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1Q18 Photo: The years starts with a kids build night, well done young fellas keep it up. President’s Report So, the start of the year and it’s only 8 months to ScaleACT. I have already started down the path of building for ScaleACT 18. While ScaleACT is our signature event to really engage with the public, we still keep looking for opportunities to get out there and promote ourselves. The Canberra Show and Malkara are two such events that the committee feels we can now commit to. There has been some misconception regarding our level of involvement at the Canberra Show. The Club has never been invited to attend, as far as I am aware, to participate by the Canberra Show committee. The work Ross has put in has been stellar in maintaining the completion category over the recent years, and we are aware that it is a great event to promote ourselves. After some discussion, we are at the point where we want to look at our future involvement at that event especially since the number of competition entries continue to diminish. As a result, we will have representation at the initial planning conference in April to discover what is possible, and to secure an invitation. At the last committee meeting we re-engaged with the Malkara Committee. We had a frank discussion regarding why we have declined their invitations for the last few years. We believe we have set the conditions such that we are happy to attend Malkara this year; although, we will review that once that is complete. The display and build table we envisage is something that will grab the kids attention and something they may relate to. Our thinking is that the display and build table should revolve around Star Wars, Gundam and maybe street cars. As usual, we will decline payment from the school. Just a reminder to keep an eye on the calendar. We are definitely going to be at Hellenic Club Civic venue for May, June and August. It will mean that we will hold the AGM in the city, and that our Club Swap and Sell will be in July once we are back at Woden. President ACTSMS Tony Allocca ScaleACTION President’s Report P1 From the Editorial Team P2 Treasurer’s Waffle P3 ACTSMS Calendar of events 2018 P3 2018 Model Events Update P4 Platypus: North Africa Campaign P4/5 Platypus: SH-60 Seahawk In Action P5 Platypus: V2 – The A4 Rocket P6 Is there a JP in the room? P6 ScaleAct 2018 Preparations underway P7/8 The ACTSMS FaceBook group and our eMail P8 Canberra show 2018 P8 Committee Contact Details P9
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Photo: The years starts with a kids build night, well done young fellas keep it up.
President’s Report
So, the start of the year and it’s only 8 months to ScaleACT. I have already started down the path of
building for ScaleACT 18.
While ScaleACT is our signature event to really engage with the public, we still keep looking for
opportunities to get out there and promote ourselves. The Canberra Show and Malkara are two such events
that the committee feels we can now commit to.
There has been some misconception regarding our level of involvement at the Canberra Show. The Club
has never been invited to attend, as far as I am aware, to participate by the Canberra Show committee. The
work Ross has put in has been stellar in maintaining the completion category over the recent years, and we
are aware that it is a great event to promote ourselves. After some discussion, we are at the point where we
want to look at our future involvement at that event especially since the number of competition entries
continue to diminish. As a result, we will have representation at the initial planning conference in April to
discover what is possible, and to secure an invitation.
At the last committee meeting we re-engaged with the Malkara Committee. We had a frank discussion
regarding why we have declined their invitations for the last few years. We believe we have set the
conditions such that we are happy to attend Malkara this year; although, we will review that once that is
complete. The display and build table we envisage is something that will grab the kids attention and
something they may relate to. Our thinking is that the display and build table should revolve around Star
Wars, Gundam and maybe street cars. As usual, we will decline payment from the school.
Just a reminder to keep an eye on the calendar. We are definitely going to be at Hellenic Club Civic venue
for May, June and August. It will mean that we will hold the AGM in the city, and that our Club Swap
and Sell will be in July once we are back at Woden.
President ACTSMS Tony Allocca
ScaleACTION
President’s Report P1
From the Editorial Team P2
Treasurer’s Waffle P3
ACTSMS Calendar of events 2018 P3
2018 Model Events Update P4
Platypus: North Africa Campaign P4/5
Platypus: SH-60 Seahawk In Action P5
Platypus: V2 – The A4 Rocket P6
Is there a JP in the room? P6
ScaleAct 2018 Preparations underway P7/8
The ACTSMS FaceBook group and our eMail P8
Canberra show 2018 P8
Committee Contact Details P9
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From the Editorial Team
Hi all welcome to the first newsletter for 2018. It is probably a good a time as any to announce that I will
not be standing for the editorship at our AGM in August. The main reason for this is that Tracy and I are
taking 10 months off from work and doing the big lap around this fine country of ours, starting in Feb
2019. So I need 2 things from the membership: firstly a replacement for the editors job in August, and
secondly what kit I am going to take to build on the road. Additional requirements: no painting. No photo
etched brass, limited small parts. I’ll accept most suggestions!!
In order to attract someone to the position of editor, I’ll set out the duties: The newsletter is published to
the ACTSMS facebook page and web site on a quarterly basis. Jerry Cashman can assist with the website
posting and anyone with a facebook account can assist with that side of the house. An email is sent out to
the committee and selected members 2 weeks out to solicit anything worthy for publication. The only
software required is MS word, and or publisher if you have it. Photo editing is done thru Windows Photo
viewer, Windows Paint or MS photo editor, all software is part of the windows 7/10 package.
The newsletter is there to capture the history of the society, not really to replicate what’s on social media.
That being said you are the editor and can use any articles you see fit, so long as it captures the society’s
happenings.
If you want to do a stint on the committee then this is the best way to start.
A quick reminder from the guys in Sydney
Just a reminder that the Greater Sydney Scale Model Expo' will be held on the 17th and 18th of March at
Blacktown Leisure Centre, Sentry Drive, Stanhope Gardens (just west of the M7).
Editor Dave White
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Treasurer’s Waffle
The financial position of the society is looking very healthy and we are still on track to make a loss for the
financial year (something we have planned to do) – but I can be proven wrong!
Due to ongoing efforts, the society’s membership has increased considerably with now 119 members,
which I believe is the largest we have been. A very healthy position for the society and we are always
happy to welcome more!
As always, the committee is always looking for suggestions and ideas (workshops, raffle prizes, etc.) to
benefit us all so please let us know, it is after all our society. As always, if you are interested in seeing ‘the
books’ come and see me.
Cheers,
Treasurer ACTSMS Paul D'Orival
ACTSMS CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2018
Month Opening Break Main Break Closing Other January 17 Woden
Admin Santa’s Sack, what did you get?
Members Choice Draw Members choice Build table (for big & little kids) Raffle
February 14 Woden
Admin Guest Speaker – Ley Reynolds (Telford)
Members Choice Draw
Members choice Raffle
March 14 Woden
Admin Steve Medford - MEAO trip for AWM
Members Choice Draw Modelling Tiger tanks – Matt Jorgensen
Members choice Build table Raffle
April 11 Woden
Admin WW1 artefacts from the AWM – Guest Speaker Garth Occy
Members Choice Draw WW1 Tanks – Michael Grieve
Members choice Build table Raffle
May 9 City
Admin Resin (adding detail) – John Myszka
Members Choice Draw Figure Painting – David Hay
Members choice Build table (incl kids) Raffle
June 13 City
Admin Modelling WW1 Aircraft – Brad Fallen
Members Choice Draw Members choice Raffle
July 11 Woden
Swap & Sell Swap & Sell Swap & Sell
August 15 City
Admin AGM Annual winners Awards Raffle
September 12 Woden
Admin Decals, getting it right – Paul D’Orival
Members Choice Draw Members choice Build table Raffle
October 10 Woden
Admin Let there be Light (adding electronics) – Chris Hennessey
Members Choice Draw Round Table Modellers Tips
Members choice Build table Raffle
November 7 Woden
Admin ScaleAct 18 Preparations Members Choice Draw Modelling WW2 German Aircraft – Tony Allocca
Members choice Build table Raffle
December 12 Woden
Admin Holiday Projects? Special members only competition
Members choice Raffle
Mario Marangoni Vice - President
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2018 Model Events Update
The 2018 model event calendar is already chockers, and there’s plenty to look forward to – here’s what’s coming up:
17/18 Mar 18 - Phillip Island Automotive Model Show, held at the RSL Sub Branch, 225-243 Thompson Ave, Cowes, VIC. For more details, contact Nigel or Renee Lowe on 0448 670 926 or [email protected].
17/18 Mar 18 - Greater Sydney Scale Model Expo, held at the Blacktown Leisure Centre, corner of Sentry
Drive & Stanhope Parkway, Stanhope Gardens, NSW. For more details contact Renato Cantalupo on 0425 227 818 or [email protected], or you can visit the website www.gssme.com.au or check out the
attached flyer.
22 Apr 18 - Modellers of Ballarat Annual Model Show, held at the Eastwood St Leisure Centre, Eastwood
St, Ballarat, VIC. For more details, contact Dom Mishka on 0409 501 048 or [email protected] .
28/29 Apr 18 - NSW Scale Model Competition, (conducted by the Illawarra Plastic Modellers Association),
held at the Illawarra Sports Stadium, Hooka Creek Rd, Berkeley. For more details contact Darren Dickerson on 0419 148 335 or email [email protected] .
09-11 Jun 18 - Model Expo (The Australian Open Plastic & Scale Modelling Championships), held at
the Sandown Entertainment Centre, Sandown Racecourse, Princes Hwy, Springvale, VIC. For more details contact Mic Bradshaw on (03) 9747 0759 or Laurence Farrugia (03) 9546 9571 (A/H).
15/16 Sep 18 - Canberra Model Shipwright’s Society Annual Model Ships Expo, held at the Mt Rogers Primary School, Alfred Hill Drive, Melba, ACT. For more details contact Bob Evans at [email protected] or
Peter Hately at [email protected].
10/11 Nov 18 - ScaleACT 2018, yes, the daddy of them all !! Held at UC High School, 108 Baldwin Dr, Kaleen. For more details check out our website at www.actsms.asn.au, visit our Facebook page or talk to any of
the committee members.
Remember, if you're thinking of going to any of these events & would like some company, just 'reply all' to this email (it goes to all ACTSMS members who've registered their email addresses). Anyone who then wants to hitch a ride or
can offer a lift can then join in the email conversation.
Len Partridge Events Coordinator
Platypus Publications
Good morning. I hope that all is well with you.
Airframe Extra No 9 - North Africa Campaign is on track to be
published towards the end of this month. I attach some sample images
of the model builds by Libor Jekl and Steve Evans to help with order
solicitation.
If you have yet to place an order for this title, plus any restocks, please
let me know your requirements as soon as you are able.
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SH-60 Seahawk In Action
Squadron Signal 10251
Review by John Baxter
This one is quite spectacular and has 261
superb colour photos in such detail that it
could double as a Squadron Signal ‘Walk
Around’. John Gourley has assembled these
colour photos of the Sikorsky Seahawk
Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System
(LAMPS) with suitable captions to each.
I’m not usually a rotary wing fan but this
book might change things slightly. Ok, it’s
not filled with a lot of text but then
Squad/Sigs aren’t. What they are renowned for is the quality and variety of photographs, most of which the
lay person would never have access to without significant ‘clearance’. This is no exception. There’s plenty
of good looks at equipment, and although identified, the specifics are very general and operating
characteristics and performance details are scarce. But for the modeller, that’s not a high priority – it’s the
look that counts.
It’s more difficult to get Squad/Sig publications now than it was ten or so years ago, so if this title (or
similar) takes your fancy, then I’d suggest that you do not tarry. It won’t be for everybody but it’s an
important title for both naval aiviation fans and modellers.
It is available from Platypus Publications in NSW, [email protected] for about $25 recommended
retail price (plus postage if applicable).
Many thanks to Ley Reynolds of Platypus Publications for the review copy. ISBN 9780897478533.
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V2 – The A4 Rocket
From Peenemünde to Redstone
Review by John Baxter
Once again, Classic Publications (an imprint of Crecy Publishing
Ltd) have produced something special. Mind you with the
credentials of Robert Forsythe (Project Editor), Eddie J Creek
(emblem artwork), neither author Murray R Barber nor colour
artist Mark Alloway could have a had better pair to help produce
and oversee this intriguing tale of the V2, number 29 in the
Classic Luftwaffe series.
This book of 296 pages contains ten chapters covering early
rocket development in Germany through the war years to
conclude with both British/American and separate Soviet rocket
programs – the space-race! There’s also some mention of Werner
von Braun’s SS connections and other similar tit bits but these
matters were washed over post war to ensure the continuing
research and rocket development to continue without ‘witch hunts’. In addition, it has a glossary, eleven
appendices, sources and bibliography and an index predominantly of personalities.
The chapters are comprehensive and very well written. I found especially the chapters on the discovery of
Peenemünde and the subsequent Bomber Command raid (Operation Hydra) and the Anatomy of the V2
quite intriguing. The former covered the game playing of various British ‘intelligence’ agencies and their
members – Duncan Sandys again played a role which, to me, was less than appealing.
It’s very well illustrated with 38 colour photos, 75 colour artworks, 404 black and white photos, 41 black
and white line and assorted drawings and 14 maps (colour and b&w) – once again, many of the photos
have not been previously published. It also presents several possible diorama scenarios for the modeller
with the rocket itself, the Meillerwagen, A-Stoff Betriebsstoffänhanger (Liquid Oxygen Towable Bowser),
Fuerlietpanzer, mobile firing table, Hanomag SS 100 Heavy Tractor, launch sites and other paraphernalia.
Plenty of photos to aid in building such dioramas.
It concludes with Alan B. Shepherd Junior in the Freedom 7 Mercury capsule’s fifteen and a half minute
flight and President Kennedy’s challenge to NASA ‘of landing a man on the moon and returning him
safely to the earth’ before the end of the decade. The work that went on after the close of the war is quite
nicely presented and illuminating. I found the entire contents so well presented that I often found it hard to
put this book down. While there’s plenty of technical information, it’s not overwhelming.
Make no mistake, if you’re interested in the Luftwaffe, V2s or just rocketry and space travel (although to a
much lesser extent), then this one has to be on your list. It is a great book for any Luftwaffe enthusiast
alone but its appeal should easily go beyond that. Now, it’s not cheap with its recommended retail price at
$125 but it’s an integral part of Classic’s Luftwaffe series and in its own right, an excellent book. It is
available from Hyland’s Bookshop in Melbourne [email protected] or 03 9654 7448.
Many thanks to Ms Orietta Colussi of DLS Australia for the review copy. ISBN 9781906537531.
Ley Reynolds of Platypus Publications
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Is there a JP in the room?
On your behalf….(not), and at great financial cost I attended months of lectures, endured endless
examinations, completed voluminous assignments and withstood countless vetting processes by every
known agency including the AFP, RSPCA, etc. etc. just so I could become an ‘official JP’ to service the
needs of the ACTSMS members – but only those who are actually residents of the ACT:
I.e. JP = Justice of the Peace.
I took my oath as a Federal JP at the Justice of the Peace Swearing in Ceremony at the Supreme Court by
the Chief Justice on 26 October 2017.
Hence, should any ACT or federal territory resident member require any of the following documentation
services please feel free to contact me in advance of a meeting so that I can assist you on the night:
Certified true copy;
Witness signature;
Statutory Declaration;
Affidavit;
Contracts for ADF scale models;
Power of Attorney;
Enduring Power of Attorney.
Cheers John D. Purcell
Life Member ACTSMS
Sat 10th – Sun 11th Nov 2018
UC High School Kaleen
108 Baldwin Ave, Kaleen ACT
Special Competitions
Kittyhawk Cup subject: Academy/AFV Club 1/72 AH-64D Apache series
Sentinel Shield subject: Tamiya 1/48 Japan Ground Self Defence Force Type 10 tank
The Grail 2018 – enter ANY 1/48 WW1 aircraft model (rigging optional, but we encourage you to try!)
Special Displays
“Operation Centenary” – a display commemorating the centenary of the formation of the Royal Air Force.
For more details, please contact Len Bowen
Centenary of the end of World War 1. For more details, please contact Mike Grieve
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If you have something on your shelf that you can contribute to either of these displays, or are prepared
to build something in time for the show, please contact the display coordinator(s). We’d appreciate
your input!
Alternately, if you have a theme for another special display, and you’re prepared to be display
coordinator, please speak with Mike Grieve to reserve table space
The ACTSMS FaceBook group and our eMail
“G’Day fellow ACTSMS members - we’ve had many new members join over the last year and I thought it
might be a good time to explain and remind members of the differences between our two main club
communication vehicles - I’m referring of course to our FaceBook group and our eMail list.
The ACTSMS FaceBook group is intended to be the ‘public’ face for the society - we have almost as many
non-member guests in the group as members and it’s a great way for us to show off our projects, encourage
each other and ask questions. As is public however it’s not the best place to discuss internal ‘club
business’… anything that could be contentious or which might generate internal debate should probably
either be left for face to face discussion at our monthly meetings OR discussed via the club eMail list… the
eMail list is restricted to club members only and it’s a more appropriate place to air issues or dirty laundry
:-)
All financial members get added to the eMail list as soon as possible and any list members can post to it at
any time by addressing: [email protected]
There is always going to be a bit of cross-over, but if you remember that FaceBook is ‘public’ and eMail is
‘for the club’ you can’t go far wrong.
Thanks guys E Coordinator Jerry Cashman
Canberra show 2018
Many thanks to Ross and the team, for the managing the display and public face of the ACTSMS. Ross has
indicated it will be his last year in the hot seat, and we thank his very much for the work he’s done.
Stay tuned for the next society meeting where the committee will outline our future involvement in
the both the Canberra Show and Malkara special school event.
Competitions display case ACTSMS Display only case
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Committee Contact Details President Tony Allocca [email protected]
Vice - President Mario Marangoni [email protected]
Secretary Matt Jorgensen
Treasurer Paul D’Orival [email protected]
Editors Dave White [email protected]
Events Coordinator Len Partridge [email protected]
Chief Judge Brad Fallen [email protected]
E Coordinator Jerry Cashman [email protected]
Post Box ACTSMS PO Box 600 Woden, ACT 2606
E: [email protected] W: www.actsms.asn.au
