BULLETIN: January 2017

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Bulletin

by Bobby B2 Blue Pokorny 

Welcome to 2017! We hope you had a happy, healthy and a safe Holiday Season. 2016 ended in a splendid manner. The Holiday Luncheon went well. The theme contest had a dozen and a half entries. Plenty of tasty treats and cheer to go ‘round! 

December Meeting 

ISLAND HOPPING: It finally happened and we have some gorgeous work on the tables.

• 1st Charlie Nelson N1K2-J “George”
• 2nd Tim the Enchanter M4A2 Sherman
• 3rd Ray Whitton L3M “Nell”

HM 

• Frank Colucci N1K2 “George”
• Joe Bergman LVTA-2
• Kosta Lukyanov Soviet Pacific Fleet Marine

Special Awards

• US Marines Joe Bergman M4A2 Sherman
• US Navy Charlie Nelson FM-1 Wildcat
• US Army Tim the Enchanter M3 75mm
• Japanese Army Charlie Nelson Ki-84 “Frank”
• Japanese Navy Russ Holcomb I-400 Submarine

The winners of first, second, and third places got models made by long-time member John Irwin who passed away in 2016. We’d like to thank Elizabeth Irwin for making those donations. We’d also like to thank the sponsors – Gordon Cheung, Jeff Eng, and Ray Keegan – for sponsoring a fun theme to build for. 

AWARDS CEREMONY: The group voted and I tallied the numbers all year. Here are the results: 

Air

• 1st Charlie Nelson
• 2nd Frank Colucci
• 3rd Joe Bergman
• HM Angelo Takos, Don Illjes, Kosta Lukyanov

Armor

• 1st Tim Greeman
• 2nd Russ Holcomb
• 3rd Howell Serkin
• HM Joe Barrett, Kevin App, Ed Johnson

Figures

• 1st Joe Bergman
• 2nd Tim Greeman
• 3rd Ed Johnson
• HM Angelo Takos

Sea

• 1st Charlie Nelson
• 2nd Russ Holcomb
• 3rd Kosta Lukyanov

Science Fiction

• 1st Tim Greeman
• 2nd Bobby Pokorny
• 3rd Ed Johnson
• HM Angelo Takos, Joe Bergman, Israel Alvarado

Miscellaneous

• 1st Bob Epley
• 2nd Ed Johnson
• 3rd Ray Keegan
• HM Joe Bergman, Angelo Takos, Joe Barrett

Most Popular 

• 1st Qtr Israel Alvarado, Bob Epley, Ed Johnson 
• 2nd Qtr Frank Colucci 
• 3rd Qtr Charlie Nelson 
• 4th Qtr Charlie Nelson 

Frank Tripoli Memorial 

TOP GUN AWARD 

Charlie Nelson 

Great work! Now the slates are clean and time to start a new year! 

NEW MEMBER: Mark Mullen came to three meetings and showed us a WIP so we voted him in. Welcome! 

HOLIDAY DESSERTS: Thanks to everyone who brought in some goodies, and there was plenty!

HOLIDAY LUNCHEON: The weather was nice and warm and we had one of our largest groups ever!

RAFFLE: We had a kit sale and a raffle during the meeting. It’ll probably go the same way for the foreseeable future. 

On the agenda: JANUARY 

2017 Model Pledge: Looks like we got this working nicely now! Bring in an unbuilt model between January and APRIL 2017 to declare as your pledge model. Please have it finished for OCTOBER 2017, 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: We don’t have a commitment for the June 2017 theme contest. Some ideas being kicked around right now would be: Sci-Fi: Star Wars 40th Anniversary, The Seven Day War 50th Anniversary, The Cold War, and The Aurora Years. If you have interest in being a sponsor for any of these, please speak with an officer. 

PHOTO ROSTER: It looks like Russ and Gordon are going to take a crack at this. Gordon will start taking pics of members at the next meeting, so you might want to comb your hair that day!

Meeting date:

January 20, 2017

Same time,

Same place!

See you at the BBSC!