airbus “Beluga”.  Darren McTee showed us a new Hasagawa 1/48 Mitsubishi F-2A kit.  David Reinecke had a Hasegawa 1/48 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless under construction and a Tamiya 1/48 Dornier Do-335 under construction.  Everett McEwen had a Hasegawa 1/48 General Dynamics F-16 being finished with tiger stripe decals, a Hasegawa 1/48 General Dynamics F-16 being finished in Iraqi Freedom markings, an Italeri 1/72 Douglas C-47 being finished in Arctic markings, a Monogram 1/48 Northrop F-5E under construction, and a new Italeri 1/48 MDD F-18E Super Hornet kit.  Jason Alterman showed us an AMT 1/25 Chevrolet Tahoe police vehicle complete with working lights and sound effects.  Very nice.  Mike Gawell had some photos and a bunch of T-shirts that he was trying to sell.  Mark Persichetti very kindly brought in the holiday cookies, a large trash bag for the gift-wrapping, a number of kits that were for sale (In case you didn’t like what you received in the gift exchange).

PROGRAM:

The program for the evening was the clubs annual and usually dreaded kit exchange.  There were quite a few great models out there with only a few dogs.  I guess some members didn’t read last month’s newsletter asking for newer models that were still in the shrink-wrap with a minimum value of $25.00.  This was not the time or place to get rid of older models that or no longer wanted.

 

 

Prez Deppe

 

            We closed out 2003 with a fairly rousing episode of the “Cutthroat Gift Exchange.”  The affair started out pretty sedately (David Reinecke drew the coveted #1 position this year) but then finished up with quite a few spirited rounds of “exchanging.”  I think most everybody went away relatively happy with their loot but unfortunately, as is usually the case, some of you used the occasion to dump off an unwanted “dog” kit.  May Santa have rewarded you with a stocking full of coal.

            I forgot to mention this at December’s meeting but Hugh Letterly, through his “Loose Cannon” outfit, has a service set up on his website to match modelers with people wanted to have models built.  This is not limited only ship model builders and won’t cost you anything although Hugh recommends you have photos available of your handiwork that can be scanned in to show the prospective model collector.  If this interests you, contact Hugh at 303-343-06692 or find him at Colpar Hobbies.

            Along with the rest of you (I hope), I am eagerly anticipating next month’s club contest.  As usual, I want to have a dog in the fight but knowing the modeling talent possessed by this organization’s membership, I can hardly wait to see the contest entries.  From the organizational standpoint, everything seems to be coming together nicely so it should be a most exciting and enjoyable event for all involved.

            Happy New Year and good luck to all of you who are planning to enter the January contest!

1st Annual IPMS Denver In-Club Contest Information

Submitted by:  Cliff Davis

 

 

            In January, 2004, the IPMS Rob Wolf chapter will be hosting the first annual In-Club contest.  The following information dictates the classes and rules of this contest.  We hope that a majority of our members will attend with models in hand!

 

 

CLASSES FOR THE IN-CLUB

100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FLIGHT CONTEST

 

I.                    AIRCRAFT

A.     1/72ND AND SMALLER

B.     1/73RD AND LARGER

 

II.                 ARMOR

ALL SCALES AND ERAS

 

III.               SHIPS

ALL SCALES AND ERAS

 

IV.              AUTOMOBILES

ALL SCALES AND TYPES

 

V.                 MISCELLANEOUS

 

VI.              DIORAMAS, VIGNETTES AND FIGURES

 

VII.            ALL JUNIORS

 

 

The following rules, as determined by the membership, shall govern the contest.

 

·         The room will open at 6:00 p.m.

·         Entries will NOT be accepted after 7:15 p.m.

·         You MUST be a paid member of IPMS-Denver to participate.

·         There will be no entry fee.

·         Members may enter only TWO models in each category.

·         No previous contest winners (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) from ANY local, regional or national contest may be entered.  Previous winners may be displayed only.

·         There will be NO separate out of the box class.

·         There will be NO SWEEPS:  that is, no one individual may win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in a single class.  One may win 1st in aircraft, 2nd in armor, and 1st in vignettes, but not 1st and 2nd in aircraft, armor or vignettes.

·         There is a provision for “splits” within categories.  Example:  If 12 of 20 entries in aircraft are ME-109s then we could place all 109s in a single category for judging and judge the other 8 entries separately.

 

 

 

 

 

The following form will be provided in the contest room

for completion (Thanks to Dave Reinecke!). 

 

Please have this information ready when you enter your model.

 

 

 

 

What’s New In Town

By Terry Tuytschaevers

 

ACADEMY

1/35 US Machine Gun Set

1/35 M151A2 Hard Top w/ Trailer

1/72 North American P-51C Mustang 'Red Tails'

ACCURATE MINIATURES

1/48 Ilyushin IL-2M3 Stormovik

1/48 North American Mustang Mk.1A

AFV Club

1/35 NATO Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle

w/25mm Cannon

1/35 German Pak 43/41 "Scheunter" 8.8cm

Anti-Tank Gun

1/35 USA/USMC 1/4-Ton M38A1 Jeep

AML

1/72 North American O-47A w/ Floats

AMT

1/25 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T

1/25 The Joker Goon Car From Batman

1/25 1955 Chevy Cameo Pick-Up Truck

1/25 Great Dane Dry Van Trailer

ATTACK HOBBY

1/72 Pzkpfw III Ausf G

AZUR

1/72 Potez 631 Night Fighter

1/72 Martin Baltimore Mk.I/II

CLASSIC AIRFRAMES

1/48 Gloster Meteor F.4

CZECH MASTER RESIN KITS

1/72 Westland Wyvern S.4

1/72 Fokker S-11/ T-22

1/72 Fairey Gannet AS.1

CZECH MODEL

1/48 Curtiss A-8 Shrike

DOYUSHA

1/32 Type 93 Advanced Trainer "Akatombo"

DRAGON/DML/SHANGHAI DRAGON

1/48 Messerschmitt Me-262 Mistel

1/72 Mistel 5 He-162A-2 w/Arado E-377A

1/72 Dornier Do-335B-6 Arrow

1/35 4-Soviet Spetsnaz Figures

1/35 Sd.Kfz. 250/3 'Greif' Half-Track

1/35 Sherman Firefly Vc Tank

1/35 Soviet Infantry Tank Riders WWII

1/35 Pzkpfw V Ausf G 'Night Fighting Panther'

1/35 T-34/76 Model 1940

1/72 Sd.Kfz. 184 Ferdinand

1/72 Sd.Kfz. 171 Panther G (Early)

1/72 M1A1 Abrams Iraq 2003

1/72 M1A2 Abrams National Training Center

1/72 Sturmtiger German 38cm Assault Mortar

1/700 Pyotr Veliky - Russian Nuclear-Powered CGN

1/700 USS Arizona BB39 Special Edition (Waterline)

EDUARD

1/48 Luftwaffe Personnel

1/48 Savoia Marchetti SM.79

1/72 Achilles IIc (Extra-Pack)

HASEGAWA

1/32 Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6 'Eyeball'

1/48 Hughes AH-64A Apache Israeli Defense Force

1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk.II "Eagle Squadron"

1/48 Messerschmitt Bf-109G-10 "Nacht Jager" Night Fighter

1/48 Vought F-8E French Navy Crusader "Sharkmouth"

1/48 Nakajima Ki-27 Type 97 (Nate) Manchoukuo Air Corps

1/48 Douglas A-4C Skyhawk 'VA-76 Spirits'

1/72 DeHavilland Mosquito FB Mk VI 'RAAF'

1/72 Messerschmitt Me-262B

1/72 North American B-25H Mitchell Gun Ship

1/72 North American F-51D Mustang "Sharkmouth”

1/72 Focke-Wulf Fw-190D-9 'Yellow Tail'

1/72 North American F-51D Mustang 'Korean War'

1/72 Macchi C.202 Folgore Italian Co-Belligerant AF

1/72 MDD AV-8B Harrier II 'VMA-231 Ace of Spades'

HELLER

1/48 Patriot Missiles

ICM

1/35 IT-28 Engineering Tank-Bridgelayer

ITALERI

1/72 Savoia Marchetti S-79 Sparviero

IRONSIDE

1/35 4,7cm PAK (t) auf G.W. R-35

1/35 4,7 cm PAK (t) Auf Panzer IB

JAG

1/700 USS Sacramento Class AOE (Resin)

LINDBERG MODELS

1/25 Hommie Hoppers Aztec Gold '61 Impala

1/48 Douglas X3 Stilleto

MAC MODELS

1/72 SPAD VII C.1

MINICRAFT

1/144 Limited Edition Commemorative Set 100 Years

Of Flight Propliners Of The Golden Era

MINIHOBBY MODELS

1/350 USS Enterprise CVN-65 (Late)

1/350 USS Enterprise CVN-65 (Original)

MPM

1/72 Douglas DC-2 Rebuilt Bomber Spanish Civil War

PAVLA

1/72 Miles M.25 Martinet TT Mk I

1/72 Boeing P-26A

PM MODELS

1/72 Focke Wulf Ta-154

POLAR LIGHTS/MEMORY LANE

1/12 Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer With

Lighted Nose With Sound

Snoopy's Pumkin Patch Diorama With Sound

REVELL GERMANY

1/35 M1A2 Abrams "Bounty Hunter" MTB KFOR

1/72 120mm Merkava Mk. III

1/72 Agusta Westland EH 101 Merlin HM.1 Royal Navy

1/72 Sikorsky Sea King Mk. 41 With Skua Missiles

1/96 USS Constitution

REVELL/MONOGRAM

1/25 Pre-Decorated Metal Body Dodge Monster

Patrol Frankenstein Ram

1/25 2004 Corvette Z06 Commemorative Edition Decals

1/24 Elliott Sadler Nascar #38 M&M's Taurus

1/24 Darrell Waltrip Nascar 1982/83 Combo 1982

Buick & 1983 Monte Carlo

SPECIAL HOBBY

1/48 Petlyakov Pe-3 Early/ Radar Gneis 2

1/48 Nardi F.N. 305 2-Seat Trainer

1/48 Fairey Barracuda Mk.II British Navy Torpedo

Bomber

1/72 F.M.A. Ia 58A Pucara Twin Turboprop Attacker

1/72 Curtiss P-36A Hawk "Pearl Harbor"

1/72 Focke Wulf Fw-187A-O Twin Engine Recon Plane

1/72 Hispano Aviacion Ha-220 Super Saeta

1/72 Lockheed U-2S/ER-2 Nasa Research Plane

TAMIYA

1/20 Ferrari F189 Portuguese G.P.

1/20 Ferrari F1-2000

1/24 Ferrari F40

1/24 Ferrari F50

1/24 Mercedes CLK-GTR

1/24 Ferrari F50 (Yellow Version)

1/24 Porsche 962C

1/24 Masterwork Collection Pre-Finished & Built

Repsol Honda RC211V Motorcycle

1/35 Masterwork Collection Pre-Finished & Built

T-55A Main Battle Tank Desert Version

1/35 Challenger MBT Reissued!

1/48 German WWII Kubelwagen Type 82 Pkw.K1

TESTORS

1/24 Chrysler Crossfire Easy Builder Pre-Finished Kit

1/24 PT Cruiser Convertible Styling Study Easy

Builder Pre-Finished

1/32 Lockheed F-117 Stealth Fighter

TRUMPETER

1/32 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 Defense Of

Moscow 1942

1/32 Curtiss P-40B/Tomahawk Mk IIA

1/700 USSR Navy "Kirov" Modern Battle Cruiser

1/700 USSR Navy "Frunze" Modern Battle Cruiser

1/350 Soviet Navy Sovremenny Class Project

956 Destroyer

1/350 Soviet Navy Sovremenny Class Project

956e Destroyer

VALOM

1/72 Polikarpov TIS Heavy Escort Fighter

VERLINDEN

1/32 North & South Confederate States Ship

Hunley Submarine

1/35 Large Tree Kit

1/35 "Things To Do" 1-Soldier Going #2 & 1-

Soldier Going #1

1/35 Panther A Shurtzen With Zimmerit (Photo-

Etched Brass)

1/35 Pz.I Command Interior Detail Set Italeri

1/35 Bergepanther Improvement Italeri

1/35 Consulting The Map US GI Europe

1/35 German Panzer Mechanics

120mm German Machine Gunner WW I

120mm Major General G. A. Custer

200mm Sturmbannfuhrer Joachim Peiper Bust

120mm 82nd Airborne Soldier “Desert Shield” Reissued!

120mm Major General J.E.B. Stuart Reissued!

ZVEZDA

1/35 BTR-70 Soviet Personal Carrier

Afghanistan 1979-89

1/72 Mil Mi-17 Assault Helicopter

CLASSIC PUBLICATIONS

Development Of The P-51 Mustang Long-Range

Escort Fighter

Soviet Air Force Fighter Colors

Luftwaffe Colors Vol 4 Pt 1 Jagdwaffe Holding The West

DETAIL-N-SCALE

Vought F-8 Crusader

IAN ALLEN PUBLICATIONS

Tanks in Detail #4: M3 to M3A5 Lee/Grant

Tanks in Detail #5: Pzkpfw VI Ausf E &B Tiger I & II

KAGERO PUBLISHING

Brewster F2A Buffalo

Sopwith Camel

KALMBACH

Modeling Classic Combat Aircraft

MOTORBOOKS

Air Forces Monthly Book Of The F/A-18 Hornet

"X" Planes Pushing The Envelope Of Flight

Luftwaffe Schlachtgruppen

Kawanakajima 1553-64 Samurai Power Struggle

The F-4 Phantom II All-Color "How To" Book

The M3/M5 Stuart Light Tank All-Color "How To" Book

German Destroyers 1939-1945

OSPREY PUBLICATIONS

Iranian F-4 Phantom Ii Units In Combat

OXFORD MUSEUM PRESS

William G. Mather Great Lakes Steamer

USS Wisconsin BB-64

SPECIALTY PRESS

Red Star Vol 12 Antonov's Turboprop Twins

An-24/26/30/32

Black Jets: B-2, F-117, A-12, Yf-12, Sr-71, U-2r/S

SQUADRON/SIGNAL PUBLICATIONS

SR-71 Walk Around

Applied Modeling Encyclopedia - Aircraft

F-8 Crusader in Detail & Scale Re-Issue!

Modeling Classic Combat Aircraft

TANKOGRAD PUBLISHING

Militar Fahrzeug #1 2004

Tank Transporters of the Modern German Army

 

 

 

The following is from our very own Mike Gawell and his perspective on the great day of December 17, 1903.

 

 

All

 

Today we celebrate a century of something that is near and dear to many of us. On this day in 1903, Orville, and Wilbur Wright using a homebuilt aircraft, with a homebuilt engine, and based upon observation rather than computers successfully launched a short flight of the first successful heavier than air flight. This achievement must surely be ranked upon those of the last century as one of the three greatest triumphs of mankind. Surely in the top ten. It has changed our world, how we live, how we interact, and how we keep the peace. The aircraft is now the trump card of military prowess. It is the messenger of peace.

That day they managed each to complete a series of flights, and while the fact was noted, it was not as hailed as perhaps it should have been.

 

I wonder if the Wright brothers ever fully realized what they launched. Sure they went into the aircraft business. From everything that I have read, they were not great business men, and eventually others passed them in technological achievement due to their refusal to incorporate new thoughts in aviation that proceeded rapidly soon after their achievement.

 

Despite that, the fact that man took flight has launched more dreams for more kids than any other, and through these dreams, the achievement of manned flight has led to the ability to transport man for good as well as evil across the globe. New places were explored, and the spirit of the pioneer was reborn. The initial races to go faster, higher, longer, farther were breathtaking, and one can only wish to have seen the glory of those heady days.

 

The future now stands before us, and the ability for unmanned controlled flight in now quite feasible. We can only look forward to more in the fields of aviation and space technology.

 

I stand ready to watch with complete and unfailing fascination as each of these new technological achievements are unveiled in their time.

 

The times now are as heady and glorious as then, and we as the citizenry of the world need to step back from the mundane once in a while to appreciate all that has been, as all that will be in aviation.

 

I raise my cup to the Wright Brothers and their achievement, and hope to see their flight, and those to follow launch the dreams of many more children through time.

 

Cheers
Michael A. Gawell
Owner
US-aircraft.com

 

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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

 

Our very own Derek “Buffie” Brown is working on a killer CD-ROM for those lovers of the Bf-109.  Check out the website below for more information!

 

www.buffiesbest.com

 

 

 

Upcoming Presentations

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

 

January:  1st Annual IPMS/Denver In-Club Contest.

 

WE NEED PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR PROGRAMS!!

 

February:  <open>

 

March:  <open>

 

April:  <open>

 

 

 

Calendar Of Events

 

January 7 – Club Meeting; 7:00pm, Burt Chevrolet, Denver

 

 

February 4 – Club Meeting; 7:00pm, Burt Chevrolet, Denver

 

 

If you have contest dates or other dates of modeling interest, please send them to the newsletter editor for placement on the Calendar of Events

 

 

Text Box: The A.M.S. Chronicle is a publication of IPMS Denver/Rob Wolf Chapter (Denver, Colorado), a chapter of the International Plastic Modelers Society, USA. Publication is, generally, monthly and the subscription is a benefit of membership in this chapter. Annual membership dues are $25 ($20 for IPMS National members), payable to the treasurer, and membership period runs from July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at Burt Chevrolet, from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm. Guests are welcome. President: Tom Deppe Vice-President: Mark Persichetti Secretary: Terry Tuytshaevers Treasurer: Dallas Lloyd Club Contact: Cliff Davis Editor: Shawn Schwaller


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