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,ti ell methis neverhappens to areaaround your bench,then empty you. You areat your thecontents ofthe bagon thefloor. workbench,scraping the mold This methodis knownto havebeen seamfrom a radiomast or similar successfulon occasion,but smallpart, andsuddenly it popsout of afterwardsyou haveto vacuumagain your fingersand drops to the floor. Of to cleanup themess you just created. course,the colorofthe Partjust I'll betcoin collectors don't havethis happensto matchthe color of your problem. carpetnearly perfectly, making a Anotherthing that happenson searchfrom your chairimpossible. So occasionis workingon a subassembly you carefullystep out of your chair or somethingjust glued.It falls out of hopingthat you won't stepon the your hands.The naturalreaction is to part, andbegin your search.Usually, slamyour legstogether to at least you didn't seewhere the part went, so keepit in yourlap. However, the you haveto get down on your hands mindis not asquick as it usedto be, andknees with your nosea few inches andit takesthe commandto move abovethe carpet.It is truly amazing your legstogether a little longerthan how far a part will go to remain it usedto. More oftenthan not, the hidden.After searchingthe area part is stoppedfrom fallingto the aroundyour chair,you start floor only to haveit crushedbetween expandingyour searcharea. Finding your knees.And what aboutthe Part the Titanicwas easier.You bring in you snipfrom the sprueand it takes your heavyduty flashlight,and shine offinto its own lunarorbit? You think it acrossthe floor hopingto seethe you heardit hit the wall behindyou, part better.It's at aboutthis time that butjust aren'tsure. Or did it just go your betterhalf walksinto the room in the stackof modelingsupplies and andasks "Just what the hell areyou half startedkits on the backof your doing?""Nothing dear, just looking workbench? for something."Your initial search I won't bringup what happenswhen findsnothing. Check your Pockets. your Xacto knife rolls offthe endof - Checkthe workbenchagain maYbe your workbench.Maybe I shouldjust it didn't reallyhit thefloor. Nope. go helpJill cleanher collectionof Onemore time. Startyour grid search snowglobes... over.Where did all thesedust bunnies comefrom? Ah, thereit is! Way over Seeyou at the meeting. Tetty there.No, wait.That's a Partfrom your last model.Damn. At aboutthis time,you startthinking about how 3 easyit would be to makethe Part Modeler'sNotes PaintingNavyA/C 4-7 from scratch.So muchfor sPending PaintiugMiniatunes 9-11 somequality modeling time finishing Newslencrlndex 12-13 your latestwork of art. Sometimes EastIndies Camo. 14-15 the part showsup, andsometimes You BF2Cconversion 17 bring on the vacuurn,run it overthe 1998Roster enclosed Se attle Chaoter I PM S-U SA N ew slener aoooaaoaaaaaoaaoaaoooaaooaaaaaaaaaaaoaaoaaoaoaaaooaoaoaa"ooo"o'o as the voice of our Chapter dePends r.lts Boilerplate: This is the "official"publication of the SeatdeChapter, IPMS-USA. As such,it serves 1nd : plasticscale \F r"..ru uoon th. oenerouscontributions of our membersfor articles,comments, club news,activities, any rumorsor facts involving a at the WashingtonArmy ? r"l"ii"J".JotnL contriUutions.Our meetingsare normallyheld each month (see the calendarbelow for actualdates) o to the west side of QueenAnne Hill in seattle. our meetingsbegin at 1o:o0amand usuallylast for . : N;il;id"rJ nr."rv, off 1SthAve. N.w., lusi plasticmodeler, regardless of your interests' Subscriptions ' I z-s horr.. our meetingsare usuallyvery informaland are open to any interested recommendour membersjoin and support i witr paymentof iour Chapteidues of $12.o0(to Norm Filer,our Treasurer).We also highly : "o,n" - junior - above will gladlyassist you with furtherinformation . |PMS-USA,our nationalorganization (dues: adult dt s. and $9.) Any of ihe folks listed : . aboutany aspectof our Chapteror Society. (see ttreapplication form below) . officialposition of our Chapteror IPMS-USA. ! ne Uews and opinionsexpressed in thii nelvslstterare just that, and do not constitutethe . He will gladlywork with you to see thatyour I vou are encouraged(no, begged)to supportand submitmaterial to the Editorfor his newsletter. your of computeror writingexperience. Please call Bob at232-7784: . ! materialis put into printana includeoin the newsletter,no matterwhat level your i we need input. ' . lf you use or reprintfrom the materialscontained in this Newsletter,we wouldappreciate aftribution to both the authorand sourcedocument. modelersand is o . We do not copyrightour Newsletter.lt is preparedwith but one conceptin mind: ttrisis informationfor our membersand fellow preparedand printedin the Newsletterin ord€r to expandthe skillsof our fellowmodelers. : a'? aaaoooaaaaaaaaoaaaaaaaaaaooaaoaoaoaaaaaoaaaooaoaooooaaoaaaaaao'oo' MeetingDates: 1998 TheIpMS/Seattle 1998 meering schedule is asfollows. To avoidconflicts with alreadyscheduled IPMS events and NationalGuard activities at thearmory please note that some of ourmeeting days fall on thethird Saturday of themonth. Becausesome of us neverseem to knowwhen we will meet,we stronglyrecommend that you cut thispage our of yournewslet- ter andpaste it up nextto therecycle, Mariners, Cheers reruns, Husky home game, lemming return or anyother schedules you postin yourhouse. All meetingsbegin at l0:fi)am on meetinsSaturdays' MAY 16,1998(3rd Sarurday) AUGUST15'1998 (3rd Saturdav) JUNE 13,1998 (2ndSaturday) SEPTEMBER19,1998 (3rdSaturday) JULY18,1998 (3rd Saturday) I Name--t --Err I I EFJ I I T I t I I i::::j:j::i:::::::::,::l::::..:.:il:'::i I I City: l" ip- .i .::.::;::j::::::::::::;.....' : : , I I ,i:i.i::iii::': ':i .ili.i'.::lj:,..,., , . :: I t Signature(required Uyr,,,eOi.1 T :::...:::::.:.:.::i:i:i: ! 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Each of us (this is my final issue as your Editor), I haven't (and some rudimentary skills presented attempts to present fidelity of color on a model really taken the opportunity to share my the time and mechanical opportunity up, saying based upon the actual item. Even though thoughts with you. These ideas and thoughts itself. So,I found myself standing shout from the camouflage appars to be a hodgepodgeof are a bit ragged, some pointed and clearly only my piece and hearing someone it was only Norm colors that do not look good together, in fact my own. But sinceI've not clutteredup the throng, "right on" (actually In retrospect, the individual colors ate exciting. However my Newsletter with my personal opinions in the and I'll eventually forgive him). signsof appreciation of models goes back to my earliest past (except for a brief few notes and pleas)' I I suspectit wasjust one of the early "modeler's menopause." I recollections of the colors of real aircraft' hope you'Il bear with me. I would like to what I refer to as as well do reflect on several aspectsof what I have been haven't beenbuilding, I might During World War TWo mY Parents doing and attempting to do over the last year something. And I have this crazy ingrained I haven't knew of my interest in airplanes and after Here goes. notion of giving to others. While with a metal toy finished a model since undertaking this effort, I seeing me play endlessly the fruits model of a Waco they took me to Detroil City Thanks. First and foremost, I want to guessI arn proud to look back and see rewarding it Airport. The war effort required a stop to the thank the Chapter, especially those who have of my efforts. I can't tell you how the 5 use of private aircraft and when I was taken to provided suppor! feedback and contributions, has been to get the feedback I have from me about a catwalk high above the hangar floor, there I for all of your support. It hardly seemslike a or 6 folks who have commentedto saw beautifully painted 1930s"ships" that had year and a half has transpired, but it has. I also the Newsletterresults. their propellersremoved and were nosed-up, want to sincerely and specifically thank those of time stackedclosely togethcrlikc so many uscless who have contributed so greatly and saved my It has been an incredible arnount issues objects. I was anazed! I cared only that there baconon more than one occasion. First my and work. Often I plug along on these almost were some all-red airplanes,yellow ones and wife Helen (who appearsto think its normal for for 60-80 hourseach and havebecome This is otherswhose colors I can't visualizetoday. someoneto sit at a computerfor days on end), driven to get each issue out on time. lack of Norm and Sherry Filer, Brian Cahill, Terry probably in large measuredue to my to Our home wasjust a few miles west of Clements,Ted Holowchuk, Teny Moore, Bill technicaland editorial skills. I've attempted would be diversity in our the Naval Air Training base at Grosse Ilc, Osborn, Mike Quan, Jim Schubert, Tracy provide what I hoped provide Michigan and we had a two-acrcplot which the White and the Editors of the corresponding topical content.