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projectsstart to becomejust a big pirst of all, bestwishes to model 'everyone you would find it easierto go I for the new Year. chore and work in the yard then maybeyou May you At UeUtessed with a new kit on out and just your hobbyjust a weebit the stockistsshelves everY week! are taking a stepbackwards. (stockist- British for hobby shop - ed.). I too seriously. Take Relaxation. Fun. That is would also like to thank all thosethat Enjoyment. this thing. respondedto my requestfor assistanceon why we do my USS fuizona Project. It is now A jewel of a kit is the 1/48thscale startedbut I don't think it will be my ship M6A1 Seiran. I neverhad much entry for the pentathloncategory at our Tamiya interestin this aircraft unul the kit spring meet on March 14' MaYbe the of an It was a delight to assemble Nats in July... came out. and hnish, requiredno ltller putty and it has not beendone to RecentlyI was talking to a modeler is a subjectthat AssemblYtook onlY a t-ew who was having problemsworking on a excess. (no here!) and painting particular project. The aftermarket evenings AMS the model only a few productsthe modelerwas trying to install the basic colors on It is a FUN model. were not fitting at all well, leadingto more evenings. homework on this one somemajor ht problemsthat required Tarniyadid their the last Seiranin existence considerableamounts of filler putty. The and they used One thing how- modelerwas consideringpacking the for their information. doesnot comparewith model away and moving on to another cver. The model in ',-he\'lcncgran haif ouiit project that was aiso going tct publishcddra*'ii:gs Seiranand possibly other be a major chore. My suggestionwas to booklet on the well. Comparedwith photos put both models awaYand work on a drawingsas enlargedto 48th scalethe simple out of the box type project. It ofthe aircraft to thoseenlargements certainly would help preventthe onsetof model held up appearthat the AMS. If you think you're showingthe perfectly. It would wrong. Tamiya did usethe signsof AMS (AdvancedModeler drawingsare for their researchso it is a Syndrome)the simplestcure is to build a actual aircraft model in the simplestway possible- (Cont'don paqe3) out-of-the-box.It doesnot matterwhat model you build. You havebazillion unbuilt models on your shelvesin the garage. Pick the one with the fewest parts. So what if the rivets arehuge. The idea here is to assembleand frnish a model just for the pure enjoymentof the hobby of plastic model building. Do not worry if the panel lines areraised or the shapeof the wings is slightly off. Just work on the model accordingto the plans. Don't worry aboutdetailing the cockpit. Paint it the basiccolor, add masking tape seatbelts and glue the canopy on. Don't worry aboutwhether or not the seamsare completelyfilled or filed. Live with the fact that the model came with rubber band type tracks. Use them. Glue the turret hatchesclosed' My point is: Do not lose sight of whY you enjoy this hobby so much. If your IPMS-USANewsletter

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Providedthis Newslet- andas much training as fossiUte (or asyou feel necessary)for severalissues from the current quality teris continuein a similarformat, the "volunteer" should have (or accessto) a personalcomputer, hopefully a laser printer,a flatbedscarner and any type of softwarewhich will supportthe DTP formatsneeded to continuethe Chapter programs Newsletter(ttris may be eithera full blown DTP suchas PageMaker or manycurrent full featuredword processing suchas MS Word). join Thisis a fun hlled,rewarding opportunity for oneor possiblytwo membersof thechapter to togetherto editorand you publishthis Newsletter. The pay, benefits, proht sharingand foreign travel opportunities are unbelievable. If wouldlike LaBouy to discussany aspects of thisoppornrnity, you areencouraged to call or talk with TenyMoore, Norm Filer or Bob (all our no's arelisted on Page2). Seattle r IPMS-USANewsletter with all theseconveniences? What to from one) Gont'd Paqe thick trailing edges' Roundelsmolded onto the Plastic' theseftids know about they got the model leasonable assumption in diameter' canopiesyou can't seetfuough, decals so -risht. Rivets about three inches Which brings me to anotherof my go down over huge rlvets raisedpanel lines,no interior or only a thick they won't pJt p""u"t. Reviewers who base acctuacy headmolded into a flat areaunder a very and panel lines? of the outline of a particularmodel on thick canopy. otherthan manufacturersdrawings(which Let me tell you that those"good old of themselvessometimes arc not done These arethe good How aboutthose decals? IfYou days" were thepitst well). I recentlyread a review in an were lucky you might get a unit marking old days. English publicationon ttreHiPM SB2U to go with serialsand roundels' Vindicatorindicating that the shapeof the Bill enginecowling did not comparewith Thosewere the daYswhen You felt drawingsin the In Action book on the i$ a greatday when a new kit came out. As I SeeIt aircraft and thereforethe kit was wrong! You didn't care what mark it was, any- by TracYWhite Excuuuseme! It is my opinion that the kit thing was welcome and most times the kits I ltrst ran into IPMS and IPMS capturedthe shapeof the enginecowling '86 were not evenright. Frog almostalways Seattleat the PaineField Airshow. I betterthan the In Action drawings. has one comPletegoof. was 12 at the time and had beenbuilding Personally,I will only comparea model to models sinceI was 4. I rememberthat a drawing of the type as a last resort. I do OK, they were cheaP.Airltx kits Terry Moore and Tom Weinell were there, most of my comparisonswith photosof went for 29(, (yott can't evenbuy a stamp and maybeNorm Filer as well, but that the subjectand if the model looks right' I for that now). may havebeen all his phantomsI remem- won't compareit to a drawing. Only if ber. lt was a tremendousexperience for a thereis a major discrepancywill I do a Bag kit? That meanstheY came in a 72-yearold to be exposedto sucha fine comparisonwith a drawing, and even baggiewith the instructionsfolded and group of modelers. It was at mY first then,I take the drawing with a grain of stapledover the open end. For that price meetingsthat I hrst learnedof airbrushes salt. Another complaint about somekit you got two body halves,one or two solid of manufacturersother than Mono- reviewersis sayinga model is 6" short in and wings (with sink holes)a vertical,two gram and Revell (A-lthoughit would be a spanor 4" short in length.BIG DEAL. Is imaybe)sclid hcrizonta!s,!anding gear few years beiore i couici actuidiy AF- it that importantthat a modelerwill have strutswith wheelsmolded on, a canopy,a FORD one!) to cut 4 scaleinches out of a model to be set of thick decalsand a stand. What ever completelyaccurate? I don't think so. happenedto standsanYwaY? I did not realizeuntil recentlyhow That's my opinion. So there. Thanks for I(d beentaking my club and the Iettingme vent. badly How aboutPaint waY back then? local storesfor granted. I spentthis last No PRU blue, RLM 02, no anYthing.You in JuneauAlaska working on Seeyou at the meeting, summer got a few basics,red, yellow, blue, black' There was ONE hobby store Terrv helicopters. white and maybea lew suangeother in a town oi 30,000 and lessthan 1/6 ol it guess. colors. You mixed everythingby was dedicatedto plastic models. I never There were no Fed standards.We didn't saw one personother than myselflook know from color chips. We paintedthem throughtheir kits, and I had to get all of on he instrucdons The GoodOld DaYs by brush to *te colors my new releaseinformation via the (or box art). Added detail was an anten- Internetand drool over all the kits I was by Bill Osborn nae. going to be able to buy when I got HOME

This is a story of a man nameJed. Thosewere modelsfrom real men! Never againwill I take this club and No that's not right. How about,This is a Look what we have now. Kits bY areafor granted. I owe a greatdebt to take of a sailorman....No that's not it Hasegawa,Tamiya, Revell-Ogram and all many different members whofve taken the either. Maybe Frog, Airfix, Lindberg' the new EasternEuropean manufacturers. time to answerthe many questionsI used Aurora, Hawk, Renwall, that it. Yes, We have after market resin parts to make to ask and still do (whazzat2 Howid you Rememberthem? TheY are namesfrom greatkits evenbetter. So many new decal do it?? How difficult was it???)and mY the past. Well maybenot Airfix, it's not sheetsyou needwhole room to keep them hat goesoff to Kevin Callahanand Emil what it use to be. in. More paint than a ShermanWilliams Minerich for the time and effort they store. Air brushes,compressors' razor spendkeeping us informed of all the new Back in the daYswhen TerrY Moore saws,micro drills and all thoseother kits and setswe can give them money for. hair to comb and was a small lad(?),I had goodiesthat have come to us in the last Bill Johnsonwas in his early 60's, these twenty or thirtY Years. The exPerienceand exPertisewe were the kits to build. Mostly they were have at IPMS Seattleis somethingthat were the only the kits to build, mostly they How can anYbodY build models (Cont'don paqe12) one yox could get. Seattle Chapte r I PM S-U SA N ew slen e r

table,with newlegends and captions. (I comparisonto thosehere.) of elementsof this \. Tow thatthe Cold War is over, didn'tinclude the diagrams for theUT-2 The similaritY mid-war Germangray l\ unomodel manufacntrers ale trainerand Yak-6 utilitY craft.) 1943 schemeto the just as the 1941 green runningout of Bf 109variants and Fourth Thisis neithera treatiseon Great "splinter" scheme, some previous German Reichfantasy jets to do, they seemto be PariodcWar Soviet camouflage and schememirrored to say the least. (And gettingaround to a few othersign)ficant markingsnor anexposition of thecom- colors, is interesting know betterthan the "recipi- subjectsfrom The Big War,including even plexitiesof "official"colors versus who would a particular ltnish was a few "GreatPatriotic War. Soviet observedcolors, but hereare a few ent" whether and worthy of emula- subjects.Seriously, though, since some (provisional!) commentsfor whatever effective or not, that therewere alternate 36.163more Stormoviks and 36,731 more valuethey may have in providingsome tion?) Note also II--2 and the Pe-2. How variousYak fighterswere produced than contextfor thismaterial: patterns for the the Tu-2, fit into this any of those1946-era German jets, it's To thebest of mYknowledge, this other types,such as I have no idea. I sure niceto frnallysee them getting recognition manualconstituted the third major set of system,if at all, of the complete in qualityscale plastic. This of course Sovietcamouflage specifications relevant wish I had a translation suggestthat these confrontsus with thechallenge of actually to GreatPatriotic War aircraft. The hrst manual. Photosdo followed, buildingand paintrng these models, and wouldhave been the staldards in place standardswere not always have you'veprobably noticed that there aren't duringthe periodfrom beforethe 1939140 though,although they do appearto at leastlate 1944, nearlyas many tomes on Sovietcamou- "WinterWar" with Finlandup to the eve remainedin effect until flageand markings as lhere are treatises of theGerman invasion in June,1941. on,say, the finer points of RLM 82 and83 Photosindicate that the finishes in use HHJ;il'i:: :;.;;;il:i$ ;:T:: - againbecame more O either.Although the sinradonis improv- then(e.g., olive green over light blue,and sametable of colors ing, andeven the datain kit instruction olivegreen and earth brown over light common. I have no waY of knowing sheetsis gettingmuch better (e.g., ICM blue,both common on I-153s, I16s and Of course were Yak-g.Accurate Miniatures' Il-2m3), MiG-3s)were still seenwell into 1942' whether these color equivalents of color everylittle bit helps.What's needed of Thesecond set ofspecifications was derived from ar examination datain the courseis a wellresearched,comprehensive issuedjust beforethe German invasion, chips or other descriptive on other work on thesubject in English,but I don't andit specified,among other things' a manual itself, were based the authorin a vision thinkI'll hold my breathwaiting. In the "two green"pattern scheme for fighters sources,or came to particularly long airbrushing meantime,the bestwe haveseems to be (themost common Yak-1 scheme, and also following a ventilation. That madeup of variouscontradictory or seenon LaGG-3sand LaG-Ss), a new sessionwithout adequate know sinceabout incompletetidbits, in a varietyof conso- bottomcolor along the lines of RLM 65' would be nice to colors are nant-intensivelanguages. So, to addto the andthe deletion of nationalinsignia from everyone'scall-outs of Soviet else's,and thereis confusion.er, information base, here's theupper surfaces of thewings. The 1943 different fiom everyone English-speakingmodelers somestuff I extractedfrom theApril, 1995 manualunearthed by Model Art specilted little to help reliability of any of this issueof a little-known,low budget"zinc" a new "two gray" "splinter"pattern assessthe relative some of these from in or nearthe countryformerly- schemefor fi ghteraircraft,three-color information. In any event, virtually match those known-as-Yugoslaviacalled Model Art. (darkgreen, earth brown, gray or black) color identifications to (c/o NenadMiklusev, Bulevar Veljka patternsfor othertypes, and a darkerblue- found in other sourcesavailable as David Vlahovilca,56/10, 23000 Zrenjanin.) greenbottom color. The "modern"red American modelers, such Reference It seemsthat the Model fut folks got starinsignia with thewide white outline Klause'sIPMS Color Cross rest arebroadly similar theirhands on a 1943Soviet camouflage lrst appearedwith thesecamouflage Guide, most of the sources,but a manual(I think it saysit wasdated March, finishes,and so it wasprobably specilted to colors indicatedin other But once the basic 1943,but that'sa guess.)Although in thismanual as well. (By theway, the few are quite different. hasbeen identified for impossibleto read,the articledoes include ICM Yak-9instruction sheet contains camouflagescheme copiesof the camouflagepattern diagrams drawingsof boththe 1941green and 1943 from the manualand a tableof colorswith gray standardhghter patterns - although il:::j::hriffi.":,l:.;13i,?iil'oo periodphotos to sort out the FS equivalents.Most of the diagrams without starboardviews, and I think the betteruse - variousalternative color call-outs in terms havebeen reproduced here for Your 1943pattern is not angularenough and applicabilityto thesubject viewingpleasure, along with thecolor colorcall-outs which make an interesting of theirlikely Seattle r IPMS-USANewsletter information on the color gray-green-bluecolors a-reconcerned' being modeled. I have no here,although I (The ICM Yak 9 call-out is a similarly But any color list like this' no matter designationsystems cited referred to in dark, but much bluer color.) I would how well documented,is at best only a have seen the AMT system The fact suggestthat you look at someprototype generalguide to an ideal standardthat was other easternEuropean materials. have two photosbefore deciding on the urderside more or Iessdeviated from in practice,and that somecolors apparently (and two identi- color of a late war Soviet aircraft: a very I suspectthat Sovietcolors varied quite a designations sometimes one light tone probably meansa pastelblue lot, althoughthis is certainlynot to say fied variants)would suggestthat and over- type of color (not very commonthen ): a that thesevariations were entirely random numberingsystem replaced, glance at the medium to light tone probablyreflects a and beyondsystematic understanding. My lapped, the other. And a that color somethinglike RLM 65 (not guessis that they varied in a way that was designationnumbers makes it clear and/ornot uncommon after 1943); ard a darker color sirnilarto that of Italy's "Mimetico" many colors areunknown systems. with low contrastwith theupper surlacc camouflagecolors, where therewere at correlatedwith thesecataloging chiPsfor colorsmeans it probablywas a color leastfour identifiablevariants of eachof If you look at the FS 595 really stand similar to the call-out given here (these the three main upper surface camouflage the colors a couple ofthings the AMT appearto havebeen most common lrom colors,and theseconelated more or less out as well: how light and blue 7944 on). with particular aircraft manufacturersand 11 upper surfacecolor is, and how dark color With AMT 7 light blue added,the types,parnt suppliers, and periodsof time. and greenthe AMT 17 lower surface color list given by Model Art includesa Individual Soviet aircraft factoneswere is. (AMT 12 is also lighter than the tone version of most of the colorsneeded for rather independentwhen it came to seenin most photos.)Even if we assume data any of the official schemesobserved on airframedetails and mod)hcations,and it that the ultimate source for this color period Soviet aircraft during the war. (It does is not unreasonableto supposethat they is highly reliable,it is clear from could not lack most of the various observedinterior also took the sameapproach in the paint photosthat thesespecihc colors And and primer grays,the early pastelblue departrnent. And like all other combat- have beenvery common in practice. undersidecolor, and of coursesomc of the ants, Soviet aircraft manufacturersmust of coursewe shouldn't forget the unavoid- colors are probably more "typical" of the haveused old paintsuntil supplieswere able inexactnessand subjectivityin FS rangeof observedcolors than others.)Of exhausted,and substitutedcolors as the chip matchingto begin with. coursethere are a number of mysterious situationdemanded. The frequentuse of But while most PeriodPhotos of schemesthat are consistentwith no known black in place ofdark green for the early Soviet hghtersin the 1943pattern show speciftcations,like the mottled ltnisheson war "two green" patternscheme is a good upper surfacetones that could only be someYak-lbs, the three-colorpattems on example. producedby the use ofdarker and someLaSFNs, and some odd naval The "tractor paint" story so often highercontrastingAMT 11 and 12 colors, schemes,the colors of which we can only repeatedin the Englishlanguageaviation somephotos do reflect the relative guess.But knowing therange of possibili- historyand modeling press comes to nund lightnessand low tonal contrastthat would AMT ties is a big ltrst steP. in this connectiontoo, althoughI suspect be producedby using colors like the The So how do modelingPaints comPare it's at leastas good an exampleof how 11 andAMT 12 calloutscited here. bit to thesecolors? Off the shelf paintsare a what Cold Warera Western writers thought matterof lower surfacecolors is also a mixed bag, but with a little diligenceyou ought to be true aboutSoviet production of a problem. Taking everything together can get, or mix, everYthingYou need. standardsand tolerancesbecame better that I have seen on this subject' it appears Aeromaster and Testorshave dedicated known than the real details. But certainly to me that the almost garish pastel blues so sets of paints for Great Patriotic War productivity was more important than often referred to in modeling references Wore the Soviet aircraft. The Aeromastercollection fussinessabout colors, and Soviet facto- had to havebeen most common is the best "offthe shelf' setI have seen, ries built immensenumbers of aircraft. So Great Patriotic War began, but begax to be althoughit is incomplete,with only five wide variationsfrom ofhcial standardsno replaced,albeit only slowly and incom- (and colors. If my memoryserves me (a bigger doubt occurred, although at presentwe pletely in practice,by darker usually "if' all the time), a few yearsago I was have little information about this beyond greener/grayer)colors beginning with the told by GastonBernal of Aeromasterthat somegeneral observations. June,i 941 camouflagespecifications. (Polish) on the IL-2 their Soviet colors arebased on chips Ifyou takea look at Photosoflate The AJ Press book to obtainedfrom relics by the authorsof the war Yak and Lavochkin hghters in Red seriesmentions an AMT 7 blue similar lower Red Starsbook. In axy event,they Stars(or any othersuitable source), and RLM 65 which was ProbablYthe 1941. certainlyhave a good subjective"feel" to compare their camouflage patterns to the surfacecolor specifredin June, them. The set includeslight and dark generic single seat fighter pattern shown Photos of aircraft in the camouflage (for grays for the "two gray. pattern scheme,a here you will see that they do follow the patternscalled for in this 1943manual light "Topside Green" that works for the patternas often as not, althoughnot with example,most Yak-gsand LaSFNs3 early war overall and pattern schemes,an the same level of anal retentivenessthat usually suggestdarker undersidesthan (e.g.' Yak-ls, "Earth Brown, n and a pre-/early war you seewith, say, SPitfires. I would aircraft in the earlier schemes pastel blue. All seem to be quite represen- imagine that this same kind of flexibility I16s). which is consistentwith the color much tative ofthe respectivecolors. The Testors was true for Soviet color standardsas call-out here, although there is still (Cont'don nexLpaqe) well. room for variation where such complex r IPMS-USANewslener andresearch. (Contdfrom prior Vaqe) This may well be the last frontierof World War II aircraftmodeling setis an interestingcomplement to these, althoughsome of the color namesare :l'JJ,l,il:;:1,T,-1#flei",il:i:ff,T'H:tr;fr l:x*i:'*J,iffi ;T*,O ratherconfusing. Testors' own "Topside yourown article! Green"is probablytoo dark to be typical of thepreand early war light olive greens, andtoo yellowishto be typical of the dark greensused for thepattern schemes. Testors'set also has a good"Earth Brown," anda darkbrown paint labeled "EarthGray''that may be their versionof a late/post-warolive drabcolor. The set alsoincludes a goodupper surface gray color curiouslylabeled "Underside Gray," anda color labeled"Topside Gray'' that is actuallya goodmatch of the protective andprimer grays used on manyYaks. The setalso has a lower surfacepre-/early war pastel labeled"Topside Blue," blue oddly Itoto |vo: IjEFN nn br 96 ol lhc l69th Fighbr Rogimont, ,'dr AtuAnty, Itningtd FMt, &,rmmL ,94. ,lotc andan "UndersideBlue" that is a fairly dra tbngabr ,,tTtm q ttr Nt, .t d nbtiv.ty &.* bw.r rvdc. color e tlt wlral @vE ln.d St Bt goodrepresentation of the dark late war lower surfacegray-bluegreen on the ModelArt color tablehere. Humbrolhas a color that couldbe usedfor the latewar undersidecolor, #115 "RussianBlue." Its Iine alsoincludes an excellentlight olive green,#120 "Light Green," two excellentdark Sleens,#91 "Black Green"and #149 "Dark Green," andtwo colorsthat look like reasonable mid war undersidesky blue variants,#122 "PaleBlue. andthe darker#65 "Aircraft Blue, n amotrg0ther matches too numer- ousto list. llob fhto: LbSF Mbr 66 of dt gt g1. Ifyou haveaccess to FS 595 (or 2 t tt Frghatr hgimt, w. , Amt u ,rtat|r.ttbr of ttu qrsnt r it prtbtbtly ,.mm uktat h tr te$-alt 'itrgy'tr 4,tt m a tu m. Tty bw.r trte. c&r vid& you canmix and .trdu grup other)reference chips lrr 'ril b irt rtghdY tghtv dtn tt0 ftr/hrry o, dp two ,Wr utec Omys matchpaints from any manufactureras ''-r'+.**.j you seefit, of course.Some manufactur- ,.--!.=. ersproduce paint chafts that allow you to matchtheir paintsto othercolor samples. (In Humbrol'scase, I guessthe chipsare on the lids of thoselittle cans.)And I heartilyrecommend that you makeyour own "chips" of everypaint you haveon handon 3" X 5" cardsor she€tplastic: if you comparethem to FS 595 or similar sampleswhen you're planningyour paint jobs you'll oftenhnd that you already havesome colors you need,or something closeenough to be easilymixable - they werejust disguisedwith the wrong labels. This is especiallyso for World War Two Sovietaircraft since many of their colors

seemto havebeen very similal to those ,rpto Fos: Onc of t',. w.ll-hnown photoE of Ytk-gD nun ber 22 of thc 6th Gardt Fightar Rogimant, al*k &a Flcet, in th. CriM, tvby/Junc, 1944. Anothar photo in tlris *ti.t showtdp thburd tidc whh thc ttittirctivo tbngular usedby othercombatants, those of port colof ttrdcf thc d1plct on dE rce. Nota thc angubf agptiation of tha 4tlFlm on thc wing, .nd a lowar urf&c gmyt. thc Germanyand Britain in particular. ait gwp ttpt ie virtwtty itdittinguidtbtc fm thG tighbr ol d,c two uppcr srhco On thc covliag .rc *ho ,Pd bc.n Gurds cmblam .nd tha Order of dr. Rcd Banncr, Th. pitot is thwght to h ,O victory Ga Lt. M.l' Gnb, awardcd thc Gold star on octobar 23, ,942. lMichulcc' g!!wbE:99t9,a) r IPMS-USANewsletter

Soviet Colors Description Notes fbesignation(s) closestFs 59s patterns;similar to RAF Dark Earth,but often AMT 1 (A 21M) 30118 Light eanh brown Uppersurface lighter to U.S. Dark Green30' AMT4 (A24M) 34f,,52(34092) dark green Uppersurface patterns; similar Medium Green42, RLM 70 Black Green,etc' pattems AMT 6 37038 black Markings and uppersurface similar to RLM 65 AMT 7 354r4 sky blue Lower surfaces,early to mid war; rangingtoward AMT 11(A 32 M) 3523r mediumgray-blue Uppersurfaces, two-gray patterns;colors RAF MediumSea Grey may havebeen more typical AMT 11-K 3r302 insigniared Markings darkercolors on the AMT 12 35237 medium gray Uppersurfaces, two-gray patterns; orderof RAP ExtraDark SeaGrey andOcean Grey may havebeen more tyPical recentUSSR color' AMT 17(A 28 M) 35299 gray-blue-green Lower surfacesafter 1943; also a more "PalePeacock Blue"; probablymuch variation unknown 33655 paleyellow Markings pattems unknown 24224 light green Upper surfaces,overall andtwo-green unknown 33481 ochreyellow Primer; esp.on Lavochkina/c unknown 37880(37875) camouflage white Winter camouflage unknown 37886 insigniawhite Markings

and notes The designationsand FS matches,except for AMT 7, were takenftom the Model Art article; the descriptions press Guideis alsohrelpful for aremy own. AMT 7 wasfound in the poiish AJ book on tnelL-7lr}. Kraus'sIPMS Coior a few of these,and includes other observed soviet colorsas well.

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Fig.6: Pe-8 HeavY Bomber r IPMS-USANewsletter Getting Paint on the Model - Airbrushes o Painting & Finishing Models- Part III by Ted Holowchuk

avail- There are many different makes and ard durable,and partsare readily - you droP it on a his time we will look at waYs types of airbrusheson the market. They able. Read when to get palnt onto our models. arepriced from reasonableto expenstve. concretefloor! ! Basically, there are three waYs In this casethe more expenslvemay not H is available to dothis. Actually,there are four ways. be the best for our needs. The Paaschemodel with threeairlfluid assemblies.They are; ( I this one 1. Dipping: dip themodel in a There arebasically two types of air H-1 Fine,H-3 Medium use H-5 Heavy bucket of paint. This methodcovers fine bushes; most of the time), and the my "Clear Finish" detail,needs large quantities of paint (try Duty. I usethe H-5 on I use two H model dipping a 1/48thB-17) and can be messy A. Single action airbrush: These airbrush. What? Yes, when drip drying. Dipping is not a areusually an externalmix unit, with paint airbrushes. recommendedtechnique. and arr mixed outsidethe body of the I use airbrush. Single action brushes are fairly The first, with an H-3 tip painting. I will 2. Paint Brush: I supposewe have simple to use.They are also easyto take exclusively for color for fine line painting all usedthis methodat some time in our apart,and clean. When put back together changeto an H-1 tip early years. I still use good quality red (if no partsare left out) they will still work when needed sablebrushes for detail painting and touch properly.Examples of a single action is for clear ftnirF up. However,I would not use a brush to airbrushesare; Binks Wren, Badger350, The secondairbrush gloss, gloss,or flat finish paint a model today. Think aboutpainting and Paaschemodel H. only. Clear semi this you car,boat or fine furniture with a paint is the only material sprayedthrough unit puts on brush. It is tough to do a crediblejob, and B. Double action airbrushes: arrbrush.The H-5 tip on this I like. Also the resultsare not usually acceptable. These are internal mix airbrushes. The air a medium to heavy coat which any Samcwith our models. Again, I do not and paint are mixed inside the body of the the "clear only" airbrushelimlnates fitnish. recommendthis method. airbrush. Paint is routed around the needle chanceof paint specksin my clear inside the body of the airbrush. This leads brush 3. Aerosol: aerosolcans are a great to clogging with our type of paint. (More The objective of this two laziness. I productwhen usedin the right situation. on this later). Cleaning meanstaking the systemis sort of fueledby my Paintingmodels is not usually the right arrbrush apart, cleaning the parts and do not take apartand cleanthese paintsession. situation.They have a limited selectionof reassembling.The parts aredelicate and airbrushesafter every probably take my colors and areexpensive. They can also prone to damage,especially the needle. Horrors!! SacrilegeM "color" gun 2-3 months, after be temperamental.They also spray out Thesetypes are more difficult to use,more apart every when needed. Nor- too much material in too large a pattern. temperamentaland more expensive. fairly heavy use, or paint jar spray They cannotbe easily controlled. I use a Examplesare; Binks RavenII, Badger mally, I hook up the and I will run 114to 112 lot of aerosolpaint productsin my job, so 150,and PaascheVL. away. When done, throughthe I am very familiar with their characteris- ouncesof lacquerthinner put the nozzle and tics. I could tell you some storiesabout My personalpreference is the single airbrush, a cloth over bottle using spray cans. There was the action Paaschemodel H. No, this is not a "back flush" into the thinner (another your not supposedto do)! ! time...... Oh! That could be anotherarticle. commercial. I do not sell them or own thing removethe Well, back to the task. Even though some stock in the company. It is becauseI have I then run a little more thinner, it, wipe off modellersuse aerosolcans, I personallydo usedthis model of airbrushfor a long thinner bottle, run air through it ready for next^ not care for, nor do I recommend them for time. I am familiar with it, get good the air cap and hang up, painting models. resultsand find it easyto use. It is a {'il?:'J' simple unit, easyto take apartand clean. l,Ti;,ii?x"ll#iliillil ! work right no more!" Theclear airbrush 4. Air Brushing: My Prejudice Am I repeatingmyself?? It is alsoreliable since comesto the front again. I think that doesn'tneed cleaning as often, but using an airbrushis tire only way to paint. (Contdon next 7aqe) 11 Seattle C r IPMS-USANewsletter Like manYthings in our hobbY, at Well, after gettingback into this I'm doing one,I usually do them both will soon hobby in a more seriousmanner, (??) I experienceand experimentation the sametime. 'er point where it becomes decidedone day to "give anothergo!" get you to the patienceand comfortable. A good generalguide is that airbrush I tried it with a little more Cleaning the not flow throughthe found it doeswork well, if you understand if the paint does nature. To explain, the brush well, it is probably not thin enough, So, when the airbrushhas to be its temperamental for painting if it doesnot providea goodsurface, it it apart. There will PaascheVL is a good airbrush cleaned,you must take but is fine lines and small controlledareas' couldbe a thinningProblem, be an air caplnozzleon the front end with thin, I probably not atomizing,and that is a air cap and Camouflageand that sort of thing. a rubber washer between the end ofthe useit to squirtolive drab on a 1/ pressuredehciency. The other the body of the airbrush. The fluid/paint wouldn't For thatjob I would usea scaleis too much pressure.This causes nozzleis the cone shapedpiece that fits 48th B-17. gun! excessiveover spray,and can also dry the paint tip/needle Binks Model 2(X)l commercialspray throughthe air cap. The results just a joke!I paint before it hits the surfaceand fits into the fluid /paint nozzle. Remove That is in a grainy, sandylike surface.35 PSI is the fluid nozzle and paint tip, then last' Part of the is the tYPeof probably the maximum pressureto ever take off the air cap. Inside the fluid/paint Problem We normally spraypig- use. nozzlethere is a smallcompression paint we use. nut. mentedpaint. That meansthe paint is washerheld on placeby a retaining "gettingpaint clear vehicle,normally I believeI havccovered Back out the nut andremove the washer. composedof a or acrylic, color pigment' onto the model" and it time to move on. F\rt the three parts into a small contarner lacquer,enamel to thin out the of lacquerthinner. Do not soakthe and a reducer Palnt. ground solid par- Any questionsor rebuttalswill be lacquerthinner will ruin Pigmentis the hnely washers,as Pleasesubmit in ticles which are what clogs up the tip of "cheerfully" received. them. (another the airbrush. Common problemsare not written form and in triplicate' who uses thinning out the paint enough,or using the joke!). I would urgeanyone Clean the Partsusing Q-TiPs' other makesand modelsof airbrushesto Do not wrong air pressure.However, these heavy pipe cleanersand toothpicks. I paintsare what gives us the put pencil to paper and write an articlg. force any instrument,including tooth- pigmented good with minimal am surethe group would appreciateit. picks, into the fluid paint nozzle,because ability to get coverage is gcod aews'/badnews you could distort or break the tip' nlso' coatsof paint. Ii a Next time we will talk about materl- treatthe needlewith care as it can be bent scenario. als-paint. or damaged..With heavy use, parts will air brusheswere not eventuallywear out and new partscan be These pigmentedpaints. Readany purchasedas needed. It is wise to replace designedfor They recommendinks the whole "front unit" when required. airbrushcatalog. There is very little if any Sources: That is the air cap, fluid nozzle and the and dye colors. products,but they don't paint tip. The washerscan be purchased pigment in these We are using theseairbrushes Check out local hobbYshoPs or mail and replacedas required Both washers cover well. job designedfor, and order shops.I found good Priceson for operation. to do a they were not areneeded ProPer at a ceramicmail that can causeproblems. Even large PaascheH and VL sets gunscan have problems order shop: When reassembling,make sure commercialspray heavy pigmentedpaints. the compressionwasher is a snug ltt when spraying your paintand using proper alr Lou Davis Wholesale aroundthe paint tip. There shouldbe a Thinning help. Thin enoughto get N3211CountY Road H little resistancewhen adjustingthe fluid pressurecan into and through the airbrush' P.O.Box 21 nozzle. Ifit spinsfreely, the retaining nut good flow enough pressureto atomize the Lake Geneva, WI 5314'l-0021 shouldbe tighteneda bit. and use paint completely. Thinning is a delicate 1-800-748-7991 I balancebetween good coverageand not Lets see,what else? Oh Yeah' - 0099' over the surface. Proper PaascheH set single actionkit sort of lied. I alsohave a PaascheVL running all will put paint on the surfacein a with gun, hose and all 3 tips and color double action airbrush that I got as a pressure grainy coating.. No lumps' bottles $34.99 presenta long time ago. As someof you smooth,non Unfortunately, know, I have trouble walking and chewing spitting,or unevenness' - perfect number such as "thin PaascheVL Doubleaction kit M81' gum at the sametime and this airbrush there is no spray at l,Ipressure". with gun,hose and 2 tiPs gaveme hts. At the time I was not doing XXpercent and ofpaint, and eveneach color $s2.9s much model building, and the "two way" Each brand brand,will have different They alsocarry Pafis. Ask for a control drove me to put this thing on the within the and require more thinner catalog. shelf and mumble about another "expen- characteristics adjustments. sive piece ofjunk". and/or Pressure (Conid on nexl Vaqe) l2 Se attle ChapterI PMS'U SA I'{grllrtt t' (Conddfrom paqe3) bushesbelow him. Figuring the bushes mustbe fosteredand developed. We(re would break his fall, Johnremoved his lucky we havemembers such as Terry' pocket knife and proceededto cut away is; Thelocal Paasche distributor Bob,Andrew, Keith, and Norm (to list a his shorts to free himself from the tree. VERY shortfew who've enrichedIPMS When finally free, John crashedbelow SuPPIYCo RossmanIndustrial Seattle),but theycannot shoulder the into Holly bushes.The sharPleaves 2500Western entireload. We all needto contribute, scratchedhis entire body and now being Seattle,WA whetherit be by bringingin a kit (com- without his shorts,he was the unwilling (206)728-0260 pleteor not)or writinga shortreview of a victim of a holly branchpenetrating his kit andpublishing it in thenewsletter. rectal cavity.To make mattersworse, his References: A democracYworks best when all pocket knife proceededto fall with him memberscontribute to its welfare,not just and landethree inchesinto his left thigh. FineScale Models a motivatedfew. Seeinghis friend in considerable parn and agony,Sal decidedto throw him "Airbrushing Tips", Marcb 1992' page50 a rope and pull him to safety.However, weighing about 100 Poundsless, he "Airbrush", Spring 1982,page 53 decidedthe best courseof actionwould be to tie the rope to the truck. "Rating 8 Airbrushes",December 1986, Darwin Award Pickup This is when things went from bad page46 That's the one given to the Person who has managedto kill him/herselfin the to worse. his state,Sal the "Airbrush basicsand Cleaning most outlandishway during the past year. In drunken Put December1993, wrong gear,pressed on the Airbrushes", Last year's recipientwas the guy who truck into the page 44 gas, crashedthrough the fence, strappeda JATO unit to the back of his and killing his friend. Sal was lit it olf somewhereout westand landing on and "Basic Airbrush - Compressors", January' Chevy, before thrown from the truck, suffered masstv0 page 32 got airbornefor a half-mile or so 1996, and also died at the scene. making a smoking hole in the side of a internal injuries Police arrived to find a truck "Airbrush Techniques",February, 1996' mountain. Maybe you heardabout this PickuP page30 one. The year before, the Darwin award j:fli'JilHilxlTj:"[:ils'"'o was given to this big husky fellow who ;jfi with numerousscratches- a "Advanced Airbrush (Double Action)", irgured he could get his quarterback out nakedman, 82 up his rectum, a knife in his March 1996,Page of the soft drink machine(where it had holly stick a pair of shortsdangling from disappearedwithout giving him his drink) thigh, and 25 feet in the arr. ScaleAuto Enthusiast not by rocking the machine,but bY the tree branches other nomineesfor picking it up and shakingit. It was a little Now for some June year's Darwin, the follow- "Test of Model Master Airbrush", heavierthan he thought,it got overbal- the upcoming page34 1992, anced,and fell on of him. This year's ing list- #1 JoseMercurY recipient(s) NOMINEE [San Editor's note: Again, I man,using a John PernickYand friend Sal Newsl An unidentilled would like to thank Ted for a club to break a former Hawkins, of the great stateof Washington' shotgunlike "churning-out"his third article windshield,accidentally shot decidedto attenda local Metallica concert girlfriend's in this series. This month's to deathwhen the gun discharged, at the Amphitheater at Gorge, Washington. himself article was assisted through the hole in his gut. Having no tickets(but 18 beersamong blowing a fine efforts of both Norm Filer NOMINEE #2 Gazette, them) ttrey thought it would be easy lKalartazoo and Brian Cahill who tYPed and Burns, 34, of Alamo, Mich., enoughto hop over the nine-foothigh 4-1-951James edited this article. TheY tYPed, in March as he was trying to fence and sneakinto the show. was killed edited and submitted it for the police describedas a "farm- The two friends pulled their pickup repair what Chapter Newsletter. It sure Burns got a friend to drive the truck over to the fence and the plan was type truck." makes the editor's life a dream. highwaYwhile Burns hung for John-100 poundsheavier than Sal-to truck on a Thanks to all three of You guYs! so that he could ascertainthe hop over, and then assisthis friend over underneath troubling noise. Burns' clothes the fence. Unfortunately for John, there sourceofa however, and the was a 30 foot drop on the other side of the caught on something, found Burns "wrappedin the fence. other man Having heavedhimself over,he drive shaft." found himself crashing ttrough a tree. His EdiNor'sNote: 0.K. 5o I can'l branch fall was abruptly halted by a large oae6u?funny otuft. Thisie onlyparr which snaggedhim by his shorts. Dan- otWalt,Fink's list. Dowe haveeome gling from the tree, with one arm broken, memberswho should be nominat'ed'7Q John looked down and saw a grouPof r IPMS-USANewsletter U. S. Navy AircraftCarriers by NormFiler

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by lhe Ediloie Edit ot'sNote: As you cansee fromthe fine ouLlineabove, Norm tooklhe lhin t'hread VroviAed for lhie reeearchNorm' mea*er earlieretfor:- an; ha6 qreatly ex?andedthe availableU9 Navycarcier Aat a base. ThankE t6 Se attle ChapterI PM S-U SA N ey1lgn e1 wires are not shown ) Stainless Steel Rigging reach in and thread the wire and tie knots. The front brace As flying wires are usually double,the is less than the width Ever wonderhow YourbiPlane spacebetween them T"T:fi:'ffi; ::ff lffilTffi ;*' O decide passing the wire through the fuselage and models would look with the real thing? I of a wing strut, you will have to drill holes control surfacesto form a loop and tie a mean,using stainlesssteel for the rigging' whether to "notch" the strut or knot trimming the long ends. Then using which appearsto have been the correct in it the proper distanceaPart is tweezers,work the knot inside the materialused for early rigging on almost Do it last: After the model of the fuselage. The control wires are threaded all country'sbiwing aircraft. Here's a assembled(with the exception painted through the fuselage, and glued onto the reprintedarticle which will assistyou in firewall and/orpanels), and and appropriatecontrol horns. The tailbrace rigging thoselittle gemsand introduceyou decaledtake a hypodermicsyringe or spray wires are shown by "(3)" on the diagram. to the fine art of making them look even clear all the rigging holes ofpaint The wire is Theseare done last becauseifyou get a betterthan before,especially if you have that may be clogging t]lem. it kink in a pieceof wire, you cancut it ofl experimentedwith threadsor fishing line. best usedby unrolling it by unreeling It past the kink and use it for short bracing. Notes on the use of StarnlessSteel out of the cord knots that hold the coil. Then feed out more for the flYing or Wire. is not necessaryto try to straightenthe landing wire you need. Since stainlesssteel wire is a lot wire, as a small tensionin enoughto After the wing bracing is done,anY different ftom monofilamentline or tighten it. slight slack in lhe wires (probablylanding stretchedsprue, a few notes maY be It is best to start with the rear it is wires) can be taken care of by making a helpfulas to its' usein rigging l/48th or 1/ rigging of the wings first' In rigging' loop aroundthem inside the fuselage, 72nd scale aircraft. best to use one long piecerather than tying a knot, and pulling it tight, and PREPARE FOR ITFIRST * AND severalshort ones. For the double flying securingit with a drop of glue. This may DO IT LAST! wires, the wire goesfrom the inside of the repeated,if necessary.For the hnal Preparefor it ltrsl Most brace wire fuselagethrough a hole, to the wing strut be step,glue the ltrewall and/orpanels in is connectedto fittings in the fuselageone at the top, around the top of the strut, back place. way or another and passesthrough thc through the fuselage,out of the other side Anyonewho hasever seen a classic "skin" of the fuselage. Therefore the ltrst to the other wing strut, around the strut' biplane in flight or at rest,witlt the sun thing to do before assemblingthe model la back through the fuselage,and both ends ^ glue to drill hoies in the skin ior the wire to are tied inside the fuselage' A drop of passthrough. This will be done for the is dabbedover the know to keep it secure. *:T'li,ilt*: ilxT fiil:TiJ;"';* *o to a greatmodel. After all,NOTH- " flying wires, landing wires, tailbrace This is shown in the diagramby "(1)." touch ING LOOKSLIKE STAINLESSSTEEL wires, and control wires. Even on a full- The single landing wires are run LIKE STNNLESSSTEELI sized aircraft, the holes are barely visible' next, from the top of of one wing strut to Ed'sNote: Thisarticle was re- so most drill bits are too large to make a the bottom of the other strut on the same printedfrom theearlier flyer put outby suitable hole. The beat thing I have found side, around it, and up to the top of the theowner of AirknockerThings Sales Co., to date is the plastic "one shot". hypoder- cabanestrut, down the bottom of the ofbox 421,BuckeYeLake, Ohio. This mic syringe used by diabetics for their oppositecabane strut, crossing on the companyhas sold .004" diameter stainless daily insulin. One syringewill make three inside to the bottom of the other cabane stellwire for $1.00per yard (with a two or four holes through styrene plastic strut, out and to the top of the opposite yardminimum) for sometime. It really beforebreaking. If a diabeticfriend saves strut,down to the baseof the correspond- doeslook greaton smallbiplane models' them for YOU, he can remove the plunger ing strut, aroundit, and to the top of the eitherquarter or 1/72ndscale. to keep from going afoul of drug laws. other outboardstrut, where it is tied and After making the holes with the syringe' a glued. This is shown in the diagramby "countersink"can be made on the inside "Q);', of the fuselageat eachhole to make tlireading the wire a little easier. Also, if there is a separatefltrewall, do not attach it during assembly. If the firewall is molded as part of the fuselagehalves, look for any large panels on the underside that can be cut out and glued back later. Most rotary engined aircraft of World War One had a "notch" on the underside of the fuselage nearestthe engine,in the cross-sectionof an inverted "V." This was to improve exhaustscavenging, and is not duplicated in most kits. This can be cut out to be replacedlast, as you will need a way to '' l"I, lii ii;lil:iii,, t7 Se artle Chapter I PM S'USA U :Y:lett e, be a better modeler becauseof all the you most likely have the skills and experienceyou've gainedfrom all those (Jonrd,ILS- resourcesto completeit and will probably DAMNED projectsyou've startedin the interim and also surpriseyou by how short it is. On the original problem that turnedyou off DETAILS rhe initial jotting you probably got things will be a piece of cake to solve. And if messedup a bit by getting sometasks out that never turns out to be the case'what of a practicablesequence, forgetting steps' by Jim Schubert the hell? You've had your money's worth etc. So.recopy it neatlyonto a notecard work, item on the of fun from the research,the aPPearanceof and start to work on the frrst f his is the second daydreaming,etc. that you did beforeyou for list. Try to do somework, howeverlittle' I ttris "column". MY request project day. This will get you set the aside. you the readersto write the contentsof the on the model every drew rolling andbuilding a momentumand secondand succeedingappearances Besides,we can alwaYshave on paper. That deepeningyour interest'even anxiousness. one suggestion;nothing anotherTag-Team-Model-Excharge. ulti- to seethe project completed. Crosseach kind of enthusiaslicresponse will Teny? you acgolllplishit. Even Can't we mately kill this whole newsletter.I well item off as got is a getsa little thoughit may stillnlikball you've understandwhy our editor EpiphanY: On mY birthdaYin pile of partsand subassembliesin the short-fusedat times. 1969 my stePfathergave mc a project box, the list will give you a big March andmy you that smallMiller pistoncompressor Winged Wildcat: You psychologicalboost by showing Yellow wife gaveme a Thayer & Chandler"B" that the yellow winged you are,in fact, making Progress. should be aware model double-action,internal mixing issueof Wildcat shownin the November Norm Filer and Brent A sidebenefit of this aPProachis airbrush. this news letter never operatedin those up and that you McCullough helpedme set it all appliedonly for that you can spot tasksin advance markings. They were get going. That rig was a pain from day suspectwill be troublesomeso that you display at the New York Worlds'Fair. clog and others, one mainly due to its tendencyto ever operatedwith a can seek advice and counsel from Further, no Wildcat leak and to the unavoidablepulsattons buy a specialtool, or after marketpart' spinner. But build one anyway. Some- piston pump. I was etc. To easethis producedby the small I think it's Kendal is coming out hnd anotherreference, body, also trying to use my paint too thick and 48th and to get the worst over right away,I with a resin kit to convertTamiya's PSIG. tasksfirst sprayingit at about 35-40 F4F-4 to a-3 making it a very easy task ttt always do the most difhcult is still In 72nd you'll have to do whilst enthusiasmfor the subject this larger scale. Ted Holowchuk recentlysuggested I yourself, and it's more of a fresh and high. the conversion thin my paint more, using 50/50 as a eYe. task than ftrst meets the point and reducingmy air pressurc Justdo it! You'll like it! By the way' starting He such to about20 PSIG. Big improvementl J Complete It! How manYunfinished as of this writing, I have eight then suggestedI switch to the far simpler or unfinishedprojects in additionto one modelsdo you have on your workbench external ball Jim! PaascheH model single action. their boxesand placedback in pctually in work. Get on the retumedto mixing airbrush. Also aboutthis time Bill your treasurecave? Too manY. Right? I ! Greatkit, great Johnson'sarticle, based on Ttm Lawson's Startinga project is always more interest- IntyCornplglg]t? tank as the subjectlloodengneering, state-of-the-afl , experiences,on using aCO2 ing, exciting and fun than completingit. April 1997 references,lots ofgood color pressuresource appeared in the The only way, however,You can get the plentiful you buildingit with issueof this newsletter.So I commis- satisfactionof seeingthe model hnished schemesand start few weeks/months sionedBill to build me a CO 2 rig' and on your shelf or on the contesttable greatenthusiasm. A is to completeit. into theproject the blankety-blank whatzit and to continueto learn occuned when I ltrst won't ht, or broke,or youcan't figure out The ePiPhanY worksand usedthis all new outfit. Suddenly,after 30 So, get your assetsin gearand do it. how that suchand such detail angstare rising. years of struggle and anguish and fear, and Its all in your mindset. I'll bet you hit a yourblood pressure and It's supposedto be doing everythingI could to put it off, snagwith it and as a consequencelet your Hey! Thisis a hobby. for awhile. painting was comfortableand easyand for shift to that new whiz-bang kit fun. Lightenup; setit aside attelntion the first time I felt quietly in control of you just bought. The new kit is all Startthat great new kit Youbought yet to what I was doing. Thereis no notse.no gloriouspromise; the one you're working yesterdayand have not consigned You cancome back to vibration.no pressurepulses, no water,the on hasbecome a pain and disappointingly your treasurecave. just aside- anytime.'' airbrushnever (almost)clogs and it is very disillusioningbecause of that snag. theproject you set Thisis a hobby;it's supposedto be fun. easyto clean. a Try this: CarefullY and as objec- Don't feelguilty about not completing to be fun' At The new brush has cloggedtwice tiverll,as possible assesswhere you are on hobbyproject; it's supposed you see' sinceI startedusing it. Both times this particular unfinished masterpieceand somepoint in time something your interestin disassemblyrevealed shredsof Tefl on jot down a list, in preciseorder, of the reador hearmay reawaken By thenyou'll (Conl'don nexLPaqe) thingsyet to do. That list will show that thatproject you setaside'

\ - .L.'.tit 18 Se attle ChapterI PMS -U SA N e! sk!!! o IPMS Seattle '98 SpringShow Modelcontest & Exhibition- March 14, 1998 Fees: ContestSchedule: Contest Entry $ 5.oo Registration 9:OOAM to Noon Juniors $ 2.oo Public Exhibition& Spectators $ 2.00 PublicJudging 1O:OOAMto 3:00 PM TrophyJudging (RoomClosed) 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM Awards Presentation 4:O0AM

ffipreviouswinners,anyVenue,andmode|snotenteredforjudging. PM to 3:45 PM The ModelDisplay area wiiiLe cbsed to the generalpublic from.3:OO Modelsmust be removedonly after 4:00 PM and before5:OO PM . Furtherlnformation can be obtainedfrom: TerryMoore 425-774-6343 Norm Filer 425-885-7213 [email protected] .Contestclasses and general rules are shown on next page

(Contdfrom Vriorpaqe) ) bothby orderingchecks in FrenchFrancs that masking tape you used to test as- from ReuschInterna- semble that kit five Yearsago? Got an thread sealing tape in the tipiofthe aircap andBritish Sterling DC. unsightly adhesiveresidue where you orifice. This tape came from carelessly tionalin Washington, peeledthe price tag off the slick dust sealing the several threadedjoints between it works:Figure out the jacket of that new $40 book? Got marking the CO 2 tank, the regulator, the two gages Here'show you want,including packing pen ink where you don't want it? Get Goo- and the air hose. I believe that problem is priceof what foreigncurrency. Gone! This is greatstuff for cleaningup behind me now. andshipping, in the Thenphone Reusch at l-800424-2923 all kinds of annoyingmesses. MY checkin the daughtergave us a bottle of Gtlo-Goneto The PaascheH set that I bought andtell themyou want a pounds,francs, marks, help outfit our newly acquired travel from the Lou Davis WholesaleCo. cost amountof "X" They will convert trailer a year ago. This stuff is sold in under $40 and includes the basic airbrush, kwanzas,whatever. dollars,add their fee of bottlesof severalsizes in groceryand three tips of different degreesof fineness, thatamount to US andask you to mail hardwarestores. It is mainly intendedto a paint cup, two paint bottles,the air hose, $3.00per transaction, checkin thatamount. remove adhesiveresidues from kitchen two special tools and an instruction themyour US dollar yourcheck, they'll ware, but it works on anYthing. I've manual/partslist. Uponclearance of mailyou theircheck in theforeign alwaysused mineral spilits (paint thinner) in thatcountry. for this. Goo-Gonenot only works faster The old ThaYer & Chandler and currencydrawn on a bank checkwith your and more easily than mineral spirits, it Miller have been cleaned and put away. You thenenclose their orderand mail it off. Thisis a lot quicker, also smellsgood and washeseasily off gettinga postal vow hands. Currency Exchange: Do You want cheaperand simpler than own bank. to order something from overseas,but the IMO or a draft from Your Contribute: This column andthi vendor only acceptschecks or cash in his "o Reuschfrom a small newsletter need Your inPut. own currency and no credit cards?The I learnedabout magazineThe French magazineREPLIC is one such and newsnote in themonthly with ancientcoins. Albatros Productionsin England,publish- Celator,whichdeals ersof Wndsocft and Data Files, is another. Got a stickYmess from I've just recentlydealt very easily with Goo-Gone: IPMS-USANewsletter I1 41. '11368 smaller;all eras8 subjects 42. *Softskinned; all eras & scales f enteranyof 43. *Towedartillery & missiles;all eras& scales & scales classes1 through57) 44. Conversions8 scratchbuilts;all subjects,eras 'BEST 1. Aircraft OUT OF BOX RIBBONSas noted 2. Armor BEST MILITARY VEH ICLEAA/EAPONS AWARD 3. Automotive 4. Space FacVSci-Fi/FantasY Ships -Engine 5. Ships 45. Powered .Sail 6. Miscellaneous(incl. figures, dinosaurs, etc.) 46. & UnPowered BESTJUNIOR AWARD 47. "Miscellaneous 'BEST OUT OF BOX RIBBONSas noted Aircralt: BEST SHIP AWARD 7. '1n2 & smaller;all subiects 8. \n2 singleproP Single Figures: A horse& rider,mounted or dismounted,counts 9. '1148single prop as Jsingle figure;two peopleon a base is a vignette.SpaceFacV 10. *1n2 multiprop SciFi/Fantasyfigures are excludedfrom these classes. '1148 *Smaller 11. multiprop 48. than 54 mm (Excluding1/35th) *54mm 12. *1/32& larger 49. (lncluding1/35th) ProP tlarger 13. "1172single jet 50. than 54mm .BEST 14. .1148single jet OUT OF BOX RIBBONSas noted 15. '1/72ndmulti jet BESTFIGURE AWARD -1l48 16. muhiiet '1132 17. & largerjet Space FacVSci'Fi/Fantasy: all scales 18. *Civil,Sport, Racing, Airships; all scales 51. SpaceFact 'l 9. -Airliners;all scales 52. Sci-Fi- Vehicles 20. 'Rotary Wing; all scales 53. Sci-Fi- SingleCreatures 21. .Biplanes/VintageTypes; all scales (Pitts,Eindecker, Dr'1, 54. Miscellaneous(includes dinosaurs) SopwilhTriplane, Gladiator, CR-42, etc.) BEST SPACEFACT/SCI -FIIFANTASY AWARD 22. Miscellaneous;including scratchbuilts, vacs & conversions 'BEST OUT OF BOX RIBBONSas noted OTHER GLASSES: BESTAIRCRAFT AWARD 55. Misc."anything not coveredabove) 56. Collections(5 or moremodels that relate) Automotive: (Allscales; non-military) 57. Flightsof FancY(ailscales) 23. .FactoryStock 24. StreetRod (street-legalrods; pre'49) 58. PENTATHLON(one each Aircraft, Armor, Marine, Figure & r$9) '97 25. StreetMachine (street-legal; post Auto. Relerto Nov.or Dec. Newslettersfor added details) 26. Customs(mainly modilied body work) SPECIALPENTATHLON AWARD 27.'TruckNanffruck/Crash/Fire & Rescue -Closed-Course . 28. Racers - BEST OF SHOW AWARD -Straighl-Line 29. Racers 30. *Motorcycle(includes sidecars) Gontestants' Choice. Ballotingby Entrants.

-BESTOUT OF BOX RIBBONSas noted NOTES: BESTAUTOMOTIVE AWARD a. Modelsthat placedfirst at previousIPMS-Seattle contests are not eligiblefor judging, EXCEPT lN 58. (all A dioramacomprises two, or more,models Diorama: scales) b. IPMS-USANational Contest Rules apply. is not a diorama' relatingto tell a story;a ship on a waterbase c. HeadJudges' decisions are final. 3"1. Aircraft d. OutOf Boxmodels have no conversionsor aftermarketparts. Use 32. Automotive anyadhesives, fillers, paints and decals. Antennas/rigging (if 33. Armor shownon thebox arUinstructions) and home made, or decal,seat maynot' 34. Space FacUSci-Fi/FantasY beltsmay be added; wiring/plumbing forcars/armor maychoose 35. Marine e. Whereclasses are subject to interpretation,the entrant a FiatCR-42 could be enteredin class9 or 36. Figures: theclass, for example 21;a Pittscould be entered in 9, 18or 21. Judge'smay reassign A. Vignette(5 orlewerfigures) modelsto moreappropriate classes at theirdiscretion' B. Diorama(more than 5 figures) t. lf your dioramais awkwardlylarge, please phone ahead to discuss Miscrrllaneous(includes dinosaurs) particulars. 'HIGHLY BESI'DIORAMAAWARD At the judges'discretion COMMENDED"ribbons may be awardedto outstandingmodels not placing1st, 2nd, or 3rd' Mifiter@ h, At the judges'discretion categories may be splitto accommodate 38. *1,r35& larger;closed top through 1945 largerthan usualnumbers ol entries' Afterawards are posted,feel f ree to discuss 39. .1/358 largerclosed top after 1945 L Judgeswear l.D. tags. your entriesand resultswith them. 40. .1/35& largeropen top AFV hatf-tracks8 self-propelled guns Saturdav. Januarv 17. 1998 at lO:OOan

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Directions:From North or Southbound1-5, take theN.E. 45th St. exit. DriveWest on 45th, crossingunder Highway 99 (orAuroraAve North) towardN.W. Market St. in the Ballarddistrict. ContinueWest on MarketSt. toward 15th Ave- N.W.Turn left (south) onto 15thAve. N.W. and driveacross the BallardBridge until you reach ArmoryWay (justas you seethe Animal Shelter)' Watchfor signs. Youshould park in the Metro Park& RideLot.

lf comingfrom South Seattle, take Highway 99 ontothe Alaska Way viaduct to WesternAve. FollowWestern Ave. north to ElliottAve. until it turnsinto 15th Ave N.W., then to theArmory Way turnoff.

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