Eight people attended the 3/4/23 lunch meeting at Junior's. The group
was large enough to fill a table, yet small enough for everyone to hear
what was being said around the table. The food was good, too.
Fourteen people attended the 3/7/23 zoom meeting. No zoom meeting next
Tuesday as the March in person meeting is Friday, 3/17/23. Doors open
around 6pm, meeting begins around 7:30 pm. Details are in the flyer,
which is in the mail. For those who can't be in
Brooklyn on the 17th, the meeting will be streamed on the BPMS Facebook
page. Thank you, Gordon.
Lou reports Takom's 1/35 AH-64 E Guardian is available now and Revell
Germany's 1/32 Hurricane is on the way. Don went to IPMS Richmond's Old
Dominion Show on 2/25/23. He enjoyed the show despite some of the
prices in the vendors' room. Rommel also went and
placed twice in the Aircraft category with his A6M Zero and P-51.
Congratulations, Rommel. And Mark shared photos taken by friends who
attended the Show. His photo of a heavily weathered jet led to a
discussion on the evolution of US Naval aircraft markings.
He also shared photos of a built-up 1/200 IJN Yamato (contact Mark
directly to learn who built it, how long it took and where it will be
displayed).
In progress and completed work included: Jagdpanther, A-6A, Convair
Kingfish, Tiger 1(World War Toons version), XP-55 Ascender, Sepecat
Jaguar and Monocycle. Acquisitions included: 1/16 Tiger 1 (Andy's Hobby
HQ version), Silbervogel, Mirage MIII CJ and several
copies of Frank's book on The Sikorsky Aircraft Centennial.
This week, Gil showed us a paint strainer that fits an airbrush paint
cup. A faucet aerator, with the inner part removed, also works (personal
experience). Masking was the discussion topic. Common masking materials
are masking tape, painters' tape, FrogTape,
Tamiya tape, Bare Metal Foil, commercially made stencils (Don likes
AK's flexible stencils and there are others), Silly Putty, Panzer Putty,
Frisket Film, wax paper, Post It Notes, masking fluids (Mr. Masking
line of products or art store products like Daler-Rowney
Masking Fluid (works best over gloss finishes, according to Gil). If
precut masks aren't your thing, make your own using circle templates,
french curves, etc. A good tip from Vaughan, for feathered edges, cut a
hole in the center of your paper mask and attach
the mask to the model by taping over the hole. The edges of the mask
will lift enough to create a feathered edge. Meanwhile, Frank will be
investigating the masking potential of Wikki Stix.
Hope you can make it to the Friday meeting. It will be St. Parick's Day, bring a green model or two.
~Russ
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