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Topic: Favorite Tamiya Kits
Eleven people attended. We remembered our friend and skilled modeler,
Don Illjes, who passed away on July 19, 2025. A colorful and generous
guy, he'll be missed. RIP, Don.
Several club members will be at the IPMS Nationals in Hampton VA next week. Have a safe trip, guys.
Lou reports Trumpeter's 1/48 Fairey Barracuda and Roden's 1/144 XC-99 are available.
There were technical discussions on the F-107, the history and use of
the A5 Vigilante and the different approaches different nations took to
add radar to their aircraft during WW 2.
We saw Vaughn's Ju-88 C GB and his other night fighters (P-61, Me Bf 110
G4, He-219 A-7, NF Mosquito and Bristol Beaufighter), Erasmo's Spirit
of Saint Louis, Kevin's 'It's a Wonderful Life' diorama and
scratch-built tree for his evil Cheshire Cat, Gil's 3D
printed female motorcyclist (we'll see his 3D printed Dodge Tomahawk
motorcycle later), Frank's Mig 15, RF 5A and F 104 and Russ' M-109 and
Kettenkraftrad.
Acquisitions included Trumpeter's F-107 and Pegasus' Mothman.
Gil found another useful dollar store item, a silicone finger protector (aka thimble). If your knife slips a lot, you need this.
The featured topic was your favorite Tamiya model. Like parents being
asked, "who's your favorite child", several people said, "all of them"
and went on to name specific kits. The 1/100 F 105D, 1/48 He-219 A7,
1/48 Royal Navy Sea Harrier FRS 1, 1/35 Ford
GPA amphibian, 1/35 M-113 variants, 1/35 Tiger 1 variants, 1/35 Panzer 3
and1/35 Char B bis all got shout outs. Lou recalled meeting Mr. Tamiya
at an industry show (he also met Mr. Hasegawa and Fujimi's founders
during his career). Two guys admitted to never
buying a Tamiya kit and one guy just realized he had more Tamiya
aircraft than he remembered in his stash.
The next meeting is Tuesday, 8/5/25 at 7:30 pm. Frank C will send the invites. Hope to see you there.
~Russ
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