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i::::ii:::::::;i:::::::::#::::::i::::::;:;:::i:fjj::::i:J:;::::ii:::::i:iii;::ijii:i:::;:i;:;i;:Si*; Hello,and welcometo the touchvia electronicmail. I constantly.lwant to go on (partially)revised IPMS- suspectthat it is the only place recordas encouragingany Seattle newsletter. on the USBWnet where you reviews,commentary, or willfind an in-depthdiscussion originalresearch that you Thatfrenzied cackle you heard of MatchboxMeteors. wouldcare to contribute.This lastmonth was Andrew is especiallyimportant for Birkbeckresponding to my My maininterests are fairly thoseof youthat are offerof takingon the welldefined - 1:72scale interestedin armor,figures, productionchores for the aircraft,with the occasional cars,ships, and aircrafl in 1:48 newsletter.Andrew has been digressioninto 1:144 airliners. scale.A successfulnewsletter theguiding force behind these My primaryhistoricalera of is a reflectionof allthe pagesfor a fewyears now, interestis 1930through 1955, membersof thegroup, and I andhas decided to changehis thoughthat hasn't prevented hopeyou'll share your focusfrom typewriter and me frombuilding everything expertisewith all of us.lf you photocopierto plasticand frommodem jets to biplanes.I haveitems to contribute, airbrush.I'm sure you'll join haveno illusionsabout my pleasesend them to the me in wishinghim the bestof modellingability-lam addressat theend of this luckand in passingon our profoundlyaverage - butI introductorycolumn. gratitudefor hishard work in dearlylove seeing some or the producingthis monthly exquisitework that shows up Sowhat can you expect in this messageto thefaithful. at ourmonthly meetings. So issueof the IPMS-Seattle Andrew.willstill be contributing muchso, in fact,that I strongly newslettefOne important text to the newsletter,but feelthereshould be a storyis of coursethe IPMS- withoutthe pressure of a permanentmodel display VancouverFall Model Show, monthlydeadline. somewherein thiscity. More set for the firstweekend of on thatparticular obsession in October.All of thedetails, An introductionis in order.My a laternewsletter. alongwith a copyof their nameis KevinCallahan, and I eventmailer, are included. am a systemsanalyst and Theeditorial changes you will IPMS-Vancouveralways puts projectcoordinator for US noticeat firstwill be primarily on a goodshow, and as oneof Bankof Washington.I have in termsof format.The the Northwest'sBig Three beena memberof IPMS- newsletterlooks considerably modellingshows (along with Seattlefor a littleover two differentbecause it is now theMOF's summer show and years,having first become beingproduced using ourown Recon), they deserve awareof theSeattle branch MicrosoftWord, an advanced oursupport. whilevisiting the Portland wordprocessor. At sometime Reconin 1991.In fact, it was in thefuture I willconvert to Inaddition, there is an therethat I learnedSeattle MicrosoftPublisher, a desktop interestingreview of the washosting the National publishingpackage, but for HasegawaXF5U Flying competitionthe following nowI am goingto stickwith Pancake(in lsraelimarkings) summer.I definitelywanted to Word.More stylistic changes andan articleon thefine art of be involvedin thatevent. so I willbe made as we go along. pitottubes and other fiddly wrotein for membership bits,both by Ted Holowchuk. information.As it happened,I Contentwill be similar to what useda US Bankenvelope, youhave seen in thelast Finally,as a closingitem, I whichtipped Andrew off that I coupleof years,with perhaps haveincluded an indexof the wasa fellowemployee. Since a shademore emphasis on the featuredaircraft in Scale thenwe havebeen in close newproducts that appear AircraftModelling. I don't have everyissue - andif youwould armorybuilding in westem bewilling to letme photocopy Seattle.Full details on time yourcopy of anymissing andlocation, as well as a map Kerren issue,I wouldlove to speak forthe directionally impaired, edUafa'4 withyou - butmy collection areincluded on thelast page goesback quite a fewyears. of the newsletter. PLEASE NOTE: The new Forthose of youwho value addressfor newsletter SAMas a vitalresource, this NEXTMONTH:A summary of submissionsand commentis shouldmake it easierfor you the VancouverFall Show, two as follows: to locatethose cover-featured articleson howto getthe aircraftand allthose Mike maximumamount of modeling KevinCallahan Keepsideviews. donein the minimum amount 31849Pacific Highway S of availabletime, and more of Suite243 Onelast comment. The the usualnews and reviews. FederalWay,WA 98003 Octobermeeting will be held in theWA NationalGuard Hopeto seeyou in Vancouver. VancouverFall Show 1993
BY KEVINCALI.AHAN thereafter,and should wordon this yeals versionhas (hopefully)be concludedby beengood. IPMS-Vancouver IPMS-Vancoverwill again be 3.30pm.Last year, the reportsthat inquiries about the hostingits annual Fall Show, organizersrequested that you showare up, and more fliers to be neldon Saturday, planto leaveyour models on weredistributed to areahobby October2. Thelocation will be thetables until at least shops.IPMS-Seattle kept local theBumaby Sheraton, 4311 4.00pm,so that everyone has hobbyshops supplied with Dominion,Burnaby. This is the a chanceto go throughthe hall fliers,so hopefullythe word samehotel as lastyear's afterthe ribbonshave been hasgotten out to all interested show. placed. parties.There should be a sizeableIPMS-Seattle Registrationopens at 9.00am, Personally,I felt that last contingentin attendance. andwill continue until 1.00pm. yeafsshow was somewhat Judgingwill begin shortly underattended.but advance )G5IJ Flying Pancake
BYTED HOLOWCHUK qualityof thiskit shouldput it flyingover an aircraftcanier. in the$10.00 range, not Theparts had some flash but No,I didn'twin the lottery. $30.00 lookedgood with nicely However,with some shrewd scribedlines for all panels. "wheelinand dealin", I THEKIT: There are72 pieces Thelanding gear is simple and managedto acquireone of by my countin the box,along well-done.Cfoo bad the parts thesekits, and I onlyhad to withthe usualgood Hasegawa didn'tfit as goodas they look). refinancethe farm. Not a bad instructionsheet and a small deal. sheetof decals.The decals HISTORY:ln reallife this areof goodquality and in aircraftnever made it off the COST:At approximately register.The box art is a fine ground.There were two $30.00list price, this is a lotto paintingby Koike Shigeo, prototypesbuilt between July payfor a'l:72scale kit. The showingone of theseaircraft 1944and August 1945. These aircrafthad to waitfor areas"rounder", lhese parts speciallybuilt propellers, werethen smaller than the Anotherone completed. Looks whichwere delivered in 1947. propspinner.The propspinner interesting,but is it reallyan Bythe time these items partsthen had to be filedand airplane? arrivedthe jet agewas here. sandedto fit the prop Sometethered tests were run, shafUextensionthat they have FLASHItAn addendumto the butthen the Navyordered the to be attachedto. Whewl abovereview of the Vought prototypesscrapped. Soundsconfusing, doesnt it? XFSU-1.Upon completing the Anpvay,what is modelingfor? review,ldiscovered a little Thisshort history leaves us It is fun to fix these knownbit of historythat seems witha very limitedcolor and problems...isntit? to contradictthe official markingchoice. Just one. historicalwritings. Unlessyou have any Well,by the time all of these imaginativeideas worth partswere filled, filed, puttied, Apparentlylsrael, in needof considering. sanded,and fitted, the project anytype of aircraft,purchased startedto look- uh, the two prototypesplus ten CONSTRUCTION:At first this interesting.I thought this was moreaircraft and putthem to kit looksfairly easy and supposedto be an airplane. gooduse as groundattack straightfonrard.Two large Butsitting on mywork bench aircraftduring the Sinai fuselagehalves (upper and wasa Frisbee.Onward! Campaignof 1956.These lower)with a reasonable aircraftwere fairly successful cockpittub inside.The gear It wastime to windup my andprovided some unusual wellsare well done. Add the airbrushand primer all the reportsand conversation elevators,rudders on top, parts.A littlemore sanding (flyingsaucers?) landinggear and gear doors, andprimer and it wasready antennae,and you're done. Oh for paint.Painting was Anyray,using some of the yeahlPaint it blueand stick accomplishedusing my usual limitedinformation and a little on a coupleof decals. Floquilpaints and automotive artisticlicense, I decided, afrer glosslacquer. lthen applied a coatof bluepaint, to change Notso fast!In additionto the thedecals and another coat of my XF5U-1into a modelof an alreadymentioned flash, the fit gloss.When dry | usedoil lsraeliunit from that time of mostparts was not so good. paintwash for the panellines. period.I addedgun pods on Thetwo fuselage halves TestorsDullcote was applied the sideof the nose,rocket requiredsome putty and afterthe washwas dry, and tubesand bomb racks on the sandingat theseams, and pastelpowders were used for undersideof thefuselage. I somerescribing of linesin the someweathering. paintedit in the camouflage area.The engine intakes were schemeof thattime. a terriblefit. The elevatorsfit Aftera day'sdrying time, final verybadly. These areas assemblywas done. The It was an interestingsubject requireda lotof sandingand a landinggear, gear doors, anddid providea littlelevity lotof putty.The propeller canopy,wheels, etc. were andenjoyment to a'serious' shafts/extensions(?? !) were attachedto the model.Aside avocation. oblongwhen glued together from somebad fit problems (partof thefuselage). Afler andtoo much flash, this was a sandingand filling to getthese fun project. The art of the pitot
BYTED HOLOWCHUK ln buildingmost aircraft in any propellers,antennas, and guns o scale,the pitottubes, lnvlsible thread
nrtal tub€ attached to splnner,/prop flts lnsids tublng anchorad in fuselars usuallypose a problemof together.Drill a #80hole, or fits the aircraft.Allow the sorts. usea smalllength of epoxyto setup. Voila! hypodermicneedle to makea Spinningprops. One word of Let'sfirst talk aboutpitots, mini-maston thetail. During caution"When picking up an antennas,and guns. These finalassembly of themodel, aircraftwith this type of prop itemsare either molded onto installtheantenna wire using a assembly,the propcan easily thewings and fuselage, or are monofilament thread called fallout.lwillsometimes use a 'invisible added-onmolded parts. ln thread'.available at verysmall piece of "funtack' mostcases the moldingsare fabricshops. I superglueone (thatall-purpose silly putty) overlylarge, poorly molded, or endof thethread into the hole and put it betweenthe prop misshapen.When the seam or intothe needle on the tail. andthe fuselagefront. This linesare sanded off, the guns Whenthe glue has set up, pull holdsthe propin placeyet andpitots can be oblongin thewire taut across the top of allowsit to be removed. cross-sec1ion.Usual ly these the mastand superglue the partsare just "clunky". ln wirein place.Cut off the extra ln closingI wouldlike to pose addition,when working on the threadwhen the glue is dry. a questionfor those of you model,these fragile Thisis oneantenna that will who are 'out of the box" projectionsinevitably get not breakoff, andit canbe builders.In competition, brokenoff. Now you try to glue straightenedout if bent. shoulduse of thesetechniques themback on with a littleluck. eliminatea modelfrom the Nowfor propellers.I like to "outofthe box"status? These Let'ssubstitute for these buildmy modelswith methodsare certainly optional, fragileparts. Not only is it removableprops. This allows andthe resultsare not visible easierto do,but the endresult the propsto spin,but more if doneproperly. Personally, I looksbetter. For guns, use importantlythe chanceof thinkthat these techniques metalor plastictubing or damageis reduced,because shouldbe allowedin the "out hypodermicneedles. For youcan remove the propsfor of the box' category. pitots,use wire or hypodermic travel;also, repairing or needles. replacingdamaged props is I welcomeany response to this mucheasier. suggestion,and look forward Forantenna masts, cut a piece to anyand all of yourthoughts of brassor aluminumsheet Lookat thedrawings. Each on thisidea. Let's talk - I'dlike (.015or appropriatethickness) installationcan be slightly to hearyour opinion. andfile it to shape.Also, make different,depending on the it longenough to extend aircraft.However, the principal NOTE:A sourcefor small throughthe fuselage top and is thesame. Using telescoping tubing- reston thefuselage bottom, tubing,glue the smaller tubing whereit is anchoredin a blob to the prop/spinnerwith HobbyHangar of epoxyputty. (See drawing superglueor epoxy.Use a PO Box472 below).Note: this part of the blobof epoxyputty inside the NewCarlisle, lN 46552 constructionshould be done in fuselageto anchorthe larger (catalog/sample:$1.29) onehalf of thefuselage, pieceof tubing.Adjust and fit beforegluing the halves thisassembly so thatthe prop Index to featuredaircraft in ScaleAircraft Modeling
BY KEVINCALI.AHAN I haveoccasionally been mad.ln practice,lhismeans accusedof beingslightly data- thatI keepa numberof specializeddatabases on my of sideviewsdrawn by editor below.lf youhave some of PC,which I useto trackdown MikeKeep. These sideviews thesemissing issues and elusivedata. We're allaware arevery usefulwhen deciding wouldconsider loaning them thatit isn'twhat you have that on whichmarkings to apply, to me for photocopying,let me counts,it's how quickly you andthe articlesmake good knowat ournext meeting. canget ahold of it whenthe idlereading. So, before long, I Basically,the procedurewould needarises. You've no doubt was listingthe featuredaircraft be thatIwould bonow the experiencedthe frustrating andwhich kits were reviewed issueat onemeeting, feelingthat somewhere in that in the ScaleModele/s photocopythe contents,and filecabinet (or garage, or Marketplaceeach issue, along retumit to you at the next stackof magazines)exists withany other articles that I meeting,unless we could exactlywhat you needto finish feltmight be usefulin the arrangethe transfer earlier. yourcunent project. But since future. youdon't know where to find lf thisindex is usefulto you, the information,it is quite Partof the resultis theindex let me knowand I canpass on uselessto you.A few years on thefollowing pages. lt the othertwo (kit reviewsand back,my magazinereferences showseach aircraft type in otherarticles). alonehad become numerous alphaorder, followed by the enoughthat I couldno longer volumeand issue numbers MISSINGISSUES OF SAM: findwhat I neededeasily, so I andthe monthof issue. begancreating online indices. Hopefullyyou can use it to Volume1 through4: ALL betteraccess your own Volume5: 1,2,3,5,6,9,10,12 Onemagazine I consider collectionof SAMs. Volume6: 2,3,8 crucialis Hall-Park Volume7: 5,9 '12 Publications'Scale Aircraft Pleasenote: I don'thave Vofrrme 8:7 ,8 Modeling.Each issue everyissue of SAM,so there featuresthe illustratedhistory willbe someinevitable Any helpyou can provide will of a particularaircraft type, omissionsin the index.The be appreciated. followedby halfa dozenpages issuesI don't haveare listed
AIRCRAFTTYPE VOL/,ISS OATE ConyairF-102 Delta Dagger 7l1O July 1985 AirspeedOxford 15/9 June/July1993 DassauttAlpha Jel 11R December1988 Amer a/c in FleetAir Arm 6/9 May 198n DassaultEtendard/Supr 7112 September1985 ArgentineAF 13t3 December199O DeHavCanDHC-1 Chipmunk 13€ June1991 A-W MeteorNF+14 9I3 December1986 DeHavCanDHC-2 Beaver 9n April1987 A-WWhitley i5/6 March1993 DeHavCanDHC-3 Otter fn April1989 Avro Lincoln 12J4 January1990 DeHavDragon Rapide 148 December1991 Avro Shackleton 1219 June 1990 DeHavHomet 1ZB May 1990 AvroCanada CF-100 11lB May 1989 DeHavMosquito 1216 March 1990 BAC Jet Provost 614 January1 984 DeHavSea Mxen 1411 October1991 BAe Hawk 6t1 October1983 DeHavTiger Moth 15/l 1 September1993 BAeHS-125 7t4 January1985 DeHavVampire 1419 June 1992 BAe LightningF3/6 9/10 July1987 A4 Slqfiawk 'l4l1o Douglas 1Ol2 November1987 BoeingB-29 Superfortress July1992 DouglasA-26 in Korea 1418 May 1992 Boeing-VertCH47 Chinook 1Ot4 January1 988 Douglas866 Destroyer 10/6 March1988 Boulton-PaulBalliol 13n April1991 DouglasDC-3 813 December'1985 Brazilianmilitary aviation 1Zs February1990 EcuadoranAir Force 1Z1O July1990 'l0l11 BristolBeaufighter 1'll'11 August1989 EE Canberra(export) August1988 Bristol Beaufort 141'11 August1992 FaireyBattle 911 October1986 Bristol Blenheim 7n April1985 FaireyFirefly 7R Oecember1984 Bristol Bulldog 1417 April 1992 '14t4 FaireyGannet 8/10 July 1986 Eristol Freightet January1992 FaireySwordfish 6n April1984 CanadairCL-l3 Sabre 811 October1985 FleetAirArm 193}39 7111 August1985 CanadianArmed Forces 718 May 1985 FleetAirArm 193941 13t4 January1991 ChileanAir Force 11/9 June1989 FleetAirArm 1978€tl 10/9 June 1988 ConsolidatedCatalina 5/8 May 1983 Frenchmilitary aviation 9/9 June1987 o ConvairB-58 Hustler 8/5 February'1986 GenDynF-l6 (Europe) 912 Novemb€r1986 GenDynF-111 6112 Seolember1984 NorthAmer OV-10 Bronco 8/9 June 1986 GrummanEA6A/B 1311 October199O North Amer P-47 (LatinAm) l#o March 1992 Grumman E-2C|C-?A 914 January1987 Oman Air Force 8/6 March1986 GrummanS-2 Tracker 1'1112 September1984 PanaviaTomado U4 January1985 GrummanF4F Wildcat UII August1986 Queens Flight 15n November1992 GrummanF6F Hellcat 15/10 August1993 RAF fighten 191&1993 15n April 1993 Handley-PageHalifax 10/8 May 1988 RAF jets in recent service 9/8 May 1987 Handley-PageHampden 9/5 February1987 RAF WWz nighttighters 136 March1991 Handley-PageVictor 5n April 1983 RepublicF€4F 716 March1985 HawkerHart (family) 15i5 February1993 RepublicRF€4F 12112 September1990 HawkerHunter (export) 6/5 February1984 RoyalAttziliary Air Force 7l'l October 1984 HaurterHunicane 12111 August1990 SAAB Mggen 14ts February1992 Haud
Ournext meeting will be held librarynot in the bestinterests aboutat the meetingon the at 10.00am,Saturday, October of thechapter. Our new gth. 9 at the NationalGuard locationat theArmory has the Armory,1601 WArmory Way, advantagesof stillbeing Feelfree to callme if you in room114. Referto map and somewhatcentrally located, a haveany thoughts or driverdirections on the back roomwith good lighting, close questionsabout permanently pageof the newsletterfor parking,no vendorrestrictions, movingto theArmory. My details.I would like to thank andas of thiswriting numberis 774-6343 SteveCozad for the initial (September19) guaranteed (Lynnwood),evenings. contacthe madewith the secondSaturdays for at least armory. 12months. Seeyou Saturday!!
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