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aircraft being worked on
outside the hangar in a
field, and occupied han-
gars with US equipment.
Took a vote and the dio
build for Nats has been
approved.
Jeff discussed bringing in
WIPs to the monthly
meetings for the rest of
the club to critique before
these are ready for Nats.
Took a vote and this was
approved as well.
Carpool to CoMMiES-
Fest? To be discussed at
January B&B CoMMiES-
Fest sponsorships? Votedon a $50 sponsorship for
the CoMMiES and was
approved.
Randy stated dues are
due next months meeting
(February).
By Chris Nugent
CoMMiESFest is Feb 16th.
Jeff asked about carpool-
ing.
Re: the theme build for
July, ideas floated were
something Polish, Yellow,
a Colorado theme. Looks
like Colorado wins it.
Theme for October show:
Korean war theme, a 1953
theme, Lucky 13 theme,
decision tabled until next
month.
Financial report was a
general $3500 for now,
written report to be sub-
mitted later.
Flyers: postponed for now
pending Larrys return.
Regarding clinics- Tomas
offered to do a clinic on
track colors for armor, in
March. Last year a decal
clinic on complex and
large decals was re-
quested. Jeff asked about
72nd scale antenna installs
on aircraft. Dave Dardine
offered to do this one. Jeffalso floated the idea of
glosscoats, esp. using Fu-
ture. Chip wants to see a
clinic on masking clean
lines. Jeff is doing an A/V
presentation in February
regarding winter weather-
ing for armor.
Dave D. discussed the
group build for the Na-
tionals show. Diorama ofGerman airfield, captured
and now used by the
Americans. Everyone
would contribute a por-
tion. Hangar would oc-
cupy corner of the dio,
with a captured German
January Meeting Notes
Did you get a Model for Valentines Day?
By Jeff Brown
Neither did I. Apparently
this is a one-way holiday
where men shower
women with chocolates
and flowers and a nice
dinner and in return we
dont get a gift.
As it was pointed out to
me, buying you a model
so you can lock yourself in
your room alone is not
what Valentines Day is
about. Its not like I was
going to work on the
model on Valentines day.
Most model builders I
know arent out carous-
ing, so I dont understand
why significant others
dont really appreciate
our hobby.
Oh well, maybe for my
birthday then again.
High Plains Modelers
February 2013Volume 2, Issue 6
High Plains Gazette
Whats New ThisMonth:
IPMS National Update
Pictures of Models The Italian Campaign
CommiesFest Recap
Clinics on Page 13
Inside this issue:
January Meeting Notes 1
Valent ines Day Ra nt 1
The Carpet Monster 2
Book Review by Pablo 3
National Contest Update4
March Calendar 8
IPMS Membership App 12
CommiesFest Diorama
Region X Newsletter of the Year 2011
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By Jeff Brown
(Editor)
Physics cease to exist
when building a model.
In fact a lot of things
cease to exist when build-
ing a model, including
patience, anger manage-
ment and sanity.
I am sure we have all
dropped a part on the
floor, never to find it. De-
spite hours upon hours of
searching for some parts
where they should have
landed, and if we do find
them they are yards away
from where they first hit
the ground. How does a
small part that weighs so
little fly so far bouncing
on a soft carpet when it
was dropped from only 1-2 feet? Mind boggling.
Anyway, some missing
parts you can scratch
build, some missing
parts you can cover with
mud, so it isnt a total
loss, yet we all crawl
around the floor looking
like an idiot with our vi-
sor on scanning every
piece of carpet for a miss-
ing part. Sometimes we
find other parts, ones that
have been missing for
years, despite having vac-
uumed the floor a hun-
dred times. Where dothey go? The same void as
socks? Probed by aliens
like Larry Hersh? How do
they find their way back?
I dont know the answers
thats why Im asking all
I know is when I drop
something I get as angry
as the Fuhrer.
The Carpet Monster: Editors Opinion
Despite hours
upon hours of
searching for
some parts
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Volume 2, Issue 6
I cant find the part for my
Focke Wulf.
Miniarts Park Wall Dio-
rama Base
slip from the blade can
ruin a piece, or cut off
some detail. Building the
wall was a challenge in
that the pieces have noth-
ing to grab onto when you
glue them. I ended up
using some styrene stripsto help hold the walls
together. Once they were
set, I used some white
putty to cover the seams,
and a small stiff brush to
add some texture. Once
this dried I glued the
walls to the base. While it
took some work, in the
end they look very nice,
and when painted they
are well detailed.
The next step is assem-
bling the extras that come
with the kit. In my opin-
ion these are more than
worth it, since you get
items that you might not
use here but can use on
other dioramas. The park
bench is really neat, as
are the manhole covers
and drains. While I did
not use them for this
base, I am going to use
them in another MiniArt
build that I should finishreviewing soon. The plas-
tic for the extras seems to
me to be of a little better
quality than the walls and
base, but in the end eve-
rything worked, and that
is the main point.
I finished it in a winter
theme, adding a little
snow and a Wespe. All in
all it was a nice little pro-ject that is not too time
consuming, and provides
a nice background for
your vehicle.
I would like to thank
MiniArt and IPMS/USA
for the review sample.
REVIEW: Miniart Park Wall Diorama
By Jeff Brown
This review is of the
MiniArt Diorama with
Park Wall; that is part of
their Diorama series of
bases for armor models.
It was a pretty easy build,
and it looks nice when
finished, but it did take
some work and some
modifications to make it
look good.
First of you get a sheet of
very soft plastic to use as
the base. This has some
very nicely done details
with the pathway and
some small rocks in the
road. The base is marked
off for where you will put
the wall.
First you have to cut the
wall pieces out of this
single sheet of soft plas-
tic. You have to be very
careful doing his as one
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This book cov-
ers all the
fighter aircraft
in the Roma-
nian Air Force
during World
War II.
Romanian IAR 80C
Romanian Fighter Colours
the Hawker Hurricane, Bf109E and 109G, He 112, Bf110G, PZL 11 and PZL 24,IAR 80/81, plus capturedMig-3, I-16 and Fw-190A/F.
The book has chapters for
each aircraft type in detail,including a brief history ofthe aircraft service in theRomanian Air Force beforemoving into a section oncamouflage and markingsfor the given aircraft beingdepicted in the chapter. Thissection also includes infor-
mation on lettering, num-bers and factory logos ap-plied to each aircraft.
After the section on camou-flage styles and markings,the main feature of eachchapter follows: numerousand gorgeous color profiles(sometime even 3-view or 4-views) of different aircrafts,next to a historical picture ofthe airplane, which in somecases is in color, but in mostcases is in black and white.
By Pablo Bauleo
The Romanian Air Force inWorld War II saw extensivecombat in the Eastern Frontagainst the Soviet Air Forceand against the USAAF and
RAF in home defense roles.Later, in late 1944 Romaniachanged sides and saw com-bat against the Luftwaffe.
This book covers all thefighter aircraft in the Roma-nian Air Force during WorldWar II. The fighter aircraftinventory included British,German, Polish, and locally
designed airplanes, pluscaptured soviet airplanes,yielding to a rather variedset of camouflage styles.Specifically, the book covers
Finally the book has a fewappendixes covering detailson Romanian Air Forceranks, paints and colorsused in the aircrafts(including color code and FSequivalent) and a very de-
tailed section on the evolu-tion of the Romanian AirForce markings, includingboth Axis and Allied mark-ings.
Ive truly enjoyed readingthis book. The informationprovided on it makes it veryvaluable to the modeler andseveral of the pictures havenot been published before.
I know that I will add moreRomanian models to mycollection now that I havewhat could be the definitereference on the RomanianFighters in World War II.
I would like to thank Mush-room Model Publications forthe review sample.
Review: Romanian Fighter Colours (Yellow Series #6123)
fighter aircraft
inventory included
British, German,Polish...
Romanian Bf 109Gs.
Romanian Hurricane
Romanian Messerschmitt Another Romanian Messer-
schmitt
Romanian Numbering
for Aircraft
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Mark brought sign up
sheets for volunteers.
Need people good with
keyboard, runners to act
as guides for contestants,
security, raffle. Discussed
volunteer info needed andclub association so as to
divide up the profits, if
any. 4hr shifts were dis-
cussed. 3 shifts 9-1, 1-5,
and 5-9oclock. If volun-
teering, plan on doing
more than one shift and
more than one job due to
small size of NoCo clubs
and limited pool of volun-
teers.
Mark also discussed fund-
raising. Asked all NoCo
clubs to chip in on pur-
chasing a vendor table
from Hobbytown $100.
Therefore we would chip
in 1/3. Randy cut a check
for $33.34.
Mark discussed com-
puters networked to-
gether to handle registra-tion. There is software
designed for IPMS con-
ventions. The software is
updated for every year.
Mark asked for volunteers
knowledgeable in com-
puter networking and
building the network for
this convention. Tony and
possibly Paul may assist
with this.
Marks update as to
whats going on so far:
IPMS registration is
online and live for the
con. Online store is live.
This is very similar to the
same way IPMS online
memberships are bought.
Mark discussed tours: the
Buckley tour is very lim-
ited, (38 people), as are
one or two more. The
Buckley tour involves an
emailed USAF form to fill
out. Tour includes the
120th and possibly the
helicopter squadron. Bus
size dictates tour size.
Mark discussed spon-
shorships for award pack-
ages. An email from that
coordinator is pending.
Sponsorships are $85 and
$100. We can purchase
these online as well. Jeff
stated the last notes he
got were that depending
on what award we spon-
sor, members from this
club get to pick the win-
ner for that category. Nats
chairperson prefers that
judges are more scattered
from different clubs in
order to preserve the ob-
jectivity of the judging.
Mark discussed judging at
Nats and the guidelines to
be followed. He talked
about judges who find
one model with flawed
paint, one with flawed
construction, and one
with mediocre detail, re-
sulting in an apples-to-
apples problem. Its a
function of negotiationbetween judges basically.
Also Mark mentioned
judging training for
noobs. They go through a
judging OJT for one
years contest, then the
following year they are
considered a regular
judge. After 3 yrs, they get
a certificate.
Mark asks that all Colo-
rado participants get reg-
istered by Tuesday the
week of Nats in order to
give the registration staff
a practice run in prepa-
ration for the rest of the
week.
Tomas asked Mark re-
garding name spelling for
contestants and ensuring
that those names, espe-
cially foreign ones, are
spelled correctly.
Tony asked regarding the
overall health of the Nats.
Mark stated that, given
the turning of the year,
things are starting to
move faster and the com-
mittee is beginning to
take more action and take
it seriously. Pablo also
added that he did not vol-
unteer due to lack of con-
fidence in the convention
as its being run so far.
Also one of our members
stated was that this show
is happening in our back-
yard, and proper respect
has not been rendered
considering that. Mark
Ps answer to that was
that most modelers are
introverts and thus do not
possess the soft skills
often required when in-
teracting on a diplomatic
level. Thus the snub was
accidental and unin-
tended.
Mark went over some
IPMS National Report By Mark Persechetti
Page 4
Volume 2, Issue 6
CommiesFest Focke Wulf
August 14-17, 2013 at the Em-
bassy Suites in Loveland, Colo-
rado.
CommiesFest Dale Jr.
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I think we
did rather
well in the
contest hav-
ing won sev-
eral firsts,
seconds and
thirds.
Jeff discussed issues regard-
ing the publication of the
newsletter and whether it
should be paper or elec-
tronic (DVD/ROM). Jeff
conducted an informal poll
in which most participantswant a paper issue as op-
issues at previous shows that
caused those shows to be
less than spectacular in an-
swer to Pablo and Tonys
concerns (as well as the rest
of our concerns)
posed to an electronic ver-
sion.
IPMS National Report By Mark Persechetti (Cont.)
CommiesFest Ferrari
August 14-17, 2013 at the Em-
bassy Suites in Loveland, Colo-
rado.
tion, go to our Registration
page, the IPMS/USA online
store, or download our mail-
in registration form.
This Update is pulled
from the contest web-
site.
Registration is now
open! For more informa-
IPMS 2013 National Contest Update
around for a few hours as
well.
I think we did rather well in
the contest having won sev-
eral firsts, seconds and
thirds, and even a surprise
By Jeff Brown
On Saturday February 16th,
2013, at the Jefferson
County Fairgrounds in
Golden the IPMS Commies
held their annual Commies-
Fest contest.
Pablo, Randy, Gary, Chip,
Tony and yours truly en-
tered the contest. Word has
it that Da Prez, Michael Ad-
ams, went down and took
some photos and hung
second for Tony in a cate-
gory where he had the only
model!
Actually the biggest surprise
for me was that I actually
swept a category. I took
home first, second and third
in Star Wars.
Pablo picked up three firsts,
a second and a third. Gary
got a first and a third, and
Chip took home a third.
CommiesFest Recap
...a surprise
second for Tony in
a category where
he had the onlymodel!
CommiesFest Second Place
Towing!
CommiesFest Stug III G CommiesFest Star
Destroyer
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By Kevin Cummins, IPMS #35536
10. "We felt that the cross-eyed effect on your figure was too exaggerated."
9. "What toy store did you buy this from?"
8. "We needed some comic relief, so we counted up the flaws on your aircraft.You should be able to view it in the Journal in several months. Should be about3 pages."
7. "We really admired the finish. What is that, Sherwin-Williams industrial semi-gloss latex?"
6. "Out of curiosity, was there any historical significance to the "one blade at a
different angle" propeller design?"
5. "We really liked the effect that the 1:1 scale spider living in the cockpit had onthe judges. That's a nice touch."
4. "You mean you actually entered this? We didn't judge it, we thought someoneput it out here as a prank."
3. "We thought it was really neat the way that you painted the rocks on the baseso that it looks like nothing is holding that section of tank track off the ground.Oh wait! Nothing is supporting that track, is it?"
2. "Does the upside-down national insignia indicate that the pilot is in distress,or that the air force is surrendering?"
1. "We didn't know that this many flaws could exist on one model. We tookabout 40 digital pictures and slammed them out on rec.model.scale for com-ments. We used your name..."
And one I've been tempted to use, but had the courtesy not to:
"You are NOT a modeler, you are a butcher. Your work should be crushed and
melted as a warning to others."
Some Judging Humor
Page 6
Volume 2, Issue 6
CommiesFest B-25
You are NOT a
modeler, youare a butcher.
Your work
should be
crushed and
melted as a
warning to oth-
ers."
CommiesFest Best Figure
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...troops from
just about
every Allied
nation includ-
ing Britain,
France, Poland,
Canada and
Italy
to research these schemes
and searching for a decent
picture of a Sherman with
these colors when I came
across some interesting
things about the Italian
Campaign.
Anzio is one of those major
campaigns that is much for-
gotten. Maybe forgotten is astretch, but it is safe to say
Anzio is overlooked. In fact
much of the Italian Cam-
paign is overlooked by not
only historians but Holly-
wood. Not to mention the
battle for Monte Cassino, or
the invasion of Sicily, or the
northern mountain battles.
Reading as many of the his-
tories I could get my hands
on I became fascinated by
the theater, and the battles,
and the equipment. In Italy
the Germans used a lot of
different types of armor, but
the Wehrmacht did not get
the latest and greatest there.
By Jeff Brown
I was recently reading a his-
tory of the Battle of Anzio
from the British perspective.
Of course the slant was pro-
British, just like I imagine
most history written by a
country is pro-that country.
There are lan-
guage differ-
ences, how-
ever, for ex-
ample during
one attack, the
British writer
said, .one
night we beat
off the Ger-mans. Yes
here in Amer-
ica we would
have used the
phrases beat
back or
fought off
since in our
country the
British ver-
sion has a very different
meaning.
Anyway, back to Anzio. I
have a few Shermans, and
they call for a different paint
scheme, yellow with olive
drab. I was discussing alter-
nate paint schemes a few
months ago, and was trying
The Tigers were older mod-
els, the Panthers were older
models, my guess is that the
high command was saving
the best stuff to defend the
Fatherland. I have yet to
find a King Tiger in Italy,which is interesting consid-
ering that the Germans in
Italy put
up a better
fight than
the ones in
France. In
fact there
were more
Allied
casualties
during theItalian
campaign
than all of
the West-
ern Thea-
ter com-
bined.
The Italian
Campaign
included black combat
troops (the Buffalo Sol-diers), and Brazilian troops
(the only South American
country to send troops to
fight during the entire war).
There were literally troops
from just about every Allied
nation including Britain,
France, Poland, Canada and
Italy part II.
I for one plan on learning
more about these battles. I
find it fascinating . I also
found over 120 photos in
Germanys Bundesarchiv of
panzers in Italy, which gave
me some great ideas for
some of my unbuilt kits.
Viva Italia!
Italy: The Forgotten Campaign
Two tone Sherman in Italy.
The Gustav Line - The often overlooked Italian Campaign
An Elefant in Italy.
A Panther in Italy.
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Photo of the Month for October
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The usual suspects at CommiesFest on February 16th.
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Model of the Month for October
Best Diorama from CommiesFest
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January Model Gallery
Photos by Jeff Brown
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Chips Chinese Fighter
Garys Truck
Pablos P-47 Chriss Mirage
Randys Van Daves GTO
Monthly Contest Entries:
Pablo - 1/48 P-47
Jeff - 1/48 Citroen civilian
Chris - 1/48 Mirage 2000C
Gary- 1/52 Honest John Missile &Transporter with Kenworth tractor
Chip - 1/144 Chinese J-8 Interceptor
Tomas 1/35 Panther
Cody 2011 Ford Mustang GT
Randy Ford Van
Dave D. GTO
Monthly winner: Tomas
Tomas Polish PantherCodys Mustang
Jeffs Citroen
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over 220 active US chap-
ters (including groups in
Canada and the Philip-
pines as well as one
"cyber-chapter" existing
entirely on the internet).
These chapters are organ-
ized into 13 geographi-
cally-determined Re-
gions, overseen by Re-
gional Coordinators. The
IPMS/USA Executive
Board, made up of elected
and appointed members,
serves as the overall gov-
erning body for IPMS/
USA.
IPMS/USA produces the
Modelers' Journal, an all-
color magazine supplied
to our members 6 times
each year. Sample copies
of the Journal are avail-
able upon request, and
you'll find several cover
shots elsewhere in this
handout.
In addition, IPMS/USA
maintains one of the larg-
est and most-visited pub-
lic websites in the model-ing community
(www.ipmsusa.org).
Members and visitors can
view product reviews,
chapter and contest infor-
mation, see examples of
members' work, and view
images of contest, mu-
seum walkarounds, and
the like. A members-only
Forum allows discussion
of specific topics of inter-
est amongst our member-
ship. The remainder of
the website is open to the
modeling public and sees
thousands of hits weekly.
From: www.ipmsusa.org
IPMS/USA is the United
States Branch of the In-
ternational Plastic Model-
ers' Society, whose roots
can be traced to the
startup of the first IPMS
National Branch during
the 1960's in Great Brit-
ain. In 1964 a US-based
modeler applied for a
charter to start the US
Branch. In the ensuing 4
decades, IPMS/USA has
become a 5,000 member,
all-volunteer organization
dedicated to promoting
the modeling hobby while
providing a venue formodelers to share their
skills in a social setting,
along with friendly but
spirited competition in
the form of local, re-
gional, and national con-
tests and conventions. As
this is written, there are
About IPMS/USA
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Meetings are the last Tuesday of the monthat The Ranch in Loveland. They start at7pm and end around 9pm.
Editor: Jeffrey Brown
President: Michael AdamsVice President: Jeffrey BrownTreasurer: Randy RobinsonSecretary: Chris Nugent Our club has plastic modelers from Northern Colorado,mainly
from the Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont area. We also have afew members from Wyoming.
Honestly, if you need an excuse to get away from home a few daysa month, join our club. Your skills will improve and you will have afew laughs.
Stop by a meeting, the first one is free!
High Plains Modelers
Next Meeting March 26,2013. 7pm at The Ranch.
Website
http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/
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Classifieds and other HappeningsFor Sale or Trade: .
*** Posting Ads are free
for High Plains Modelers
Members to post items for
sale or trade. If you are
not a member of the club
it cost $2 to post an ad
which goes towards our
annual club contest.
Clinics for this year are:
January: None First Meeting of theYear
February: Chris-Polishing canopies
March: Tomas, track colors for ar-mor
April: Dave Dardine- 72nd scale air-craft antenna installs
May- club auction, no clinic
June- Pablo-NMF clinic
July: Chris-masking clean lines
August: Randy R. Decals
September: no clinic due to plan-ning meeting for High Plains Con
October: Larry H.- Airbrushing
November: Jeff Winter Weather-ing
December: No Clinic ChristmasParty
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