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Nine people joined the August 5 on-line meeting, most with memories of unwise modeling purchases and industry decisions.
Lou confirmed arrival of Tamiya’s 1/72 scale F-35C carrier fighter and 1/35 scale M36 Jackson tank destroyer. He noted that Roden has released a 1/144 scale XC-99 – a one-off prototype cargo plane on no-one’s most-wanted list.
Vaughan continued his ‘frigging nightmare’ pursuit of a 1/72 scale A-5A with the revelation that his ancient, nicely-molded, and recently-purchased Revell Vigilante kit is 1/82 scale. Research continues on how to turn Trumpeter’s hump-backed RA-5C into a bomb-carrying A-5A. In contrast, Vaughan work on the Trumpeter 1/72 scale F-107 Ultra Sabre revealed, “a nice model. Fits are gorgeous.”
Vaughan has always wanted to build a B-26 in flight pose and had high hopes for the 1/48 scale ICM kit. He concluded, “Now I’m dreading it.” The state-of-the-art Marauder has too many parts, and thick fuselage walls leave insufficient room for a bombardier in the nose.
Chuck suspended his usual airplane modeling last week to clean up windstorm damage but noted, “I found myself this year making far more tanks than I ever thought I would.” A BPMS raffle saddled him with a 1/35 German monstrosity with over 900 parts, and he asked, “What am I going to do with this?”
Kevin rediscovered the Dark Shadows vampire soap opera and bought a figure of Barnabas Collins. He reflected on his attic stash of crude short-run garage kits, bought when he thought, ‘If I don’t get it, I’m gonna lose out forever!”
Gil remembers buying an old Lindberg dune buggy that required the modeler to wind his own electric motor armature. “What a piece of crap it was.” His latest 3D-printed project is a practice block to paint the eyes for 1/6 or ¼ scale figures. Gil’s Tool Tip of the Week was a sticky bead mat made of washable silicone. The double-sided mat keeps small parts from rolling away on the workbench.
Simon continues to restore an old Monogram HU-16 Albatross with fragile Print Scale decals. He noted that even in comfortable retirement and this time of new-kit plenty, “I still can’t go out and spend $180 on a model.”
Frank G. has begun building an old B-29 kit to commemorate the atomic bomb mission on Japan 80 years ago. An internet search revealed, “Hiroshima doesn’t seem to be trending right now.”
Never a trend follower, Frank C continues work on the old Revell F-104 in 1/32 scale. He confessed his purchase of the huge Monogram B-36 and his rapid regret and resale of the 1/72 scale monster. Likewise less-than-exciting kits of British Seahawk and Attacker jets in 1/48 scale were bought and purged from his stash.
Russell Zoomed-in enroute to the IPMS National Convention in Hampton, Virginia. He observed, “I don’t really regret them, but I do have several kits I knew when I bought them would be difficult to build and display – the Dragon railroad gun, Dragon M48 with bridge. I don’t regret any of them, but I know they’re impractical.”
There will be no Zoom meeting next week. The next In-Person BPMS meeting comes on Friday, August 15 and marks this year’s gluttonous Pizza Night!
~Frank C
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