by Bobby B2
Blue Pokorny
The
Janury meeting was an impressive way to kick off a new year with the BPMS. The
weather was reasonable for January, so we had 26 members and no guests who
brought in 18 models for display, and loads up for sale.
January
Meeting
NEW
REGIME: We had two new faces in
the front of the room last month. Our new Prez Tom Knoll and the Veep Tom Govia
took the reigns and were prepared with their own material and got off to a
stellar start!
NEW
MEMBER: Rommel has been to three
meetings and showed us his skill-set. We started the New Year off by voting him
in for membership. Welcome to the fold!
2019 Model Pledge: Looks like we got this
working nicely now! Bring in an unbuilt
model between January and APRIL 2019 to declare as your pledge model.
Please have it finished for OCTOBER 2019, for a display. After
October you may bring back your pledge for the November meeting for the last
contest of the year. For your efforts you get an additional FIVE Super Raffle
tickets for completing your pledge! Sweet! Easy enough! We already have about
one third of the active members signed up. Won’t you join the fun?
KIT SALE:
I think we might’ve had one of the biggest kits sales in a long time. There
were tons of kits finding new homes during the meeting. Well done!
JUNE THEME: We have a commitment!
NASA
50th
Anniversary of the Moon Landing
raffle: We had another raffle with an impressive assortment of
prizes. The club is always looking for donations for these activities.
Contest NIGHT: This is the first
quarter of the BPMS Annual contest. Feel free to bring in any model that hasn’t
already been in a quarterly contest, and you are encouraged to bring in your
entries from the last theme contest!
SHOW US YOUR TOOL: This vulgar sounding activity is more of a simple BPMS
tradition. Once a year we ask members to come to the meeting prepared with a
tool or method they like to use to make their model building life easier. It
could be a new product, something you made yourself, or a different way of
tackling a problem. It’s up to you. Please be prepared to tell the group a
couple words about what you have.
SPOTLIGHT
MODELER: This month we learn about
one of our newest members, Michael Tricarico!
Introducing Michael Tricarico
In 2018 Michael Tricarico, a 48 year old analyst
for NYC Transit, stumbled across a model club in Brooklyn while browsing the
web. He came to three meetings, liked the feel of the group and we made him a
member.
We know Michael as an avid builder of World War
II ships but it hasn’t always been that way. Nearly four decades ago Michael’s
father introduced him to the hobby. Back then they built a model of a VW Beetle
together to forever set Michael along the path. Michael’s first solo build was
the USS Missouri. Since then it’s been some 30+ years of building on and off. His
favorite built model would be his 1/700 HMS Hood since his father really loved
the way it turned out. A proud moment for any modeler.
Michael developed his skillset, naturally
starting by watching his father. More recently we have been blessed with the
wealth of resources on the internet, especially YouTube. Of course, you have
the greatest gains from practice as he works on his models from a desk in his
apartment.
When Michael needs a diversion from models his
other interests are reading, writing, cooking, hockey, photography and
collecting Starbucks coffee mugs. But those are merely distractions from the
true Hobby Grails which he hopes to see in 1/350 scale plastic one day: the
sleek and elegant Brooklyn Class Cruiser and the historic USS Houston which
deserves recognition.
Michael has an optimistic outlook on the hobby.
While he feels that the current state of the hobby is stagnant, with the plethora
of online games (eg: World of Warships) there will certainly be a new draw into
the hobby of model building especially with the high quality and detail of the
modern kits.
~B2
NEXT BPMS MEETING:
February 15, 2019
Same Time,
Same place!
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August meeting was Pizza Night, so we had members coming out of the woodwork! We had 23 members and one guests who brought in 23 models mostly for the contest. 
