Eleven people attended the meeting. Fleet Week has returned to New York.
Today's Parade of Ships includes US Navy, Coast Guard, Naval Academy
and Royal Navy vessels. Ship tours run from tomorrow through Monday.
Special events will be held every day. Details
are available on-line.
Several new releases were reported, AMT's 1/35 1953 Ford pickup with
die-cast Coca-Cola vending machine, MRC/Gallery's 1/16 Panzer 3 J/L and
Atlantis' Curtiss Jenny JN4. In progress and completed work included:
Corsair, Su-27, Phantom RF-4, Bf-109, Praetorian
Guard figure, M1-A1 Abrams, Dragon, Porsche 365 Speedster and a
reworked Sd. Kfz.250/9 (see Michael's igluemadels blog for details).
This week's tool was the "HM 160 Modular Wash Free" airbrush from the
Robot Kai website. It's inexpensive, has an unusual nozzle
arrangement and is good for spraying primer. I'm sure Gil will tell us
more about it later. The featured topic was glue. Seems like everyone
has a favorite. MEK, Pro-Weld, Tamiya liquid cement (standard and extra
thin), generic super glue in little tubes,
Plasti- Zap, Gorilla Glue(original [be advised-it expands after
placement], superglue, epoxy), Gator Glue, Tamiya Airbrush Cleaner,
Loctite superglue, proprietary canopy glue, GS Hypo Cement (For our
younger members, it's used to secure watch crystals on pre
digital wristwatches), two-part epoxies, plumbers' epoxy, UV cured
glue, proprietary liquid glue in needle applicator bottles, tacky glue
and, of course, good old tube glue. Wow, thats a lot of information from only eleven
guys. Next meeting is Tuesday 5/31/22 at 7:30 pm. Invites to follow. Remember Memorial Day and stay safe.
~Russ
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