Volume 14, Issue 8 AMMS Brisbane News · I built another set of figures using Vallejo primer and...
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Gulf on 19 October and is
now preserved at the Na-
tional Maritime Museum at
Darling Harbour in Syd-
ney.
The follow up mission,
Operation Rimau, was
less successful, with all
participants either killed or
captured and executed,
including the leader of
both raids, Ivan Lyon.
When you think of the
ease with which we now
travel to Singapore by air,
you can only respect the
amount of courage and
effort which went into the
raid.
Have fun, stay modelling,
and write articles!
So QMHE is over for an-
other year, and congratu-
lations to those AMMS
members for the fine haul
of medals, and a Best of
Show to boot!
I can only agree with
Brad’s comments (see
next page) regarding the
difficulty of encouraging
members to contribute to
the newsletter or even
respond to Brad’s hints
which would hopefully
lead to further discussion.
On that note, there have
been eight issues of this
newsletter this year. Mem-
bers would be aware that
whoever wins the door
prize is expected to con-
tribute an article to the
newsletter. To date, we
have had five such contri-
butions this year, for
which I thank the mem-
bers concerned. I appreci-
ate that the winner of last
month’s may well have
been distracted y
QMHE—time will tell. As
for the other two—are
there perhaps different
classes of member within
AMMS who don’t have to
follow the same proce-
dures as everybody else?
I think not.
On a different note—75
years ago tomorrow the
MV Krait departed Ex-
mouth Gulf en route to
Singapore for Operation
Jaywick.On the night of 26
September, six men pad-
dled into Singapore Har-
bour and attached limpet
mines to six ships, suc-
cessfully sinking 39,000
tons of Japanese ship-
ping. MV Krait returned
successfully to Exmouth
Editorial (aka Rob’s Rantings)
1 September 2018
Volume 14, Issue 8
AMMS Brisbane News
Inside this issue:
From the Cupola 2-3
QMHE Results 4
QMHE Photos 5-
11
Odds & Sods 12
Right—our QMHE display. I still
think it was worth the John Stockley
award, but, sigh, apparently not.
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Hello? Anybody There? Now It’s Your Turn
As from the 1st September 2018, the date of our next AMMS meeting, we have 357 days to go until QMHE 2019!
Sorry couldn’t resist, especially since the expo this year was yet again another great success! A generous round
of applause to President David de Ryck and his team for all their hard work and dedication over the past 12
months culminating in such a successful event. Thank you 2018 QMHE committee!
Special mentions here to AMMS Brisbane members who served on the 2018 QMHE Committee and in no particu-
lar order Dan Taylor (Secretary), Graham McNamara (Treasurer) and Bruce Hay (Chief Judge). Thank you for
your commitment to the modelling community through your tireless efforts to the QMHE.
And whilst on the topic of QMHE, let me take this opportunity to thank the 15 members who helped with the
QMHE display and official duties this year. Your efforts are always appreciated and this year thankfully was no
different.
We had a great display, primarily dedicated to the 100 year commemoration of World War I, showcasing the out-
standing models of our members. Well done to all concerned – you know who you are, although it would be nice
to see some of our other members involved next year!
And thank you to the same members who also generously gave up some of their time to help with our QMHE du-
ties such as competition judging, competition stewarding & scrutineering, door attendant, and as raffle ticket
sellers. Without your time, support and dedication we would no longer be welcome as a member club of the
QMHE, and the expo itself would not run as successfully as it does although, and yes I am going to repeat myself
here, it would be nice to see some of our other members offering their time and commitment to AMMS and QMHE
next year!
And congratulations to all AMMS members entering the QSMC and particularly to the many who were fortunate /
good enough to take home awards. Well done!
So we come to the part in Brad’s post QMHE newsletter article where he asks the membership for display ideas
and themes for the 2019 Expo. It’s a blank canvas as of right now and here’s hoping that everyone comes for-
ward with great ideas and suggestions. It will be very interesting to see what our members say or whether it will
be the sound of silence as per usual.
For those of you who read the newsletter, many would be aware that I try to come up with fresh topics for my arti-
cles as often as possible, and that many topics seek additional involvement in the form of articles from our mem-
bers. Well it is probably more than fair to say that follow-up articles from members on topics that I have written
about for the newsletter have been virtually non-existent to date. It is quite disappointing really, but it did give me
another idea for the topic of my next article.
I am going to list all of the topics I wrote about that were intended for our members to write follow-up articles on.
I’m sure it won’t take me long to come up with a whole page of topics and it might prove useful to jog a few memo-
ries as well. Heck, we may even get the odd newsletter article out of it, but I certainly won’t be holding my breath!
Continued on Page 3
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From the Cupola (cont’d from Page 2)
Until next time, take care, stay safe, try writing an article for the newsletter and happy modelling to all!
Kindest regards,
Brad Littleboy
AMMS Brisbane Coordinator 2018
An Aha! Moment
I recently finally found a foolproof way to use Vallejo Model Air through an airbrush without it clogging after about 15
seconds of operation. The secret? Simple—just add about 20% Vallejo Airbrush Flow Improver to the cup with the
paint. The results are great—a very hard finish with a slight sheen and excellent coverage. No paint drying on the
needle tip whatsoever.
This led me to the next brilliant observation. I like to paint figures, which to date I have primed with Tamiya rattle can
primer (usually white) and finished off with brush applied Vallejo Model Colour or Panzer Aces. The reason I have
used Tamiya primer to date was the issue with clogging outlined above. However the result of this combination is
that I spend nearly as much time touching up paintwork as I do applying it in the first place. The thought occurred to
me that the compatibility between the Tamiya primer and the Vallejo paint may be the problem.
I built another set of figures using Vallejo primer and Panzer Aces brush applied, and the problem has been solved!
A word about the figures concerned. The two sets involved were Tamiya’s German Tank Crew and US Army Tank
Crew, both of which are relatively recent. Both contain six figures each, and the standard is a new level for Tamiya—
approaching DML Gen 2 for quality, and each set has all of the necessary accessories and decals as well.
A view of the competition tables at QMHE. Sorry, but I couldn’t do anything about the figure who is front and centre
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QMHE1 (thanks various contributors)
Our fearless leader requested that anybody who won any awards at QMHE forward the results to me for inclusion in
this newsletter. Must have thought I wouldn’t get any articles otherwise—wonder where he got that idea? Herewith
are the details as provided to date:
Dave Scorer
CV-9 civil vehicles multi media. 1/35th Thunder Models Case tractor. Silver. MV-5 military models modified. 1/35th Emhar MkIV tank conversion to supply tank. Bronze. Dan Moore Medium Scale Aircraft (Single Media) Tamiya 1/48 Dewoitine D.520 - Gold
Large Scale Armour (Single Media) Esci 1/9 Zundapp Solo - Gold Tasca 1/24 Zundapp sidecar combo – Gold
Large Scale Armour (Modified/Enhanced) Panda Hobby 1/16 Pz.Kpfw.38(t) Ausf.G – Gold Takom 1/16 Renault FT-17 Char Leger – Gold
“Best of Show” award Takom 1/16 Renault FT-17 Char Leger
Jamie Degenhardt
Modified medium scale AFV: 1/35 Stug IIIE - Gold
Large scale historical figure: 1/16 Waffen SS Panzergrenadier - Gold
Small scale single media aircraft 1/72 Bf 109E-3 - Gold
Graham McNamara
MV3 Medium military single media. Italeri LVT-4 Gold
Historical busts. Grace of Monaco Gold
Historical busts. Harald Hardrada Silver
Fictional figures. Ironbound Defence Silver
Vignettes. Raedwald Silver
Small scale historical figures. Publius Ostorius Scapula Bronze
I also picked up a highly commended in fictional busts. Just not sure if it was for Night’s watch or Vakula. Things were a bit of a blur by then.
Chris Bond
Single media helicopters for my 1/144th Hind Gold
Single media science fiction for my 1/144th star wars AT AT Gold
Civil vehicles modified for my 1/14th Mad max 2 tanker Gold
Figures historic large scale for my 120mm crossbower Bronze
Jon Dillon
MV-9 Miniature Scale Modified 1/72 Jagdpanther Silver
SB Scratch Built 1/72 "Annie" 60 Pounder Gun Bronze
Ian Cousens
MV6 Hobbyboss Sherman 1/48 Gold Dio2 Sherman and 101st Airborne Bronze
Well done everybody—that’s a total
of 12 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze, a Best
of Show and a Highly Commended.
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QMHE Photos
QMHE Photos Cont’d
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