Eleven people attended. We welcomed Erasmo,
naval aviator, industry consultant and builder of 1/72 scale aircraft.
Hope we'll see him again.
Lou reported Academy's 1/72 Merkava 3, AFV Club's 1/35 M-15 "Special" CGMC with 40mm gun, DML's 1/35 M-113 (Yom Kippur War),
Pz 4 (late), SdKfz 250 (75 mm gun), SdKfz 250 (50mm gun) and 1/72 T-34/76 (cast turret) are available.
The next few days will be busy. Fleet Week
has begun (check their website for details), there's a modeler's meet-up
this Saturday at Pier 57 (Daffodil classroom) in Manhattan from noon to
5 on the 25th and the Bethpage Air Show
is this Saturday and Sunday at Jones Beach.
In progress and completed work included: B-26
(Vaughn spoke briefly about the construction and performance of the
actual aircraft), S-55 (the vintage kit doesn't include clear parts for
the cabin windows),
Sherman Firefly, elf & owl vignette, Flying Taxi (from The Fifth
Element), Shinden, Corsair, Dr.1, Seahawk, two P-47 Ds (1/144 and 1/48),
Mitsubishi F-1, Zaku tank and Cthulhu. Acquisitions included:
3 D printed Panther tool racks, wet pallet
and Trog figure (Kevin said it was from a low budget film where Trog's
costume was half of a monkey suit leftover from 2001: A Space Odyssey).
The tool of the week was the Klick Fix pen
holder. It's good for organizing and securing tools on horizontal or
vertical surfaces.
The featured topic was modeling accidents and
steps taken to prevent them from reoccurring. Cuts were common. Lessons
learned - always cut away from you, if you must use a knife to pry
something apart, lay
it on your bench, not on your hand, and don't try to catch a falling
hobby knife between your knees. There were
painting accidents, too. Lesson learned -
always check the orientation of the paint can nozzle, never wear your
good clothes when you paint. There were no stories about superglue and
skin.
The next meeting is Tuesday, 5/28/24 at 7:30 pm. Invites to follow. Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend. Hope to see you at Pier 57.
~Russ
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