High Plains Gazette Vol 15.pdf
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model trading party to
hold with other area
clubs.
This was our last business
meeting of the year since
December is the club
party and not an official
business meeting.
Don’t forget the Build N
Bull on December 8th
and the Christmas Party
on December 18th.
Oh, it appears Gary
Moore once again won
the annual cash prize.
What is that three years
running now?
We discussed the Christ-
mas Party (see the re-
minder below). We also
held officer elections.
So who was elected and
what were they elected
too?
Michael Adams (last
years Mr. Vice, aka Vice
President) was elected as
our new President.
Jeff Brown was elected as
our new Vice President. It
was actually a three per-
son race for VP so I am
shocked I won. Maybe
they elected me to keep
Michael safe?
Chris “Ted” Nugent is our
new Secretary. Despite a
recount in which he re-
ceived more votes the
second time through, the
other person running
against him refused to
contest the election hand-
ing Chris the easy victory.
Randy Robinson was
elected Treasurer again,
despite not voting for
himself. He ran unop-
posed so it was easy for
the rest of us to vote for
him.
We also discussed a trad-
ing party at Jeff Brown’s
house (which we held on
December 1st) and a pos-
sible larger multi-club
November Meeting Notes
Christmas Party and Reminders
By Jeff Brown
Just a reminder that our
Christmas Party will be
held on Tuesday Decem-
ber 18th at 6:00pm at the
Golden Corral in Love-
land. We have the back
room reserved.
There is no meeting this
month. We will meet
again in January at the
Build n Bull on January
12, and at the January
meeting on January 29th.
Remember to bring a new
wrapped model kit for the
gift exchange. I believe
the amount we agreed on
is $20-$25 dollars in
value.
I hope you all have a safe
and prosperous Holiday
season, and I look for-
ward to seeing you all at
the Christmas party on
the 18th.
High Plains Modelers
December 2012 Volume 2, Issue 4
High Plains Gazette
What’s New This Month:
Cows and Goats Oh My
November Model Gallery
IPMS National Update
World War II Battleships
The real USS Arizona
Pictures of Models
Inside this issue:
November Meeting Notes 1
Christmas Party 1
The Carpet Monster 2
IPMS National Update 3
Kit Review by Pablo 3
January Calendar 6
IPMS Membership App 10
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
Region X Newsletter of the Year 2011
Special Holiday Issue
By Jeff Brown
(Editor)
Since it is winter I
thought I would share
some of my winterizing
techniques for you my
reading public.
First off, snow comes in
many shapes and sizes,
and is manufactured by
several companies. Peo-
ple always ask what I use
for my snow bases, well I
use good old fashioned
Arm and Hammer Baking
Soda.
Now, for some people
baking soda turns yellow,
I have never had that
problem. I honestly don’t
know how you use it, but
I have bases and a few
dioramas over six years
old that the baking soda
still looks white.
So how do I do it? Well, I
create the base, I use vari-
ous items as the ground
work, including used tea
leaves and actual dirt. It
gives the texture under
the snow the right look
and feel. Then I use
Woodland Scenics Cenic
Cement to hold every-
thing in place. I use an
old paint pipette to get
the glue out and apply it
all over the groundwork.
While the ground is still
wet I use my fingers and
grab a pinch of baking
soda and sprinkle it on
the groundwork. I keep
sprinkling to get the de-
sired look.
Now, you need to have an
idea of how much snow
you want. If you want the
whole base completely
covered you can forgo the
groundwork since you
won’t see it, in this case I
would mold my base with
the clay or Styrofoam,
whichever you use, and
then I would paint it flat
white. While the paint is
wet I would sprinkle the
baking soda over the en-
tire base.
Me, I like to see dirt and
mud and other things
peeking out of the snow.
Even in the worst bliz-
zard; one that dumps sev-
eral feet of snow on the
ground, unless you are
gazing into an undis-
turbed area there will be
colors other than white.
What can you put into a
field of snow? Well, a
fence always works. Per-
haps some long grass that
is brown. Maybe a tree?
Trees are nice, and there
are plenty of them to
choose from out there in
the model railroad world.
I for one am working on
creating my own trees.
Most of the pre-made
railroad trees don’t look
real enough. Besides after
searching the internet it
is not as hard as you
think to create a neat
looking tree.
A nice way to make a win-
ter tree with no leaves is
to go out for a hike in the
woods and find some
twigs and roots that are
laying around. Just make
sure that twig doesn’t
have a rattle attached to
it.
The way I mount the trees
to the base is by drilling a
hole into the bottom of
the tree, and inserting a
metal rod, then drill a
matching hole in the base
(I use wood bases mainly)
and then some super glue
in the hole and insert the
tree. Easy!
Well, I hope this helps a
bit. Maybe for our Janu-
ary meeting I will bring in
my materials and give a
demonstration.
The Carpet Monster: Editor’s Opinion
“Do these
problems
sound
relaxing to
you?”
Page 2
Volume 2, Issue 4
Winter Wespe
Oh Noooo!
Snow, made by Arm and
Hammer
Snow Tiger.
High Plains Gazette
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“Still I needed
some putty and
sanding,
mainly along
the back and
the neck areas
of the cow.”
August 14-17, 2013 at the Em-
bassy Suites in Loveland, Colo-
rado.
Masterbox Domestic Animals
faces, eyes and ears. You can
even see the ribs in the cow
sides. The goat fur might be
a bit overdone but that
makes painting and washing
easier.
The parts have no locating
pins and there are some
mold lines that need to be
removed. The mold lines
tend to run along the legs
and bellies of the animals.
The overall fit is below aver-
age. I’ve used a few clamps
to get the parts to fit and I
then ran liquid cement along
the join. Still I needed some
putty and sanding, mainly
along the back and the neck
areas of the cow. The goat
parts have a better fit than
the cow.
The domestic animals set is
a welcome addition to the
1/35 scale diorama, adding
some more every-day ob-
jects (or animals) to the tra-
ditionally military-focus
aspects of dioramas.
Masterbox has released a
single sprue of 26 parts con-
taining two cows and one
goat. The box shows two
goats, but it is just two sug-
gested painting options. The
sprue attachment points are
medium sized and some part
preparation and cleaning is
needed. Care is needed
when removing parts from
the sprue as to avoid damag-
ing detail. Overall detail is
good, with clearly detailed
Scale accuracy is difficult at
best when dealing with ‘live
objects’ due to the natural
variation on size of animals,
but from my measurements
the cow and goat backs are
about 3 and 4.5 feet tall,
respectively which seems to
be about right.
The sprue has a limited-run
flavor to it given that has no
location points, the medium
size sprue attachment points
and prominent mold lines. I
would recommend this set
for the averaged to experi-
ence modeler.
I would like to thank Mas-
terbox, Dragon Models
(www.dragonmodels.usa)
and IPMS/USA for the re-
view sample.
Review: Masterbox 1/35 Scale Domestic Animals
By Pablo Bauleo
“The box shows
two goats, but it is
just two suggested
painting options. “
available for our use, we will
announce it on this page,
and re-insert the Embassy
Suites' contact information
for our room block back
onto our Accommodations
page. If you need to make
any changes to your existing
room reservation at Em-
bassy Suites, we have an
email link set-up within the
This Update is pulled
from the contest web-
site.
This past week, we were in-
formed that our reserved
block of 220 rooms at the
Embassy Suites has been
sold out. And at this time,
the hotel has no additional
rooms they can add to our
block. IF any rooms become
hotel's information on our
Accommodations page. And
we still have several rooms
available at all our other
nearby hotels; they're all
listed up-to-date on our Ac-
commodations page.
IPMS 2013 National Contest Update
Mooooooo
Baaaaaaa
By Jeff Brown
During World War II the
United States Navy used
battleships in many dif-
ferent roles. The follow-
ing is a list of the battle-
ship classes and the
names and numbers of
the corresponding ships.
Two interesting facts, the
US lost only one battle-
ship during World War II
(the USS Arizona BB-39),
and we were the only
country to never lose a
battleship in ship to ship
combat (from naval gun-
fire, not aircraft).
US Battleship
Classes:
South Carolina Class
(USS South Carolina BB-
26 and USS Michigan BB-
27)
Delaware Class (USS
Delaware BB-28 and USS
North Dakota BB-29)
Florida Class (USS
Florida BB-30 and USS
Utah BB-31)
Wyoming Class (USS
Wyoming BB-32 and USS
Arkansas BB-33)
New York Class (USS
New York BB-34 and USS
Texas BB-35)
Nevada Class (USS Ne-
vada BB-36 and USS
Oklahoma BB-37)
Pennsylvania Class
(USS Pennsylvania BB-38
and USS Arizona BB-39)
New Mexico Class
(USS New Mexico BB-40,
USS Mississippi BB-41
and USS Idaho BB-42)
Tennessee Class (USS
Tennessee BB-43 and
USS California BB-44)
Colorado Class (USS
Colorado BB-45, USS
Maryland BB-46, USS
Washington BB-47 (the
Washington was halted
due to Washington naval
Treaty) and USS West
Virginia BB-48)
South Dakota Class
(Entire class was halted
due to the Washington
Naval Treaty) (USS
South Dakota BB-49, USS
Indiana BB-50, USS
Montana BB-51, USS
North Carolina BB-52,
USS Iowa BB-53, and
USS Massachusetts BB-
54)
North Carolina Class
(USS North Carolina
BB55 and USS Washing-
ton BB56)
South Dakota Class
(USS South Dakota BB57,
USS Indiana BB58, USS
Massachusetts BB59 and
USS Alabama BB60)
Iowa Class (USS Iowa
BB-61, USS New Jersey
BB-62, USS Missouri BB-
63 and USS Wisconsin
BB-64, USS Illinois BB-
65 and USS Kentucky BB-
66 – World War II ended
so these two were not
completed.
Montana Class (USS
Montana BB67, USS Ohio
BB68, USS Maine BB69,
USS New Hampshire
BB70 and USS Louisiana
BB71 – all not started due
to the end of World War
II)
US Battleships of World War II
“...the US
lost only one
battleship
during
World War
II...”
Page 4
Volume 2, Issue 4
The USS Alabama (BB-60)
with a crazy paint scheme in
early 1942.
Model of the Montana Class,
the size rivaled the Yamato.
USS Colorado (BB-45) in
New York City. C.1932
The USS California (BB-44)
in 1944 on the way to bom-
bard Saipan.
“...we were the
only country to
never lose a
battleship in ship
to ship combat .”
High Plains Gazette
Page 5
“...we are about
to observe the
71st Anniver-
sary of the at-
tack that drew
America into
World War II”
light gray ship, but recent
evidence and eyewitness
accounts of the few remain-
ing Arizona survivors give a
new slant on the old girl.
Apparently she was painted
in a shade of dark blue, with
light gray mast tops, and red
on three of her turret roofs.
In fact,
according
to histori-
ans and
Pearl Har-
bor survi-
vors, Bat-
tleship
Row was a,
bright ka-
leidoscope
of colors
and not the
dull gray
camouflage
they were
By Jeff Brown
I built a few battleship kits
as a kid, and one as an adult.
It turned out very well, but
in my move from California
to Colorado it sank. I bought
a battleship kit recently, the
USS Arizona, and in my re-
search for the upcoming
build I found out a lot of
interesting facts about the
Arizona and about the bat-
tleships in general.
In movies and books, and
paintings everyone always
depicts the Arizona as this
thought to have been for the
last 65 years. That is how
Honolulu Star Bulletin re-
porter Burl Burlingame de-
scribed the battleships in a
2006 article.
So, now that it is 2012 and
we are about to observe the
71st Anniversary of the at-
tack that drew America into
World War II, I want to
make a somewhat historical
looking Arizona based on
my limited ship building
knowledge.
The Real USS Arizona BB-39
“Apparently she
was painted in a
shade of dark
blue...“
telling me World War II sto-
ries.
My grandfather was a Ma-
rine during World War II
and he fought at several ma-
jor battles, and before his
passing he once told me that
the colors the movies use for
Marine tanks is wrong. He
told me they were the same
By Jeff Brown
One thing I have noticed as
a model builder is that his-
tory and model colors
change all the time. As I
wrote the article about the
new color of the USS Ari-
zona that is now accepted as
fact, I laughed when I re-
membered my Grandfather
“expletive” color as the
Army’s.
Which begs the question as
to why Steven Spielberg
green lighted those ugly
bright green tanks in the
HBO series The Pacific? Not
only are they inaccurate they
look stupid. Oh well, he is a
millionaire and I am unem-
ployed so I guess he wins.
Alternative Color Schemes Phooey
The Arizona rounding Diamond Head a few days be-
fore the fatal attack. By Naval artist Tom Freeman
From the National Park Service and Honolulu Star Bulletin
USMC Shermans advance in
the Pacific
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Photo of the Month for October
High Plains Gazette
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Phot0 courtesy of the Government of Germany and the Bundesarchiv. A Hummel
waiting to shell Soviet position’s.
Volume 2, Issue 4
Page 8
Model of the Month for October
Custom 1/48 scale License Plate
(see Jeff if you want to order custom plates for any of your cars)
November Model Gallery
Photos by Jeff Brown
High Plains Gazette
Page 9
Randy’s Truck
Gary’s Sub
Chris’s Tank
Garys Howitzer
Dave’s Sub
Jeff’s Kung Pao Beef
Volume 2, Issue 4
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over 220 active US chap-
ters (including groups in
Canada and the Philip-
pines as well as one
"cyber-chapter" existing
entirely on the internet).
These chapters are organ-
ized into 13 geographi-
cally-determined Re-
gions, overseen by Re-
gional Coordinators. The
IPMS/USA Executive
Board, made up of elected
and appointed members,
serves as the overall gov-
erning body for IPMS/
USA.
IPMS/USA produces the
Modelers' Journal, an all-
color magazine supplied
to our members 6 times
each year. Sample copies
of the Journal are avail-
able upon request, and
you'll find several cover
shots elsewhere in this
handout.
In addition, IPMS/USA
maintains one of the larg-
est and most-visited pub-
lic websites in the model-
ing community
(www.ipmsusa.org).
Members and visitors can
view product reviews,
chapter and contest infor-
mation, see examples of
members' work, and view
images of contest, mu-
seum walkarounds, and
the like. A members-only
Forum allows discussion
of specific topics of inter-
est amongst our member-
ship. The remainder of
the website is open to the
modeling public and sees
thousands of hits weekly.
From: www.ipmsusa.org
IPMS/USA is the United
States Branch of the In-
ternational Plastic Model-
ers' Society, whose roots
can be traced to the
startup of the first IPMS
National Branch during
the 1960's in Great Brit-
ain. In 1964 a US-based
modeler applied for a
charter to start the US
Branch. In the ensuing 4
decades, IPMS/USA has
become a 5,000 member,
all-volunteer organization
dedicated to promoting
the modeling hobby while
providing a venue for
modelers to share their
skills in a social setting,
along with friendly but
spirited competition in
the form of local, re-
gional, and national con-
tests and conventions. As
this is written, there are
About IPMS/USA
Meetings are the last Tuesday of the month at The Ranch in Loveland. They start at 7pm and end around 9pm.
Editor: Jeffrey Brown [email protected] President: Larry Hersh Vice President: Michael Adams Treasurer: Randy Robinson Secretary: Marc Lyons Our club has plastic modelers from Northern Colorado, mainly
from the Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont area. We also have a few members from Wyoming.
Honestly, if you need an excuse to get away from home a few days a month, join our club. Your skills will improve and you will have a few laughs.
Stop by a meeting, the first one is free!
High Plains Modelers
Next Meeting January 29, 2013. 7pm at The Ranch.
Website
http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/
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Classifieds and other Happenings
For Sale or Trade: .
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for High Plains Modelers
Members to post items for
sale or trade. If you are
not a member of the club
it cost $2 to post an ad
which goes towards our
annual club contest.