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February 2014 Edition February 2014 Edition As you know by now, on March 31, 2014, Canada Post will be increasing postage At a recent meeting, the IPMS Ottawa Chapter took rates... greatly! Ac- an exceptional step to encourage greater IPMS cording to the new rate Canada participation among its members. By a charts, costs for mail- nearly unanimous vote they decided to provide a ing RT within Canada will increase $3.00 per year. cash reimbursement of $15 to any chapter member Postage rates for sending RT to the US and over- in good standing who joins IPMS Canada or renews seas will increase even more dramatically, by an ad- their membership for the calendar year 2014. All you ditional $5.40 and $10.80 per year respectively! do is show your new or renewed membership card We are as upset about this as you are, but we have (or I presume some other means of proof) and they’ll no alternatives other than to pass it on to the mem- hand you back $15. Pretty awesome move, eh! bers to cover the additional costs. At the recent IPMS Canada national executive meet- ing it was decided that – reluctantly – dues will be increased to $37/yr in Canada; $45/yr in the US; and $65/yr overseas. This will come into effect as of From Don McCall - President of IPMS LONDON: March 1, 2014. “Kerry brought the new IPMS CANADA/LONDON We hope that, although prices have gone up, you will banner to our Club Meeting last night. It looks stun- still see IPMS Canada membership as being good ning and will be a great addition to the 2014 Show value. It’s been a number of years since dues have as well as other events. Kerry also brought along the increased, and in the interim we’ve tried to provide box of joint brochures which I will distribute to local even more for your membership. (You’re reading one Hobby Shops. of those “mores” right now!) This was a wonderful idea on the In the meantime, we welcome comments on all this part of IPMS CANADA and greatly (not that there’s anything we can do about it!). Email appreciated. You will find us at [email protected]. a public thank you in the Blog/News section of our website at http:// www.ipmslondon.ca” supplements our printed February 2014 1 Errata CRecentlyANA a memberDIA bemoanedN Content what he considered a dearth of Canadian content in RT over the past couple of years. He Re: Sabre Wings in Nov. beaveRTales. opined that while RT had some great Tony Edmundson of Comox writes to point out that how-to and building articles, there were contrary to what was stated in the article, the Sabre’s not as many articles on Canadian sub- leading edge slats were not operated hydraulically. jects as there used to be. As he put it. He is, of course correct. The slats were deployed by “Please do not take this as criticism, as it isn’t aerodynamic forces working on the leading edge of intended to be. It’s just that if I want articles on the wing, depending upon the aircraft’s speed and Messerschmitts and U-boats, I can find them angle of attack. On the ground they would droop, in any of the mainstream magazines.” but were often pushed back up, as described. For an article which was supposedly updated, we should A superficial look through the last two years’ RTs have caught this. shows that about half of the articles dealt with Cana- dian subjects. OK... some of these were essentially ... to supply information how-to articles, in which the subject just happened for your beaveRTales! We to be Canadian. Still, is this a paucity of Canadian realize that not everyone content? I don’t know. can, or wants to, produce There are two points I’d like to make. The overrid- large detailed modelling ing factor is that RT can only contain what you, i.e. articles – most of which the members, have sent in. The other is a question: would be more appropri- What should be the balance between hands-on ate for RT. But you can let modelling articles, and more Canadian oriented his- your fellow members know torical and colour scheme related articles. Would you what’s going on in your like to see more of one and less of the other? Email area. If you belong to a us at [email protected], and let us know local chapter, what’s it up what you think. It’s your society – it’s your magazine. to? Are there any special events, shows, or con- tests coming up? Look at the UPCOMING EVENTS here. We know there are some chapter events that aren’t listed (e.g. the Regina Chapter’s Draggin Car Show, or Montreal’s Réal Côté 50th Anniversary Show), but we don’t have the time to dig through Upcoming model contests and shows. If your group chapter newsletters and websites for information. has anything scheduled, send the info to box626@ Have someone in your chapter send us the info so ipmscanada.com so that we can let everyone know. beaveRTales can let the members know wassup! Sun, March 8, 2014 Similarly, if your chapter has put on a show or held HeritageCon 2014 a special contest, or done something interesting in Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum the community, send a few pics that can go in the Hamilton, ON CHAPTER PAPARAZZI section. It would have been www.ipmshamilton.ca nice to see some pictures of the Quinte Chapter’s Youth Day, or the Ajax Model Show, or IPMS Van- Fri & Sat, April 25 & 26, 2014 couver’s Christmas party. Valourcon 5 St. James Legion If you have anything you think might be of interest to 1755 Portage Ave fellow beaveRTale-ers, or have any questions, just Winnipeg, MB contact us at [email protected]. www.ipmswinnipeg.ca February 2014 2 Here’s a simple, yet challenging quiz for both aircraft enthusiasts and couch potatoes. Just tell us the name of the Film or TV show in which these aircraft (all of which are model- able, by the way) played a role. We’ll give you a little help with some descriptions. Label your answers 1 to 12, and email them to [email protected]. The three highest scoring entries, or first to reply if there’s a tie, will be sent some nice prizes. 1 In this film a soldier-of-fortune adventurer flies half way around the world, in a Stampe SV4-C biplane, to find his high-society client’s father. 2 In this television series, the lead characters usually travel around the country in a series of Gulfstream corporate jet aircraft. 3 At one point in this action-adventure film, the hero flies an AV-8 Harrier in and around the high-rises of Miami. 4 In this short-lived TV series, the main character’s Grumman Goose was as much a star of the show as he was. February 2014 3 5 Our intrepid hero flew a tiny BD-5J jet air- craft at the beginning of this action adven- ture film. What was it? 6 This visually impressive sci-fi film featured a hero who flew a fantastically modified P-40. 7 At one point in this film from the fifties, the hero and heroine flew non-stop to Cairo in a two-seat de Havilland Vampire. 8 OK... not strictly film or television, but we had to slip this one in! At one pe- riod in his career, what superhero flew off to fight evil-doers in a Lockheed XF-90? February 2014 4 9 Which film (generally acknowledged to be pretty bad) starred the Concorde? 10 In which TV series from the fifties did the hero fly around in a Cessna 310B? 11 Probably the only film ever made which ‘starred’ (at least as far as we aircraft enthusiasts are concerned) the Fairey Fulmar. 12 This TV series featured a tricked-out Bell 222 which flew various ‘black ops’, while also being hunted by the authorities. February 2014 5 A tank, Mk. VIII “International” with a Renault FT sitting on its back. It’s not known whether this was done as a lark, or if it was a serious at- tempt at... something! And not to be outdone, the Sovi- ets loaded up a TB-3 bomber with three Polikarpov I-5 parasite fighters. Incidentally... there are models avail- able for these machines, so you could build a pretty interesting aircraft or armour diorama if you’d like to try! The Short-Mayo composite was a modified Short Empire flying boat carrying the Short S.21 Mercury floatplane. The Mercury would be launched in mid-ocean carrying mail, while the larger flying boat continued on with passengers. And yes... it did work! There used to be a vacu- formed kit of this affair, but it would take some serious searching to find one now. More recently, here’s a pic of a ship carrying a ship. This is the MV Blue Marlin carrying the USS Cole back from Yemen. The Blue Marlin can lower itself until its deck is below the surface. Then the ‘passenger’ is floated into position. Pumping out its ballast tanks raises the Blue Marlin with the ‘passenger’ now on deck. February 2014 6 Canadian Ansons Gavrilo Princip This article on the Avro Anson is not a “how-to” modelling article. It’s a basic overview of wartime Canadian Avro Anson variants, some of their detail differences, and some typical colour schemes.
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