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EDITORNOTES

In This Issue

Spring Show Wrap-Up 3Upcoming Shows 3The 1/25th Scale Orange

Pumpkin 4Special Hobby Sack AS.6 6An Armor Painting Jig 8Hurricane Bookshelf: Air War

One 9Spring Show Winners 10Spring Show Photos 14

Andrew was unable to write his regularcolumn this month, so I’m filling in for him.

One of the joys of editing this newsletteris the chance to help people. A few daysago, I received this request for assistance,and I’m hoping that one of you can stepup and help out:

“I’m a 90 year old geezer in Issaquah whoflew a B-17 a thousand years ago inWWII. I bought a model (AcademyPlastics) on-line to make for my greatgrandson and when it arrived the thou-sand pieces intimidated me. I will certainlyscrew it up, having not made models sincebalsa wood 200 years ago.

Do you have a member (nearby?) whomight make the model for me for the laborcost? I can only consult and trade withmoney and war stories. Thank you foryour help.”

If you’re interested in building the B-17,please contact either me or AndrewBirkbeck, and we’ll put you in contact withthe gentleman.

I’m not done asking for your help! IPMSSeattle is looking for a new webmaster totake over the club’s web site. After manyyears of service, Norm Filer has decided tostep down, and we’re looking for a memberwho can take over his responsibilities. Ifyou have questions, I’m sure that Normcan give you the details.

I’m also looking for some help regardingthe newsletter. I love editing this newslet-ter, and I’m not planning on giving up mypost any time soon. But while I’m happyabout my skills as an editor, I’m not agraphic designer by trade. The design ofthe newsletter hasn’t changed much overthe years. I don’t plan to do what TinaBrown did with Newsweek, but I’d likesomeone who has some graphic designexperience to take a look at the layout and

offer some suggestions to modernize thelook a bit. If you’d be interested, pleasecontact me either by phone or e-mail, bothof which can be found on page 2.

That’s about it. Thanks again to all of thevolunteers who helped at our Spring Show,whether judging, hosting, or working withthe raffle, seminars, and registration. Wetruly couldn’t do it without you. Andthanks to Mike Millette, Norm Filer, andJon Fincher for help with compiling the listof this year’s winners.

As I’ve mentioned before, I always listento music while preparing the newsletter.This month’s playlist included Elbow’sbuild a rocket, boys; Our Stories by ko-ko; The Big Roar by The Joy Formidable;Nothing Is Wrong by Dawes; and Hoshi noYoru no Myaku no Oto no by nano.RIPE.All highly recommended!

Robert

SEATTLE CHAPTER CONTACTS

President: Vice President: Treasurer: Show Chair:Andrew Birkbeck Eric Christianson Spencer Tom Jon FincherP.O. Box 15983 18215 NE 95th Way #103 318 N.E. 81st St. 1819 S. 116th St. #307Seattle, WA 98115 Redmond, WA 98052 Seattle, WA 98115 Seattle, WA 98166Ph: 206-522-3539 Ph: 425-591-7385 Ph: 206-522-8414 Ph: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

IPMS Seattle Web Site (Webmasters, Norm Filer & Tracy White): http://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 serves as the voice for our Chapter, and depends largelyupon the generous contributions of our members for articles, comments, club news, and anything else involving plastic scale modeling andassociated subjects. Our meetings are generally held on the second Saturday of each month, (see below for actual meeting dates), at the NorthBellevue Community/Senior Center, 4063-148th Ave NE, in Bellevue. See the back page for a map. Our meetings begin at 10:00 AM, exceptas noted, and usually last for two to three hours. Our meetings are very informal, and are open to any interested modeler, regardless of interests.Modelers are encouraged to bring their models to the meetings. Subscriptions to the newsletter are included with the Chapter dues. Dues are $25a year for regular mail delivery of the newsletter, and $15 for e-mail delivery, and may be paid to Spencer Tom, 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 memberslisted above will gladly assist you with further information about the Chapter or Society.

The views and opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the individual writers, and do not constitute the official position of theChapter or IPMS-USA. You are encouraged to submit any material for this newsletter to the editor. He will gladly work with you and see thatyour material is put into print and included in the newsletter, no matter your level of writing experience or computer expertise. The newsletter iscurrently being edited using a PC, and PageMaker 6.5. Any Word, WordPerfect, or text document for the PC would be suitable for publication.Articles can also be submitted via e-mail, to the editor’s address above. Deadline for submission of articles is generally twelve days prior to thenext meeting - earlier would be appreciated! Please call me at 425-823-4658 if you have any questions.

If you use or reprint the material contained in the newsletter, we would appreciate attribution both to the author and the sourcedocument. Our newsletter is prepared with one thing in mind; this is information for our members, and all fellow modelers, and is prepared andprinted in the newsletter in order to expand the skills and knowledge of those fellow modelers.

IPMS Seattle Chapter Newsletter

Upcoming Meeting DatesThe IPMS Seattle 2012 meeting schedule is as follows. All meetings are from 10 AM to 1 PM, except as indicated. To avoidconflicts with other groups using our meeting facility, we must NOT be in the building before our scheduled start times, andMUST be finished and have the room restored to its proper layout by our scheduled finish time. We suggest that you keep thisinformation in a readily accessable place.

May 12 June 9July 14 August 11

Newsletter Editor:Robert Allen12534 NE 128th Way #E3Kirkland, WA 98034Ph: [email protected]


IPMS Seattle Spring Show2012 Wrap-Up

by Jon Fincher

Another year, and another successfulshow. And like all good shows, this onewas a success on many levels. Elsewherein this issue of the newsletter, you’ll findthe complete list of ribbon and awardwinners, so I’ll concentrate on the show asa whole.

Let’s get this out of the way first: the showmade money again this year. We’re stillcrunching the final numbers and makingsure we’ve handled all our final expenses,but it’s apparent we’re in the black againthis year.

Contest entrants and Model entries wereup this year, while Spectators were down alittle. That was a bit of a surprise, giventhat it was Easter and Passover weekend.My only explanation is that that familiesget together over this weekend to cel-ebrate, and they want something to do onSaturday other than sit in the house –what better to do than take in a modelshow!

We had a huge influx of folks from clubs inthe area. The Oregon Historical ModelersSociety club sent thirty (30) folks up toSeattle for this year’s show, and I saw a lotof blue IPMS Vancouver, yellow NOPMS,and white IPMS Tacoma/Green Dragonsshirts throughout the day. We even drewin folks from IPMS Salem, IPMS Boise,someone from northern California, amember from IPMS Dayton (as in Ohio),and even a modeler from Tahiti.

That huge influx may have been due to thefact that we were the Regional contest thisyear. Our Regional Coordinator, DaveFletcher, was in attendance as well. We’regrateful for his presence, as well as hisfeedback during and after the show.

Of course, it’s equally likely that influx mayhave been due to the quality seminars we

had throughout the day. Bill Glinski’sAlclad seminar was well attended, as wasChris Banyai-Repl’s Airbrushing 101session. John Alcorn had a full house forhis Modeling Master Class, and there wasgood attendance at the other sessionsthroughout the day as well. We took videoof all the seminars, and are editing thefootage now – the plan is to make themavailable for folks who weren’t able toattend.

Thanks to Tracy White, we have a newview on the show this year. Tracy used hisnew GoPro Hero2 camera to capture twotime lapse videos – one of our setupFriday evening, and one of the first fewhours of the show on Saturday morning.This is a very interesting view on ourshow, and lots of fun to watch – they cramhours of activity into roughly ten minutesof video. You can see these amazingvideos on YouTube under Tracy’saccount, specwarnet. Links are availableon the IPMS Seattle website as well, underthe Spring Show 2012 link.

I’d like to thank my outstanding showcommittee for all their hard work this year.This show doesn’t happen with theirdedication and hard work – I’m lookingforward to working with them again nextyear.

Registration: Morgan GirlingJudging: Mike Millette and John ChilenskiRaffle: Eric ChristensonAdvertising: Andrew BirkbeckHosting: Robert AllenSeminars: John NewcombePhotography and Website: Norm FilerMoney and Troubleshooting: SpencerTom

Finally, I’m happy to announce that,thanks to John Chilenski and Spencer Tom,we have the location and date for nextyear’s show locked in – we’ll be at theRenton Community Center again on April27, 2013. That’s two weeks after our Aprilmeeting. I’ll be there Friday afternoon at2 pm to help setup – hope you will be too.

Upcoming Shows

6/9/2012Peninsula Model Show and Contest 2012 -IPMS/North Olympic Peninsula ModelersSocietyFort Worden State Park, building 204Port TownsendLarry Speelman 360-681-5266

8/8-11/2012IPMS/USA National ConventionDisney’s Contemporary ResortLake Buena Vista, Floridawww.ipms2012.org

9/15/2012OHMS & Evergreen Aviation MuseumModel Show and Contest 2012 - OregonHistorical Modelers SocietyEvergreen Aviation and Space Museum500 NE Michael King Smith Way,McMinnville, ORBrian Yee 503-309-6137

10/6/201218th Annual ''Show Off The Good Stuff''Model Show & Contest - Palouse AreaModelersMoscow Moose Lodge210 N Main St., Moscow, IDScott Rowland 208-843-5137

10/6/2012IPMS Vancouver 42nd Fall ShowBonsor Recreation Complex6550 Bonsor Avenue,Burnaby, BC, CanadaPeter Hickey 604-988-3253

10/7/2012T.A.M.S. Fall NationalsScale Automotive ContestLakewood Elks6313 75th St. W.,Lakewood, WAGary Davis 253-472-3447Harold Conrad 253-770-9470


The 1/25th ScaleOrange Pumpkin

by John DeRosia

It all started with a sketch and seeing“sno-cat” pictures on line by accident atan Antarctic outpost. Lately, I’ve gottenaway from modeling more or less out of thebox to finally doing more modificationsand scratch-building. Don’t get me wrong -I still like out-of-the-box, but it does limitwhat you can build if a model doesn’t existof something you are interested in.

I have been modeling in the category of“loads” - in particular those things carriedby trucks - whether through a fifth wheeltrailer or a flat bed on the truck frame. I likeboth military and civilian loads, basically in1/72nd, 1/35th, or 1/25th. One challenge isusing different scales, and also making theconversion not look too much like itsoriginal form. This can be a good problemto solve.

The main cab-over was the easiest tobuild. The frame from the AMT kit wasused. After stretching the frame, the rest

was plastic Evergreen styrene sheet, oradapted from used styrene sheet. I use alot of Evergreen plastic for most of myconversions. “For Sale” signs are alsogreat for sheets of styrene plastic. A newflat-bed with ramps was added.

My local department store had lots of four-wheel Monster type toy trucks to choose

from, where I would get my tundra tires. Ibought three of the same trucks and endedup using all 12 tires. Two of the spare tiresare mounted on a removable tire rack onthe roof of the cab. I built a simple cranethat would be used to load or offload thetires should the crew need to change one.The engine is complete and the cab alsopivots to expose the engine once the roofrack and crane are moved out of the way.

The M-55 chassis for the sno-cat was funbut a little challenging. The rear tracksection had the perfect down angle tomake the sno-cat seem more of the type ofsnow vehicle people are used to seeing. Itbeing 1/32nd scale - and I wanting to add a1/25th truck cab to it - made my razor sawcome out more than once. I cut the trucksleeper down below the cab roof andadded two areas for storage with ‘treadplate’ plastic. The back of the M-55 wasbuilt up with more Evergreen plastic and“For Sale” signs. I made many adjustmentsand cuts to get the cab to best fit the M-55. I used lots of filler plastic to blend thetruck body onto the chassis. The simplefront grill was more plastic scrap.

Finally, I added a dozer blade. Why?Because they are doing a geologicalsurvey. I expect they may have to cut someroads for crews or such. The main part of


the blade is a piece of “For Sale” sign - therest is Evergreen plastic pieces. Thehydraulics also works for the blade. Itmoves up and down freely. I use Evergreenround tubes and real aluminum tube for thehydraulic ram.

The orange paint was straightforward AceHardware brand enamel paint. It is theircounterpart to the ‘Rustoleum” brands. Itbrushes on beautifully and airbrusheseasy as well. The whole rig uses bothmethods throughout - but mostairbrushing is on the major big pieces.

Lastly, I made my own decals and had fun,especially with the “I Love Alaska” oneson both vehicles.

I spent the better part of a month’s worthof evenings here and there building it. Mygoal was to have it for the IPMS SeattleShow held on April 7th - and lo andbehold, I literally finished it at 11:57 pm onApril 6th! I’m already on another creativeimagination rig with another load!


Special Hobby 1/72nd ScaleSack AS.6

by Morgan Girling

Arthur Sack had been inspired to investi-gate discoid aircraft by how well beercoasters flew in his local drinking estab-lishment. After five flying models, heconvinced the RLM in 1940 to let him builda man-sized version. The sixth, cleverlynamed the AS.6, was born in his Bavarianworkshop, using the landing gear, canopyand some/all of the cockpit from a prangedBf 109, with a distressed Bf 108 similarlydonating everything firewall-forward. Therocket fighter unit 1./JG 400 tested it(unsuccessfully) in 1944, and it wasdestroyed in the waning days of the Reichby the retreating troops.

Needing a quick and simple weekend"recovery" project, I pulled this kit out ofmy stash for an out-of-the-box build, andwas impressed with what I saw. The kit ismolded in a slightly hard light grey plastic– the 17 pieces are dominated by the wing,upper and lower halved. There is also afour-piece resin cockpit and a resin"sparrow strainer" for the cowling'scooling air intake. A crisply vacuformedcanopy brings the parts count up to aneven two dozen – just right for a quick,non-demanding build. The molding qualitywas much better than I'd anticipated for alimited-run kit, having delicate recessedpanel lines on the wing, little flash andrequiring only a little touch-up needed onthe elevator hinges. If you looked at thebox art, which shows an aircraft with thetypical saggy-baggy scalloped fabriccovering, you'd rightly wonder about the

non-scalloped wing with its panel lines.The references say that it had a plywoodcovered wing, so the panel lines are moreaccurate than the box art.

The wings went together well as did thecowling/fuselage halves and the resin

cockpit. The lack of locator pins so typicalon limited run kits isn't a problem. Afterthat, however, things got more sporting.Lacking those locator pins, the assemblyarrows in the instructions showing thecockpit going "somewhere" in the cowl/fuselage left placement rather open to


interpretation. With some filing and trialfitting, though, it all came together. Fittingthe cowl/fuselage to the wing proved to bea similar exercise in trial fitting. Landinggear, exhausts, oil cooler and tail skid weresimilarly positioned by the TLAR (ThatLooks About Right) method of interpretingthe placement arrows.

Only one canopy is supplied, whichseemed odd as most kits with vacuformedcanopies give you two, with the tacitadmission expectation that the first onewill be your "experiment." I carefully cut itout and attached it with Humbrol ClearFix.Here again, there was a small fit problem –the canopy is formed with a flat bottom,instead of following the wing curvature.This creates a gap at the rear of thecanopy, which I bridged by applying moreClearFix.

Finishing was typical, grey primer followedby RLM 65 (Hellblau) undersides, and anRLM 70/71 (Schwartzgrun/Dunkelgrun)splinter pattern on top. The kit paintingguide shows the top as being solid RLM71 with a black anti-skid walkway on theport side. The few photos available onlineare poor quality but hint at a splinter

pattern. I think either approach would bedefensible, but omit the walkway as noneof the photos show one. I finished thepropeller with a woodgrain effect (radometan, gloss, a streaky brushing of brown,and more gloss) and an RLM 02 prop hub.Painting the prop RLM 02 overall would bemore typical, but I wanted a little color onthe model and a "bare" prop is defensiblegiven the aircraft's scrounged origins.

All models have some inaccuracies, somequibbling and some significant. The panellines match the positions of the ribs andspars, but the actual plywood panelswould be larger. I suspect that there aretoo many panel lines molded in, but they'reso delicately done that it is easy to losethem in the painting process, particularlywith the dark colors on top. Another nit-pick is that in the photos, the wing appearsto be more flat-bottomed than is repre-sented in the kit, particularly near thetrailing edge. Again, unless someone hasthe photo in hand and squats down besidethe model to check, nobody's going tonotice.

The sparrow strainer on the nose bowl is,frankly, a cheat. The Bf 108 has a large

cooling intake in the nose bowl, throughwhich the inverted-V Argus engine isclearly visible. Wanting a quick OOB build,and lacking an Argus to drop in, I resignedmyself to the ersatz grillwork. Lessseriously, various small openings in thecowling are represented by raised patches,and the exhaust manifold covers aresimilarly unvented. When it's all built,however, the strangeness of the wholedraws the eye from these minor inaccura-cies.

However, there is a major inaccuracy withregard to the cowling/fuselage. Asmentioned above, the AS.6 used a Bf 108front end, with a transition structure fairingit into the wing bottom and the canopyfront. From the side, this looks like aparallelogram – the thrust line of theengine goes through, and is parallel to, thechord line of the wing. The model ismolded with the thrust line a good 2mmabove the chord line, which is noticeableon such a small model. If you try toposition the propeller in the right spot, youintroduce about 3° downthrust, which isalso quite visible and looks worse. In theend, because I wanted an OOB build, Iended up positioning it parallel to andabove the chord line. (However, this wouldbe an excellent model for your first kitbashbecause the transition section is quite asimple shape to fabricate from sheetstyrene.)

While it is a slightly more time-consumingbuild than the parts count would suggest,it went together very straightforwardly andthe results are pleasing to the eye. It's agreat conversation opener because peoplealways ask if it was a real aircraft.

[Thanks to Chris Banyai-Riepl andwww.internetmodeler.com for permissionto use Morgan’s article. - ED]


An Armor Painting Jig

by Eric Christianson

Tim Estes asked me for the dimensions tomy armor painting jig so I decided to sendthem out to everyone. I use this jig all thetime, for airbrushing as well as hand-painting on-board details. I looked aroundfor the schematic my son Reed originallyhad for his woodshop project but it isgone. So, here are some pictures anddimensions: (in inches)

The materials are simple: a standard (1.5 x1.5) piece of wood and 1/8th inch plywood.‘Tacky’ drawer liner was used to cover thetwo main flat surfaces.

Base - 6 x 12

Main backboard - 6 x 9

Front extension - 6 x 3

Front support (1) - 2 inches in fronttapered down to 1 inch toward the rearusing a 1.5 x 1.5 piece of wood

Rear Supports (2) - 4 inches in rear tapereddown to 1.5 inches toward the front usinga 1.5 x 1.5 piece of wood


Hurricane BookshelfTheater World War I

Presentation

by Scott Kruize

Nobody in this group - nobody in theentire IPMS - needs to be reminded that weare approaching the Centennial of theoutbreak of the First World War. Airplaneshad scarcely reached their teens whenthey were suddenly called upon to serveall over the battlefields of Earth. Primarily,they were a source of information neverbefore available to the battlefield com-manders, a role they held with increasingimportance throughout the conflict, andmany more in the future, right up to thepresent day. Before long they wouldthemselves participate in the fighting.

It's certainly time to dig out our Roden andEduard and Wingnut Wings kits…time togo to our bookshelves and re-read Knightsof the Air, The Canvas Falcons, and all theother books about World War I fliers andtheir achievements, made even moreastonishing by the incredible speed oftechnological progress during those fouryears. By the end of the war, the airplane -scarcely even seen by most people in 1914- had darkened the skies in their tens ofthousands.

How appropriate, then, for our very ownMuseum of Flight to host a World War Iaviation all-day seminar, Air War One, onSaturday, April 28. Ken Murphy snappedup a ticket the instant they came availableon the World Wide Web, and insisted I setthat day aside and go with him. Which wedid…and your esteemed Newsletter EditorRobert Allen, Rocket Man Tim Nelson,Morgan Girling, and John Newcombe willvouch for our attendance.

There was a day-long series of hour-longpresentations, starting with a historicaloverview of the great technologicaladvancements made during that period.Until the presenter, Dr. Richard Hallion,explained it, I hadn't realized that thosefour years saw the evolution of five full

generations of engineering sophisticationin fighter design. The first generation, atwar's outbreak, saw light sport planeshastily adapted to military use: fragileMorane and Fokker monoplanes, and theubiquitous Taube. The fifth generation,such a short time later, saw Junkersintroducing all-metal cantilever low-wingmonoplanes with streamlined in-lineengines. No more linen, wood, and wire: bylate 1918, aviation was on the verge ofsweeping into the modern world.

Other presentations showed the birth oftactical and strategic bombing, including'The First Battle of Britain', where theEnglish cities were assaulted by Zeppelins,then by substantial formations of large,purpose-designed heavy bombers. For thefirst time ever, civilians hundreds of milesfrom the front were as vulnerable as thetroops. We haven't yet recovered from theshock, and never will…

Reconnaissance was the major contribu-tion to the War. That wasn't just lookingover the side over the trenches, butrequired the very best cameras and anelaborate system of developing thepictures, analyzing their contents, andassembling information in useful form forthe battlefield commanders. TerryFinnegan explained it all.

Aircraft are ubiquitous now. We scarcelynotice an airplane flying overhead, unlessit's something like the prototype of thenew Boeing 'Dreamliner', as it will affect allour prosperity, probably for decades tocome. But there's no novelty in flyingmachines per se, as there was back then.Too bad the technological progress wasseen at the turn of the last century as howthe lot of Mankind was about to be greatlyimproved by the application of Science. In1914, it all went horribly wrong, and to thisday we are haunted by technologicaldemons of disaster. And yet there wassomething glorious back Then about thenew aeroplanes - warplanes though theybecame - soaring above the sordidtrenches. And even if their crews, at thetime, never were the chivalrous 'Knights ofthe Air' they became in the popular pressuntil it became Mythology, there is still

something above the ordinary in theiraerial achievements.

Back down to Earth at the modelers'viewpoint was the second to the lastpresentation of the day. Dr. LoganHoltgrewe, who did the enormous collec-tions at the MOF - first of all the WorldWar II warplanes of the world, then all theWorld War I 'aeroplanes', including theZeppelin - gave a presentation about howhe managed to do it all. We hung on everyword, devoured every slide. He concludedhis presentation by saying that he hadprobably said more about his projects thanwe would ever have wanted to know, butthose of us modelers in his audience say itwas scarcely enough. His modelingachievements are almost as astonishing asthose of the aircraft designers and fliers ofso long ago.

The whole event is an inspiration to getback to our kit stashes and start buildingreplicas of these almost mythical machines.I hope the coming months will see ourShow-and-Tell tables crowded withmultiple wings, simulated fabric andplywood, struts and wires and rotaryengines, brass radiators, non-black tires,machine guns with airy jackets and ring-and-bead gunsights emerging in front ofopen leather-coamed cockpits, led by two-bladed wooden propellers. As the Centen-nial approaches, let's build replicas of theearly 20th Century machines, that carriedMan into the air for both destruction anddevelopment.


Place Model Modeler

Junior-Aircraft1st Me 110 Mathew Gross

Junior-Armor1st PzKfw Ausf 3 Unknown2nd Abrams Tank Brian Wadsworth

Junior-Auto1st 40 Ford Coupe Sam Stedman2nd Ford Pickup Jace Coulter3rd Mustang Mike HowardHM Circus Wagon Ali Stedman

Junior-Space Fact/Future Tech.1st Shuttle Discovery Sam Stedman

Junior- PrefinishedNo Entries

Junior-Miscellaneous1st Snowy Owls Kyla Pritzl2nd Kermit Nautilus Ali Stedman3rd Mr. Polar Bear Kyla Pritzl

Aircraft-1/73rd & Smaller1st Mig-21MF John King2nd Fw 190D-9 Steve Alvine3rd B-58 Hustler Dan CareyOoB Hawker Hunter F.58 John King

Aircraft-1/72 Single Prop1st P-47D Paul Dunham2nd P-47D Terry Schuler3rd F4U-1D David HansenHM RQ-1B Predator Djordje NikolicHM Sack AS.6 Morgan GirlingOoB Bf 109E Robert Latimer

Aircraft-1/48 Single Prop-Axis-European Front1st Fiat G.55 Centauro Scott Carpenter2nd Me 109E-3 Joseph Brown3rd Fw 190A-5 Scott CarpenterHM Fw 190A-3 Gary JacksonOoB Dewoitine D.520 Chris Wilson

Aircraft-1/48 Single Prop-Axis-Pacific Front1st Ki-84 Frank Denis Wilson2nd N1K2-J George Dave Sherill3rd Aichi D3A1 Terry SchulerHM N1K Rex Gary JacksonHM N1K2-J George Bob Windus

2012 IPMS Seattle Spring Show Category Winners

Aircraft-1/48 Single Prop-Allied-US1st P-40E Warhawk Bob Windus2nd P-47D Walt Babst3rd T-28C Terry DavisHM UV-20A Chiricahua Terry DavisOoB P-47D Walt Babst

Aircraft-1/48 Single Prop-Allied-non-US1st Mig-3 Joseph Brown2nd Yak-3 Terry Schuler3rd Polikarpov I-16 Scott KruizeOoB Seafire F.XVII Brian Birk

Aircraft-1/72 Multi Prop1st Westland Whirlwind Warwick Wright2nd B-25J Terry Schuler3rd B-17F Paul DunhamHM Do 17Z Gary DyckeHM B-17G Brian BirkOoB Beaufighter 21 Brian Birk

Aircraft-1/48 Multi Prop1st Hs 129B-1/R22 Bob Windus2nd Do 335 Walt Babst3rd G4M1 "Betty" Chris CowxHM PBJ-14 Walt BabstHM Bf 110D-3 Walt BabstOoB Bf 110D-4 Walt Babst

Aircraft-1/32 & Larger-Prop1st Ju 88A-1 Chris Morris2nd Bf 109E-1 Bob Windus3rd P-47D-30 Chris MorrisHM P-51D Brian Birk

Aircraft-1/72 Single Jet1st Me 163B John Miller2nd A-4 Skyhawk Dan Carey3rd F-16C George RuscoffHM F4D Skyray Brian BirkHM Me 163B George RuscoffOoB L-39C Paul Stedman

Aircraft-1/48 Single Jet1st F11F-1 Tiger Jeff Thomsen2nd A-4 Skyhawk Dan Carey3rd CT-33 Joseph BrownHM Mig-21MF Djordje NikolicOoB Grumman F9F-2 Panther Tom Hoard

Aircraft-1/72 Multi Jet1st North American XB-70A Jeff Thomsen2nd F-89D Brian Medina


3rd F2H Banshee Brian BirkOoB Su-50 Brian Birk

Aircraft-1/48 Multi Jet1st Me 262 Test A/C Walt Babst2nd F-15C Aggressor Gary Meinhert3rd RAF Tornado GR.1 Ricky WongHM Ar 234C-3 Walt BabstHM Sea Vixen Brian BirkOoB Sea Vixen Brian Birk

Aircraft-1/32 & Larger- Jet-Single Engine1st Harrier GR.7 Rory Pennington2nd F-16C George Pitter3rd Harrier Brody CoumontOoB Harrier GR.7 Rory Pennington

Aircraft-1/32 & Larger- Jet-Twin Engine1st Su-25 Frogfoot Mike Millette2nd Mig-29 Brian Birk3rd Eurofighter Brody CoumontOoB F7U Cutlass Rory Pennington

Aircraft-Airliners/Civil/ Sport/ Racing - Single engine Prop1st Tipsy S-2 Alexander Biggey2nd Zlin Z-526F Alexander Biggey3rd Pilatus PC-6 Terry DavisHM Yakovlev UT-1 Alexander BiggeyOoB North American T-6 Ken Murphy

Aircraft-Airliners/Civil/ Sport/ Racing - Multi engine Prop1st F7F Tigercat Firebomber Jeff Thomsen2nd PC-3 Orion Firebomber Tim Bradley3rd DC-4 Paul DunhamHM DC-3/C-47 Tim BradleyHM DC-4 Paul Dunham

Aircraft-Airlines-jet1st Simpsons Jet George Ruscoff2nd Avro RJ85 Jeff Thomsen3rd Concorde John DutzeHM DC-9 George Pitter

Aircraft-Rotary Wing1st Focke Angelis FA 223 Herb Arnold2nd HO4S-3 Whirlwind Gary Jackson3rd UH-1N Terry DavisOoB HO4S-3 Whirlwind Gary Jackson

Aircraft-Biplanes, Vintage 1/72 & smaller1st Curtis Hawk I Herb Arnold2nd Gotha G.II Dan Smith3rd Polikarpov Po-2 Morgan GirlingHM Wright Flyer John LeeHM Polikarpov I-90 Mike Howard

Aircraft-Biplanes, Vintage 1/71 & larger1st Albatros D.V Jeff Thomsen2nd Hansa Brandenburg W.29 Terry Davis3rd LVG CV.1 Paul DunhamHM P-26A Ken MurphyHM J2F-5 Duck Walt BabstOoB P-26A Ken Murphy

Aircraft- Misc/Vac/ Conversion/ Scratchbuilt1st Convair YB-60 Jeff Thomsen2nd Curtis "A" type Pusher Harry Avis3rd NB-52A w/X-15 Jeff ThomsenHM Goddard 1 Rocket Jeff ThomsenHM Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Tim NelsonOoB Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Tim Nelson

Armor-1/35th<Closed Top to ‘45-Axis1st Panzer IV F2 Russ Hillman2nd Panzer II F Mark Ford3rd Jagdtiger Phil WyattHM Jagdpanzer IV L70 (v) Mark FordOoB Tiger Tom Morton

Armor-1/35th<Closed Top to ‘45-Allied1st Churchill Phil Wyatt2nd Centaur Phil Wyatt3rd Polish TRS Tankette George BaconHM Hotchkiss H-35 George BaconHM Stuart M3A1 Bruce McKinney

Armor-1/35th<Closed Top after ‘451st M1A2 SEP V2 Brian Lockwood2nd T-55 Ken Jackson3rd GTK Boxer Anthony FrohHM Wiesel Woody Sopheak

Armor-1/35th<Open Top1st SdKfz 6/3 Diana Mark Ford2nd Semeovente L40 George Bacon3rd M18 Hellcat George StrayHM Marder 1 George BaconOoB M16 GMC Doug Reed

Armor-1/36th & Smaller, All Types (except 1/48)1st NBfZ Mike Kippenhan2nd Type 95 HA-GO Roy Schlicht3rd M4A2 Sherman James GrayHM Type 97 CHI-HA Roy SchlichtOoB Type 97 CHI-HA Andrew Birkbeck

Armor-1/48th, All Types1st Staghound Andrew Birkbeck2nd KV-II Andrew Birkbeck3rd Tiger I Late Walt BabstHM KV-I Andrew Birkbeck


HM SdKfz 231 8 Rad Walt BabstOoB Staghound Andrew Birkbeck

Armor-Soft–skinned1st WC-54 Dodge Ambulance George Stray2nd Bedford Truck George Stray3rd Landrover Ambulance Brian WadsworthHM R75 Motorcycle w/sidecar Jason MillsHM BA-6 Armored Car Mark Aldrich

Armor-Towed Artilllery & Missles1st Somua w/Trailer David Hansen2nd 88mm Flak 36 Dennis Wilson3rd French M34 25mm gun George BaconHM Old Dahlgreen gun John Geigle

Armor-Misc, Conversions & Scratchbuilt1st Komatsu Bulldozer Walt Babst2nd Minesweeper (armored) Eric Christianson3rd Steyr 1500 w/20mm cannon Phil WyattOoB Flak 37 Djordje Nikolic

Figure-Less than 54mm1st Female Warrior w/Sword Rebel Romero2nd Feiya Art Romero3rd Nasithe Art Romero

Figures-54mm & 1/35th1st BAR Gunner George Stray2nd Civil War Private Mike Cramer3rd Ugly Betty Jon FincherHM Polish Winged Hussar Mike CramerHM SS NCO Jason Mills

Figures-Larger than 54mm1st Queen Elizabeth Mike Cramer2nd Cho-Son Mike Cramer3rd Franz Joseph Mike CramerHM Czar Nicholas II Mike CramerHM Uh-Oh, Sarge is Ticked Steve Zuleski

Figures-Sci-Fi, All1st Kiss of the Dragon Terry Moore2nd The Devil 666 Paul Rathbun3rd Wicked Witch of the West Terry MooreHM Venom George Tufnail

Ships-Powered 1/700th & smallerNo Entries

Ships-Powered 1/699 to 1/3501st U.S.S. Lexington Roger Torgeson2nd U.S.S. John Paul Jones Steve Alvine3rd U.S.S. Brooklyn "1890" Roger TorgesonHM U.S.S. Paulding DD22 Matt Enochs

Ships-Powered 1/349 & larger1st Tugboat "Sophia" Harry Avis2nd U.S.S. Arizona Rob Otero3rd U.S.S. Monitor Bill Speece

Ships-Unpowered1st H.M.S. Revenge Dan Smith

Ships-Submarines, 1/73 & smaller1st Gato Class Matt Enochs2nd Alpha Scott Kruize3rd U-Boat George RuscoffHM Alpha Phillip Sheriden

Ship-Submarines, 1/72 & larger1st Japanese A-Target Ed Pinnell2nd U.S.S. Bowfin David Gardner3rd Civil War Sub Bill Frail

Auto-Factory Stock1st 1963 Corvette Coupe Paul Stedman 2nd Mercedes Factory Racer Adam Crawford3rd 1957 Porche 936A Bill GlinskiHM 1958 Ford Woody Terry DavisHM 1966 Ford Fairlane Dale SchmittOoB 1958 Chevy Impala Gary Meinhert

Auto-Hot Rods1st 1948 Ford Custom Coupe Dave Lawniczak2nd 1932 Ford Sedan David Fletcher3rd 1937 Ford Panel Delivery David FletcherHM 1972 Cutlass Supreme Dave LawniczakOoB Green Hornet T-Rod Gary Dycke

Auto-Custom1st Ferrari Enzo FXX Adam Crawford2nd Custom 1987 T-Bird Tom Krjicek3rd Mini Rally Monte Carlo Adam CrawfordHM 1971 Plymouth Duster John DutzeHM Boat-tail T-Bird John Dutze

Auto-Pick-ups1st International Scout II Bryan Guggemos2nd Pickup Dave Lawniczak3rd Mobile Hunting Lodge Mike MilletteHM Dodge Dale Schmitt

Auto - Commercial, Truck, Van, Fire, Rescue1st Kenworth Cabover/trailer Dale Schmitt2nd Weather Tow Truck Dale Schmitt3rd Chicago FD 1996 Crown Victoria John DutzeHM 1941 Plymouth Little Rock Terry Davis


Thoroughbred

Competition - Closed Wheel1st 1949 Merc #54 Gary Davis2nd 1955 Chevy #55 Gary Davis3rd 1979 Pace Car John DutzeHM 1957 Corvette Gasser Gary Dycke

Competition - Open Wheel1st 1959 Dragster Harry Avis2nd #321 1934 Ford Hard Top Gary Davis3rd #4 Mustang Asphalt Modified Gary Davis

Large Scale Autos/Trucks1st 1907 130hp Fiat Fred Fritz2nd 1932 Rolls Royce Robert Latimer3rd #92 Asphalt Midget & Trailer Gary Davis

Motorcycles1st BMW R75 Walt Babst2nd DKW NZ350 Walt Babst3rd Crusader Custom Chopper Laurie Tower

Space Fact1st Soyuz - Salyut Tim Nelson2nd Soyuz Morgan Girling3rd Manned Orbital Laboratory Tim NelsonHM Apollo 11 Eagle LEM Paul PetersonHM Jupiter Missle - Bioflight 2 Tim Nelson

Aerospace test/record breakers1st North American X-15 Bill Glinski2nd Rutan Space Ship One Bill Glinski

Science Fiction-Vehicles1st M61 Semovente Mike Millette2nd Klingon Bird of Prey Chris Wilson3rd BSG75 - Battlestar Galactica Scott MesserHM Vindicator Mark AldrichHM Bat Boat Scott MesserHM Mk VII Viper John Morel

Diorama-Aircraft1st EB-29 & XF-85 Herb Arnold2nd Canadian Airways Fairchild 71 Eric Hagedorn3rd F4U Corsair Brody Coumont

Diorama-Auto1st Roadside Relics Dale Schmitt2nd 1962 Corvette clay model Terry Davis3rd 1890 Wagon Dale Schmitt

Diorama-Armor1st Texas Ranger & the Alamo Steve Zuleski2nd Really Sir, it's not safe out there Jason Mills3rd Superman & Tiger Paul DunhamHM Mariner, Battle for the Citadel Steve Zuleski

Diorama-Sci-Fi, Space Fact1st Space Pirates Steve Hilby2nd Alternative universe - WWII dead Shawn Gehling

Diorama-Naval 1stU.S.S. Milus & U.S.S. Reclaimer Robert Riccitelli

Diorama-Figures1st Knock & Talk Steve Zuleski2nd The Passion Mike Cramer3rd Counter Sniper Team Shawn GehlingHM Commander's Conference Gary Meinhert

Collections1st Post-WWII Shermans Greg Buecher2nd Sikorsky H-60s John King3rd F6F Hellcats John Lee

Flights of Fancy1st Entwicklung Fahrzueg E-10 Anthony Froh2nd Eurofighter Typhoon Steve Alvine3rd VK 45.02 (p) Anthony FrohHM Horten Ho 229 Mike KippenhamHM Captain Horatio Lawnmower Jeff ButlerOoB Hughes HK-1 Ken Murphy

Animals/Dinos1st Stegosaurus Paul Dunham

Group Builds1st Martian Monks Steve Hilby (et al)2nd Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4 John Williams

Miscellaneous1st Velocycle Harry Avis2nd Hot Rod Wes Parker3rd Road Hog Steve HilbyHM A-6 Intruder Eggplane John LeeHM Bf 110C Instrument Panel Djordje NikolicOoB Bf 110C Instrument Panel John Lee

Mentored Models1st The Invasion Lisa Nelson & Dad2nd The Landing Lisa Nelson & Dad

Modelfy1st 2857 Chevrolet Brian Hennessey2nd Chevy Nomad Trailer Mike Millette3rd Marlin Fishing Boat & Caddyfish Morgan Girling


"Best of" Winners

Award Subject ModelerBest Junior Me 110 Mathew GrossBest Aircraft Hs 129 E1-R22 Bob WindusBest Military Vehicle/Weapon SdKfz 6/3 Diana Mark FordBest Figure Queen Elizabeth Mike CramerBest Ship U.S.S. Lexington Roger TorgesonBest Automotive Kenworth K-123 Cabover Dale SchmittBest Space Fact Exp./Sci-Fi Kiss of Death Terry MooreBest Diorama/Vignette Texas Ranger at the Alamo Steve ZuleskiModelfy (Best Fin’ish) Chevy Zinger Brian HennessyPeople’s Choice Tank Factory Dave Price

Special Award Winners

Award/Sponsor Modeler SubjectBest Finish/Ted Holowchuk Award sponsored by IPMS Seattle Paul Stedman ‘63 CorvetteBest Canadian Subject sponsored by IPMS Vancouver BC Brian Birk P-51DBest British/Commonwealth Subject, by Robert Allen & Andrew Birkbeck Ricky Wong Gulf War TornadoBest Submarine sponsored by Oregon Historical Modelers's Society Ed Pinnell IJN Midget SubBest Bare Metal Finish, IPMS/Tacoma Green Dragon/Les Sundt Memorial Chapter

Terry Schuler B-25Best Small Air Forces sponsored by Mike Millette & Mike Medrano Djordje Nikolic Yugoslavian Mig 21Best Pearl Harbor to Midway sponsored by Tracy White Ralph Braun Japanese ZeroBest U.S. Subject sponsored by Norm Filer Jeff Thomsen XB-70Best Fire/Life Safety sponsored by Seaside Fire Service Brian Wadsworth Land RoverBest 1/32nd Scale Aircraft sponsored by Craftworks Jeff Thomsen Albatros D.VBest Street Rod/Custom sponsored by IPMS/PSAMA Dave Melcher 48 Ford TaildraggerBest Sci-Fi Subject sponsored by Galaxy Hobbies John Morel Viper Mk. VIIBest Armor in memorium Dale Moes sponsored by Laura Moes & George Stray Mark Ford SdKfz 6/3 DianaBest WWII Artillery in memorium Dale Moes sponsored by Laura Moes & George Stray

George Bacon French M34 ArtilleryBest French Subject sponsored by Djordje Nikolic & Jacob Russell Dave Hansen French Somua MCL5Best German Subject sponsored by Andrew Bertschi & Jon Fincher Ross Hillman Panzer IV F2Best Italian Subject sponsored by Stephen Tontoni & Will Perry Scott Carpenter Fiat G.55 CentauroBest Japanese Subject sponsored by Charlie Sorensen & Tim Nelson Walt Babst Kumatsu DozerPowderpuff Award sponsored by Sabrina Fincher & Jill Moore Rebel Romero Female Fighter


Show Photos by Norm Filer (except as indicated)

The impressive turnout from our OHMS friends.(photo courtesy of OHMS)


Meeting Reminder May 12

North Bellevue Community/Senior Center4063-148th Ave NE, Bellevue

Directions: From Seattle or from I-405, take 520 East to the148th Ave NE exit. Take the 148th Ave North exit (thesecond of the two 148th Ave. exits) and continue north on148th until you reach the Senior Center. The Senior Centerwill be on your left. The Center itself is not easily visiblefrom the road, but there is a signpost in the median.

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