IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter – November 2020 Volume 28 No. 11 Southern California’s Premier Model Club The President’s Column By David P. Frederick In This Issue Due to continuing Covid-19 virus shelter in Table of Contents Page place/distancing rules imposed by Federal and State Meeting Time and Place 3 Government the October IPMS Orange County Monthly Contest Themes 4 meeting is cancelled. Financials 6 Website Update 6 Pictured is the award for the International Plastic Modelers’ Society IPMS USA Membership 7 Region 8 Chapter of the Region 2020. The IPMS Orange County IPMS OC Membership 9 chapter has done it again with a congratulations to all members from IPMS USA Natl. Convention 10 the Director of Local Chapters, Dave Lockhart. Although, 2020 has been closed to pandemic issues and the IPMS nationals as well as the What Have You Been Working 12 Orange-Con (it was planned to be the regional contest) has been The Complete Book of Plastic 18 cancelled. The IPMS Orange County has many attributes to be proud Laurel & Hardy 1927 Model T 21 of in the last year. Comparison Build StuG III 29 Orange-Con 2019 LED Lighting Kits 36 Building the 1918 John Deere 38 Orange-Con 2019 featured vendors but is Club Meetings / Events 52 most known for the contest portion of the event with 46 contest categories as well as special theme awards and some 500 models entered. Our event has proven to be the largest event in our Region. Orange-Con 2019 was hosted at a new venue with attendees from five states and Northern California. The movement from the State University to Fullerton Hotel allowed for the partial opening of the model room during judging. This was a new and welcomed benefit for the event. A record number of spectators joined us from the hotel which helped admission revenue. It is our belief that Orange-Con is so well supported by participants and vendors from these great distances due to the quality of its competition and the fairness of judging as we use the IPMS/USA Rules and Judging Criteria IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter November 2020 The President’s Column IPMS Orange County’s Newsletter Terry Huber is the IPMS Chapter newsletter and editor of the year. He has been the current Editor since 2013. Newsletter considerations and facts: The newsletter contains the IPMS/USA membership application right up front in the newsletter along with the IPMS /USA web site The Chapter officers and volunteers are listed Each newsletter contains a listing of upcoming contests by Region 8 chapters along with contests in region 9 and 10 along with the contest flyers when available The newsletter is consistently published days prior to the club meeting and to literally a world-wide audience The additional travelogues to historical places by club members with modeling tie-ins have been well received across the country, and the layout is polished 2017 and 2018 National award for Newsletter and Editor. IPMS Orange County Web Site Julian English has developed a new design and functionality to the IPMSOC.ORG web site. The new look and feel are far more visual then before, but the web site still retains a high level of information. Sections cover our Chapter’s activities, information about IPMS/USA as well as links to the IPMSUSA.ORG site. Naturally, there are results of monthly meetings, our annual Orange-Con contest as well as articles and reviews. ULRs are frequently checked for functionality along with all included links. The design includes category tabs that allows navigation to related posts or links including links to IPMS/USA sites. The site includes links to our OCIPMS chapter newsletters archives (six months and older). Finely, the site contains an updated calendar which includes all local modeling related activities including other clubs meeting times and events. My hopes are to continue the momentum that we have with the club next year. At this point it is hard to guess when it will be safe to meet as a club again. Monitor your emails as when we get a green light from the hotel, we will let you know and hope to see your smiley faces (even if it is behind a mask) at an IPMS meeting. Stay safe, stay healthy and enjoy the hobby… David Frederick 2 IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter November 2020 Meeting Notice & Agenda Date: MEETING CANCELLED THEME: was Shelf of Doom Doors Open: Not yet. Location: La Quinta Inn & Suites 3 Centerpointe Drive La Palma, CA 90623 Right Off the 91 Fwy at Valley View 2020 Chapter Officers President David Frederick 1st Vice President Sean Fallesen 2nd Vice President Position Retired Treasurer Jeff Hunter Secretary Split Duties – Nat Richards – Badges or “batches” Mike Budzeika – Scribe Gordon Zuther – Audio Contest Director Dan Matthews Volunteers Chapter Contact Mark “The Duke” Deliduka [email protected] Newsletter Editor Terry Huber (714) 544-8908 [email protected] Webmaster Julian English [email protected] Mail IPMS Orange County Club Website www.ipmsoc.org P.O. Box 913 Garden Grove, CA 92842 National Website [email protected] www.ipmsusa.org 3 IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter November 2020 Orange County Contest Themes for 2020 JANUARY - First Class: Any subject that was the first or lead in its type or class FEBRUARY - Tri-Motor: any subject that through intentional design possesses three power plants. Last Meeting at La Quinta, MARCH - Korea 1950 – 1953: Any subject in use during the years on or off the Korean peninsula APRIL - Black out: any subject whose paint job is predominantly black MAY - Spanish Civil War: Any subject (in appropriate paint and markings) actively involved in the Spanish Civil War July 17, 1936 – April 1, 1939 JUNE - Russian Road to Berlin: Any subject in use by any parties in the engagement zone covered by the Russian advance to Berlin. JULY - High: Any subject, auto, armor, aircraft etc. in a high visibility colorful or predominately white and bright paint, no greens or greys AUGUST - Low: Any subject, auto, armor, aircraft etc. in a low visibility paint scheme; primarily grey or green, no hi visibility colorful white etc. 4 IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter November 2020 Orange County Contest Themes for 2020 SEPTEMBER - From a Picture: Any subject made to replicate, in detail, (i.e. same marking, vehicle number etc.), a picture found in a personal collection or from a published source (including internet) showing an adequate portion of the subject to make certain the model represents the subject in its entirety. The model does not have to but may if you so wish, include the background in a diorama/ vignette format; or it may be just the subject. The picture used as reference must be included with proper reference citation and presented itself in a format no larger than 5”x7” and placed on the table along with the entry detail sheet and model. OCTOBER – BUILD NIGHT - NO Contest: Bring in your newly acquired kits from OrangeCon or grab that shelf of doom kit for next month’s meeting, anyway you want, come and enjoy an evening of building models together. ORANGECON 2020 October 10th, 2020 Hotel Fullerton NOVEMBER - Shelf of Doom: Any subject you’ve had on your shelf of doom or recently acquired thru the distressed kits auction DECEMBER - Non-Traditional: Vacuum, Resin, Paper “Non-Injection” media any subject JANUARY - Tribal: Any subject with a Native American or “nonwestern name”: i.e. Iroquois, Pontiac, Apache, etc. 5 IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter November 2020 From Our Treasurer Current Financial Statistics as of November 2020 In the bank: $ 6873.99 The current financials are the same as before, small changes may occur due to interest or other. Once the meetings are able to begin again the financial page will be updated and published. If you have noticed that the OCIPMS website has looked a little different lately, you are not wrong. The base program - Word Press, did a major update in March and our old site didn’t like it. First the slider (home page rotating pictures) disappeared and later, the home page layout rearranged itself (plus a few other issues). I had been working with our site hosting manager for a fix, but it was not possible to repair. So, I have been working on a new site built with the new Word Press program as a base. The new site is now complete and went live on November 14th. The old site has years of archived data and the new site will not be able to carry all of it forward, however, I am working on a link to the old site for those that may want to look up some older information (still pending). The Covid break has allowed me to work on the new site and we have not lost any new information since we haven’t met in months. Below is a screen shot of the new site home page and a link to the new site here: http://www.ipmsoc.org/ If you have any questions and recommendations, just shoot me an e-mail. I hope all the members like the new site layout. JE 6 IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter November 2020 Or use Form on next page…. 7 IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter November 2020 8 IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter November 2020 Club Membership Renewal Form Print this page, fill it out and bring it to the meeting. It is also available on-line at www.ipmsoc.org. 9 IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter November 2020 IPMS National Convention Location 2021 Las Vegas, NV 10 IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter November 2020 11 IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter November 2020 David Lombard Here's a model I built back in May.