IPMS Denver / Rob Wolf Chapter

In This Issue

Meeting Minutes

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What’s New In Town

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A Note from Dale W. Summers

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A Note from Pete McQuade (member AIAA)

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Prez Deppe

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Website Of The Month

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Presentation Calendar

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Classified Ads

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Calendar of Events

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HEAD’S UP!

This is your last newsletter !!!!!!

Unless you have paid your Dues by the End of the July Meeting (and so far I only have 20 names….). Please Contact Cliff Davis or Dallas lloyd to continue your membership benefits.

Officers Elected !!!

All of the people that were nominated for officer positions were exactly the same as those currently in power. Since nobody was nominated to run against anyone, the officer elections are considered complete, with last year’s officer’s retaining their positions for another twelve months.

I need articles !!!

As you’ve noticed, this issue is a little light. That because I need some club generated articles to fill it. It is time for our membership to step up and write some quick articles for their newsletter. I need information on contests (and contest/show dates too!), museums, websites, kit reviews, book reviews, how-to articles, etc. etc. etc.

I know several people are currently working on some articles and I thank you for that (and a special thanks to Earl, Terry, and Steve for supplying articles to keep me going)…please take a few moments to finish them up and send them my way.

C’mon guys…I know you can do it…let’s see some new names in print!

MINUTES FOR JUNE 4, 2003

Our President, Tom Deppe, who was a few minutes late, eventually called the June 4, 2003 meeting to order at 7:15 PM at Burt Chevrolet with 32 members and guest present.

The first order of business for the evening was Cliff Davis reminding everyone that dues were now due. Club dues are $20.00 for IPMS members and $22.00 for non-IPMS members. Cliff will be collecting the club dues for Dallas Lloyd at the present time. Cliff also had a number of handy trays and brush containers that he was giving away. He also had found an old fluorescent desk lamp that was free for the asking.

CORRESPONDENCE:

Cliff Davis reported that he had only received a newsletter from IPMS Centennial.

TREASURY:

Cliff, reporting in lieu of Dallas, reported that we now had $3586.19 in our club treasury. $736.04 of this belongs to the contest fund. Cliff is also an authorized signer on our checking account along with Dallas.

OLD BUSINESS:

None

NEW BUSINESS:

Nominations for club officers were held tonight. Nominations were: Treasurer – Dallas Lloyd, Club Contact – Cliff Davis, Secretary – Terry Tuytschaevers, Vice President – Mark Persichetti, President – Tom Deppe. Obviously, since all positions are being filled unopposed, there will not be any need for any elections.

Cliff Davis brought in some additional kits that he had found from Jay Mack’s collection and they were put on a silent auction. Mark Persichetti eventually took the kits home.

The club also had a replica Colorado Avalanche Jersey that was put on a silent auction with a $50.00 minimum bid. At the end of the meeting there were no bids, so it was decided to hand the jersey over to Derek Brown in appreciation of all the effort that he spent in obtaining it.

The issue of a club contest was again brought forward. The theme of the contest was to celebrate the upcoming Centennial of Flight. It was decided that any and all models could be entered, not just aircraft as was originally envisioned. Some concerns brought up were how we would handle the judging, what were the prizes going to be, and where and when it would be held. Jack Lassiter mentioned that this would be a good time for some of the newer members to learn how to handle and judge a contest from those that have already experienced putting on a contest. Cliff Davis stepped up and mentioned that he would be more then willing to hold some sessions at his house sometime after the Nationals to get this contest started. The contest will probably be held around the January 2004 time frame. Some sites that were brought up besides or normal club meeting were possibly holding the contest at Colpar Hobbies or at the ship modeler’s site in Buckingham Plaza. Cliff created a signup sheet for all those who may be interested on participating in this contest and all parties interested will get together sometime after the Nationals.

Scheduled upcoming programs will be a slide show of the Nationals in August and a seminar on judging in September.

Mark Persichetti mentioned that maybe we could get all of the Tow Tractors together for a group entry for the regional contest in September in Utah.

SHOW & TELL:

Terry Tuytschaevers brought in a Hasegawa 1/48 Lockheed F-104C Starfighter in a natural metal finish. Mark Persichetti had a numbers of kits for sale. Doug DeCounter showed us a Dragon 1/35 Sdkfz 184 Ferdinand Jagdpanzer, a AFV 1/35 Sdkfz 11, a Tamiya 1/35 Sdkfz 251, a Tamiya Schwimwagen, and a Tamiya M-21 Mortar Carrier. Jeffrey Osborne brought in a Hasegawa 1/48 Aichi Val, his first ¼ scale aircraft model in 25 years. Bon Nixon had a Tamiya 1/72 Republic F-84G Thunderjet. Derek Brown also brought in a number of kits for sale. Mike McDanal showed us a Mattel Hot Wheels 1/18 Ferrari F2001 modified with a set of aftermarket decals. Mark Litrell had an ESCI 1/35 T-55 Soviet tank, his first tank ever. Mark also had a 1/72 Pe-2 and a 1/72 Saab Draken. Martin Sagara had a Heller 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109G Snap kit. David Reinecke brought in an Italeri 1/35 Jagdpanzer IV. John Holcomb was going to bring in a Hasegawa 1/48 Douglas A-4K, but he left it on his car and lost it on the way down to the meeting. Let’s see somebody top that one. Jack Lassiter brought in the new Hobbycraft 1/24 Supermarine Spitfire kit and an AMTech 1/72 EC-135 kit that was highly warped. Chuck Stout showed us a tiny scratchbuilt 1/72 Polaris A-1 Missile. Allen Espenlaub had a beautiful AMT 1/24 1957 Chrysler 300C cut down to approximately the size of a Corvette. Great Job Allen!!. Dale Summers showed us a Revell Germany D0-27 Safari kit and a Panda 1/35 Bell UH-1N Twin Huey kit.

PROGRAM:

The program for the evening was an informative presentation on building models for profit presented by Chuck Stout. Thanks a bunch, Chuck.

What’s New In Town

By Terry Tuytschaevers

ACADEMY

1/35 Sikorsky AH-60 DAP Helicopter

1/72 Focke Wulf Fw-190A8 w/ Kubelwagen

AFV CLUB

1/35 M48 & M60 (Track Workable)

1/35 US Army 76mm & 3 inch Tank Ammunition

1/35 British CVR(T) FV101 Scorpion

1/35 leFH 18 Field Howitzer

ALLIANCE MODELS

1/72 Lippisch P.15 German Jet Fighter

AMT

1/25 1995 Toyota Supra From The Fast & Furious Movie

AMTECH

1/48 Henschel Hs-123A-1

AZUR

1/32 Dewoitine D.520C.1

1/72 GAL ST-25 Monospar

BANDAI

1/100 Blitz Gundam Seed Gat-X207 Quick Built Snap Model

1/100 Gundam: Master Grade MSA-0011 (Ext) Ex-S E.F.S.F. Prototype Transformable Mobile Suit

1/100 Sword Strike Gundam Seed-04 Gat-X105 With Kira Yamato Figure

1/100 Launcher Strike Gundam Seed-05 Gat-X105 With Kira Yamato Figure

1/144 Freedom Gundam Seed Bucue Strike TMF/A Mobile Suit

1/144 Freedom Gundam Seed ZGMF-X10A Mobile Suit

1/144 Mobile Ginn Gundam Seed-06 High Grade ZGMF-1017 Mobile Suit

1/144 Blitz Gundam Seed-005 High Grade Mobile Suit

1/100 Buster Gundam Seed-03 Gat-X103 With Dearka El Thman Figure

1/100 Master Gundam: Master Grade Hypermode

1/100 Master Gundam: Master Grade Hypermode Neo Hong Kong GF13-001NHII Mobile Fighting Suit

1/850 Prepainted & Decorated Star Trek USS Enterprise NCC-1701 Kit

CLASSIC AIRFRAMES

1/48 Arado Ar 68 E/F (Richthofen Squadron)

DRAGON/DML

1/35 Gulf War Veteran US Army M1A2 Abrams MBT

1/35 3.7cm PAK 36 w/Crew

1/35 Modern US Marines Elite Forces

1/35 Germanvolkssturm, Berlin 1945

1/35 German Sturmpionier Kursk 1943

1/35 German Panzerjagers Eastern Front 1944

1/35 Ambush At Poteau Ardennes 1944

1/35 US 1st Infantry Division

1/35 US Sniper Team

1/35 US Tank Crew

1/35 US Navy Seal Team 3

1/35 Winter's Onset

1/35 British Commonwealth Troops

1/35 German Grenadiers

1/35 German Infantry

1/35 3rd Fallschirmjager Division

1/35 U.S. Infantry Fire Support Weapons

1/700 HMS Ark Royal Gulf War 91

1/700 HMS Illustrious

1/700 Hunt For Red October USS Dallas Vs Soviet Typhoon

1/144 Lockheed Martin F-117A

1/350 USS Ingersoll DD-990

EXTRA-TECH

1/72 M10 Gun Motor Carriage

FONDERIE MINIATURE

1/35 LCA

1/48 MS 472 Vanneau

1/48 MS 475 Vanneau

1/48 Draisine Artillerie Wagen

1/48 Draisine Kommando Wagen

1/48 Barge LCM3

1/72 Nord 1402 Gerfaut I

GRAND PHOENIX PRODUCTIONS

1/48 North American FJ-4B Fury

HASEGAWA

1/48 North American P-51D Mustang "Big Beautiful Doll"

1/48 North American F-86F Sabre Korean War Ace McConnell

1/48 US Pilot/Ground Crew Set B (Modern)

1/48 Grumman F-14A Tomcat

1/48 Messerschmitt Bf-109E-1

1/48 MDD F-18C Hornet

1/48 MDD F-15E Strike Eagle

1/48 Macchi C.205 Veltro

1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc No 3 Squadron

1/72 Chance Vought FG-1D Reserve Corsair NAS Livermore

1/72 MDD F-15A/C Eagle Israeli Defense Force

1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109T Kriegsmarine

1/72 Curtiss P-40N Warhawk

1/72 Boeing B-47E Stratojet

1/72 Kawasaki Ki61-I TEI HIEN (Tony)

1/72 Focke Wulf Fw-190D-9 'Rudel'

LINDBERG

1/25 1961 Impala Hopper Lowrider Pre-Finished Build-N-Play

MINICRAFT

1/16 1935 Morgan 3-Wheel

1/144 Douglas DC-6B American Airlines

PANDA MODELS

1/35 UH-1N Twin Huey

1/48 Lockheed Martin F-35 NATO Fighter

PLANET MODELS

1/48 Loening M-8

1/72 Sd.Kfz.9 FAMO Bilstein 6 Ton

PST MODELS

1/72 S-300 PMU

1/72 PMZ-2 (AIS-5) Fire Tanker

REVELL FROM GERMANY

1/72 German Armored Infantry

1/72 Modern British Infantry

1/72 Modern US Infantry

1/72 Leopard 2 A5 KWS

1/72 Leopard 1 A5

1/72 Panzerhaubitze PzH 2000

1/72 Vought F4U-5 Corsair

1/72 Fokker Dr.I

1/72 Westland Lynx

1/72 Eurocopter PAH-2 Tiger

1/35 German Armored Infantry

1/35 TPZ I Fuchs 6x6

1/35 Leopard 1 A5

1/144 MDD F-15A Eagle Tigermeet

1/144 General Dynamics F-16A

1/144 Mikoyan Mig-29 The Swifts

1/144 MDD F-15A Eagle

1/144 Lockheed Martin F-19 Stealth Fighter

1/144 Bell UH-1H Gunship

1/144 MDD F/A-18A Hornet

1/144 Mikoyan Mig-29A Fulcrum

REVELL/MONOGRAM

1/32 '65 Shelby Cobra Daytona Car #13 Pre-Finished Slot Car

1/25 Miss Deal Studebaker Funny Car

1/24 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Car #3 Silver Anniversary Monte Carlo

1/48 North American F-86D Sabre Dog (Late Version)

1/25 Panella Trucking '50 Austin Drag Coupe

SPECIAL HOBBY

1/48 DFS 230A Troop Glider

1/72 Fairey Firefly Mk. 1

SWORD

1/72 Sikorsky S-43/JRS-1

TAMIYA

1/35 US Army M2A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle

1/35 USMC AAVP7A1 With UGWS Twin Gun Turret

1/35 M1025 Humvee Armament Carrier

TRUMPETER

1/35 Chinese 50-Ton Tank Transporter

1/35 DF-21 Ballistic Missile Launcher

1/35 Motorized Reg. Belgrade 1941

1/35 12th Panzer Division Normandy 1944 (4-Figures)

1/35 Panzer Division Poland 1939 Part 1

1/35 German Motorized Regiment Belgrade 1941 (4-Figures)

1/144 Kawanishi H6K5 Type 97 Mavis

1/48 Savoia-Marchetti SM-79-II Sparviero Torpedo Bomber

VERLINDEN

1/35 GI Down Europe 1944

1/35 M8 Howitzer Stowage Set

1/35 T-55 Engine Drop-In For Tamiya Kit

1/35 Marines Into Beach. Diorama With 4-Figures And Base

1/35 Right There! (2-Figures) 1-Marine Pointing, 1-Watching

1/35 Sidewalk Tiles

1/35 Marine Casualties

1/6 US Ranger Vietnam With Base

1/5 British Legion Col Banstre Tarleton Bust

1/32 Guard Grenadier At The Roadside Shrine

120mm Ranger Vietnam

200mm American Revolution Colonel Bust

ZVEZDA

1/35 T-72A Soviet MBT

1/35 BTR-70 Soviet Armored Personnel Carrier

1/72 Mil Mi-17 Helicopter

1/350 K-266 Oriol Submarine

1/100 Sirius Side-wheel Steamer

CLASSIC PUBLICATIONS

Helicopters of the Third Reich

Defenders Of The Reich Jagdgeschwader 1 Vol. 3 1944-1945

USAAF #3 American Eagles P-47 Thunderbolt Units Of The 8th AF

Luftwaffe Colors Vol3 #2 Jagdwaffe Barbarossa, Invasion Of Russia 1941

Luftwaffe Colors Vol3 #3 Jagdwaffe War Over The Desert 6/40-6/42

CONCORD PUBLICATIONS

Journal of Armored Assault Vol 4

The Mongols

Modern Soviet Warplanes, Strike Aircraft & Attack Helicopters

US Navy Strike Warfare Center

Military Aircraft Of Eastern Europe (2) Bombers & Attack Aircraft

Franco-German Brigade

Desert Garb & Gear, Equipment Of Americas Desert Warriors

SLUF A-7 Corsair Ii

Ace Mobile Force (Land) NATO’s Multinational Deterrent Force

Airborne Elite (2) NATO’s Northern Flank
Special Ops Journal Of The Elite Forces &Swat Units Vol.21

Journal Of Armored Assault & Heliborne Warfare Vol. 1

Journal Of Armored Assault & Heliborne Warfare Vol. 2

US Infantry Vietnam

GINTER BOOKS

Naval Fighters # 25, North American FJ-4/4B Fury

Naval Fighters # 60, Grumman F9F Part 2, USMC Panthers

HISTOIRE & COLLECTIONS

Junkers Ju-87
JJ FEDOROWICZ PUBLISHING

Operation "Zitadelle" July 1943

The 10 Panzer Division

MUSHROOM PUBLICATIONS

Mitsubishi A5M Claude

OSPREY PUBLICATIONS

Austrian Napoleonic Artillery 1792-1815

German Pocket Battleships 1939-45

Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949-1603

Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941-45

303 Bombardment Group

Jagdgeschwader 27 'Afrika'

Aviation Elite Units #11: 303rd Bomb Group

Aviation Elite Units #12: Jagdgeschwader 27 Afrika

SCHIFFER PUBLICATIONS

German Armored Trains on the Russian Front 1941-44

SPECIALTY PRESS

Patton's Eyes In The Sky USAAF Combat Recon Missions Europe 1944-45

SQUADRON/SIGNAL PUBLICATIONS

C-130 Hercules Walk Around

US Tank Destroyers Walk Around

VERLINDEN

A-10 Thunderbolt Lock On #7

Verlinden Way Volume IV

Armor in Detail #1

A NOTE FROM DALE W. SUMMERS

Not to detract to Chuck Stout’s recent talk about colors and such, but there seemed to be some unanswered questions at the end of his talk.

The reason the sky is “Blue”, the ocean is “Blue”, ice is Blue and mountains are “Bluish” is because of water or water vapor being present in the atmosphere. Water and Oxygen have a blue hue to them in large quantities. While it is true that at a distance of several inches or feet water and oxygen appear to be clear, it is when you look through the density of several miles or greater densities, water and /or oxygen cause a bluing tint to the atmosphere or objects you are looking at. Ice also displays a blue tint to it due to the water content and its density, for example when you have a heavy wet snow like one of the last storms we had recently the compacted snow had a bluer tint to it. Earth has been said to be a “Blue Planet” this is due to water vapor and oxygen in the atmosphere. One of the things Chuck said was that color is caused by a cretin vibration or wave length of light waves, all atoms and molecules vibrate with specific colors, oxygen for example vibrates blue. In astronomy it is common to run the reflected light of a planet through a prism to try to figure out what atoms or gasses are present in that planets atmosphere. Many names of “Oil paints” reflect the color of the particular element or oxide used to make the color, Titanium White for example.

Another question that seemed to go unanswered is the effects that water has on an object. First of all water absorbs light or slows light as it passes through it. This is evident when you are driving at night during a rainstorm your headlights seem to be less effective. The surface has everything to do with the effects. Matt or Flat paint has a rougher less reflective surface than a shiny paint has. When water droplets form on a matt surface because it is a rougher surface the droplet is flatter and just absorbs or slows down the light as it passes through it, thus making it appear darker. On a shiny surface light is reflected anyway but the water droplets are rounder more lens like this bends the light and concentrating it in a way like a magnifying lens. A droplet of water magnifying the light on dry leaves has caused several wild fires. I hope this helps in answering those unanswered questions.

A NOTE FROM PETE McQUADE, Member of AIAA Rocky Mountain Section

I am on the leadership council of the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). AIAA is the world's largest professional society for aerospace engineers. I'm also an enthusiastic model airplane builder--both plastic scale and competition free-flight.

To help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first powered flight and the subsequent "Evolution of Flight," our Rocky Mountain Section will be sponsoring an exhibit in the Colorado Historical Society, in Denver, from October through December of this year. This exhibit will commemorate the "First Generation of Aviation in Colorado." The purpose is to portray significant milestones in Colorado aviation--from Colorado's first heavier-than-air flight through World War I. (If we have room, we might also include the "Golden Age.")

I'm helping the Museum plan the display. In addition to showing photographs, documents, and artifacts, I'd like to see if local IPMS modelers would care to display appropriate models or dioramas. The Museum will display them with all due care and security, and give full credit to the builders. We will not be able to pay anyone for this. Could you please poll your membership, to see if anyone would like to have their models displayed? If so, I'd like to get an idea of what aircraft types, so I can see how the display will develop. Incidentally, if anyone has models of the Wright 1903 Flyer and/or the Wrights' gliders, those would be very welcome, too.

I need to get a preliminary idea of what models might be displayed pretty soon--say by the end of July.

If you'd like more information about AIAA, see www.aiaa.org . There's a page for AIAA's Evolution of Flight activities.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at this e-mail address, or by telephone: (719) 785-3147 (Work) or (719) 522-1239.

Thanks for considering this,
Pete McQuade Evolution of Flight Chairman
SRS Technologies AIAA Rocky Mountain Section
Colorado Springs

Prez Deppe

Maybe we should rename ourselves IPMS Denver “Banana Republic” for those uncontested elections that returned your present leadership team to office for another term. We do appreciate your vote of confidence, won’t take it for granted, and will do our best to keep the club functioning smoothly.

Since Mark, Cliff, and myself will be attending Nationals on the day of July’s meeting, Terry will be acting president and running the show that evening.

As was briefly discussed at last month’s meeting, sometime in July we’ll be getting together to brainstorm ideas for organizing our planned January contest. Anybody who is interested in this, keep in touch with any member of the club leadership for date and time.

Unfortunately, the time allotted was much too short but I would like to thank Chuck Stout for his program last month. I had no idea that Chuck had a background in professional model building and it was fascinating to listen to him talk about it.

Speaking of Chuck, maybe we could nominate him for our official recruiting sergeant. Thanks go out to his guest Dave Bathke and Jennifer Jordan for coming to our June meeting. As I recall, Dave joined us that very evening.

On a somewhat somber note, Cal Hawkins’ son, Mike – an Englewood police officer, was recently involved in an incident where he had to resort to deadly force. By all accounts it was a clean shooting and Mike came through it physically and administratively unscathed. It’s always a pleasure to see Mike, be it at a club meeting or “Breakfast Club” so I don’t hesitate to say that our good thoughts go out with Mike whenever he is out on patrol

To those of you making the trip to Oklahoma City, I wish you a safe journey and look forward to seeing you there at Nationals. For the rest of you, have fun at July’s meeting. We can all swap stories when we gather again in August.

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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

The IPMS El Paso chapter puts out a newsletter and places it on their website. For more information, point your browsers to the following website.

www.ipmselpaso.org

Upcoming Presentations

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

July: Extended Show and Tell

August: Nats Review / Judging Training

September: Nats Review / Judging Training

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December: Annual Gift Exchange

Calendar Of Events