July 2020 Edition And what if you don’t have a PayPal account, but would like to pay with a credit card? It’s easy... As you work your way through the IPMS Canada re- newal page, you will see a notice that reads: Pay via PayPal; you can pay with your credit card if you don’t have a PayPal account. Note: If you don’t have a PayPal account, choose the “Create Account” button when you see it and enter your information. Then, as long as you don’t check the “Save my payment info In the last beaveRTales we encouraged all mem- and create a PayPal account” box, no account bers who are renewing their membership to do so will be created. through our website using the PayPal link. You don’t need a PayPal account if you don’t have one, as you So when you receive your renewal notification, either can use any credit card with PayPal. One member by email or in your RT, go to www.ipmscanada.com emailed expressing concerns about the possibility of to renew easily and quickly. And with no envelope, his financial information being hacked if he did this. no cheque-writing bank fee, and no postage, you’ll According to PayPal’s website… also save a couple of bucks! “PayPal’s website is secure and encrypted. As long as you have a secure connection to the legiti- mate PayPal site, any information you exchange is hidden from prying eyes. PayPal uses industry- standard security features that you’d expect from any large financial institution, and the company even offers financial rewards to “white hat” hackers who discover vulnerabilities. It could get hacked, but it’d be tough. If you’ve ever used your cred- it card online or handed a check to a merchant, you’ve taken just as much risk as you take when you do so through PayPal. Using PayPal might even be safer than giving your credit card number or bank account information directly to the web- site you’re buying from. When you send a payment using PayPal, the recipient won’t receive sensitive financial information like your credit card or bank account number. This way, you don’t have to worry about paying people you don’t know.” supplements our printed Additionally, the only way you should be renew- ing your membership online is via the IPMS Canada website “JOIN/ RENEW” page. It will take you to the appropriate PayPal page. If you go directly to PayPal and send IPMS Canada funds for renewal it bypass- es our treasurer’s fancy system, and we won’t know that you have renewed. August 2020 1 Good morning fel- WHERE DOES low model build- ers. I am currently THE building a diora- MONEY GO? ma with the 1:542 scale Revell CV 60 Some of the comments in Saratoga as the last issue’s ND column got background and me to thinking… I’m sure an F14A, F/A 18 more than a few people have, and A6E Tram from CVW 17 1990-1991 that served from time to time, wondered aboard Saratoga during Desert Storm. I am seek- where IPMS Canada’s money ing decals for F14A for either VF 74 or VF 103. After- goes. So, we sent beaveRTales’ crack team of burner, which sadly closed up shop in 2013 had the investigative reporters to find out. Here’s a quick very perfect set #48-071. Anyone with these decals that rough breakdown which should help put things in would like to sell same or has suggestions for how better perspective. I can finish this F14 as a Sara bird would be greatly Printing each issue of RT runs approximately $2000. appreciated. And believe it or not, it’s about another $2000 in Wayne Shorrock postage to send out an issue! Add another $200 for [email protected] the printed envelopes and maybe another $20-30 for miscellaneous mailing expenses (boxes, envelope glue sealers, etc.) That all adds up to about $33.50 John Fluke writes that he is working on a post-war per year per member. Note that postage varies RCN Avenger using the Belcher Bits conversion kit. widely depending upon the destination… to ship an He would like to fit some bombs, mines, or a torpedo RT in Canada costs $3.35, and to send it overseas in the bomb bay, but is having difficulty finding imfo costs $11.14. on what type of weapons the post-war RCN used. Can anyone provide information or maybe direct him Then there are various miscellaneous expenses to to websites that have some reference material? be considered in addition to the physical RT printing Contact John at: [email protected] and mailing costs. There’s the cost of web hosting. There are bank fees, as I’m sure anyone with a chequing account well knows. There are PayPal commission fees They charge the seller a bit on New member Devin Brown has been building models each transaction, just like credit card companies). for about a year. He emails us wondering if anyone There are sponsorship funds provided to the Local makes 1/48 or 1/32 decals for Billy Bishop’s Nieuport Chapters for their contests. Various promotional 17. If anyone knows of any please let him know, else materials such as flyers and banners also cost he will be consigned to hand painting the markings! money. There’s the occasional free IPMS Canada Email: [email protected] decal sheet, etc. You can see by now that there are no fat cats here, and the IPMS Canada exec couldn’t fly to a national convention even if they wanted to! August 2020 2 A virtual presentation consists of being on or simu- Zoom is a multi-platform (smart phone, tablet, lap- lated on a computer or computer network where the top and desktop computer) conferencing tool that host and audience attend the presentation remotely. has both a free option that allows up to 100 partici- Virtual presentations are becoming more and more pants to connect for a 40-minute session. Zoom al- common as event planners try to find ways to in- lows users to host meetings, conduct webinars and volve more participants, deliver presentations, train- collaborate on projects. While the higher-level paid ing, job fairs, expos, internal meetings and workshop plans are ideal for businesses and educators, the ba- sessions, access resources from afar or bring in ex- sic free plan is a solid option for video chatting with pert presenters remotely when they are not able to family and friends, and your local model club mem- appear in person. bership. For interest groups such as IPMS chapters, a virtual Once you sign up and download the computer soft- connection is an effective alternative to the increas- ware or mobile app, you can invite friends via email ing limits on face-to-face meetings. With video-con- to join a meeting. Participants don’t need an account ferencing, a business meeting can take place, docu- to join a meeting, but meetings of more than three ments are made available, “show-and-tell” sessions people have a 40-minute time limit on the free plan. can be held and experts or special guests can be on Another downside is that loading the interface is hand. slightly more complicated than other video-confer- With the availability of digital devices and electronic encing platforms, but there are literally hundreds of connections, the video-conference can extend far YouTube tutorials on how to use Zoom if you get beyond the original locale. A recent Zoom video- stuck. conference featured participants from Winnipeg, After an initial trial, the results were impressive. The Hamilton, Vancouver Island, Algonquin Park, and Zoom format is relatively stable, allows for video/talk, Switzerland, voice only or image/slides to be accessed. It only The Case for Zoom takes one click to start or join any meeting, with easy Like many other organizations, the IPMS Winnipeg collaboration and participant controls. chapter has been impacted by the effects of the on- In the short trial session, audio, video and even a going COVID-19 pandemic. The main ramifications is slide show was successfully accessed. For mod- to limit the number of people-to-people contacts to a ellers in the Valour Road chapter of the IPMS Cana- maximum of 10 with other social/physical distancing da (IPMS Winnipeg) who are looking for a way to re- restrictions. connect. Zoom may be a quick and easy answer. With the same overall concerns of how to maintain You can download the Zoom Mobile Apps for the interest, a number of different solutions are being following: iPhone or Android systems or down- considered by IPMS Winnipeg. My recommenda- load Zoom desktop client for meetings on desktop tions after reviewing a straight teleconference setup, or laptop computers. Try it out, see what you think. listserv E-mail messages, Skype, Blue Jeans and MS Team, is to look more closely at Zoom, the newcom- (See page 8 for another Chapter’s experience er in the video-conferencing milieu. with virtual meetings.) August 2020 3 W4041/G with some of its Gloster design team Introduction kit has an over-scale fuselage (and if I remember cor- The Gloster E28/39 was the first allied jet to take to rectly, under-scale wings) and certainly is a prod- the skies, on May 15, 1941, after both Caproni of uct of its times being first issued in the 1960s. Much Italy and Heinkel of Germany had previously flown jet later, Pavla issued a E28/39 which combined short aircraft.