BPMS Zoom Mini Meeting: Feb 25, 2025

Featured Discussion: What have you built after seeing one on TV or in the movies?  

 

Fourteen people attended. We're trying something new for the Long Live the King theme contest in June.  Everyone on the mailing list can enter by sending a photo of your king related model by 6/15/25. Photos will be displayed alongside the actual models at the June in-person meeting. If you still haven't figured out screen sharing, this is a good way to show off your work. 

Lou reports Trumpeter's 1/16 Tiger 1(late), 1/72 A6E TRAM, 1/350 HMS Argonaut and 1/35 German AA crew are available. Jimmy posted several new Rye Field kits on the BPMS Facebook page. 

In what became a "Let the Buyer Beware" discussion, Kevin told us about a scammer using Facebook to sell vendor's tables at shows and reminded us to only deal with the event's official representatives. Then, Frank C recalled ordering a "too good to be true" deal from Amazon that never arrived. Fortunately, Amazon refunded his money. And the high-priced Airfix Vulcan that Vaughan found on E-Bay was no better than the MPC Vulcan he planned to trash. The good news is that buyer took it back. The bad news is that the newer Airfix Vulcans are expensive.

Get ready for Replicon in Freeport, LI on 3/22, Mosquitocon in Wayne, NJ,  on 4/5, two group builds at Pier 57 on 4/19 and 8/2 and another at Japan Village, 934 3 Ave, in Brooklyn, date TBD. 

We saw Vaughn's S-38, Mosquito and Fiat G-55,  Mark's T-55 Enigma, T-62, Predator drone, Mercedes C9 and Porsche 911 G+3, Erasmo's Hawker Hurricane night fighter and Lockheed Electra, Kevin's Kh AI-3, Gil's 3D printed Oriental Queen bust and Frank C's F-84 E and KC 135. 

Acquisitions included: Silver Knight and Nightmare figure (based on the painting from 1871). Kudos to Frank G for identifying the artist, Henry Fuseli. 

This week's tool was a pipe cleaner. Gil has used them to clean air brushes clamp parts and streak paint and he challenged us to find more uses.

We discussed the movies, shows and comics that influenced our model building habits. Here's a partial list: 633 Squadron, Battle of Britan, Sahara, When Worlds Collide, Destination Moon, Star Wars franchise, Space 1999, Battlestar Galactica, MASH, Dukes of Hazard, car race films, Batman, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, Walt Disney's Man in Space TV shows from the 1950s, Macross, Anime and comic books. 

 

The next meeting is Tuesday,  3/4/25, at 7:30 pm. Invites to follow. Hope to see you there. 

 

~Russ