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test. In the case of a tie,
we will divide the money
for the gift cards. Motion
passed.
Officer elections this year,
we will have three open-
ings. Pablo, Gary andRandy are stepping down
this year. They have had a
good three year run.
No more business was
discussed, but since the
meeting ran over we had
to postpone Daves clinic
on judging.
The meeting days for July
and November will be
held a week early. (Julys
meeting will be on the
19th, and Novembers on
the 22nd).
We made $240.50 for thekit auction. A very nice
chunk of change for the
club.
Superday in Cheyenne,
was a hit. (see photos and
story on page 19) Next
years event will be even
bigger and we might have
more than one trophy as
well.
Pablo handed out a
spreadsheet for expenses
and the budget. We have
been building a nice re-
serve since 2009.
Club flyers needs a
budget: Pablo asked for
roughly $100 for profes-
sional printing for flyers
as an emergency fund it
was passed.
We discussed the gift
cards for the yearly con-
June Meeting Notes
High Plains Con XXII UpdateDue to time constraints at
the meeting our Contest
update was very short.
Next month we need to
put together a list of who
is going to do what on
contest day.
We need volunteers
(which will avoid havingme choose you) for these
activities:
Floor plan for tables
needs to be drawn
up.
Signage for event
needs to be made an
put up.
IPMS Magazine 1/4
page ad. (Jeff)
Vendor registration/
payment ("show
ups" at the door)
(Gary as the Wran-
gler)
Registration/entry
form -for partici-
pants and vendors.
(Jeff)
Registration process
(software, hardware,
etc) (Tony)
Procedure for select-
ing "best of" each
class and show.
(Dave and the head
judges)
Award ceremony
(who says what, who
takes pictures, what
picturesneed to be taken)
If you notice I have
some names already
plugged in based on last
years contest. Hopefully
they can still do these
tasks this year.
High Plains Modelers
June 2011Volume 1, Issue 8
High Plains Gazette
Whats New ThisMonth:
Review: AFV Profile #2
Review: Bell 212 June Model Gallery
Part 4 of Georges M-16 Build
Classified Ads
Garys Movie Trivia
Inside this issue:
June Meeting Notes 1
Omaha Update 2
Colpar Club Night 2
Red, White and Blue 10
Workbench from Hell10
July Calendar 11
Trivia Answers 20
Be happy in yourwork.
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During the 1986 and 1987
Formula One Seasons the
dominant car was the
Williams Honda FW11.
The team won two con-
structors championships
(1986 and 1987), and onedrivers championship
(Nelson Piquet, 1987).
Mansell won six races in
1987 and Piquet only won
three, but due to his bet-
ter record of finishing in
the points that season
Piquet took home the
trophy.
The FW11 and FW11B
won 18 of 32 races those
two seasons.
The Williams team had a
little bad luck during
1986 with Frank Williams
near fatal car accident
and Mansell losing the
championship at the last
race because of a blowout.
This was one of the most
successful designs in F1
history by Patrick Head
and Frank Dernie .
Tamiya makes a nice kit
of the FW11 in 1/20 scale.
coming together. Keep
checking back for more
updates and some sneak
peeks coming soon.
Previews of the decal
sheet is up on zone five.
http://zone-five.net/
showthread.php?t=15152
The Afterburner folks
have done a great job withthe sheet. Six Yankee Sta-
tion MiG Killers in 1/48th
and 1/72nd. Sprue Broth-
ers is our sponsor and we
really appreciate all
Gordon's support.
We are setting up afford-
The Embassy is officially
sold out for Wednesday,
and the Marriot is not far
behind. The Embassy
granted us 150% of our
room block, but as of to-
day the few rooms left
Wednesday night are not
available at the group
rate. Get those reserva-
tions in, before the rooms
are gone. You see below
that Vendors Alley is sold
out again! Thats a lot of
vendors waiting for you in
Omaha. The seminar
schedule should be up
shortly and everything is
able transportation to get
folks from the airport to
the hotel. If you need
transportation from the
airport drop me an email
at chair-
need your arrival and
departure times along
with your airline. Looks
like it will be a combina-
tion of hiring a service for
peak times and volun-
teers.
Look forward to seeingeveryone in Omaha.
Scott
Williams Honda FW-11/FW-11B
Omaha IPMS National Update
ThanksColpar forthe greatparty!
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Piquet leadingMansell
Colpar Club Night: Thanks Colpar!
Granted some spent more
than others but I am not
going to name names in
case our wives actually
read the newsletter. I am
pretty sure I spent the
least though. Still, 40
percent off all Hasegawa
kits and all 1/35 Dragon
kits, and 20 percent off
everything else was well
On Friday June 3rd,
Pablo, Gary, Scott and I
went to Colpar Hobbies
Club Night in Aurora.
The trip was really fun,
and the free pizza and
model discounts were
even better. All four of us
came home with a kit we
actually want to build.
worth the trip.
We also schmoozed withother clubs and I met Bob
the Buckeye who kept
calling me Steve, even
though my name is Jeff.
We made sure to bring
and hand out flyers for
our contest. Thanks Col-
par for the great party!
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panel has raised detail.
No decal is provided for
the instrument panel, so
youll have to dry-brush
the detail.
Before closing the body, Iadded some weight to the
nose. There is no indica-
tion for it in the instruc-
tions, but it just made me
feel better to know there
was some extra weight.
After I finished construc-
tion I was glad I did, oth-
erwise the model could
have been a tail sitter.
Closing the fuselage bodypresented no issues, with
just a few minor seams to
deal with. Adding the
clear parts was simple,
except for the windshield.
I had to sand the top part
of the front opening to get
the windscreen to fit. The
fit of the front and back
side-doors is not perfect.
They are a few minor
gaps and a small mis-
alignment. Using a file to
match the doors to each
other helps.
Painting was done with
Model Master Enamels
and Pledge Future was
sprayed in preparation
for the decals. They be-
have nicely and have
good color density. I
choose the German Bor-
der Patrol markings. I
was a little bit surprised
by the First Aid mark-
ings having green
crosses but checking
online references Ive
found out they are green
in real helicopter, so use
the ones in the decal
sheet, dont replace them
by red crosses.
The only molding issue I
have found in this kit isthat the control rods in
the rotor head are molded
short. No matter how
hard I tried to get the
parts to fit each other,
they just dont reach. It is
not difficult to replace the
molded control rods by
scratchbuilt ones and you
might want to do so.
This kit is recommendedto modelers of all levels,
except for very novice to
the hobby. If you have
built a few kits before,
then youll have no prob-
lems. If you suffer of AMS
-Advanced Modeler Syn-
drome- then the interior
of this kit is a canvas for
super detailing and it can
be built with open doors.
I want to thank Model
Rectifier Corp for the re-
view sample. I would like
to highlight the great cus-
tomer support from
MRC. During construc-
tion I accidentally dam-
aged some clear parts. I
contacted MRC support
requesting a replacement
part and within one week
the part showed up in my
mail box. Way to go MRC.
That is top notch cus-
tomer support!
By Pablo Bauleo
This review was first pub-
lished in the IPMS/USA
website: http://
www.ipmsusa.org
The Bell Hueys have
been a workhorse of ro-
tary wing groups in many
air forces for decades.
The UN-1N/Bell 212 is
the twin engine of the
Huey-family, sporting an
enlarged fuselage.
This kit is a re-issue of
the venerable Twin
Huey from Italeri. The
kit comes in two sprues
(molded in medium gray
plastic) plus a third sprue
of clear parts. There is no
flash and no ejector pin is
located in any visible area
(Good engineering
there!). The sprues in-
clude 7.62 mm machine
guns. Decals look very
nice, although the green
on the Italian nationalmarkings seems to be a
little bit out of register.
Not surprisingly, con-
struction begins with the
interior. You have the
option of installing a
fabric bench for person-
nel carrier or to leave the
whole cabin open for
cargo. The interior detail
is reasonable for the scaleand perfect if you are
planning to build the heli-
copter with the doors
closed. The pilot seats
have molded-in seatbelts
and both collective and
cyclic controls are pro-
vided. The instrument
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By Jeffrey Brown
Publisher: Model Art
Title: Model Art AFV
Profile 2 Pz.Kpfw.VI
Tiger I
By the Editors of
Model Art: 136 pages,
With Dozens of B&W
Pictures, and Color
Pictures, Illustrations
and Color Plates.
This review was first pub-
lished in the IPMS/USA
website: http://
www.ipmsusa.org
This book is the second of
a series on German armor
in World War II. These
are written specifically for
the AFV modeler. The
subject of the book is the
Tiger I. It is written en-
tirely in Japanese with
English subtitles on some
of the pictures and illus-
trations.
The book begins with an
illustration of the driving
mechanism and part of
the transmission. It is
taken from the German
manual on the Tiger I.
These pictures are with-
out English subtitles.
Next the book shows us
18 color plates of the Ti-
ger I from the early ver-sion to the late version.
These illustrate camou-
flage patterns and mark-
ings. These are very good
color renderings in fact.
The title of each drawing
is in English.
After the color plates,
there is a short section,
once again entirely inJapanese, which appears
to discuss the formation
of Tiger units. After the
Tiger unit part is a small
comic book like section
covering some of the
great Tiger commanders.
There are what appears to
be a hundred or so draw-
ings, a la Achtung Pan-
zer, that show all the
various details of the Ti-
ger I. These drawings
have an English title
showing what the picture
is, but all the call outs are
in Japanese. Still they do
show different details
that some books dont. At
the end of this section is a
wonderful 1/35 scale
drawing of the Tiger I
early version. I plan to
make copies of this draw-
ing to map out camou-
flage schemes.
After the drawings and
sketches is a section with
color photos of surviving
Tigers. They show the
detail of these tanks in
living color. (Although
the color these great beasts were repainted in
leaves something to be
desired.) I am sure at
least one of these is the
Bovington Tiger, which I
believe is the only Tiger I
that still runs. These pic-
tures show a lot of detail
of the survivors, and the
captions are in English as
well.
The last section shows
model builds of various
Tiger kits. These are some
beautiful works of art, but
the section is entirely in
Japanese which does not
allow the non-Japanese
speaker to understand
what the build entails.
Now, despite the lan-
guage barrier, those who
build Tiger tanks will find
the pictures and drawings
in the book very helpful.
If you are lucky enough,
like me, to have a brother
whose wife is from Japan
then the Japanese writing
is not a barrier at all. The
book contains a lot o
information. As a fan of
the Tiger tank I actually
recommend it to Tiger
modelers who dont mind
the Japanese text.
I want to thank IPMS/
USA, and especially
Model Art for this review
copy.
Review AFV Profile #2 Tiger I
These are
written
specifically
for the AFV
modeler.
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High Plains Gazette
Michael Wittman andhis crew.
Model Art AFV Pro-
file 2 Pz.Kpfw.VI Ti-
ger I
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IPMS Handbook: AIRCRAFT
Page 5
Volume 1, Issue 8
Basic Construction
1. Flash, mold seams,
sinks marks, copyright
marks, ejector-pin marks,
and similar molding flaws
eliminated.
2. Seams filled if not pre-
sent on the actual aircraft.
3. Contour errors cor-
rected.
4. Any detailing removed
while correcting errors,
filling seams, etc. restored
to a level consistent with
the rest of the model.
5. Alignment:
A. Wings/tailplanes:
same dihedral or an-
hedral on both sides.
B. Plan view: wings and
stabilizers aligned cor-
rectly with, and identi-
cally on both sides of,
centerline.
C. Multiple fins/rudders:
fin-to-stabilizer angles
correct; aligned with each
other in front and side
views where appropriate.
D. Engine nacelles/
cowlings: lined up cor-
rectly in front, side, and
plan views.
E. Landing gear: compo-
nents properly aligned
with airframe and with
each other in front, side,
and plan views.
F. Ordnance items
(bombs, rockets, pylons,
etc.)
aligned correctly with
aircraft and with each
other.
6. Canopies and other
clear areas:
A. Clear and free of craz-
ing caused by adhesives
or finishing coats.
B. Gaps between wind-
screen, canopy, or other
clear parts eliminated
where applicable.
C. All clear areas scratch-,
blemish-, and paint-free.
7. Decals must look
painted on if depicting
painted markings
(conforming to surface
contours, no silvering or
bubbling, no decal film
apparent).
Details
1. Thick parts should be
thinned to scale or re-
placed; e.g., wing trailingedges and similar sur-
faces, ordnance fins,
landing gear doors, edges
of open panels, etc.
2. Wheel wells, intakes,
scoops, etc. should be
blocked off to prevent a
see-through effect.
3. Gun barrels, exhaust
stacks, intakes, vents, and
similar openings should
be opened.
4. Details added to the
model should be in scale
or as close to scale as pos-
sible.
5. External stores should
be built to the same level
of quality as the model to
which they are attached.
Stores/weapons combina-
tions on a model should
represent only those com-
binations actually carried
by the real aircraft.
6. Aftermarket parts
(photo-etched, white
metal, resin, etc.) should
integrate well with the
basic model.
Photo-etched parts that
require forming should be
precisely shaped and any
surfaces that requirebuilding up to a thicker
cross-section should be
smooth and uniform.
Painting and Finish-
ing
1. The models surface,
once painted, should
show no signs of the con-
struction process (glue,
file, or sanding marks;fingerprints; obvious dis-
continuities between kit
plastic and filler materi-
als; etc.).
2. Finish should be even
and smooth. If irregulari-
ties in the actual aircrafts
finish are being dupli-
cated, documentation of
such irregularities is re-
quired.
A. No brush marks, lint,
brush hairs, etc.
B. No orange-peel or
eggshell effect; no
powdering in areas such
as fillets or wing roots.
The Judges Are
a Bunch of @#$
%# Nit-pickers.
- From the IPMSCompetition
Handbook
Flash, mold
seams, sinksmarks, copyright
marks, ejector-
pin marks, and
similar molding
flaws eliminated.
A 1/144 Scale P-47
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Detailing Dragons M-
16 Multiple Motor
Gun Carriage Kit No.
6381
By George Slack
PART 4: The
Quad 50 Turret
The Maxon M-45
quad .50 cal. turret pre-
sents some of the more
interesting challenges to
the construction of the M
-16 Motor Gun Carriage,
especially for inexperi-
enced modelers or thoselacking detailed refer-
ences. Overall the turret
is pretty good but there
are two places that can
trip-up the unwary mod-
eler.
The first has been men-
tioned in nearly every M-
16 review, the oversized
photoetch bolt detail strip
for the base of the turnta-ble. Not sure what hap-
pened here but Dragon
manufactured this strip a
bit too wide. Filing the
part to the correct width
is difficult and results in
the bolts looking over-
sized. After trying a num-
ber of options I settled on
using # 127 Grandt Line
bolts glued to the edge of
the turntable. (Thesebolts are marked 1:87 HO
scale 2 hex nut bolt,
product code 5135 on the
packaging.) They are not
as accurate as Dragons
photoetch but it does save
the effort of filing the
photoetch to size and they
dont look too bad once
painted. (Photo 1.)
The second detail to
watch out for is the
canoneers platform on
the rear of the turret.Most of the M-16s in mu-
seums and personal col-
lections are late or post-
war examples, and nearly
every published source
shows the platform in-
stalled. Honeycutt, how-
ever, cites a September
1944 Ordinance Commit-
tee recommendation add-
ing the platform to the
turret, so if youre build-
ing a Normandy vehicle
as I was, the platform
should not be installed.
Unfortunately, the in-
structions dont mention
this tidbit and I ended up
building my turret with
the platform installed.
(Photo 2.) This had to
come off, leaving turnta-
ble base bolt detail to beadded as well as more
matching of paint and
weathering to do.
The rest of the turret
build went pretty
smoothly. There is a sec-
tion of black flex hose
running along inner tur-
ret wall on either side of
the gunner seat thats
pretty visible. I addedthis hose by wrapping
lamp wire around a .015
lead wire core, then at-
taching it to the fitting
next to the seat. The hose
disappears in all of the
photos I found so I ran it
under the gunners seat.
In the hope of adding
some color to an other-
wise drab (no pun in-
tended) color scheme I
used model aircraft de-
cals to create
manufacturers plates
for the battery. (Photo 3.)
They look quite bright
here but almost disappear
once the gun elevation
gear is added.
I also wired up the gen-
erator and the battery.
Wiring the battery led me
to believe I should not
have used the decal on
the side of the battery as
there is a wire bridging
the batteries. I think the
storage battery was ac-
tually a pair of 6 volt bat-
teries wired together.
Photo 4 shows the battery
wiring. The lower left
battery wire appears to be
the ground wire and is
connected to a bolt on the
left side of the turretframe. The left rear wire
connects to the left side of
the box above the batter-
ies. Another wire runs
from the right side of the
box above the generator.
Photo 5 shows the gen-
erator, including the fuel
line on the lower left of
the gas tank. The spark
plug wire is the squareshaped wire behind the
gas tank.
Brass .50 machine
gun barrels, or
George goes to the
Dark Side
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Photo 2: Canoneers plat-form, assembled andpainted per the instruc-tions. Trouble is, it doesnt
belong on a June 44 M-16.It had to come off, causing alot of extra works repaint-ing and weathering the tur-ret. Also visible in this shotare the grooves in the top ofthe .50 cal firing solenoidsthat will receive the sole-noid wires later in the
build.
Photo 1: The M-45 tur-ret in place. Since theDragon photoetch boltdetail strip for the baseof the turntable was too
wide, Grandt Line bolts were substituted. Notcompletely accurate butit doesnt look too bad.
George goes to the
Dark Side
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Photo 4: Battery wiring.The cable connected tothe left side of the boxabove the battery extends
back to the left rear bat-tery terminal.
Photo 5: Generator wir-ing. The green wire onthe lower left of the gastank is the fuel line. Thetop square-shaped wire isthe spark plug wire.
Photo 3: The right sideof the turret interior.The black flex hose wasmade from fine lampcord wire wrappedaround a .015 lead wirecore. The yellowmanufacturers decalon the side of the batterycame from a model air-craft decal sheet. Addingthis decal was probably
was a bad idea: I thinkthe side of the batteryshould instead begrooved to reflect thatthere are actually two
batteries here.
Remember back in Part I
when I talked about not
using any aftermarket
products on this kit?
Well, during a conversa-
tion with Joy Sullivan
from R&J Enterprises I
asked Whats new? and
a few days later I had four
Lion Marc .50 cal brass
barrels in hand. These
are lovely, with turned
barrels and separate pre-
drilled barrel supports.
(Photo 4). Photo 5 shows
one of the Lion Marc bar-
rels installed above the kit
barrel; I think they arewell worth the extra ex-
pense as they were easy to
install and add a level of
detail that would be hard
to duplicate in plastic.
But they are expensive
and the four barrels dou-
bled the cost of the pro-
ject.
I cut off the kit barrels,
then super glued eachbrass barrel/barrel sup-
port assembly into the
receiver, and dipped them
in Blacken-It until a
dark gray metallic finish
was obtained. The plastic
is unaffected by Blacken-
It so I next painted the
receivers to match the
barrels. I used a custom
mix of Poly-S Grimy Black
and Model Master Burnt
Umber which matched
the barrel/barrel support
assembly and gave a nice
Parkerized look to the
guns. A black and burnt
umber oil wash, followed
a few days later by some
light dry brushing with
the base mix plus a bit ofModel Master Steel fin-
ished off the .50s.
One problem that vexed
me for quite a while was
how the firing solenoids
are wired to the turret so
all four guns can be fired
from the same control
button. All of the reviews
were along the lines of
And then I wired up theguns, with no explana-
tion of where the wires
actually went. After quite
Detailing Dragons M-16 GMC Part 4 cont.
a bit of research I believe I
have it right. The firing
solenoids are the cylin-
ders at the rear of the
guns above the barrel
buffer assembly. The top
guns have a wire running
from the solenoid through
a white insulator located
under the support rib be-
low the top gun. Dragon
represents this insulator
with what looks like a
small bolt. The wiring for
the bottom guns goes
from the firing solenoid to
a white insulator located
on the inside of the lowerrear support arm just be-
low the rear attachment
plate. This is missing on
the kit. I made insulators
from 0.015 round plastic
rod and used .010 lead fly
tying wire to wire up the
guns. The wires were su-
per glued into groves I cut
in the tops of the firing
solenoids. (Photo 6.)
(Continued on pg. 8)
Photo 6: Lion Marc .50cal barrel set. Love thepre-drilled barrel sup-port.
And then I wired
up the guns
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Photo 7: Comparisonphoto between the kitand Lion Marc barrels.Purchasing four of these
will double the cost ofthe kit so it is up to theindividual modeler todecide if they are worththe expense.
Photo 8: The left side fir-ing solenoids wired-up.The insulators were .015plastic rod while the sole-noid wires are .010 leadflying tying wire. You canalso see the results of re-moving the canoneersplatform; bolt detail wasnever added to the rear ofthe turntable as it was cov-ered by the platform and
would have been invisibleon the finished kt. Now Ineed to add several more
bolts and try to once againmatch the existing paint.
And we build models torelax?
If anyone reading this
had more accurate infor-
mation about how the
solenoids were wired
please let me know and
Ill share it with the read-
ers.
Going the separate barrel
route may have caused a
problem later in the as-
semble process as the
lower right gun would not
line up properly. I had to
add a couple of .015 plas-
tic discs punched out with
a #2 Waldron punch and
die to raise the gun high
enough to match the
other three. The Dragon
instructions are unclear
as to the assembly order
but it might be a good
idea to glue the support
arms to the guns first and
let the glue set until
tacky, then attach the
support arms to the side
plate. This should allow
all four guns to be aligned
without modification.
Completing the turret
took care of the last main
section of the build.
Since most of the painting
was done in stages, it was
decal and weathering
time. Finishing will be
the topic of Part V, so Ill
see everyone next month.
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T-34 in Russia.
Article taken From
Wikipedia
The T-34 was a Soviet
medium tankproduced
from 1940 to 1958. Al-
though its armour andarmament were surpassed
by later tanks of the era, it
has been often credited as
the most effective, effi-
cient and influential de-
sign ofWorld War II. First
produced at the KhPZ
factory in Kharkov
(Kharkiv,Ukraine), it was
the mainstay of Soviet
armoured forces through-
out World War II, and
widely exported after-
wards. It was the most-
produced tank of the war,
and the second most-
produced tank of all time,
after its successor, the T-
54/55 series. In 1996, T-
34 variants were still in
service in at least 27 coun-
tries.
The T-34 was developed
from the BT series offast
tanks and was intended to
replace both the BT-5 and
BT-7 tanks and the T-26
infantry tankin service.
At its introduction, it was
the tank with the best bal-
anced attributes of fire-
power, mobility, protec-
tion and ruggedness, al-
though initially its battle-
field effectiveness suffered
from the unsatisfactory
ergonomic layout of its
crew compartment, scar-
city ofradios, and poor
tactical employment. The
two-man turret-crew ar-
rangement required the
commander to aim and
fire the gun, an arrange-
ment common to most
Soviet tanks of the day;
this proved to be inferior
to three-man(commander, gunner, and
loader) turret crews of
German Panzer III and
Panzer IV tanks.
The design and construc-
tion of the tank were con-
tinuously refined during
the war to enhance effec-
tiveness and decrease
costs, allowing steadily
greater numbers of T-34sto be fielded. In early
1944, the improved T-34-
85 was introduced, with a
more powerful 85 mm
gun and a three-man tur-
ret design. By the war's
end in 1945, the versatile
The T-34: A Nice Variety of Kits
and cost-effective T-34
had replaced manylight
and heavy tanks in ser-
vice, and accounted for
the majority ofSoviet tank
production. Its evolution-
ary development led di-
rectly to the T-54/55 se-
ries of tanks, built until
1981 and still operational
as of 2010[update]and
which itself led to the T-
62,T-72 and T-90 tanks
which, along with several
Chinese tanks based on
the T-55, form the back-
bone of many of the
world's armies even today.
The T-34 was among the
most important weapons
systems in the Red Army
in World War II. At the
time it was first fielded in
1940, commentators con-
sidered one of the finest
tank designs in the world.[6][7]By mid-war, the T-34
no longer technically out-
classed its opponents, butit remained effective in
combat.
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it. I have seen arguments
and heard comments at con-
tests that make me shake my
head in amazement at how
stupid some people really
are.
For example, basic construc-
tion is the number one thing
judges are supposed to look
at. No matter what category,
the model should be clean
and clear of defects.
My first IPMS National
event was in Oklahoma City,
and I was an OJT. I judged
dioramas and when we fin-
ished our group was asked
to judge all kinds of miscel-
laneous categories. It was
fun, especially getting to see
categories I normally would-
nt pay much attention too.
Bill Devins was a good
teacher and he helped us
OJTs not only become bet-
ter judges, but better build-
ers as well.
It is that time of year, where
the National contest is a
month away. Time to get
the spit and polish on your
models. Dust them off, and
make sure there are no gluemarks on the windows.
Contests, I love them and
hate them at the same time.
This year in Omaha will be
my third time judging, and
my first time entering mod-
els.
I love the contests because
we truly get to see some
works of art. Sometimes one
of the works is one of mine.
Unlike a lot of modelers I
will actually share how I did
something.
What part do I hate about
contests well, mean people
suck. Now there are some
mean judges, and some
mean contestants, and some
mean people who like being
mean because they just like
My second IPMS National
event was in Orange County,
and I judged automotive.
Once again it was fun judg-
ing and learning.
I have no idea what I am
going to judge in Omaha.
Maybe aircraft, maybe ar-
mor I am not allowed to
judge dioramas or automo-
tive this time since I will
have entries in those catego-
ries.
I have a friend named Dave
who told me, a long time
ago, that once you enter a
contest you will never build
a model the same again. At
the time I did not under-
stand what he meant. It has
become all too clear over the
past decade that what he
meant was no matter what
you build, you have to try to
make it perfect, even if you
never plan on entering into a
contest.
The Workbench From Hell
Let the asswhoopincommence!
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We had some really nice
models, and then there was
my cheesy robot entry. Still,
I think it looked nice. Be-
sides we are not supposed to
take ourselves seriously.
The pictures are on page 17.
I am not sure if I got every-
ones name right on the
models, but I think if there is
a mistake there is only one.
Gary donated a nice medal
for the award, and Pablo
took a picture of Tim with
This month we had a special
club theme contest. The Red,
White and Blue award went
to Tim and his Ford with the
Chevy engine.
We had a nice turnout forthis theme build, consider-
ing it was separate from the
monthly contest.
We had an interesting mix-
ture, 3 cars, 3 planes, and an
R2D2.
his medal. (Which I think he
is posting to the website.)
Hopefully we can have a
theme build next year. Start
thinking about a theme,
maybe we can do a Pink andPurple award? Ha ha ha!
Red, White and Blue Award Winner
Our special awardwent to TimsFord.
... once you
enter a con-
test you will
never build a
model the
same again.
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4. Name the World War
II author and car-
toonist who appeared
in a movie with the
above MOH winner?
5. The Longest Dayand A Bridge Too
far both had many
famous actors, name
two that were in
both?
6. This actor was on
Tarawa and survived
the first wave, who is
he?
The answers are on page
16 inside of the Classified
section.
By Gary Moore
1. What is the name of
the ship that played
the Graf Spee in
Battle of the River
Platte?
2. What is the name of
the Famous actor
who played numer-
ous war heroes but
never actually
served?
3. Who is the Medal of
Honor winner that
became a movie star
playing himself in a
movie?
Garys World War II Movie Quiz
J U L Y 2 0 1 1
S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9BnB
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19HPM
Meeting
20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
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Photo of the Month for June
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Jerry, George, Pablo, Jeff, Scott, Gary and Mike (not pictured Tony)
at Cheyenne Super Day
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Model of the Month for June
Garys APC
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May Model Gallery
Photos by Jeff Brown
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Jeffs 1/48 VW
Martys 1/72 P-40
Mikes Truck Column
Pablos Hornet Garys 1/35 APC
Martys other 1/72 P-40 Daves Seehund
Scotts Radio Truck Jerrys Snoopy #24
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High Plains Modelers
Presents
HIGH PLAINS CON XXII
Cool Cats
October 8, 2011
The Ranch in Loveland
5280 Arena Circle
Loveland, Colorado
I-25 Exit 259 (Crossroads Blvd)
Registration 9:30am-12:30pm
Judging Begins around 1:00pm
Awards to follow Judging
Model Pick-Up 5:00pm
No Previous IPMS or Regional WinnersIPMS Rules will be used for Judging. (Rulebook on hand.)
Registration forms are available to download online at http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/
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Special Awards Award Sponsor
Best Cat Themed Model IPMS High Plains Modelers
Best Weathered Vehicle Mig Productions USA
Best Race Car M&S Hobbies
Best Star Wars Subject Anonymous Donor
Best UAV Chuck Holte
Best Mopar Subject Wyoming Mighty Mopar Club
Worst Model IPMS High Plains Modelers
Categories(Subject to change/splits All decisions are final)
AIRCRAFT ARMOR
Military Single Engine Propeller Tanks
1/72 and smaller 1/72nd
1/48 to 1/50 1/48th
1/32 and larger 1/35th
Military Multi Engine Propeller Soft skin
1/72 and smaller 1/72nd
1/48 and larger 1/48th
1/35th
Military Single Engine Jet
1/72 and smaller Half-Tracks & Armored vehicles
1/48 and larger 1/72nd
1/48th
Military Multi Engine Jet 1/35th1/72 and smaller
1/48 and larger ARTILLERY PIECES (ALL SCALES)
Senior
Civil, Sport, Racing, Commercial Junior
Rotary Wing (all scales)
Junior SPACECRAFT
Sci-Fi (all scales)
AUTOMOTIVE (CIVILIAN VEHICLES) Real (all scales)
Cars Junior
Trucks
Competition NAUTICAL
Commercial 1/700 and smallerHeavy trucks 1/350
Motorcycles 1/150 and larger
Junior Junior
DIORAMAS FIGURES
All Scales All Scales
Junior Junior
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RED, WHITE AND BLUE MODELS
Photos by Jeff Brown
Jerrys Hot Rod
Jeffs 1/72 R2-D2
Martys Vampire
Tims Ford Garys Dale Jarrett 88
Pablos Meteor Martys Weird Engine Plane
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C. No random differences
in sheen of finish caused
by misapplication of final
clear coats.
3. Paint edges that are
supposed to be sharpshould be sharp (no
ragged edges caused by
poor masking).
Edges that are supposed
to be soft or feathered
should be in scale and
without overspray.
4. Framing on clear parts
should have crisp, uni-
form edges.
5. Weathering, if present,
should show concern for
scale (e.g., size of chipped
areas), be in accordance
with the conditions in
which the real aircraft
was operating, and be
consistent throughout the
model (a factory fresh
interior would be unlikely
on a 100-mission air-
craft).
6. Decals:
A. Aligned properly. (If
the real aircraft had amarkings anomaly; e.g.,
an inverted U.S. insignia,
the model builder should
provide documentation to
show that he is deliber-
ately duplicating someone
elses error, not inadver-
tently making one of his
own.)
B. Some modern aircraft
use decals rather thanpaint for standard mark-
ings. If the real aircraft
suffers from problems
with decal application,
such anomalies should be
documented if duplicated
on the model.
7. Colors. Paint colors,
even from the same
manufacturer and mixed
to the same specs, can
vary from batch to batch.
Different operating envi-
ronments can change col-
ors in different ways. All
paints fade from the ef-
fects of weather and
sunlight, and viewing dis-
tance alone can alter the
look of virtually any color.
Poor initial application
and subsequent mainte-
nance compound these
problems. Therefore,
aside from gross inaccu-
racies such as a light
green Red Arrows air-
craft, color shades should
not be used to determine
a models accuracy or lack
thereof. Again, models
with unusual colors
should be supported by
confirming documenta-
tion.
IPMS Handbook
IPMS: Aircraft (Continued)
Again, models
with unusual
colors should
be supported by
confirming
documentation.
Garys APC
A Focke Wulf withtransportation dam-age.
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Marty and his two P-40
Warhawks.
Mike and his small truck
column.
Dave and his 1/72 See-
hund.
Jerry and his 1/24
Snoopy Jeff Gordon Spe-
cial.
As for the monthly con-
test we decided that at the
end of the year all of the
Gary won this months
contest with his APC.
We had nine total entries:
Jeff and his 1/48 VW
Bug.
Pablo and his 1/48 Hor-
net.
Gary and the APC.
Scott and his 1/72 Ger-
man Radio truck.
prize money will be split
up into those tied for that
position. However we
still have hopes that eve-
rything will be sorted out
I think we are settingsome kind of record this
year with the number of
entries. Keep them com-
ing!
HPM Monthly Contest
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actually was more like 70
models. The majority of
which were car models,
and there was one air-
plane. Yes, one airplane
to rule them all.
We had a fun time, and
we got to see a lot of nice
full sized cars, and a few
World War II military
vehicles. I for one enjoyed
the Jeep and the Dodge
Ambulance that Gary,
George and I walked
down to look at.
The Model Car contest
which was voted on by the
public turned out to be a
Model Plane contest
when the public decidedthat a plane was their
popular choice. I thought
that was funny, consider-
ing the trophy had a
steering wheel on it.
All in all it was a fun day.
Eight of our club mem-
bers attended Cheyenne
Super Days this past June
25th. (Seven of us are
pictured to the right,
Tony was at a party for a
special young lady so hewas not able to be in the
picture.)
We had a great time, and
there was a wonderful
turnout in models. Liter-
ally there were over 65
models present, I think it
Cheyenne Super Day
The Magnificent
Seven
But in the end a toy
plane beat them
all.
German Poster SaleFor July we are having a spe-
cial on our German Posters,
normally they are $6.00 each
this month they are $5.00
each!
July Special
ACHTUNG ACHTUNG!!!
German Posters Sale
Kahuna Designs
Kahuna Designs Inc.
All of these won-
derful cars...
Including NASCAR
and muscle cars...
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I have a bunch of Mig
Productions items for
sale, all are brand new,
never opened. I am giving
a good discount on these,
and if they dont sell lo-
cally I will put them on
greEd Bay. The prices do
not include shipping.
*** Posting Ads are free
Classified Ads***
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For Sale or Trade:
Jeff Brown has items for
sale and trade, see ads
below and e-mail: jgdti-
I have added this new
section so you can show
photos of what you are
selling.
MIG Productions Wash SALE $6.50 each. Supplies Limited first come first served.
I also have the following Mig Pigments for sale:
Lunar Dust (5)
Neptune Blue (2)
Zombie Green (2)
Rocket Exhaust (1)
Metallic Silver (1)
Graveyard (1)
Price on these is $5.00 each.
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.
Trumpeter 1/32 Wildcat F4F-3.
These retail for around $75 this one
is still sealed in the shrink wrap. I
am asking $45 for it. (Shipping is
extra for those outside of Northern
Colorado.)
Movie Trivia Answers
1. USS Salem CA 139
2. John Wayne (although I also pointed out to Gary that Van Johnson fits as well)
3. Audie Murphy To Hell and Back
4. Bill Mauldin The Red Badge of Courage
5. Sean Connery and Curt Jurgens
6. Lee Marvin
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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 theModelers' 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 duringthe 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
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Meetings are the last Tuesday of the monthat The Ranch in Loveland. They start at7pm and end around 9pm.
Editor: Jeffrey Brown
President: Pablo BauleoVice President: Gary MooreTreasurer: Randy RobinsonSecretary: Jeff Brown Our club has plastic modelers from Northern Colorado,mainly
from the Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont area. We also have afew members from Wyoming.
Honestly, if you need an excuse to get away from the wife an kids afew days a month, join our club. Your skills will improve and youwill have a few laughs.
Stop by a meeting, the first one is free kid!
High Plains Modelers
Next Meeting July 19,2011. 7pm at The Ranch.
Website
http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/
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