Featured Discussion: Share tips on bending plastic, metal, and wood.
The BPMS 50th Anniversary Dinner will be in Brooklyn, on Sunday, October
16 from 1-5pm. Details will follow in a separate email.
Last
week, in addition to enjoying our annual Pizza Night, members at the
August in-person meeting participated in the first live-streamed BPMS
meeting. It's on
the Club's Facebook page. Not bad for a first attempt, and Gordon has
several improvements in mind.
Thirteen
people attended the 8/23/22 meeting. New releases, 1/48
F4-U1A and 1/35 King Tiger (early). In progress and completed work
included: a pair of F-15 Strike Eagles (one by Jimmy, one by Frank),
101 Spaceborne figure, T-34, 1/700 SeaKing and Seahawk helicopters
(Michael apparently likes a challenge), 1934 Ford Pickup
(Mr. K was disappointed by the fit and the instructions), Arsenal
VG-36, Hurricane IIC (Portuguese markings) and F-111. Acquisitions
included: Olivia Newton-John (as Sandy from Grease - from Pestilence
Labs - a portion of the price goes to breast cancer research),
RQ-4N Global Hawk and F-4C Phantom. We got several tips: Flitz Metal
Polish also works on plastic and fiberglass, Tamiya Black Panel Liner is
good for painting the rubber on tank road wheels, and another way to
paint the wearing surface of a tire is to roll
the tire through a puddle of paint.
The
featured topic was bending and we saw several tools and methods
used to bend metal (mostly): Cold Heat inductive soldering gun, ceramic
tweezers, a stepped mandrel designed for modelers, an inexpensive
transfer punch set used as mandrels, photo etch bending pliers (from
Tamiya and others), bending tools from Mission Models
and Hold and Fold, a pair of chisel blades and a glass surface, and
handrail/handle jig set (from Trumpeter Master Tools). Next meeting is
8/39/22 at 7:30 pm. Invites to follow. hope to see you there.
~Russ
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