ails cover for full det SSeeee backback cover for fullfu details. SeptemberSSeeeppptteteemmmbbbeeerr 20162200011166 BRINGING HISTORY TO LIFE 1:481:1::4848 ScaleScalele The Return of the NEW Bamboo Bomber Squadron is proud to bring back the Bamboo Bomber! ORDER TODAY! See Page 4 for complete details.etails. LIMITED TO ONLY 1000 KITS! HUGE RESTOCK Over 100 Brand SALE•SALE•SALE of Your Favorite Brands! NEW Items Inside! Pages 46-47 Order Today at WWW.SQUADRON.COM or call 1-877-414-0434 Dear Friends With summer quickly drawing to a close, looking back over those SQUADRON lazy, hazy days, I realize I didn’t do too much modeling during these past months. Too hot here in Texas! However, I have been very busy lining up an array of projects for fall and winter. I also attended a PRODUCTS few shows with the the 2016 IPMS convention in Columbia being one of the high points. I get easily inspired by the work of others and there was an abundance of outstanding work at this year’s Nationals. You guys are all outstanding modelers and that by itself gives us here at Squadron the incentive to provide you even more with the best products and service anywhere. I always look forward to sharing with you the latest and greatest new releases from Squad- ron. As we roll into autumn, we are introducing a brand new Squadron Signal Publica- tion (SS14037), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC), authored by John Gourley. With 80 Pages containing 240 color photographs, line drawings, color profiles and history and development, you won’t want to miss it! A great new tool is now available (SQ10133) Ny- lon Fiber Brush and Holder. This handy utensil for buffing and residue removal in hard to reach places comes with one extra refill. In our Warriors and Heroes line, we have a new NEW two figure set with base for sale (WAH35516) Waffen SS Pair, Kharkov on page 30 to complete that winter diorama you are working on or just to paint and use as a small vignette. Last but not least is the introduction of our newest Encore Models kit on page 4. (EC48008) UC-78/JRC-1/T-50 Bamboo Bomber. After many requests, we have re-introduced this fantastic kit in a limited quantity. Two versions will be available...a standard and premium boxing. The premium version comes with two choices of resin interior and NEW Nylon Fiber Brush with Holder separate control surfaces on top of the extra details provided in the standard edition. Handy tool for dust removal in small Looking ahead to the fall, we are working on picking up a few new lines and are dili- and hard to reach places. Can be used as gently replenishing our inventory. Also don’t forget to check out our website and videos buffing and polishing utensil. Holder as for updates or our helpdesk for any model building related issues. a knob that can be twisted to adjust the So let’s start building! desired length of the brush. Set comes with Cheers! one extra refill. Not suitable for painting Jef Verswyvel purposes. Chief Modeler at Squadron SQ10133 $9.99 NEW Landing Craft, Air Cushioned In Action Gourley. In 1966 a Landing Craft Coordinating Group was assembled to discuss and draft specifi- cations for a new landing craft. The work resulted in the Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV) that saw service in the Vietnam War. By 1970 designs for an Amphibious Assault Landing Craft (AALC) were on the drawing board. These designs ultimately pro- duced the Landing Craft, Air Cushion, better known as the LCAC. Packed with more than 240 vivid color NEW photos, comprehensive tables, color profiles and detailed line drawings. 80 pages. SS14037 $19.95 $17.99 WWW.SQUADRON.COM 2 TOLL FREE: 1-877-414-0434 Of• By Jef Verswyvel Wives and Models We recently returned from the 2016 IPMS Convention in Columbia, SC. It was a great show and I was fortunate to reconnect with customers and friends like I have done for the past 22 years. This year however, for the first time, I “observed” an increase in attendance of some very special conventioneers. It is these “friends of modelling” I wish to pay tribute to now. Over the years, I have seen them so many times. The poor women who are attached to a husband that has a severe case of affection to- wards plastic. She follows him peacefully at model shows but can’t hide the total disconcertment from her face. Not that she minds being there; but it’s a job and she has to do it. She’s a trooper about it and smiles if you make eye contact. She empathizes with her husband’s passion for the hobby and she lets him do his thing. She does not always understand why Howard needs another kit when he has 487 unbuilt models in the family garage - but she’s sure that it is a matter of importance to him because he told her so many times. She loves this man who in a way is an oversized child who never grew up and still gets excited every time Fine Scale Modeler hits the mail- box. He then reads it with big open eyes like a kid does when he or she follows his or her superhero jump from one page onto another, telling her passionately about the newest releases of the month and why he must have it. Usually a story will follow with an explanation that would justify the purchase, like when he was in the armed services and got close to that particular armor piece. Or a history lesson she heard a million times before and recognizes from the black and white military channel documentaries that he watches over and over. But he is her partner in life, so she takes one for the team each time and listens with unmeasured attention, trying so hard to prevent her eyes from glazing over. She knows she’s in total domination when it comes down to it and has hold of a long leash that she can manipulate whenever her model- ing man wonders off into uncontrollable styrene madness. Who are these lovable creatures, who day in and day out stand by us while we do what our instinct tells us to do? Building models or should I say “collect- ing” them. Who supports us in our hobby with a never ending patience and always allow the budget to be stretched another $20 to satisfy our cravings? Wives, girlfriends, family, or friends, they are an essential part of our enjoy- ment of this hobby. Without their support, how could this still be so fun? Myself, I’ve been blessed with a wife who does exactly all of the above. Who conceals her yawn when I talk about Messchersmitts and Focke Wulfs, who watches for the best deals and always finds something I’ve been looking for forever when I least expect it. Who learned the difference between an F-18 and an F-16, who taught herself what a rear instrument coaming, throttle quadrant, rudder pedal and Head Up Display is when I bring it up and who is extremely patient when I make a mess, spill paint on my new shirt or drag her to another convention. For these ladies I tip my hat. Thank you girls for letting us be boys, even if most of us look like Richard Depardieu on his worst day. Thank you for sticking with us so we can enjoy our wonderful hobby. I would like to close with one lady’s remark when asked if she supported her husband’s hobby. She said; “Well, he doesn’t smoke or drink, he’s house- broken and last but not least, I know where he is!” Jef Verswyvel 1:48 Scale Marking Options: US Army Air Force UC-78 s/n 42-58125, 1943 Sky King’s T-50 ‘Songbird’ 700 KITS LIMITED TO ONLY NEWNEW UC-78/JRC-1/T-50UC-78/JRC-1/T-50 ‘Bamboo‘Bamboo Bomber’Bomber’ US Navy JRC-1 BuNo 64464, 1943 Late 1930s, WWII era and beyond, Cessna-built commercial, twin-engined, low-wing monoplane and light transport (T-50) or military advanced trainer and utility aircraft (AT-17/UC-78 and JRC-1). Injection-molded airframe and clear parts; features cockpit and cabin interior, separately molded cabin door, subtle ‘fabric-over-frame’ effect and optional parts to build 1 of 3 versions. Also includes resin parts (wheels, propeller hubs, exhaust stacks, oleo scissors, tailwheel fork, spinners and your choice of highly detailed Lycoming or Jacobs radial engines). 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