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Model Maker is the Newsletter of the Modellers of Ballarat Inc Club Office Bearers President: Gary Zimmer Vice President: Sean Haley Treasurer: Wayne Eagles Secretary: Steve Pulbrook Committee : Tim Mitchell & Mark Pilbeam Publicity Officer: Yvette Eagles Newsletter Editor: Leigh Edmonds Address for correspondence : Modellers of Ballarat Inc, Box 1141, Ballarat Mail Centre, Bakery Hill, Victoria 3354 Editorial Address: snail mail, as above. email, [email protected] Club Membership Fees : (1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009) Single adult $30 Junior $15 Associate (Newsletter only, on approval from committee) $15 Annual membership fees for new financial year are due and payable from 1 July 2008 (Note: New members who join during or after April and pay full membership are members until the end of the following financial year and do not need to pay again at the end of the current financial year. Fees may be paid in instalments with the agreement of the Treasurer.) Monthly Meetings: The first Saturday of every month except for January Doors open at 7:30pm. The meeting starts at 8.00 sharp. Location: Kohinoor Community Centre on t333he corner of Errard and Sebastopol Streets, Ballarat. Disclaimer: Any views expressed in the articles in the MOB Newsletter are not to be taken to be those of the club or its members as a whole unless expressly stated. Accordingly, any concerns in regard to any articles should be addressed to the writer of the article and/or the editor who will pass them on to the relevant person. The Modelers of Ballarat (MOB) is an incorporated association and operated under the model rules presented in the Associations Incorporation Regulations, 1 Presidential Page Here I am, it's a new year and I have January hobby seriously. Winning trophies is the most writer's block. Again. Let's see what's happening important thing in the history of the universe. Hang around the world. The black guy in the white house on, the sarcasm chip in my computer has just tripped. who replaced the illiterate alcoholic says times will The Star Trek trivia contest at the December be tough. Can't go wrong predicting that, can he? meeting was a rip-roaring success. It was the best one Now that's easy, I can just rip off his speeches (it's ever, mainly because it was the first one. The not like he writes them anyway). Ok, my fellow answers were Scotty, Scotty, Scotty, Scotty, Scotty, Mobsters, times are going to get tough. Your Scotty, Scotty, and nobody because Spock was half- Hasegawa kits will probably go up by a couple of Vulcan. Greg got that one wrong and scored minus bucks. World economic crisis, sky's falling etc. Part several hundred points. of holding this exalted office is to come up with good As an aside, Johan made a range of model car ideas. Like Hamas, they have brilliant ideas. Here's kits, and one they did was a 1964 Cadillac. Well I Israel on the other side of the barbed wire, they have finally bought one, second hand, missing a few more military kit than half of Europe, so let's fire pieces, and it's started. I am making some progress some rockets at them. They won't react. That's a good but it will be a while before I bring it to a Mob plan. The MOB need a plan too, which is to have meeting. meetings where we talk crap and abuse each other, go So where to in 09? Bus trip in August as to swap meets and buy kits, take the bus to usual, but it might cost a bit more this time. The Melbourne and buy more kits, and take the Mickey show is at the Uni again this year, that's promised and out of anything French. An Australian SAS soldier booked, and the catering problem should be solved was recently awarded a VC. Fair effort, but it's too, a new café has opened out near the big obviously not as prestigious as winning Best of Show roundabout, they are open Sundays too. at expo. Now in December we did a count of all the See you at the February meeting. trophies at the meeting and the total was, er, none. Zim Now come on, you blokes are just not taking this The Highly Desirable prizes for the Trivia Competition DECEMBER 2008 Well, there’s another year just about over and what a year it has been for scale modellers here in Oz especially when it concerns the continuing decline of the Aussie dollars buying power. The latter part of the year has seen a steady upward spiral in kit prices and associated after market bits and pieces, mind you, the prices have remained fairly steady in some countries overseas but all that becomes irrelevant as our dollar continued to head south and our buying power decreased…..bugger! Aren’t you glad you’ve all become hoarders over the years? Anyway you can all blame Dubya and his lot, and especially the greed driven parasites around the world for the mess the whole western world has More of Admiral Matt’s fleet fallen into, that should start another round of discussions. aircraft on the decks was just Matt proving that his Anyway back to our little world, the last club eyes are still working, do the ships come in other night for 2008 was a great night, there were plenty of colours besides blue and grey Matt? Greg and Alan models to look at, as one wag said (and it wasn’t the accompanied the Admiral for the long voyage but Prez either)” there’s more models on the table than at they added German armour and automobiles to the expo” you lot are nothing more than stirrers who mix. Greg tabled the following Sturmtiger, Famo, Sd should take up fishing as you’d get lots of bites. Kfz 251/1 howling cow or Stuka on foot whatever label you like, a Jagdpanzer and a Jagdtiger all in 1/35 scale. Alan had a couple of Semis and it looks like his long restoration of the Falcon ute is just about finished. The Prof has some nice Airbus models, a very nice Emily, a French Mystere (naturally) and a Greg’s Sturmtiger Part of Admiral Matt’s fleet Admiral Parmenter decided to move his assorted Pacific Naval Fleet from Maryborough to Ballarat for the night, it took him ages to line up and review the fleet, by then it was time to pack up and go home, but they did look impressive, especially through a Baka’s bomb sight and all those tiny couple of Brit Lightning’s and we all know he’s a When Nelson crossed the T of the French hopeless romantic when it comes to them and just to fleet, one of the ships let fly with one of these prove that the dark side moves in mysterious ways, contraption which at the time was filled with every the Prof tabled a lovely little Swedish S-Tank, could thing that wasn’t nailed down directly through the this be the re-birth of a life of tracks and thingies rear of a French Man of War, the hurtling with lots of wheels? ironmongery entered via the Captains Cabin and then moved it and all it contained the full length of the upper gun deck wiping out all and sundry which resulted in the horrendous casualties and with one single shot rendered the French ship ‘Hors de combat’ which dropped out of the line unable to continue, it’s unknown if the French ships ‘Mon Capitaine’ was sipping his Chardonnay from his crystal goblets in his cabin at the time of the ‘Big Bang’ theory for him or whether he was on the poop deck either way, I don’t think he’d be around to admire the latest renovation efforts on his quarters. I finally finished my Draken and was able to table it along with my French Crusader, Danish F- Mark’s Fw190, again 100D and the SU-17 in Angolan markings which by now after being shot down has been turned into about Mark has finished a very nice Fw-190A-5 a 1000 frying pans and saucepans in a village (who would’ve thought that) complete with a stylish somewhere. seagull on the side depicting Fritz Dietrich Wickop’s I have no idea when the newsletter will be markings. But even the poor old Fw couldn’t posted to readers but I hope you all have a happy compete with the scratch built Bertie the Bus and time and 2009 proves to be a prosperous year for all Terrence the Tractor complete with their respective and in the words of that great Irish comedian Dave superb reference material, full marks for including Allen, those old chap, though I must say, looking at Bertie Goodnight and may your god go with you. close up he looks more like his brother, Colin the CIAO Wayne Cockeyed Coach with his Marty Feldman eyes courtesy of his wonky eyes. I loved ‘em. Steve’s fabulous French Hotchkiss Mick brought along his latest in progress armour, a nice looking PT-76 which is just about ready for the paint shop and his neat little M-113 US Cav version. Someone who shall remain nameless deposited a very good life like ‘Barkers Egg’. Either that or it was supposed to be an Italian chipolata, I had no desire to smell or touch it to determine its origins.