Thirteen people attended. There's another group build at Japan Village,
in Brooklyn, on March 21. Thanks, Julio, for setting it up. See the
club's Facebook page for details. And while you're there, click the link
the 2026 Nuremberg Toy Fair.
We saw Vaughn's F-105 and T-34, Erasmo's Corsairs, Gil's Hover tank,
Simon's Mosquito, Chuck's F-106, P-38 and P-47, and Frank C's A64-A
Apache and Angolan Mig-23. Kevin will be acquiring a 3D printed Saab LX
from Gil.
This week's tool was mentioned in passing last week, a spring tube
bender for bending (Duh!) soft metal hollow tubes. In the real world
they're used for industrial machinery, but sets come in sizes that
modelers may find useful.
The topic was kit bashing which can mean anything from swapping weapons
or equipment from different kits to replacing/rebuilding major
components of kits to literally bashing a troublesome kit into the wall.
Simon is reluctant to cut up newer, expensive, kits
but old kits, if you can find them, aren't always cheap. Erasmo
accepted the idea that you need three poor kits of the same aircraft
from different manufacturers to build one good model. Michael C has
swiped parts to repair original parts, but he prefers incorporating
household objects into his models when he can. Same for Gil. The hull
of his Hover Tank was a vintage desk telephone base, the engines, asthma
inhalers. Frank C thinks it wouldn't be too hard to kitbash a Mirage
5COA, but...
The next meeting is on Tuesday, 2/3/26, at 7:30 pm. Invites to follow.
It's the day after Groundhog Day, so you won't have that Bill Murray
movie marathon to distract you.
~Russ
