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Fifteen people attended. Nestor was one of them. Welcome back!
No Tuesday Zoom next week, the
in-person meeting is Friday, the 21st, at the Community Center. It's the
ever-popular Show Us Your Tool Night (for all you Gil wannabes) and the
first Quarterly Contest. Also,
we're still collecting dues.
Lou said three Hobby Boss kits are available,
1/35 T-54, 1/48 F-18E Super Hornet and 1/72 TBM Avenger with folding
wings. He believes this is the first 1/72 kit with folding wings and he
should know.
We saw Nestor's 727-200 conversion to
727-100, Vaughan's S-38, Jimmy's Panther G, Frank C's F-84 E, Gil's
Thunderbird 3 (3D printed in 3 colors), Frank G's Pan Am Space Clipper
and Erasmo's Lockheed Electra
and Hurricane. Seeing the Electra and the
727 got several people talking about aircraft designs and personal
histories, which happens, from time to time, at the Zoom meetings.
Acquisitions included: Airfix Vulcan (the MPC
kit isn't working out), Little T hot rod (a nostalgic purchase from
eBay), Sasquatch figure and the book, Wings Over Water.
Sometimes a modeling tool is right under your
nose and you don't realize it. Case in point, the toothbrush. Gil uses
old ones for clean-up and weathering/splatter effects. Don uses them to
strip paint. Has
anyone ever used one to hold parts?
A few weeks ago, we asked Kevin to talk about
his scratch-built Bumble from 1964's Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer TV
show. The result was a PowerPoint presentation on sculpting with in
progress photos of the
Bumble, a discussion on materials and techniques used and a list of
YouTube channels and books with information on sculpting miniatures.
Don't worry if you missed the meeting. Kevin agreed to repeat the
presentation at a future in person meeting. Thanks, Kevin.
The next meeting will be Friday, the 21st, at
the Community Center in Brooklyn. No invites needed. Doors open around
5pm. Wondering how many Valentine tanks will be entered in the Quarterly
Contest? Come to
the meeting and see for yourself.
~Russ
