Terurt/ and the Fisher P-75 Eagle.We All Have Bad Days
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ro As the 1900sclose out in a few daysit kidding." Somemore kit ideas.I guess givesme pauseto wonderwhat we'll see we'll haveto wait and see.Oh yes,the in the next century (andmillenium) that will aliens will look nothing like the big headed, crossour model benches. pointy eyed types that appearin the movies or even in kit form. They will all The 20th Century saw some of the greatest look like RossPerot. Or Milton Berle in technological advancesthe planet has drag.Ewww. ever seenand since the vast majority of the subjectswe chooseto model are We have abbreviatedthe years to the last '98,'99 products of the 20th century,will our 2 digits- andso on.Is thereagood grandchildrenwant to build models of B- abbreviation for 2000? I've stretchedthis 52sandF-15s? one about as far as I could whilst waiting for the glue to dry on my Buffalo canopy: Who knows,they'll probablystill be in ought-ought, zed-zed,naught-naught (or front line service. doublenaught, courtesy ofJethro Bodine), zero-zero,or just plain 2000. Maybe I Will there be new airplanesand vehicles shouldjust changeglues to something developedthat somefuture kit manufac- that dries faster... turerwill produce? And lastly to all the membersof our fine Will something yet to be invented take the group: It has been my sincerepleasure to placeof our hobby or modify it someway? talk to you, ask questionson techniques Will we evenhave plastic model kits in (and answerquestions on techniques)and twenty or thirty years?My heirs apparent sharein this most enjoyableof hobbies show little interestin my garageo' kits but with you all. I think we havethe finest possiblyin a few decadesplastic may group of modelers anywhere and on behalf becomeas valuableas gold....Nahhh.Who of the rest of the executive staff of IPMS/ knows what will happento them. Predict- Seattle,I wish you happinessalways and ing the future is damn near impossible' We best wishes for the New Year. all laugh at the guy who a hundred years or so ago claimed that "there is nothing Seeyou at the meeting (and remember to left to invent." Let's see:airplanes, TV 8- bring goodies!), track tapes,electric guitars, Siegfried and Roy, to name afew. Admittedly, there have been a handful of clunkers like the Edsel Terurt/ and the Fisher P-75 Eagle.We all have bad days. Who knows what fabulous machine will show up in the next century that Tamigawarevellogramfix will produce a kit of. Maybe someonewill actually produce an affordable and workable flying car.Two or three kits right there. Then again,not all 20th Century subjectshave been rendered in kit form. Maybe we'll seea modelof the Curtis-GoupilDuck or CapelisXC- 12 ! Also, the aliens that have been tricking us for the last fifty yearsby flying over just out of camerafocus range or turning on all their lights and flying at night will finally tire of the joke, land somewherein a denselypopulated area and say'Just IPMS-USA Newsletter SBATTLE CHAPTER CONTACTS President: Treasurer: Editor: President: Vice ) TerryMoore Keithlaird NormFiler RobertAllen 3612- 201stPl. S.W. 528 South2nd Ave. 16510N.E. 99th 12534NE 128thWay #E3 Lynnwood,WA 98036 Kent, WA 98032 Redmond,WA 98052 Kirkland, WA 98034 Ph: 425-774-6343 Ph: 253-854-9148 Ph: 425-885-7213 Ph: 425-823-4658 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] IPMS SeatrleWeb Site (Webmasters,Jon Fincher & Tracy White): ht@://www.ipms-seattle.org Public Disclaimers,Information, and Appeals for Help This is the official publication of the Seattle Chapter, IPMS-USA. As such, it servesas the voice for our Chapter, and dependslargely upon the generouscontributions of our members for articles, comments, club news, and anything else involving plastic scale modeling and associatedsubjects. Our meetingsare generally held each month, (seebelow for actual meeting dates),at the Washington National Guard Armory, AM' and usually off 15th Ave. NW, just to the west side of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Seethe back page for a map. Our meetings begin at l0:00 last for two to three hours. Our meetings :re very informal, and are open to any interestedplastic modeler, regardlessof interests. Modelers are encouragedto bring their models to the meetings. Subscriptionsto the newsletter are included with the Chapter dues. Dues are $24 a year, (or $18 a year for Internet newsletter only) and may be paid to Norm Filer, our Treasurer.(See addressabove). We also highly recommend our members join and support IPMS-USA, the national organization. See below for form. Any of the members listed above wiII gladly assist you with further information about the Chapter or Society. The views and opinions expressedin this newsletter are those of the individual writers, and do not constitute the official position of the Chapter or IpMS-USA. you are encouragedto submit any material for this newsletter to the editor. He will gladly work with you and see that your material is put into print and included in the newsletter, no matter your level of writing experienceor computer expertise. The newsletter is currently being edited using a PC, and PageMaker 6.5. Any Word or WordPerfect document for the PC would be suitable for publication- Articles can also be submitted via e-mail. to the editor's addressabove. Deadline for submission of articles is generally ten days prior to the next meeting. Pleasecall meat425-823-4658ifyou have any questrons. If you use or reprint the material contained in the newsletter, we would appreciateattribution both to the author and the source document. Our newsletter is preparedwith one thing in mind; this is information for our members, and all fellow modelers, and is prepared and printed in the newsletter in order to expand the skills and knowledge of those fellow modelers. Upcoming Meeting Datcs The IpMS/Se attle 199912000meeting scheduleis as follows. To avoid conflicts with previously scheduledIPMS eventsand National Guard activities at the Armory, pleasenote that some of our meeting days fall on the third Saturdayof the month, not the traditional secondSaturday. We suggestthat you keep this information in a readily accessableplace. All meetings begin at l0:00 AM. December 11,1999 (2ndsaturday) January 8,20fi) (3rd saturday) February 12,2OOO(2ndsaturday) March 11,20fi) (2nd Saturday) SPRING MEET! I |i1,.,!f; fr;fi.: li*Jva blat4i ,&.r3{ilEF,r"t Remember to bring glei*: cookies, cakes, soft drinks, C''its*..... .... , . Jip and other goodies to the the Iii{*etEr+ by P*i: irer}uir*(l . x meeting. It's I December LL [J *r*utt: $tp ff Jr:n'i*r{':1f t€ers tld or:d]ilftg.e{l SS I our Holiday munchfest il Tr..iti*lu,lsnl{-rer; $1 I fJf"w^snh * ,ri{e}nif,$]S25 t Ottter Fnraillr: $n* r il Fa#rii^vIp,dGlt liuati .'S5" *itd tel rus0iirit'les-#uf ln*m'b+:lshiL,c*trls r#rj*ir:sd--. meeting! fl lf recorrrmerldgri'lri* err lFldl5 n'iemb*f,. ---J,IFEIEEI l:.$lliiti;}.,f I riirnl# ir|ll .."1*'xst,r'lulli*6f iriirTl|] j ---. 1:-1." l.: ,j i. ; lr'.{.}.Xlnx: frl-4$ !\'atner tr{uhins"tl.t -lI t}-q5"fi 1-1$ Lss--.gr ---rr Seattle Chapter I PM S-U SA Newsletter Page 3 Selling Out The Children: A of enemy shipping were sent to the bottom the Swordfish'simportance as a biplane? of the seasdue to Swordfish activity. And Again, look at the numbers produced: Swordfish Model or a almost every major Germancapital warship 2,392, andflying in a total of 89 Squadrons. College Education? was at one time or another engagedby Surely this ranks the airplane near the top Swordfish: Scharnhorst. Gnei senau, P rinz of any list of military biplanes,either Eugen, Tirpitz, andBismark, the attacks WWl, post-war,or WW2? And in the by Andrew Birkbeck on the latterbeing the most well known. history of world naval aviation? Again, surely it must place in the top ten in terms Time was when a new modelrelease cost The Swordfish squadronsas mentioned, of missions flown and enemy ships sunk $1.49.Now they areheading towards servedin every theaterof the war, from the or damaged?The Swordfish, then, is a bankrupting the children's college fund. opening campaignsin Norway, to Atlantic very important aircraft, period. While a slight exaggeration,Tamiya and Mediterranean convoy duties. They America really has pulled out all the stops were involved in ground attackson Italian Now back to the Tamiya kit. What do you on the cost of Tamiya'snewest l/48th forces in Libya, and the defenseofCrete get for your $88? Five spruesof aircraft aircraft release,the Fairey Swordfish. This and Cyprus. They took part in Operation parts, plus two of ordinance,and one small baby weighs in at a full retail price of $68, Torch in North Africa, attackson Vichy clear sprue,make up the kit. For an plus the obligatory$13 Tamiya-supplied French forces in Madagascar,and RAF additional $13, you can purchasethe etched set, so that with tax, you are out Coastal Command operationsin support of etched metal set covering bracing wire and $88. But more on the price a little later. the D-Day landings. And of course against engine details plus some other odds and Japaneseforces in the Far East. However, ends. I personally feel that to do the model The questionreally is, how badly doesone justice, you needthe etchedset. needa Swordfishmodel in one'scollec- That the etchedset wasn't tion? The answer,I would argue,is that if includedas part ofthe regular you have any interest in British WW2 kit is a crime, given the $68 price aircrafl, then you must have a Swordfish.