BPMS Zoom Mini Meeting Report: 03/24/26

Discussion Topic: Scribing, and dealing with mistakes

 

The sixteen people in attendance heard Mark confirm that BPMS was the IPMS Region 1 Chapter of the Year for the third year in a row, something no other chapter has done, to the best of his knowledge. More good news, our own Julio L was named Region 1 Member of the Year. Congratulations all around.

Several BPMS members were among the 60 or so modelers at last Saturday's Japan Village group build. Photos are on the BPMS Facebook page. 

Replicon is Saturday, March 28 at the Freeport Recreation Center in Long Island and ValleyCon is Sunday, March 29 in Chicopee, MA. Whichever one you attend, take photos for the people stuck at home. 

Lou reports Border Models' 1/35 He-111 and Dragon's 1/48 Bf-109 E4 are available. Not surprisingly, Jimmy has already acquired the 109 and he gave us an impromptu in box review - 3D printed engine (with piping and wiring), single piece rear fuselage, different colored sprue. It comes in a plastic box with a cardboard sleeve, in case you're interested. 

We saw Vaughn's F-105, Kevin's Gamora and Medusa busts (Medusa is mounted on a wedding cake pillar), Mark's Goliath (he tried AK quick gen paint for the figures) and Porsche 935 (he stripped the wrinkled paint from the body by soaking it in isopropyl alcohol), Angelo's World War Toons Panther and Egg Plane Osprey, Russ' Huey Cobra and Vigilante and Gil's 3D printed RDA Helicopter (from Avatar). An Ornithopter (from Dune) and VMFA 232 decals were also acquired. 

This week's tool was from Amazon, not the Dollar Store. It's a set of flexible metal scribing templates from Hasegawa. Very useful for scribing geometric shapes.

We use various tools for scribing: the back of a hobby blade (#11or #12 or #22), a model company's scriber (like Tamiya's), a model tool company's scriber (too many to name), an awl, a wood chisel (for larger scale models), carbide scriber, old dental tools, and micro saws.  "Official" scribing guide tape is available but label maker tape, flexible rulers, and masking tape work too. Kevin has used a coat of UV curing resin to fix scribing mistakes, and Michael C used a thin layer of Nara air hardening clay (available at Hobby Lobby), to fix mistakes. Just remember to sand it before painting. Simon has used Mr. Surfacer 1000 and Tamiya's Surface Primer. Even though we use different tools and different techniques everyone agrees the key to successful scribing is to work slowly and carefully.

The next meeting is Tuesday, 3/31/26 at 7:30 pm. Invites to follow. Hope to see you there. Or in Freeport. Or in Chicopee. 

 

~Russ 

 

 

Japan Village Group Build: Another Successful Outing

 Japan Village in Brooklyn on Saturday (3/21/26), was the site of the latest successful outing for the Brooklyn Plastic Modelers Society. Early numbers indicate that 50-60 peoples showed up to build their Gundam and other models or to talk about the hobby.

More info as it comes in. Make sure to visit us on our Facebook Page!

 

BPMS Group Build at Japan Village! 3/21/26 1-5 PM

 

BPMS Inhouse Meeting: October 17, 2025

ACTIVITIES DIRECTING

By Bobby Pokorny

 

Where has the year gone? It’s already OCTOBER! So let’s see what’s cooking!

 

Model Pledges: You declared your pledge model earlier this year. Bring your model, complete or not to this meeting. Of course, completed pledges earn an additional FIVE Super Raffle Tickets.

 

Spooky Model Night: It IS October. So if you don’t have a pledge, why not bring in something that can be considered spooky.  

Eg: Obvious -  Dracula or The Mummy. Less Obvious – F-4 Phantom

 

Officer Nominations: Two years are up for the guys at the top seats. Who will we select next?

Meeting Date:
OCTOBER 17, 2025
Members start showing up by 5PM to set up.
Feel free to come early and hang-out!

UPCOMING: JAPAN VILLAGE GROUP BUILD: 10/18/2025

 

 

 

Next event happening at BrookLAN 10/12/2024

Here are the details for the next model event happening in October, so they're down on paper. Sorry if the formatting is weird. The event is set up by SiegNuYork.

Date and Time:

October 12th, 2024
From 2pm until 6pm.

Location:

BrookLAN
339 Troutman Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237

Admission:

$10 Ticket Fee (only if you want to participate in the class or sit in the back and build models with everyone) You can get tickets at the door or get them online by clicking this link. Event details are also on there.

Public Transportation:

The absolute closest train is the L train to Jefferson Street. From there, it’s about a block and a half walk to get to the location. Alternatively, you can take the M train to Central Ave, however, you will have yourself about a 20 minute walk.

Details:

At this event, if you have someone that’s never built a Gundam mode before and is interested in learning how to, we’ll be holding a beginners class on this. The class should be about an hour long using a simple model that you can take home with you. If you're not participating in the class and just want to chill out in the back and build some models with every one, you can do that as well. Please let me know if you're interested in participating in the class. Also, if you have a model you'd like to show off and display for the event, feel free to bring something to share with everyone!

We’ll have a vendor there on-site (PopCurator) selling some stuff from Gundam models to figures with flash sales and deals happening all throughout the day and we’ll also be doing $1 raffles every hour until the end of the event.

For those that don’t know, BrookLAN could be classified as an eSports Bar on first glance but it’s a bit more than that. They have plenty of PCs and video game set ups available for rent by the hour, a full bar with some really good food and drinks available. The location itself is highly focused on gaming of different varietys, whether it tabletop, trading card games, video games and anything else you could think of, so that’s majority of what you will be seeing on the screens there are from different live streams to even tournaments if they’re taking place. They're also recognized for hosting major gaming tournament, either for popular video games, card games and even tabletops when they do happen.

If there’s any questions about things, feel free to ask, more than happy to answer any and all questions!

 

~Julio

 

 

 

Gundam Group Build ay BrookLAN

 Thanks to Julio G., and Richie in the Sieg Zeon group,  there was a Gundam Group Build  today, 8/3/24, at BrookLAN, 136 Troutman St, (Brooklyn) from 2 to 6pm.

 Good people, good place, good burgers and Lots of good looking models!