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Part 2 starts at 8:10 PM if we need more time.
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On the agenda:
BPMS Club News.
IPMS News.
Other clubs news.
Hobby News.
What's on your workbench?
Featured Discussion
Welcome!
Friday, March 24, 2023
BPMS ZOOM Mini Meeting: March 28, 2023
Thursday, March 23, 2023
BPMS Zoom Mini Meeting: March 21, 2023
Fifteen people attended the meeting. Two shows are coming up soon, Replicon on Saturday, 3/25/23, at the Recreation Center in Freeport, NY and Mosquito Con on 4/1/23 at the PAL Hall in Wayne, NJ. Noreastcon comes later, 4/29/23, in Albany, NY.
Lou reports several Trumpeter kits are available: 1/16 Stug 3 G, 1/32 F-35 A, 1/72 Leopard 2 A-4 and Strv MBT, 1/700 HMS Belfast, HMS Exeter and Jean Bart. Model Collect's 1/72 Horton H.XVIIIA was also mentioned.
In progress and completed work included: Convair Kingfish, Mothman figure(Kevin's latest Cosclay sculpture), B-47, F/A 18, Tarzan figure, Convair XF7 Pogo, C-130 Hercules A(Belgian markings), Silbervogel, Jagdpanther, monocycle with rider, Mig-19 PM, U-2 and Cthulhu. Acquisitions included: XP-79 B, IWATTA airbrush cleaning tools, Convair 990, Wyatt Earp figure, '32 Ford and '57 Chevy Nomad.
In the tool segment, Gil described how to make a paintbrush cleaning station form a steel junction box cover plate, a magnet, a bottlecap and a pipe screen. Come to think of it, a cover plate and some magnets would make a good (cheap) assembly jig.
We shared tips on photographing models. Some swear by their digital cameras for their versatility and some swear at them for their complexity and many rely on their phones. Take pictures outdoors if the sunlight isn't harsh or it isn't too windy (paper models are just paper, after all). If indoors, get sunlight through a window. If using artificial light, don't mix colors. Staying indoors, light boxes give good results. Photoshop and apps like those from irfanview.com are useful for improving your images. Old school photographers bracket their shots and pick the best exposure. More tech -savvy photographers use an endoscope to get a driver's eye view from inside a model car. Various materials, like projector screens, yoga mats, pillow cases, etc. can be used as infinity screens.
The next meeting will be Tuesday, 3/28/23 at 7:30 pm. Invites to follow. Hope to see you there.
~Russ
Monday, March 20, 2023
Thursday, March 09, 2023
BPMS Zoom Mini Meeting Report 03/07/2023
Thursday, March 02, 2023
BPMS Zoom Mini Meeting: 02/28/2023
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Bulletin Archive in PDF Format
Bulletin 2019 06
Bulletin 2019 05
Bulletin 2019 04
Bulletin 2019 03
Bulletin 2019 02
Bulletin 2019 01
Bulletin 2018 12
Bulletin 2018 11
Bulletin 2018 10
Bulletin 2018 09
Bulletin 2018 08
Bulletin 2018 07.pdf
Bulletin 2018 06.pdf
Bulletin 2018 04.pdf
Bulletin 2018 03.pdf
Bulletin 2018 02.pdf
Bulletin 2018 01.pdf
Bulletin 2017 12.pdf
Bulletin 2017 11.pdf
Bulletin 2017 10.pdf
Bulletin 2017 09.pdf
Bulletin 2017 08.pdf
Bulletin 2017 07.pdf
Bulletin 2017 06.pdf
Bulletin 2017 05.pdf
Bulletin 2017 04.pdf
Bulletin 2017 03.pdf
Bulletin 2017 02.pdf
Bulletin 2017 01.pdf
Bulletin 2016 12.pdf
Bulletin 2016 11.pdf
Bulletin 2016 10.pdf
Bulletin 2016 09.pdf
Bulletin 2016 08.pdf
Bulletin 2016 07.pdf
Bulletin 2016 06.pdf
Bulletin 2016 05.pdf
Bulletin 2016 04.pdf
Bulletin 2016 03.pdf
Bulletin 2016 02.pdf
Bulletin 2016 01.pdf
Bulletin 2015 12.pdf
Bulletin 2015 11.pdf
Bulletin 2015 10.pdf
Bulletin 2015 09.pdf
Bulletin 2015 08.pdf
Bulletin 2015 07.pdf
Bulletin 2015 06.pdf
Bulletin 2015 05.pdf
Bulletin 2015 04.pdf
Bulletin 2015 03.pdf
Bulletin 2015 02.pdf
Bulletin 2015 01.pdf
Bulletin 2014 12.pdf
Bulletin 2014 11.pdf
Bulletin 2014 09.pdf
Bulletin 2014 08.pdf
Bulletin 2014 07.pdf
Bulletin 2014 06.pdf
Bulletin 2014 05.pdf
Bulletin 2014 04.pdf
Bulletin 2014 03.pdf
Bulletin 2014 02.pdf
Bulletin 2014 01.pdf
Bulletin 2013 12.pdf
Bulletin 2013 11.pdf
Bulletin 2013 10.pdf
Bulletin 2013 09.pdf
Bulletin 2013 06.pdf
Bulletin 2013 01.pdf
Bulletin 2004 06.pdf
Bulletin 2001 06.pdf
Bulletin 2000 05.pdf
Bulletin 1996 07.pdf
Joe B - Fleshtones and Eyeballs.pdf Bulletin 2014 10.pdf
Spotlights [old] - Holcomb Alvarado Kasza[x2] Ferrara Gertner Reinert Keegan Rosati Maroney Batterman Pokorny Eng.pdf
Weathering Models by Eric Reinert.pdf
Spotlight - Rob Garitta.pdf
Spraying Gloss Finishes by Bobby Kasza.pdf
That 50s Display.pdf SPOTLIGHT - Rosati - Maroney - Batterman - Pokorny - Eng.pdf
BPMS By Laws V2.pdf BPMS By Laws.pdf
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 BPMS Zoom Mini Meeting
Friday, February 10, 2023
BPMS Zoom Mini Meeting Report: Tues, Feb 7, 2023
Lou was pleased to report Academy's 1/48 A-10 C and Zero 21 and Takom's 1/35 M-48 family (M48 A-3, M48 A-5 and M-247 Sgt. York) are now available.
In progress and completed work included: A-6A, Lysander (an inspection window mishap is no problem for a man with a second kit), Jagdpanzer 4 L/48 (Border's kit includes Zimmerit paste and applicator tool), Porsche, RF-4 (with a troublesome stabilator), Harrison Ford Blade Runner bust (3D printed in washable resin), T-33 and Jagdpanther. Acquisitions included: S-51 helicopter, FW-58C, Humbrol Chrome Silver paint, Blue Stuff thermoplastic molding material, F-16 A and F-4 B.
We heard many ways to temporarily tack parts in place. Starting ,of course, with Blu-Tack, we moved to Play-Doh, rubber bands, plastic bag ties, mini clothespins, clamps, Aileen's Tacky Glue, white glue and various tape types. Frog Tape is low tack and prevents paint bleed. Japanese Kabuki (aka Washi) tape, is also low tack, and repositionable. Lastly, BPMS Superraffle tape, considered by some to be too sicky for masking, is just right for dry fitting parts.
If you're going to Glendale on Sunday, enjoy the game, but not so much that you miss the Friday meeting.
~Russ
Wednesday, February 08, 2023
In preparation for June 2023 Theme Contest
I have set up an album for each of the past BPMS members. I have photos which are some examples of their work. Please use the link to their album below.
Andy Yanchus (only photos of him in front of his display of models): https://photos.app.goo.gl/h1naNtEmVzUcaUVa6
~Gordon
Thursday, February 02, 2023
BPMS ZOOM Mini Meeting Report: Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Schedule Of Events: 2023
Thursday, January 26, 2023
BPMS Zoom Mini Meeting: 1/24/23
Monday, January 16, 2023
Remember The Member Theme Contest: June 16, 2023
JUNE 16TH 2023
REMEMBER THE MEMBERS
THEME
CONTEST
During the quarantine the BPMS shaken with losses of multiple members To remember them, the club will have a remembrance contest to honor those members and what they built in the hobby. It will be a simple contest, since the BPMS is all-inclusive and we love all branches of the hobby, so you can display what you like. We will be preparing special awards for the four specific members we are focusing on:
· Tim Greeman: he primarily built 1/72 armor, loved Shermans, and built occasional figures.
· Ray Keegan: he built everything but was known best as a sci-fi guy, esp Star Wars and Gundam.
· Joe Barrett: known for his 1/35 WW2 German armor and cars, he also enjoyed sci-fi.
· Andy Yanchus: his name is well known in our hobby, especially for his role in Aurora in the early days. Mostly he built sci-fi. Figures, and loved toy conversion. He, also, sponsored one of your earliest theme contest: Humor in Modeling.
There you have it. It will be easy to build for, and we hope to see plenty of work on the tables for this one. Feel free to contact the sponsors with and questions or comments!
BPMS Bulletin: January 2023
BPMS Bulletin
by Bobby B2 Blue Pokorny
Welcome to 2023! We hope you had a happy, healthy and a safe Holiday Season. 2022 ended brilliantly! We had 31 models on the tables, most were for the theme contest. Plenty of tasty treats and cheer to go ‘round!
December Meeting
AURORA THEME CONTEST: The theme contest to mark the 70th Anniversary of Aurora Models (celebrated on the 72nd, Thanks COVID) finally happened and we had some gorgeous work on the tables.
1st Jake Moon Maserati 3500 GT
2nd Bob Pokorny Joseph Stalin IS-3
3rd Kevin App Phantom of the Opera
HM Russ Holcomb Black Falcon
Kosta Lukyanov UH-25
Frank
Coluccia Moon Bus
The winners of first, second, and third places got awards emblazoned with an early Aurora poster that our master award maker Ed Dietrich digitized for the anniversary! We’d also like to thank the sponsors – Joe Bergman and Kevin Kilkenny for sponsoring another theme fun for the members to build for.
AWARDS CEREMONY: The group voted and I tallied the numbers all year. Here are the results:
Air
1st Frank Colucci
2nd Charlie Nelson, StevenNelson
3rd Ray Whitton, Rommel Xu
HM Russ Holcomb
Armor
1st Guy Ferrara
2nd Howell Serkin
3rd Tom Knoll
HM Mark Mullen
Figures
1st Joe Bergman
2nd Howell Serkin
3rd Don Illjes, Mark Mullen
Sea
1st Kevin App
2nd Joe Bergman
3rd Charlie Nelson
HM Kosta Lukyanov
Science Fiction
1st Mark Mullen
2nd Joe Bergman
3rd Gordon Cheung
HM Julio Guadalupe
Miscellaneous
1st Kevin App
2nd Kosta Lukyanov
3rd Bobby Pokorny
Most Popular
1st Qtr Frank Colucci
2nd Qtr Rommel Xu
3rd Qtr Charlie Nelson
4th Qtr Julio Guadalupe
Frank Tripoli Memorial
TOP GUN AWARD
JOE BERGMAN
Great work! Now the slates are clean and time to start a new year!
HOLIDAY DESSERTS: Thanks to everyone who brought in some goodies, and there was plenty!
raffle: We didn’t have a raffle during the meeting. It will return next month.
WEEKLY ZOOM: Even though we are back to having regular meetings, the weekly ZOOM will continue! New day and time: Tuesdays at 7:30 PM. Every week EXCEPT for weeks with an in-person meeting.
On the agenda: JANUARY
2023 Model Pledge: Looks like we got this working nicely now! Bring in an unbuilt model between January and APRIL 2023 to declare as your pledge model. Please have it finished for OCTOBER 2023, for a display. After October you may bring back your pledge for the November meeting for the last contest of the year. For your efforts you get an additional FIVE Super Raffle tickets for completing your pledge! Sweet! Easy enough!
KIT SALE: Bring kits to sell and cash to buy with. There’s no tab at this bar!
JUNE THEME:
JUNE 16TH 2023
REMEMBER THE MEMBERS
THEME
CONTEST
During the quarantine the BPMS shaken with losses of multiple members To remember them, the club will have a remembrance contest to honor those members and what they built in the hobby. It will be a simple contest, since the BPMS is all-inclusive and we love all branches of the hobby, so you can display what you like. We will be preparing special awards for the four specific members we are focusing on:
· Tim Greeman: he primarily built 1/72 armor, loved Shermans, and built occasional figures.
· Ray Keegan: he built everything but was known best as a sci-fi guy, esp Star Wars and Gundam.
· Joe Barrett: known for his 1/35 WW2 German armor and cars, he also enjoyed sci-fi.
· Andy Yanchus: his name is well known in our hobby, especially for his role in Aurora in the early days. Mostly he built sci-fi. Figures, and loved toy conversion. He, also, sponsored one of your earliest theme contest: Humor in Modeling.
There you have it. It will be easy to build for, and we hope to see plenty of work on the tables for this one. Feel free to contact the sponsors with and questions or comments!
SPOTLIGHT MODELER:
FRANK “GRAIL” GIALLAMBARDO
In NOVEMBER we voted Frank in to join our ranks. He found out about the BPMS on Facebook and came to the February 2020 meeting. Then COVID came around and the quarantine. If you come on the ZOOM meetings, you are probably already familiar with Frank. He’s been a resident of Staten Island since 1962, where he went to school, and he, currently, teaches ESL. He doesn’t only like models; he plays the bass and 12-string guitar, classic rock, original music, chess, baseball, reading and comic book collecting.
Like many of us, Frank’s first exposure to the hobby was during his childhood, when his father brought him to a hobby shop. He thinks his first model may have been an Aurora Dracula, and having just celebrated 72 Years of Aurora at the BPMS, she shares the same start as MANY of us in the hobby!
That first figure help set him along his path in the hobby. Frank enjoys figures and science fiction, but we have also seen him working on a historical ship on the Zooms, so his tastes vary greatly. He likes to work on his models, like many of us, on the kitchen table. He suggests that following instructions is a good way to avoid problems during a build and that the internet is a valuable resource for references and learning skills. He also hopes to find models of Indiana Jones and Napoleon Bonaparte to build to apply those skills to in the future. He hopes to find more of the models from the 1969 Aurora catalog being offered, and with companies like Atlantis out there, he might just get his wish!
Frank has a similar concern as many of us. The Hobby doesn’t seem to be attracting younger modelers anymore. What would it take to remedy this? Would advertising help? Maybe some lines of inexpensive models to attract the youngsters. Something needs to be done before the hobby vanishes.
In closing, Frank would like to offer us some Wisdumb --- "Don't get glue on your fingers as you put the model pieces together." Yep! We have all been there!
~BP
EDITOR’S NOTE: After more than 20? 25? years of writing the BPMS Bulletin, I am handing over the reins to the capable hands of Kevin Kilkenny. Thank you for the opportunity to serve the club in this capacity for so many years. It’s been a fun ride. Like Douglas Adams wrote, “So long and thanks for all the fish!”
~Your humble narrator, Bob Pokorny
Meeting date:
January 20th, 2023
People start shwoing up by 6 PM.
See you at the BBSC!