11/5/24 Zoom Meeting Report

 

Fifteen people attended. No Tuesday Zoom next week, the in-person meeting is Friday, the 15th, at the Community Center. Super Raffle and quarterly contest, who could ask for more? See the Bulletin for other BPMS news.

Lou reports Border Model's 1/35 M4 A1 mid production Sherman and Pz 3 (w schurzen), Magic Factory's 1/35 F4 U A1 (w folding wings), 1/700 USS Ford  (w clear deck) and Takom's 1/350 US Harbor Tug (modern) are available. 

 

The Freeport Recreation Center will host the LIARS (car) show on Nov 9 and the LIMCS (figure) show on Nov 16.

 

Mr. K praised decal company MicroScale's customer service. After ordering similar markings in different scales, they contacted him to confirm the order was correct. 

Mark shared photos from a recent trip to Idaho, including a Warbird fly-in and several of the aircraft on exhibit at the Warhawk Air Museum in Boise. Erasmo shared photos from the Udvar Hazy Center in Fairfax, VA,  the British Columbia Aviation Museum in Victoria, the US Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, WA and an actual Mirage F-1 that he worked on.

In progress and completed work included: Mirage, P-47, Subaru Impreza, Wildcat, Orbital Rocket, English Knight, Ki-43 Oscar, '66 Mercury, Piasecki air jeep (two, actually) and F-16 I. Acquisitions included: Piper Pa-25, Saturday Morning (diorama? vignette? from Escape Hatch Hobbies) and Flash Gordon's SkyFlash rocket. 

 

A scaled down tool box from Harbour Freight was this week's tool. A good way to protect and organize your tools. Of course, your tools have to be the right size for the box, or vice versa. 

We heard about various ways to achieve a gunmetal finish. Some use Vallejo gunmetal grey, or Vallejo duraluminium with dark washes, or gunmetal from True Color, True North,  Model Master and Apple Barrel. Some drybrush medium grey over a flat or semi-gloss black base or rub graphite over a NATO black base coat. Alclad has a good gunmetal, but it must be airbrushed. Pastels over a semi-gloss black base is another option. Feel free to add any gunmetal tips we may have missed.

 

Russ H.