.jQ11;1,$Fav, ffi\\ NEWSLETTER 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).