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IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter – March 2016

Volume 24 # 3 Southern California’s Premier Model Club

The President’s Column

By David Frederick

IPMS Silverwings Model Contest,

Sacramento CA

If you ever had a bucket list, you would know that you

want to try and complete it before you lose your window

of opportunity. Mark, Mike and myself wanted to “jump

out of the box” and try to catch all the shows in California

that we have never attended. The Silverwings show in

Sacramento California was on that list. Before we left the

OC we all agreed after looking at the flyer and website that

the show was smaller with less than thirty categories.

As the ride to northern California is about 7+ hours I

wanted to visit the hobby store which sponsored the event.

Viking Hobby located 4713 El Camino Ave, Carmichael,

CA Phone 483-6885. The best way to describe it as a small

Mom and Pop store. As you enter the door on the left side

of the store and up to the ceiling is full of board games.

Apparently they are the harder to find games not sold in

the Hobby Lobby or Michaels. On the right side of the

store is the plastic kits, paint and accessories. They had

some hard to find older kits which were sitting on the shelf

for years. It was like the old hobby store around the corner

from where you lived 20-30 years ago. I was glad to see

the old venue still in business. I found the Moebius kit of

the “Lost in Space” Derelict ship. At that time, it was the only place to get it. They give IPMS

discounts as well

As for the show it was held in a Lutheran Church and school. See Photo. The outer perimeter

was dedicated to the venders. The inner tables were display for contest. The vendors were good

as it was not the same stuff you seen at a Keller show. People were willing to part with models

at a fair price. I spent a lot money as the Space: 1999 Eagle was on sale for $85, there were four

and within the first hour all had been purchased.

In This Issue Table of Contents Page IPMS OC Contest Themes 4

Financials 5

USA Membership 6

Membership Renewal Form 7

OrangeCon flyer 8

Members Photos on Website 10

Contest Table 12

MOTY 13

Monthly Contest Results 15

Cruise Night Challenge 16

E-Board Open Position 17

Valleycon 2016 19

IPMS Sacramento SilverCon 37

Orange County Smeltzer Pt 2 41

Local Club Meetings 55

Upcoming Events 59

Contest Flyers 60

IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter

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The President’s

Column

The raffle was fair as there was not

a lot of new stuff but the last ticket

was for a Wingnut Wings airplane

kit. I put in $20 to the cause. As

for the contest we were warned that

the judging… well let’s just say

different. Not all of us took trophies

in the categories that we normally

do but, “any given Sunday rule

applied” even though it was

Saturday. There was not much

Science fiction and ships (Sean,

missed an opportunity). Mark and I

took two first place and a third, Mike placed with one of his models. In retrospect, we all agreed

that it is not a show that we want to go to every year as the drive is long. As usual we had fun on

the ride up and ate a steak dinner at Cattlemen’s restaurant Friday night. We returned Saturday

after the show about midnight which makes for a long day DF

Meeting Notice & Agenda

Date: March 18, 2016

Theme: Tail Hookers

Doors Open: 7:00 p.m.

Meeting: 7:30 to 10:00 p.m.

Loaction: La Quinta Inn & Suites

3 Centerpointe Drive

La Palma, CA 90623

Right Off the 91 Fwy at Valley View

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2016 Chapter Officers

President David Frederick

1st Vice President Brian Casteel

2nd Vice President David O’Barr

Treasurer Michael Bare

Secretary Nat Richards

Contest Director Darnell Pocinich

Volunteers Chapter Contact Nat Richards

(949) 631-7142 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Terry Huber (714) 544-8908

[email protected]

Webmaster Joe LoMusio [email protected]

Mail IPMS Orange County Club Website www.ipmsoc.org

P.O. Box 913 Garden Grove, CA 92842 National Website

[email protected] www.ipmsusa.org

mailto:[email protected]


http://www.ipmsoc.org/


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Orange County Themes for 2016 January 15th – LOOK INSIDE

February 19th – KEEP ON TRUCKIN’

March 15th – TAIL HOOKERS

April 15th – STAR WARS PLUS

May 20th – MONOGRAM VS REVELL

June 17th – THE CENTURY SERIES

July 22nd – CRUISE THE OC NITE

August 19th - FLAT TOPS

September 16th – SHERMAN VS TIGER

October 21st – BETWEEN THE WARS

November 18th – 2-4-6-8

December 16th – DAY OF INFAMY 75TH

Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

January 20h 2017 – OUT OF THE BOX

ONLY


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From Our Treasurer Financial Statistics for the meeting in February 2016 Admission Distressed Kits $

Members 35 Monthly Raffle $ 115.00

Non-Members 5

Juniors 0 Total Income $ 479.00

Paid in Full 7 Total Expenses $ 542.70

Guests 0 Profit / (Loss) $ (63.70)

Total Attendance 47 $ in Checking $ 1.099.51

$ in Savings $ 8,012.42

Memberships / Renewals $ in PayPal $ 198.00

Regular 7 Total in Bank $ 9,309.93

Youth 0

Full Year 3

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IPMS / USA Membership

Membership is of great importance, both here at the level of the local chapter as well as the

National level. As a long time member I can highly recommend the expenditure of the additional

dollars to become a member of the national organization.

With membership come six copies of the IPMS Journal publication which is better than ever, and

the right to participate at the IPMS National Convention contest. The subscription to the Journal

alone is worth the cost of joining.

A copy of the membership application is below or available on our website, or at the IPMS / USA

website address, www.ipmsusa.org. Complete the form and return it to the address listed at the

bottom of the form along with your method of payment.

http://www.ipmsusa.org/

http://www.ipmsoc.org/ipmsoc.htm


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Membership Renewal Form

Below is the new and improved Membership and Renewal form. Print this page, fill

it out and bring it to the meeting. It is also available on-line at www.ipmsoc.org.



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Display your model photos on our Website!

By Joe LoMusio Our new and improved website

(www.ipmsoc.org) now has a Members

Photo Gallery. The purpose of this

gallery will be to showcase our models

and allow others to see photos of them.

Check out our website to see some of our

club member’s photo galleries already

posted. If you want to have your own

photo gallery, here is what you need to

do:

1. Take photos of your models, or collect

the photos you have already taken. Be

sure that the photos have been

“optimized” which means they have a

reduced resolution and will be a smaller file (usually jpeg). You can optimize your photos

with any number of photo editing software (there are plenty of them around) or you can

take advantage of some of the online services that do it for you and are free to use. I highly

recommend optimizilla.com, which is an easy to use process and allows you to actually

compare your original photo with the optimized one before downloading it. The photos

should be anywhere in the range of 300 KB to 700 KB each. (A typical jpeg photo from a

digital camera will be from 1.5MB to 3MB, depending on your settings. Of course you can

set your camera to a smaller resolution to start with and then you will not need to optimize

them.) Even if you don’t optimize your photos, not to worry… I will do it for you, once I

receive your disk.

2. Another important step in photo preparation is that you name each photo. Once again, this

is easily done, as you simply rename your jpeg photo file and call it what you want – usually

the name of the model subject. This will allow those viewing your photos to know exactly

what they are looking at, as our website photo browser shows the name of the file displayed

with the photo. It will look much better if we read “DAK Tiger I” rather than just the

camera designation of DSC_001.


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Display your model photos on our Website!

3. Once you have your photos ready, either attach them to an email to me

([email protected]) or copy them to a CD or USB flash drive and get them to me at

our next meeting. I will take care of the rest, even dividing your model photos into obvious

sections (e.g. Armor, Aircraft, Ships, Automotive, Sci-Fi, etc.)

4. Soon, your impressive work will be on screen and online for all the world to see! JL

~~NEWS FLASH~~ Bob Penikas sends in some information on the Kilroy Coffee Klatch at Planes of

Fame Museum in Chino CA. Basically the museum has have invited all

Veterans to come to the Museum for free admission, coffee and snacks the

first Tuesday of each month. Bob reports here –

The first Tuesday of every month veterans and prior service men

get together for a free day at the museum. So far there are only

about fifteen guys; we enjoy doughnuts and coffee and then

have the museum to ourselves all day free! BP Kilroy image from POF Chino Museum

By Patrick Tillery. Air Show image from

POF Chino

All of you Veterans may want to check it out. This

museum is first rate and known throughout the US as

one of the best. Also the Chino Airshow this year is

April 29 to May 1. I’m going, you should too! (Ed.)


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IPMS OC Contest Table By Darnell Pocinich

Let me start this month’s column with a shout-out about an upcoming IPMS/Orange County

event. On Saturday, May 7th our club will sponsor a Make-N-Take at Fullerton Airport Day. This

will be our third year of participation at this venue and we hope to introduce 150-200 youngsters

to our hobby. IPMS/USA has supported Make-N-Takes by providing easy-to-build and

Snap=Tite kits to our Chapter at a low subsidized price, but to make this outing a success we need

15-20 club members to pledge their support by turning out for 6 hours (10 am – 4 pm) to assist

in participant signups and kit assembly. This experience has been a very rewarding one for the

volunteers at the past two events. Please step up and support our Chapter on May 7th, the day

before “Mother’s Day”. Believe me, you won’t regret the time you invest in our Make-N-Take.

On March 18th, our monthly model contest theme is “Tail Hookers”. Wipe that grin off your face

and listen up. This month we spotlight carrier aviation and its long and impressive history on the

world stage. America did it first but other countries saw the light also and aircraft carrier-based

planes would be launched into the forefront of sea power projection.

This month you have an impressive number of subjects to select from – props to jets, post WWI

and 21st century carrier aircraft. These offer a fantastic category of choices. Build your favorite

in any scale. I can see the procession of my favorites from Grumman aircraft on the tables now.

Good luck and have some fun!

In April, the contest theme is “Star Wars Plus”. Get wild and crazy with this sci-fi/fantasy-based

category. Anything goes – spaceships, robots, dragons and who knows what else! Remember,

April is the month of April Fool’s Day and build crazy! DP

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Member and Modeler of the Year – MOTY This is probably a good time to remind everyone how the Member and Modeler of

The Year points can be accumulated. Below are the different categories and points assigned to

those activities if you are interested in participating.

~For Member of the Year~

Doing a Club presentation program 5 points

Contributing a Newsletter item of more than a half-page 3 points

Accepting a Nomination to serve as a Chapter Officer 3 points

Participating in IPMSOC Make & Take or Table Info event 3 points

Referring a person to become an IPMS National member 3 points

Referring a person to become a new member to IPMS OC 2 points

Supporting IPMS Club displays 2 points

OrangeCon Trophy packages sold (each) 2 points

Speaking about a Show & Tell Item 1 point

Contributing a Newsletter item of a half-page or less 1 point

Working at OrangeCon – 2 hour shift Min 1 point

Maximum amount during OrangeCon 5 points

~For Modeler of the Year~

Entering one or more models in the Monthly Contest 1 point

Placing in the Monthly Contest

Judges Choice award 5 points

Theme award 4 points

First Place 3 points

Second Place 2 points

Third Place 1 point

~Notice from your Contest Director ~ I plan to award bonus points for Member of The Year to members who enter and win model

contests outside our own monthly contest.

1 Bonus point plus the normal club contest point scheme for any outside contest winner

2 Bonus points for OrangeCon winners

3 Bonus points for IPMS Nationals winners

For example: 1st place win at outside contest=4 points, 1st place at OrangeCon=5 points,

1st place at Nationals=6 points


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~Member of the Year Points 2016~

Derek Collins 23

Foster Rash 18

Mike Budzeika 13

David Frederick 10

Brian Casteel 9

Top Five points only, go to the website for all of the points. (Ed.)

~Modeler of the Year Points 2016~ Jim Gardner 9

Joe LoMusio 9

Keith Mundt 9

Jim Teahan 6

Rick Beman 6

Foster Rash 4 Mark Deliduka 3

Cip Hernandez 4 Sean Fallesen 3

Jim Fleming 3 Bob Penikas 2

Owen Ryan 3

Candid Club Photos Bob Penikas sends along some club photos of members and guests.

From L-R Mark Deliduka listens while Reed West

and Jim Nunn discuss small scale armor.

Rick Beman shows the 1/35 Meng kit of the Bradley M2A3

w/Busk III upgrade.



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Contest Entries and Results Theme “Keep on Truckin” February 19, 2016

Total number of Modelers: 16

Total number of entries: 32

Winner in Place – Division

Joe LoMusio 1/35 British Anti-Tank Gun

Owen Ryan 1/72 A-4B Skyhawk x 2

Jim Fleming 1/72 Me-410 Hornet

Bob Penikas Snoopy + Red Barons

Little Figures

Mark Deliduka 1/72 Jet Commando

1/72 Avia B534

1/72 Iraqi Scud Missile truck_________3rd Advanced

1/72 Russian Scud Transporter

Jim Teahan 1/48 Saab J-29_____________________2nd Advanced

Foster Rash 1/24 1915 Republic Truck

Jerry Allen 1/87 B Train + Pipe Load

1/87 KW + NASA Trailer

1/87 KW + Earth Survey Trailer

1/87 Pete + Propane Tanker

1/87 T-800 + Woodchip Trailer

1/87 Pete + Septic Tanker

Rick Beman 1/35 Opel Blitz____________________3rd Master, Theme Award

1/35 T-34/85

1/35 M-24 Chaffee

Derek Collins Egg Night-Fighter F-82

Egg P-51

Egg Wet Take-Off

Sean Fallesen 1/144 USS Fletcher DD-45___________2nd Master

Cip Hernandez 1/128 Kenworth T-600______________1st Advanced

William Mansoor 1/32 Daihatsu Midget Truck

Keith Mundt 1/32 Fw-190E-8__________________1st Master, Judges Choice

Kenneth Pick 1/72 P-47 Razorback

Steve Taylor 1/24 VW truck

1/24 1960 Chevy “Rust Oration”

1/24 1950 Chevy 3100

1/35 RSO Steyr


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Cruise Night Challenge

By Foster Rash

Darnell has announced the monthly contest themes for 2016.

Cruise Night will be on July 15th.

How many 1962 and older vehicles from American Graffiti can we get on the table for Cruise

Night Several of the cars from American Graffiti are readily available on store shelves, at kit

collector shows and EBay in the $5-20 range:

Milner's '32 coupe (AMT)

Bolander's '58 Chevy (AMT, Revell)

Falfa's '55 Chevy (AMT, Revell,

Monogram)

Suzanne Somers' T-bird (AMT)

Pharaohs' chopped Mercury (AMT, Revell)

Laurie's Edsel (AMT)

A couple might be more challenging to find:

Curt's Citroen 2CV (Heller and Revell)

Toad's Vespa (Tamiya Campus Friends)

Others will require kit bashing and aftermarket parts:

Bobbie’s ‘57 VW convertible appears to have '64 front fenders (Polar Lights Herbie

Love Bug).

Judy's '55 Studebaker ( AMT '53 Studebaker)

Kip Pullman's '58 Ford (AMT '57 Ford donor kit + Hendrix Resin '58 Ford body)

Officer Holstein's '61 Ford police car (AMT '61 Galaxy donor kit + Hendrix Resin '63

Mayberry Police car)

Can we get a model on the table of each vehicle featured in the film? FR


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Upcoming Open E-Board Position

IPMS Orange County will be looking for a new person to fill the Treasurers slot. Current

Treasurer Michael Bare will be retiring from the job after many years of service. Anyone that is

interested should read the attached job description and if willing to take the job inquire with

Michael or one of the E-Board members. Michael can even help you get started a little early. Ed.

Duties of the Club Treasurer The office of the club treasurer is important because the treasurer is in control of the club’s money, its collection, and disbursement. The treasurer is responsible for keeping accurate books that will enable him/her to give a full financial report whenever requested. The treasurer should do his/her best to see that everything is done meticulously so that there are no doubts about his/her integrity. It should be noted that the treasurer’s records should always be open to inspection by the clubs officer’s and members.

Duties and Responsibilities IPMS/OC

Collect member dues. o From the IPMS/OC Constitution/By-Laws

The Treasurer shall collect, record, and safeguard all moneys of whatever description pertaining to the activities of IPMS/OC.

Prepare the club’s budget, present it to the board for approval, and ensure that club activities adhere to the budget.

Maintain accurate financial records throughout the year to be reviewed at any time by members, or other officers.

o From the IPMS/OC Constitution/By-Laws The Treasurer shall maintain a detailed accounting of all monetary

transactions and holdings. The Treasurer shall present a financial report to the members at the end of

the term of office, and on any extraordinary occasion required by the members.

Transact business through a bank and Pay Pal account.

Inform the club of its financial strengths and weaknesses.

Disburse funds and pay bills promptly as approved by the board.

Reconcile bank statements.


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Upcoming Open E-Board Position Treasurer

Inform club members when memberships need to be renewed.

Deposit club funds.

Maintain the club Post Office Box.

Maintain the contract with the La Quinta Inn or any place where the meetings occur.

Store and maintain club property o Digital camera, AV equipment, laptop, and other treasurer supplies.

Solicit and maintain contract for OrangeCon venue. OrangeCon

Solicit, collect table rental fees, and maintain vendors for OrangeCon

Supervise and/or collect entry fees as well as raffle ticket purchases

Maintain accurate financial records for all OrangeCon income and expenditures.

Store and maintain supplies for OrangeCon. Club Treasurer Checklist Weekly/Monthly Duties

Pay all bills as approved by the board of directors.

Attend club meetings.

Record all expenditures and income.

Collect all money from club meetings or events.

Prepare a financial report for the executive board meeting.

Attend the executive board meeting.

Collect annual dues and meeting attendance fees from members.

Check the PO Box for mail, especially before OrangeCon. Annual Duties

Obtain all financial records, receipts, and files from immediate past treasurer.

Prepare a budget for the upcoming club year.

Organize all financial records to give to the executive board and any treasurer-elect.


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Valleycon 2016 at the

Petersen Automotive Museum By Terry Huber

The Pasadena Modelers settled into their

new venue for the Valleycon 2016 Model

Contest at the Petersen Automotive

Museum in Los Angeles, on Sunday

March 6th. The $125 million dollar newly

renovated center has now taken the art

form for building design to new levels.

The massive steel encased swirls that

surround the building are either celebrated

or despised depending upon which

architectural firm is commenting on them.

I myself found the building very cool

indeed. Club President George Creed

could not be happier with his new contest

home.


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Valleycon 2016

The museum on Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Avenue is laid out on 4 floors plus “The Vault”

located on the lower level. The Vault is the storage area which can be toured for an additional

charge along with a docent tour of the 300 plus vehicles underground. The contest was held on

the 1st level in the Artistry Salon featuring one-of type cars from the 1930’s mostly by European

specialty Coachbuilders such as Delahaye, Bugatti, Voisin, Peugeot, and others situated around

the perimeter of the large room.

In the middle of this large hall is where the contest tables were setup, along with some chairs

and tables with the raffle prizes and awards along with a podium for announcements. The

Petersen venue was definitely designed and laid out to accommodate large events such as this,

as well as corporate style events, star parties, weddings, lectures, you name it. There were

plenty of tables that extended almost into the BMW Art Salon around the staircase so plenty of

extra room was evident if it was to become needed. There were projectors up in the ceiling one

of which displayed on the walls above the outer ring of cars the sponsors for the shows.

Another projector showed photos from past Valleycon shows, pictures from OrangeCon, Las

Vegas and the Red Flag modeler’s event. The lighting seemed very good in some areas but a

hair dark in other areas of the tables nothing that could not be cured with a slight adjustment.

The Security Team here at Petersen is all polish in their black suits and the skinny black ties ala

Men in Black style with the earpieces and also very polite and cordial.


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Valleycon 2016

During the early part of the show one of the guest modelers had some health issues as the

Security Team scrambled to help the unfortunate soul who had gone down between rows of

chairs. The LA Fire Department showed up along with a few E.M.T.’s to help get the

gentlemen’s vital signs, BP, EKG and to analyze and stabilize him. He seemed OK after a short

while and sat up but it appeared that at the insistence of the E.M.T., a trip to the hospital was in

order so off he and his friends went with the FD. The minor incident did not distract from the

overall event so on goes the show and hope the guys OK.

One thing that was becoming very

apparent early on was that the

Automotive and Sci-Fi categories

were getting well filled up spilling off

of their own table space onto the ones

next to them along the row. I could

not believe the amount of car and

space type entries I am guessing

around 200 models for these

categories. If you are a car or Sci-Fi

modeler, this is your chance against

some great competition.


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Valleycon 2016

Valleycon founder George Creed

talks to the media during the start

of the show.

I was starting to understand how the Museum staff knew who was at the show as a Modeler,

with a small Petersen adhesive label on your shirt, or who the visitors were, larger Visitor label.

And there were a lot of visitors which I am sure George was hoping for. He loves to promote

the hobby and maybe some of the folks who came for the event may turn into modelers

themselves.

I was disappointed to see a few light categories which would have given modelers in that scale a

fighting chance at this show. The 1/48 Modern Jet had three entries, Bi-Planes had three

entries, the 1/35 post WW2 armor had less than a handful of entries, and the 1/48 armor

category suffered as well. The 1/32 aircraft were represented as well as can be in this scale. If

you get 6 in this category it is a decent competition. Unfortunately only two ships were in the

1/350 category, another such category needing help in Southern California contests. Thank you

Jim Frye and Jeff Corder for helping with this group. The 1/35 WW1 and WW2 armor

category as well as 1/72 scale armor were well represented here with enough entries to make for

good competition. The 1/48 scale aircraft and 1/72 scale aircraft also had enough entries for a

good battle.


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Valleycon 2016

Along with a lot of well-done figures and a decent group of dioramas the judges had their hands

full with having to decide a 1-2-3 in most categories, and then George uses open judging style

Gold Silver Bronze for Figures and Dioramas. This is not IPMS rules here folks but rather a

free-spirited judging based on of course construction, finish, and markings but also creative

thought in the idea and presentation as well.

And now the winners are……

First we had to call the raffle and there were a couple of gems in the raffle prizes but wish I

could have seen some more grand awards as well. George called the raffle ticket numbers in

quick succession as come up and choose-your-own-prize off of the raffle table as quickly as

possible. That’s OK until two or more winners are at the prize table grabbing for the same kit at

the same time due to in-decision. Then the awards were announced again way too fast for me

as it made modelers collecting their awards up front a little hectic as well and not as important

as it could have been. Some guys work their butts off for these awards so at least stop and

shake hands. Better yet, have someone else announce the awards and George can hand out the

awards and shake hands.

As expected a large portion of Valleycon members won awards along with IPMS Orange

County members Joe LoMusio, Mark “The Duke” Deliduka, Steve Taylor, Foster Rash, Jake

Holshuh, and Derek Collins.

The only down side I saw was the handful of vendors

in the garage area as you pulled in for parking. This

almost looked like an afterthought to put these guys out

in the cold garage and most of them only had car kits

for sale anyway. Maybe next time they could go

upstairs and around the outside of the Penthouse Room

where the small lunch area was setup selling hot dogs,

sandwiches, snacks and drinks. At $12 for parking all

day at the museum (which Sir David Frederick paid

for) and $15 for entry into the museum along with the

model show I guess it was worth it. The museum is

way cool and on its own something to see. I have a lot

of photos so here will be my favorite model photos and

then more on the museum later. TH Museum Photo by Dave Frederick


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Valleycon 2016

Barry Webb had an

exquisite display of civilian

aircraft. The idea being here

that visitors understand it is

not all military and war

subjects, but rather a variety

of the modeler’s ideas in

small miniatures, including

this category of modeling

subjects.

The awards table with the 1-2-3 awards and the

medallions for Gold-Silver-Bronze style award.

Tom Daniel’s Monogram kits from the ‘60’s

all built up and included in this “collections”

category. Nicely done, all of them.


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Valleycon 2016

I rather enjoyed this

“collection” piece on

Military Police

Vehicles. The models

were superb and the

nicely done base with

the small ground dio

section for the vehicles

to sit on was a joy to

see. Fantastic job.

The Penthouse floor of the museum. The

glassed in Penthouse room had the lunch

area with plenty of tables. Jumbo Hot

Dogs were like $5 and Sodas $1. Not bad

prices for LA County.


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Valleycon 2016

Steve Taylor’s modified Hatari Diorama in

smaller footprint.

Jim Frye’s 1/350 scale Tamiya U.S.S. New

Jersey 1990 timeframe fit. Well done Jim!

Three photos assembled together here to show the contest floor.


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Valleycon 2016

Modeler Ed Baroth showed a display consisting of each model aircraft scale done up using a

B-25 gunship style kit. So we have the scales here starting at the left 1/32, 1/48/ 1/72/ 1/144,

1/350, 1/700 for the ships guys. Well done Ed!

Below modeler Derek Collins enters his Egg

Scale Planes in the collections group. That is

awesome


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Valleycon 2016

A crowd favorite

with a 1/144

scale A6M2-N

floatplane under

refueling on a

remote pacific

beach. Well

done piece

mounted in the

half coconut.

I enjoy well done airliners. This one

is no exception. This is the Revell

kit of the Connie in 1/72 as far as I

can tell. Nice work.

This 1/72 Stuka was left at last year’s Valleycon

at the Reagan Library. No one claimed it during

the show this time. If anyone knows who owns it,

let us know.


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Valleycon 2016

Another crowd favorite the Jeff

Corder model of a 1/48 Grumman

Goose on the water.

A very well done 1/32 Hasegawa

Fw-190 if I had to guess an A-5?

Nice work on a Tamiya 1/32 scale F-4B

Phantom in VF-111 Sundowners

conversion.


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Valleycon 2016

This Colonial One Sci-Fi ship

from Battlestar Galactica

caught my eye. The finish was

most excellent and it was lit up

with LED’s throughout, along

with tarmac lights to boot.

At right is the Best Sci-Fi Award, 1/72 Fine

Molds Millennium Falcon with just superb

paint and finish work.

Seaplanes seem to be popular this year

so here is what appears to be a nice

looking 1/48 Fine Molds Savoia S.21

from the movie Porco Rosso?


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Valleycon 2016

Mike McFadden’s 1/72 German U-Boat loading torpedoes inside a shadow box in composite pictures. Mike does a fantastic job

with these shadowboxes set at the right level on the tables so kids can view them as well.

1/72 scale artistry in the form of

the M-12 artillery piece.

1/35 scale Tamiya Gama Goat ambulance.


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Valleycon 2016

This is Jim Frye’s 1/35 Dragon Panzer IV railcar and Joe LoMusio British 6 pounder gun.

Below left Joe Bevans enters his 1/35 scale AFV Club Sturmtiger.

At right is the Best Armor award, Mike Armstrong’s BT-7M in 1/35 by Tamiya.


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Valleycon 2016

Well finished Tamiya 1/35

scale M4A3 with scratch

built details.

At right another fine armor piece this time

1/35 Tamiya S-35 Somua.

What an unusual finish and nicely done on

the Dragon 1/35 Jagdpanther.


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Valleycon 2016

Joe LoMusio captures

Honorable Mention award for

the 1/144 Dragon 28CM

Leopold railgun.

Best Aircraft is the 1/32 scale P-

51 Mustang Unlimited racer by

Jeff Corder. I think this build

started out with the Tamiya

Mustang kit.

Nifty looking Brewster Buffalo in

1/48 scale.


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Valleycon 2016

Sir David Frederick enters his 1/48

Tamiya Fw-190 A-3 model. This is the

spinning propeller kit.

At right is a different take on spinning

propeller this time using what appears to be a

magnifying glass lens mounted on this 1/48

P-47D

At left a unique finish adorns this Hasegawa 1/48

Ta-152 H-0.

At right your Editor enters his Tamiya 1/35

scale M8 Howitzer. A story on this tank is

in the April Fine Scale Modeler showing

how I replaced the kit tracks with AFV

Club T-16 tracks.


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Valleycon 2016

A really cool looking Krupp

Protze towing the trailer and

37cm Pak most likely the Tamiya

1/35 kit but improved for sure.

The nicely mottled finish on this

1/48 Revell F/A-18E really stood

out.

And finally if I had a chance to

take home one of the museums

cars it would be this 1956 Ferrari

250GT Berlinetta with added

touches by designer Zagato. This

included the bulged roof for us big

guys to fit inside. This car is

probably priceless. TH


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Silverwings SilverCon 2016 Contest

By Mike Budzeika David Frederick, Mark Glidden, and I have sort of a modeling “Bucket List” which is to attend

at least once all of the modeling contests in California. We have already been to most, but one

show we have not attend is the show put on by Silverwings.

The Silverwings club is in Sacramento and has been in existence since 1971 and have this show

annually, I’m not sure why we have never attended the show previously, but we did this year.

The show location was held at a church, the Town & Country Lutheran Church & School, and

one of the sponsors of the show was a local hobby shop called Viking Hobby which we visited.

This was the contest of Dave. From spending money, winning awards, to bad tipping he was at

the highest performing level in all areas that I have seen. Truly unbelievable, mainly the spending

money part.

We started out Friday morning and made are usual stop to eat at Harris Ranch in Coalinga. This

restaurant/hotel is related to the agricultural industries in Central California and needless to say

the beef that they use in their restaurant is top of the line, it does cost a little bit more but it’s

worth it.

We had our meal, Dave and Mark had breakfast and I had a French Dip that was awesome! We

got or bill, separate checks of course and Dave left less than desirable tip, it was like $2.00 on a

$30.00 bill. Mark and I had to almost publicly shame him to get him to leave an appropriate tip,

but he finally did after much resistance.

We got into the Sacramento area around 3:30 and decided to go to Viking Hobby shop before

checking into the hotel. Viking Hobby shop is small, they did have a lot of models, accessories,

books, but it seems board gaming is more popular up in No. Cal than it is here, there was quite a

selection. Dave surprised us again by purchasing a kit, the Derelict, some Sci-Fi thing and he paid

the sticker price!

We spent 30 – 45 minutes at the hobby shop then headed to our room at the Marriott Courtyard.

For some reason they had canceled our reservation, but Mark got it resolved. He also used his

points for the room so we did not have to spend any money on the room which meant more money

for the vendors.


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For me a large part of the trip is our dinner the night before the contest. We found a Cattlemen’s

restaurant which have multiple locations in No. Cal and has been a good place to eat so we decided

to eat there. Since Mark had used his Marriott points to pay for the room Dave and I decided to

pay for his meal. As expected the meal and atmosphere was great, we had some brews, Dave and

Mark had Prime Rib, I had Steak and Shrimp, excellent.

Saturday morning we headed out to the contest at the church, arriving there we had to fill out the

entry forms as online there really was nothing to use to pre-fill out. It really is helpful if there are

online forms to download and fill out, it speeds up the process for anyone wanting to fill out the

forms before the show.

The contest room is the church basketball

court with the model tables within the

court boundaries and surrounding the

outside of the court are the vendors. They

had a lot of vendors which was good to

see. After we placed our models we

walked around the vendors.

During the day as we checked out the

vendors, Dave turned out to be a

madman. He made some purchases, he

bought the Trumpeter 1/35 scale Hind,

the Russian helicopter, I think a Space

1999 space ship, and a Long Tom

cannon. I purchased a Tamiya Prince of

Whales battleship for $75.00, I have been

looking for this kit for some time, and Mark purchased nothing. Again Dave was a big surprise,

as what he spent on this trip he usually takes about a year to spend that amount.

Before the judging got underway, we had conversations with people attending the contest and it

was mentioned multiple times about the judging and how it was not quite the caliber of others

shows. The results showed, but I have no knowledge as I did not judge but some of the results

did not seem to jive.


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As a couple examples Marks 32nd scale Corsair did not even place, yet it has not failed to garner

a BOS, Best Aircraft, or 1st place at other contest. What did win was a 32nd scale jet which seemed

suspect as the canopy was slanted to the left plus has some windscreen issues. I’m not saying it

wasn’t worthy of an award but being impartial, the Corsair was much better. Also Mark had a

VT-55 that did not place in Armor, with the conversion and the amount of PE used there is no

way it should not have placed.

As for the awards Dave was at the top, he won two 1st place and a 3rd, Mark received two 1st place

and a 3rd also, and I received a 2nd and a 3rd, we did well. There were some very nice models, I

liked a disabled FT-17 in 16th scale I thought something as simple as a mud puddle looked good.

There was a very well done ship

“Rum Runner” which had a lot of

work done on it, one of the best

from the show.


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Other models were also very well

done, a P-38, a new tooled Airfix

Mk,IVF Bristol Blenheim

Here is an unusual display of armor from the

Arab/Israeli wars, very well done.

Their raffle was not one of the best, there were two

drawings and only one decent kit, a Wingnut Wings

Roland C.II. We did a count, between us we counted

around 225 models. Our impression was it’s not a

show we would attend annually like other shows up

here but we would come back, we all agreed the

amount of vendors were surprising with a lot of

quality merchandise. I have a new impression of

Dave since he has been president, he spends money

and he wins awards. What more can you ask from

your president? MB


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Old Orange County: The Smeltzer Branchline

By Foster Rash Part 2

Santa Ana & Newport RR under

construction.

In January I explored the working

portion of the old Santa Ana &

Newport Smeltzer branchline. I'll

conclude with a tour of the

abandoned portion of the line

from Ellis Ave to Pacific Coast

Hwy. The Santa Ana and

Newport had spanned the gully,

through which Ellis Ave now runs, with an earthen fill. The fill was replaced with a concrete

overpass in the 1970's to permit the extension of Ellis Ave. The overpass now leads to a pedestrian

parkway through an upscale residential area.

Ellis Ave overpass marks the

beginning of pedestrian parkway.


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Pedestrian parkway on old right of

way from Ellis to Main St.

La Bolsa

About 1/2 mile south of Ellis Ave,

the pedestrian parkway ends at

Main St. and Garfield Ave. The

old right of way can be picked up

on the southeast side of the

intersection and continues in a

straight line to Clay Ave. The La

Bolsa station was located along

this corridor.

La Bolsa station (photo taken

sometime after the electrification

of this portion of the line in 1911.

In the photo at right, there is a PE

trolley on the main line and a "team

track," siding, barely visible in the

weeds, runs in front of the freight

station loading dock. Also visible

is some track work on the left,

possibly for the Holly plant or La Bolsa tile.

The Ayres freight station kit is similar to the La

Bolsa station


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Garfield & Main, Huntington Beach today.

Prior to the discovery of oil, processing sugar

beets was the main industry in Huntington

Beach. Holly Sugar built a large refinery on the

north edge of town between Clay and Garfield

Avenues and a spur track from La Bolsa served

the plant. After oil was discovered, the sugar

factory was demolished in 1923 and replaced by

an oil refinery. Sugar beets from the area were

then shipped to the Holly plant on Dyer Rd. in

Santa Ana. A model of the refinery could be kit

bashed into an impressive complex using plastic

kits from the moderately priced Walthers Cornerstone series of structures (1:87, HO scale).

Holly Sugar Huntington Beach

plant was built in 1911. Looking

northeast, Gothard St. runs

across bottom and the railroad is

visible across the top beyond the

tree line. Present day alignment

of Main St. bisects this property

diagonally from upper left to

lower right.

In the photo at left, the beet

dump trestle is visible on the

right side of the plant the beet

racks were run up on the trestle,

the beets were dumped into

flumes below and floated into

the refinery for processing.


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Sugar Refinery site, looking

across Garfield west of Main

Bagged sugar ready for shipment at Holly refinery

Holly Lane is the only reminder of what was once here

Due to the availability of convenient shipping by rail,

other industries located near the La Bolsa station

included: Pacific Broom Co, Pierce Cannery, Pacific Oil Cloth and Linoleum, and La Bolsa Tile.

Making brooms in

Huntington Beach


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La Bolsa Tile plant on Garfield Ave in Huntington Beach. Tracks appear to run on the far right

of the stacked roofing tile

Huntington Beach

A Pacific Electric “Red Car" trolley ran on the

old Santa Ana & Newport tracks from

downtown Huntington Beach to La Bolsa to

transport workers to the industries north of

town. The area is still mostly commercial/light

industrial but the former sugar plant property is

predominately residential. A reminder of the

old days is a street named Holly Lane!

PE "Red Car" stopped by a cow in

Huntington Beach. Photo courtesy of Pacific

Electric Ry Historical Society.

The rails from PCH to La Bolsa were

removed after PE ceased operations in 1962.

The mainline and team track (a team track is

a siding where freight cars can be spotted for

unloading directly onto vehicles; in the old

days onto wagons pulled by a "team" of

horses) between La Bolsa and Ellis were

taken up in 1976. But much of the former

right of way east of Lake St. from Utica Ave

to Pacific Coast Hwy remains as a greenbelt and there are some beautiful old homes in the

neighborhood. If you look at this area on a satellite map, the old right of way sticks out like a

sore thumb!


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Many sections of the

old right of way are

evident parallel to Lake

St. through old

Huntington Beach.

On my way home, I stopped by Arnie's Trains in Westminster to pick up some supplies and ran

into our award winning IPMS OC Newsletter editor, Terry Huber, who was making some

purchases for his N gauge layout. I chose a couple of $1.49 pre-owned plastic flatcars from the

bargain table for conversion into sugar beet racks. We'll see how that turns out! Adjacent to

Arnie's is the right of way for the recently abandoned (2010) US Navy Railroad that connected

the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station to the Smeltzer branchline at Hazard Ave.

Trestle over Bolsa Chica Channel,

entrance to Naval Weapons Station


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I wonder what happened to the little GE

locomotive that could sometimes be seen

from the 405 Fwy moving ammo cars.

According to a Navy press release, the

railroad was built during WWII and after

many decades of use it was worn out. The

creosote in the ties posed environmental

concerns for the adjacent Seal Beach

National Wildlife Refuge and required

removal. Moving munitions by truck was

deemed more cost effective than

rebuilding the railroad.

My little day trip was a pleasant experience as the March weather was unseasonably warm and

sunny. A tour of the Foose shop was an unexpected bonus. The industrial area that includes

Reliable Lumber is interesting and the old Holly sugar refinery would make an impressive model.

The La Bolsa station with an "imagineered" small industrial area, including a tile plant and

cannery, could be built as a small switching layout or module.

Modeling

I created some "Old Orange County" vignettes utilizing vintage kits from my stash:

Tashima Market - Ayres Knott's Ghost Town General store kit

Furuta Farm - Revell Barnyard kit and scratch built farmhouse

Produce packing warehouse - Suydam corrugated metal warehouse kit

Tashima Market


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Furuta Farm

Building a Suydam Metal Structure

The Earl Fruit Co. packed produce in California, Oregon

and Washington

I know we are a plastic modelers club but I thought some of you might enjoy a little non-plastic

armchair modeling. I hope you find this build interesting. Ed Suydam produced a number of

corrugated metal structure kits in the early '60s. Up until then, modelers had been using the

corrugated cardboard wrappers from light bulb packaging or using the teeth of a comb to emboss

corrugations in the metal foil from toothpaste tubes in order to represent metal roofing and siding!

So the Suydam metal structures were a great leap forward. The renowned pioneer of fine scale

model railroading, John Allen, had Suydam structures on his Gorre & Daphetid model railroad;

these kits were state of the art at the time! The bugaboo was they had to be soldered together and

people said the tinplate material was difficult to

solder. For that reason, I avoided the kits as a kid

but now I'm ready for the challenge! So follow

along while I court the trick of disaster and try to

assemble a corrugated metal produce packing

warehouse.

Suydam corrugated metal warehouse kit


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As with any kit, I read the instructions and familiarized myself with the components and assembly

procedure. The structure is very simple, just a box really, but the walls are all different and

interchange side to side and end to end. There are optional placements of the loading doors on

the trackside wall, so the builder can customize the structure to suit the site. The walls are

reinforced with metal angle. The window inserts are two dimensional with the window pane

detail just printed on the celluloid glazing material. Cast white metal rooftop ventilators are

included in the kit.

Since this was a 50 year old kit and the tinplate was beginning to tarnish in some areas, I carefully

prepped the metal before soldering. I sanded a couple of rusty spots and treated the areas with

Naval Jelly rust remover. Then I rubbed down all the parts with steel wool and washed them with

soap and water. A separate sheet of soldering instructions was included in the kit which contained

a good explanation of different solders and fluxes. The Suydam instructions recommended 50/50

solid core solder with an acid flux but I couldn't find this at Home Depot. I looked on line and

found only one company selling acid flux ($10 per bottle plus shipping), but my Google search

also turned up numerous first aid tips about what to do when you poison yourself from fumes

using the stuff! I had 60/40 electrical solder in my toolbox, went to the Weller website and found

that the difference between 50/50 and 60/40 solder is the melting point (60/40 is lower). So I

skipped the "old school" soldering and tried 60/40 electrical solder with some paste-type

plumbing flux I had on hand and had no problems with solder flow or adhesion. Heat build-up

must always be considered to avoid warping when working with sheet metal. To avoid warpage,

the parts were initially tacked together with small spots of solder.

Walls are braced with metal angle soldered in

place

After all the soldering was completed, I

scrubbed the model with Comet cleanser and a

toothbrush, then thoroughly rinsed to remove

all traces of flux to ensure good paint adhesion.

Finally, I rubbed it down with metal prep to

etch the surface for good paint adhesion before

spraying on a coat of gray automotive primer.


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Structure is basically a box

Interior partition soldered in place

The kit builds a tidy but plain structure. There is a matboard floor and the roof is removable. The

interior has a partition which creates an office area and restroom but no other details are provided.

I found a website with info on old packing houses, www.coastdaylight.com/ljames1/scph.html

and added more detail based on the photos I found there. A packing plant used a lot of boxes.

Packing boxes at the ready

I built a large stack of boxes from cardstock and

borrowed some of the box art Terry often includes

in the IPMS OC Newsletter, printed out the

reduced size labels and glued them on the ends of

my "boxes."

Packing box labels

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I overlaid the mat board floor with 1/32" sheet

basswood and stained it with driftwood gray

Minwax. I elevated the floor on a foam core board foundation with a timber pier-type perimeter

foundation constructed of strip wood. Then I mounted the assembly on a 1/8" MDF base. A

cover was added over the receiving dock with a farmers unloading produce. The trucks and farm

wagon were built from Jordan kits. The Armour billboard reefer was built from a Roundhouse

kit. Figures are Micro-Mark.

Receiving dock details

Packing house roof truss detail

For interest, wooden trusses

were added under the

removable roof. Strip wood

framing was added to the

interior walls. I used .020"

sheet styrene to build sorting

tables and the produce is

represented by some kind of

salad seasoning seeds purloined from my wife's spice rack. Painted

green, I think they resemble bell peppers. Boxed produce, staged

ready for shipment, was set out on the loading dock.


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Interior framing was built from scale lumber

I painted the structure exterior with Model

Master neutral gray to look like mildly

oxidized galvanized metal siding. The

window trim and interior were painted flat

white. The structure was weathered with

pigment powders. Since I am modeling the

early 1900-era, the structure was moderately

weathered as it might have appeared in its

prime. In other words, no heavy rust or

deterioration.

Trackside view of the model.

Armour reefer built from a

Roundhouse kit

Farm wagon built from Jordan Highway Miniatures

kit

Empty packing boxes stored on the dock


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Farmers unloading their trucks

Interior with metal roof removed

Interior with roof support trusses

removed

Sidebar: A couple of interesting bits

While looking through old photos of California produce packing plants, I came upon this photo

of a refrigerator car icing facility in Tustin. Compare it to the Ayres/Suydam Union Ice kit at

right.


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Armour meat had a huge private fleet of refrigerator cars and shipped meat products all over the

country. To avoid the expense of returning cars empty from the west coast, Armour acquired the

Earl Fruit Co and shipped produce east in returning Armour reefers. The government determined

this efficiency to be an unfair trade practice and forced Armour to divest; the refrigerator line

became Fruit Growers Express and Earl Fruit Co. was sold to the agricultural conglomerate

DiGiorgio.

A restored Pacific Electric maintenance car houses a small museum in Seal Beach. The museum

is dedicated to "Red Car era" Seal Beach, surfing and the history of the community. Located on

the old PE right of way along Electric Ave at Main St., it is open the second and fourth Saturdays

each month from 12 to 3pm and admission is free. www.beachcalifornia.com/redcar-museum-

seal-beach.html

Pacific Electric Museum in Seal

Beach is on the old Long Beach to

Newport PE Coast Line. FR

Candid Club Photos Here is Darnell Pocinich hard at work as our Contest

Director. Thank you Darnell for doing such a great job as

the CD over the last few years!

http://www.beachcalifornia.com/redcar-museum-seal-beach.html

http://www.beachcalifornia.com/redcar-museum-seal-beach.html


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Model Club Meetings in the SoCal Area

~Changes to Current Clubs~ Pasadena Modeling Society Meets on the 4th Friday of each month

Meeting now at their new location

American Legion Hall

179 N. Vinedo

East Pasadena, CA

Doors open 7:30 p.m.

There is a $5 donation at the meeting

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IPMS Inland Empire Meets on the 1st Monday of each month

The Puente Hills Baptist Church

363 E. Roland St., Covina CA

Doors open at 6:30 pm and go till about 9:00 pm

There is a $5 fee for the meeting

Pendleton AMPS Meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month

The American Legion

La Mesa Post # 282

8118 University Ave.

La Mesa, Ca. 91944

Doors open at 11:00 a.m. to about whenever

$5 dues which includes lunch

[email protected]

951-805-2541


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Model Club Meetings in the SoCal Area IPMS South Orange County The Insane Modeling Posse Meets on the 4th Saturday of each month

Norman P. Murray Center

24932 Veterans Way

Mission Viejo, Ca 92692

8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Contact Terry Huber [email protected]

This is a build session style meeting

First meeting free then $10 dues

SoCal Amps Armor Modeling Preservation Society Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month

Frye Sign Company

12818 Nutwood St. Garden Grove CA

4:00 p.m. to around 9:00 p.m.

Bring some chairs - No-fee meeting

(This is a great meeting to attend! Lots

of information and great modeling tips. Ed.)

Ship Modelers Association – SMA

Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month

American Red Cross Building

1207 N. Lemon St. Fullerton, CA 92835

In Hillcrest Park 7:00 p.m.

IPMS Orange County

Meets the 3rd Friday of each month

La Quinta Inns & Suites

3 Centerpointe Dr.

La Palma, CA 90623

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m.

Non-member fee $7



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Model Club Meetings in the SoCal Area Sprue Cutters Model Club Brookhurst Hobbies Meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.

Brookhurst Hobbies

12188 Brookhurst Street

Garden Grove, CA 92840

Phone: (714) 636-3580

No charge to attend

[email protected]

IPMS San Diego Model Car Club

Meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month

San Diego Auto Museum / Balboa Park

2080 Pan America Plaza

San Diego, CA

IPMS San Diego

Meets the last Friday of each month at

Girl Scouts San Diego

1231 Upas St. San Diego, CA

Use Richmond St. entrance to Upas

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. till 10:00 p.m.

Adult first visit is free and then $4.00

Secret Society of Model Builders

Meets the 2nd Sunday of each month at the

Game Empire

7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd

Suite 306 San Diego, CA

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. till about 9:00 p.m.

Adults are $5


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Model Club Meetings in the SoCal Are

Southern California Area Historical

Miniatures Society SCAHMS

Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month

La Quinta Inns & Suites

3 Centerpointe Dr.

La Palma, CA 90623

Meeting from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Los Angeles Miniaturists Society

LAMS Meets the 1st Saturday of each month

Veterans of Foreign Wars building

1006 W. Magnolia Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91506

Meeting starts around 9:00 a.m. till 12:30

Frequent demonstrations. Nonmember $5

Temecula Valley Model Club Meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month

Kay Ceniceros Center

29995 Evans Road, Menifee, CA 92586

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon

Contact [email protected]



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Upcoming Events

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Kit Collector’s and Exposition Sale

“The Keller Show”

UFCW 324 Hall

8850 Stanton Avenue

Buena Park, CA

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Small entry fee at the door

Saturday, April 2, 2016

IPMS Silicon Valley Scale Modelers

SVSM 2016 Classic

Napredak Hall

770 Montague Expressway

San Jose, CA 95131

Theme: Clocks a Ticking

Saturday, May 7, 2016

IPMS Las Vegas “Best of the West”

Orleans Hotel & Casino

4500 West Tropicana Avenue

Las Vegas, NV 89103

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Brookhurst Hobbies presents

SprueFest 2016 Model Contest

Brookhurst hobbies

12188 Brookhurst St.

Garden grove, CA 92840

9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Free spectator admission but $10 to enter contest

First three models, $1 each after that

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Features of Detail & Scale’s first digital publication

on the McDonnell F3H Demon include:

1. A complete Developmental History of the aircraft including how it was designed to meet

specific needs of the Navy and where it fit in to the development of carrier based jet

fighters in the 1950s.

2. A chapter on Demon Variants that covers the prototypes and each production version of

the Demon, explaining in considerable detail the differences and the weapons each could

employ.

3. A chapter called Demon Daze written by several pilots who flew the Demon. This chapter

is filled with informative and interesting observations from pilots who actually strapped

into the aircraft and took it into the skies!

4. A chapter covering Squadrons & Deployments takes looks at every squadron that flew

the Demon with paint schemes and markings illustrated by photographs and color

artwork developed specifically for this publication. Every deployment made by these

squadrons is covered with a brief unit history of each. Many rare and never-before-

published color photographs of Demons are also included in this section and throughout

the book.

5. Demon Details is the most extensive detail chapter ever included in a Detail & Scale

publication illustrating the Demon with scores of detail photographs. All of the photos

are in color, and almost all were taken specifically for this publication to provide the best

and most complete coverage possible in this detailed look at the aircraft.

6. Detail & Scale’s usual Modeler’s Section that discusses, reviews, and illustrates the scale

models of the Demon.

Other features of the book include four-view scale drawings in color and original and highly

detailed artwork illustrating the cockpit details and the two types of ejection seats, all of which

were created specifically for this publication. There is also a look at the restoration process for

the Demon on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation.

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