August 20, 2024, BPMS Zoom Mini Meeting Report

Featured Discussion: Updated, "new tool" kits are becoming more common. If you get one, what happens to the old version that's in your stash?

Fourteen people attended. The new IPMS Journal is out and IPMS wants your feedback. Keep it civil, we do represent Brooklyn, after all. We talked about a new location for the holiday lunch, Dinosaur BBQ, on Union Street, in Brooklyn. A few guys know the place and recommend it. Details to follow. Let us know what you think. 

Lou reports Hobby Boss's 1/48 Mig-35 and 1/35 Soviet Gaz AAA Katyusha are available and Italeri's 1/72 F-35 C is on the horizon. 

Erasmo shared photos of the large hobby shop at the Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum in Halifax, Canada and Mark shared photos of the recent New York Air Show at the Orange County Airport in New York. 

In progress and completed work included: DH Comet, DH Hornet, Stinson (never rely on a second kit for spare parts, eh Vaughn?), F-22, Medusa bust, Lucy bust (Kevin's build, so it's from a Dracula film, not a Peanuts comic strip), A-6, F-18A, Chariot (from Lost in Space),
Ho Ri-II and alien figure. Acquisitions included: F-35 B, Spitfire, German tank crew, decals and Tamiya lacquer paints. 

The tool was the Spot Sanding Pen by 3M. Gil reminded us to careful working with the pen because of its fiberglass fibers. 

How do we feel about updated kits? While some guys have enough and aren't interested in adding to their stash (Erasmo and others want to build as many kits as they can before, well, you know), most feel updates are expensive and can be unnecessarily complex. Lou recommends looking for reviews on YouTube before buying. Some guys get updated kits when they don't have time or inclination to struggle with an old kit and some guys prefer their older kits. Turning philosophical, Mark wondered, which is better, an old flawed kit or a new flawed kit? Frank noted overly complicated updates can take the fun out of the build. He feels it's not age of the kit that's important, it's what you get out of it. We can learn from old kits. They can be built as practice for the new kit. Some people purge old kits from their stash and some would feel bad about getting rid of them. Maybe that explains Quin Shi Huang's terracotta army? 

The next meeting is Tuesday, 8/27/24 at 7:30 pm. Invites to follow. Hope to see you there.
~Russ