October 8, 2024 BPMS ZOOM Mini Meeting!

Thirteen people attended. There's no Tuesday Zoom next week, the in-person meeting is Friday the 18th at the Community Center. It's pledge model night and, since it's October, spooky model night. Doors open around 6pm, meeting starts around 7:30. See the Bulletin for more Club information. 

The Gundam (and other) build is Saturday, the 12th, at BrookLAN, 339 Troutman St, in Brooklyn, 2 - 6pm, $10.00 venue fee. 

Mark hopes to arrange a private tour at the Dutchess County Airport, probably in early to mid-November. 

Jimmy and Russ shared photos of last week's Armorcon. Several other BPMS members were there, too. 

In progress and completed work included: Mirage F-1C (Vaughn appreciates the kit's low parts count), Subaru Impreza (Mark was pleased by how well the decal setting solution worked), B- 17, Batpod (from The Dark Knight), Cadillac Escalade, Type 7C U-boat, Crusader P-36, F-8 Crusader, and a robot. Bobby acquired a 3D printed Jack O' Lantern figure. Will it be ready for spooky model night? 

The featured tool was a leather punch, an alternate to modelers' punch and die sets. Not as many sizes, but not as much money. 

The topic was primers. Lou's big sellers are Tamiya White, Light Grey and Metal, Mr. Surfacer and Badger's Stynylrez. Then there's Krylon spray cans and Dupli-Color automotive primer. Everyone agreed that Tamiya's primer had a strong, unpleasant odor. Model paint manufacturers have introduced colored primers that could be used as finish colors, but they're not cheap and some say their quality isn't always consistent. Most feel priming plastic is an unnecessary step but several feel it's a project milestone, the first time your aircraft really looks like an aircraft. Everyone agreed materials like resin, metal and vinyl had to be primed to avoid problems at a later date.
 

There will be a weekly ZOOM on 10/15/2024. Details to come. 

 

UPDATE: Next inhouse meeting is Friday, 10/25/24 at the Community Center . No invites needed. Bring your pledge model, spooky model and donations for the November Super Raffle. 

 

Hope to see you there. 

 

~Russ (edits by Bobby)