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The next monthly meeting for Capt. James J. McKinstry Chapter IPMS/USA
Friday, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 –Arlington Hts. Memorial Library
Conference Room I ~ Meeting starts at 7:30 PM
Meeting theme for SEPTEMBER Odd Ball Weapons
No Program this month!
THIS is our 45th year as an IPMS/USA Chapter
Club Officers
Norris Graser President Dan Paulien Vice Pres./Program
Mike Hanlon Secretary/Treasurer Paul Gasiorowski Chapter Contact
The Newsletter Editor Frank Ress McWeb Master
PG 1 Meeting notice PG 2 Meeting Dates & Themes PG 2 Event Calendar PG 3 AUGUST models Theme Innovators PG 6 1/48 Defiant kit review ~ Mike HanlonPG 9 Weapons Detail Mk II HID (Special) PG 10 Tcals, Ron;s Hobby, Panther Hobby IPMS/USA PG 12 34th annual IPMS Butch O'Hare contest PG 13 Nimcon 6 / Region 5 Contest PG 14 FINAL modeling notes
We now have meeting dates through Aug 2017. They can be found on the next page. Please note that just one evening will be held in the Hendricksen room. All of the rest are in conference room I. In addition, meeting night themes have been added. A the new themes are starting from Jan 2017, they are not set in stone = so if you have a suggestion, I am open to it through the August meeting.
McWebsite: https://ipmsmckinstry.wordpress.com/
. Monthly themes 2016 Jan 29 Land of Lincoln ANYTHING LINCOLN ANYTHING ILLINOIS, Feb 26 Meteor Showers; ex. Comets, Starfire, Shooting Star Mar 25 Boat Nite; Ships, Subs.. Aircraft on floats Apr 8 Knife Fight – X3 Stiletto, Sabres, Cutlass (car or plane), Le Sabre, etc May TBA Republic Nite Jun 3 Night Nite: Skynight, Night fighters. Black Ops. Secret hush hush…. July 8 Innovators: Anything history changing; ex. Wright Bros, Spirit of St Louis Aug 19 D-Day / Armor MEETING at Paul Gasiorowski’s home Sept 23 ROOM I ODD ball weapons Oct 21 ROOM I ADC Air Defense Command Nov 18 Radial engines post WW II ROOM I DEC TBA Holiday Party JAN 20 2017 Hendricksen Room Prop jobs & ships: Korean War Feb 17 ROOM I South of the border/ South America Mar 24 ROOM I Winter Warfare- anything in winter camouflage April 21 ROOM I ACES HIGH – Any ace, May 19 ROOM I In line engines WW II June 16 ROOM I Radial engines WW II July 21 ROOM I Unusual aircraft, vehicles, ships Aug 18 ROOM I Trash haulers – cargo planes ships, vehicles
September 10 * Waukegan, Illinois
Northern Illinois Air Show Waukegan National Airport Hhttp://www.northernillinoisairshow.com/eld September 10 • St. Louis, MO
IPMS/Gateway Contest & Swap. Contact Doug Barton at [email protected] for more info. September 25 • Wheaton, IL
68th Illinois Plastic Kit & Toy Show sponsored by Past TimeHobbies and being held at the DuPage County Fairgrounds.Call 630-969-1847 for more info. October 1 • Livonia, MI
2016 Can/Am Modeling Challenge hosted by IPMS/Livonia and being held at the Elks Lodge #2246. Contact Steve Freeman at [email protected] for more info.
October 15 • Wausau, WI
The Glue Crew 2016. Contact Joseph Drew at [email protected] for more info or see website http://calendar.ipmsusa3.org/event/glue-crew-2016-0 October 21-23 • Schaumberg, IL
The MMSI Chicago Show being held at the Schaumburg Marriott Hotel October 29 • Milwaukee, WI
The 16th Annual Jim Turek Classic Model Show (a.k.a. “The Ham Show”) hosted by the Wisconsin 4-H Junior Scale ModelingTeam. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lake Lodge Masonic Hall, 1235 E. Howard Avenue. November 12 • Darien, IL
IPMS/O’Hare info, contact Chuck Herrmann at [email protected] MAY 20, 2017 * Crystal Lake, IL
Nimcon 6 / Region 5 Contest. McHenry Community College 6900 US Hwy 14, www.lakesregionmodelers.com
The August meeting was held at Paul Gasiorowski’s home due to a meeting date conflict between the club and the library. Not too many club members attended and that’s ok; The Tick had less members to fight with over the refreshments. It did, however make it more difficult to steal some of Paul’s golf ball collection.. A total of 10 models were on display including……….. PAUL GASIOROWSKI
CARL GEIGER
Roden Boeing 720 1/144th scale
Paul is still on his 1/144th wide body “kick” and had this attractive scheme which represents Elton John’s tour plane that he used in the 1970’s. Tamiya gray primer, Model Master acrylic Gloss white and Blue Angels Blue. Metallic’s used were Floquil Old Silver and Model Master Aluminum from a rattle can.Kit decals posed no major problems. Paul reports it was an ok build though the small landing gear doors gave him the “fits.”
HUMA Modell Dornier 27, 1/72nd scale Carl was
inspired to build this model as there is a 27 located on a private air strip near his home. Added incentive: he has flown in it. Colors were matched to the warbird. Left: ¾ rear image of the actual Do 27 located on an airstrip in Barrington Hills, near Carl’s home.
This must be the ARMOR page!!
Paul Gasiorowski
Paul built this Sherman out of the box. He notes that many small parts had tendency to break when separating from the sprue. He pre-shaded with Tamiya Light Gray. The finished model was painted with Model Master Acrylics, using Olive Drab, Bark Green and pre shaded with Flat Black
Frank Ress
Panther G
Tiger 1 ausf E More Frank Ress, next page
All 1/72 Hasegawa armor kits. All late 70's early 80's vintage - purchased and built. All Floquil paints (custom mixes, nothing right out of the bottle). US OD stuff (the Jeep, cargo trailer, Long Tom) were airbrushed for the OD base and everything else (aluminum/steel highlights, tires, weathering) done with brushes. Tiger, Panther, and 88 were also an airbrush base coat and brushed camo and highlights/weathering. Kit decals.
88 mm Flak 18 + gun trailers
Willys Jeep and Cargo trailer
U.S Long 155 Tom
1/48 Defiant by Airfix
By Mike Hanlon
Airfix has been on a roll in the last few years with multiple releases of newly tooled kits in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/24 scale. A most welcome release is the 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant.
The Defiant was the result of the pre-war belief that heavily armed fighters could intercept enemy bombers successfully. As a result, the Defiant was armed with a fully enclosed turret mounting four .303 caliber machine guns. The Defiant had no forward firing guns. It met with some success early in the Battle of Britain against German bombers, but as soon as the Me-109s and 110s appeared it became apparent that they could not survive the daylight combat environment. They were quickly withdrawn and shifted to night interception and had some success until replaced by dedicated night fighters.
Previously released by Classic Airframes as a limited production kit, the Airfix kit is the first mainstream release of the Defiant. The kit includes markings for two Battle of Britain day fighters, although the kit includes radar antennas and alternate engine exhausts, which indicates that Airfix is planning a night fighter variant.
This a thoroughly modern kit, but it does have one major annoyance, Airfix uses numbered call outs for all the paint colors. The actual color is not named in the instructions, but is only identified by number. The numbers correspond to Humbrol paint codes. Here are the most used colors, 78 is British Interior Green, 33 is Matt Black, and 56 is Aluminum. Exterior camouflage colors are identified by name and color patches.
The kit goes together easily, and the instructions contain no surprises. The turret is a multipart assembly that goes together very well. Airfix would have you install the turret after the model is built, but I assembled the lower portion of the turret and installed it before joining the fuselage halves. These parts are predominately black and I diligently painted them in different shades of black and dry-brushed them with an assortment of grays. Once installed, you can see none of it and the completed assembly looks like a manhole cover with a hole in it.
The gun mounts and machine guns were added after the model had been painted and weathered.
The kit’s clear parts have a total of twenty-four separate panes. Thirteen in the main canopy and eleven in the turret, I strongly recommend a set of Eduard canopy masks.
Tamiya paints were used for all of the interior parts. For the exterior camouflage colors I used AK Interactive RAF camouflage colors Dark Earth and Dark Green over Sky. Miracle masks for used the exterior camouflage. I used the kit decals for Number 264 Squadron in July 1940. The decals are produced by Cartograph and worked very well.
The finished model is striking and makes a welcome addition for anyone wanting a complete Battle of Britain collection.
WEAPONS DETAIL Mk II HID (High Impact Dumb)
There once was a wizzo who always wanted to be that “Special Weapon…..
.Lt Kevin “Super Dave” Greeley hung well and happy, ready to go to work.
Beautiful October day after an ORE at Volk Field, WI. “Super Dave” loaded on station 8 . Note the two Mig kills on the splitter of F-4E 68-0338, the 131st TFW Cdr a/c. Images © Norris Graser
ThunderCals P-47 Thunderbolt Pacific Theatre Operations parts 1 thru 4 are available. Inquire at [email protected] Coming soon… 2 decal set Type 4 insignia + data including eight P-47 prop types
RON’S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES 431 N Lake St. Mundelein, IL 60060-1824 http://mundeleinhobbies.com/ (847) 949-8680
8041 South 13th St * Oak Creek * WI. 53154
Ph (414) 762-3777 * Fax (414) 375-7187
Notes compiled by Paul Gasiorowski
Newsletter & images by The
