Volume 18, Issue 10

October 2018

INTERNATIONAL PLASTIC MODELLERS SOCIETY DUNEDIN

2018 Committee

President

Mark Rogers

Committee

Brent Cooper

John Harrison

John Moran

Kit McCready

Steve Geddes

Honorary Solicitor

Bill Wright

Meetings:

General meeting

- Last Thursday of

the Month.

Workshops - Every

Thursday

Changes will be

notified on the

club’s FaceBook

page.

A big thank you to all those who contributed to the South

Island Championships the

club hosted over the week-

end 13 / 14 October. The

club can be proud of the

quality and variety of the

display and competition

models.

Congratulations to

Gary of IPMS Southland and

the all the other winners

in the various competition

categories. The quality of

the work was amazing and

provide a huge challenge to

our judging panels.

Pictures and details can be

found on the following

pages of this (and future)

issues of Scalemail.

This show, the major

portion of the advertising

was based on a series of

FaceBook advertisements and

I feel that this certainly

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Next Meeting : 25 October 2018

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This Months

Models on the

Table

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Address: 57 Vogel St, Dunedin, 9016

Phone: 03-471 8911

Shop Hours

Monday - Closed Tuesday - 1pm to 5:30pm Wednesday - 10am to 5:30pm

Thursday - 10am to 5:30pm Friday - 10am to 5:30pm Saturday - 12pm to 2pm

achieved a greater promotion that

what we would have been able to

achieve by one newspaper

advertisement (that carries a similar

cost. Steve will provide a more

detailed breakdown of the costs and

coverage at Thursday’s meeting.

I have yet to receive the final

accounts for the Facebook advertising

and the Best in Show trophy. Until

these arrive the final financial

costs of the weekend cannot be

reported. I hope to have this for the

November meeting.

I was pleased with the numbers

that attended the pizza tea after the

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show on Saturday evening and this

seems to have proved a successful

alternative to a pub meal.

It was good to see a number of

familiar faces that we haven't seen

for sometime calling in over the week-

end.

Lester and Gary have suggested

they bring the shop down one Sunday in

November. Brent has said the Band

Rooms would be available for us to use

again, so it simply looks like

choosing a date that works for people.

More about this on Thursday night.

Mark

President

Results

Best In Show

Gary Greer

1/700 John W Brown Liberty Ship

Best In Class

Best Aircraft - Lester

Best Military Vehicle - Wayne

Best Ship - Gary

Best Miscellaneous - John M

Best Junior - Logan

Best Open Class - Jailin

Best Card - Kevin

Best Diorama - Wayne

Awards

Gold Ribbon Winners

Lester - 1/48 Fieseler Fi-156 Storch

Jailin 1/48 F-14 Tomcat

Gary 1/700 John W Brown Liberty

Ship

Silver Ribbon Winners

Lester - 1/32 Bf109G4 Trop

Kit - 1/72 Boeing P-26A Peashooter

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Kit - 1/72 Rockwell T2-C Buckeye

Kit - 1/72 North American B-25D

Mitchell

Kit - 1/72 Mikoyan MiG-29

Kit 1/72 Vought SB2U-2 Vindicator

Wayne 1/35 3.7 Flak 43 Schwerer

Platform Wagon

Wayne 1/35 SD KF 234/4

John M - Douglas AD-5W Skyraider

John M 1/72 Bristol Fighter TT20

Kevin 1/25 Matilda

Brent 1/72 Ju-87B1 Stuka

Brent 1/72 Supermarine Spitful F14

Kelly 28mm Mammoth / Ogre Hunter

Kelly 28mm Witchunters

Bronze Ribbon Winner

Kit - 1/72 Bristol Blendeim IV

Kit 1/72 Aero L-29 Delfin

Kit - 1/72 Cessna A-37 Dragonfly

Kit - 1/72 Convair F-02 Delta Dagger

Wayne 1/35 Sd Kfz-138

Wayne 1/35 Russian Self Propelled

gun Su-76M

Wayne 1/35 KubelWagen

Wayne 1/5 Austin Tilley

Wayne 1/35 Femo and trailer, Panzer

111Aust l(?)

John M 1/72 Westland Sea King HC 4

John. M 1/72 Grummand F4F-3 Wildcat

Kevin 1/144 DC-10

Kevin 1/33 V202

Gary 1/48 Jackal and the Hunt

Diorama

Gary 1/350 Uboat U96 Type VII

Brent 1/72 A-6B Intruder

Brent 1/72 Reggiane Re 2000 Falco

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For all your modelling supplies.

“Ask and well endeavour to locate the things you’re after”

Gary Greer

Phone : 025 337547

nzmodels@paradise.net.nz

WARHAMMER

DUNEDIN

326 George Street

Dunedin

Phone

03 477 5616

Opening Hours Monday / Tuesday- closed

Wednesday - 10:30 to 5:30pm Thursday - 11am to 9pm Friday - 11am to 8:30pm

Saturday - 10:30am to 5:30pm Sunday - 11am to 4pm

Warren 1/48 P-47

Warren 1/48 P-51 with

Egg

Warren - 6 Unnamed

aircraft

Kelly 28mm

Inquisitor Karamozov

Kelly 28mm Armiger

Warglaive

Robert 1/48 SFZ 222

Armoured Car

Jeff W 1/35 LRDG Chev

Gun Truck

John H - 1/48 Walrus

Logan - 1/72 F-51D

Mustang

Special Judges Highly

Commended Awards

Robert 1/48 StuGIII

Kevin - 1/48

Beaufighter.

N Z M O D E L S

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DeHavilland

Mosquito

FB.VI

MM417 EG¤T

Of No. 487 (New Zealand) Squadron,

RAF, based at Hunsdon, in February

1944.

On 1 June 1943, No. 487 Squadron, then

equipped with Venturas, left Bomber

Command to become part of the newly-

formed Second Tactical Air Force. In

August - September 1943 the squadron

re-equipped with Mosquito FB Mk. Vis

which it flew until the war’s end.

No. 487’s first operational sortie was

on 12 October 1943, when 12 aircraft,

led by the station commander Group

Captain P.C. Pickard, bombed the power

stationat Point Chateau, about 30

miles northwest of Nantes.

The squadron went on to achieve fame

for its daylight precision bombing

attacks, notably:

The Amiens Prison Raid (18

February 1944)

The Gestapo HQ Raid, Aarhus,

Denmark (31 October 1944)

The Shellhaus Raid, Copenhagen

(21 March 1945)

MM417, however, was not the ‘T’ that

took part in the Amiens Prison Raid

(it was HX982). This aircraft was

part of a three aircraft formation put

up specially for a Press visit on 29

February 1944 at Hundson.

While being flown in an attack on the

Les Hayes V-1 site on 26 March, MM417

was hit by flak and, upon return to

base, was written off after a heavy

landing. It was being flown on this

occasion by the squadron commander,

Wing Commander I.S. Smith.

command of RAF Predannack.

References:

Bomber Squadrons of the RAF by

Philipp Moyes.

Mosquito Bomber / Fighter-Bomber Units

1942 - 1945 by Martin Bowman

(Osprey Combat Aircraft # 4)

Ducimus Camouflage and Markings: RAF

Fighter Command 1936 - 1945 pp.133

- 4

Second Tactical Air Force Vol.1 by

Christopher Shores & Christopher

Thomas pp.72 - 75

Mosquito by Martin

Sharp & Michael

Bowyer - chapter 16:

Fighter-Bomber

Operations

Mosquito at War by

Michael Bowyer

‘Target Amiens’

Kit’s

Corner

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Model: Airfix

Paints:Extracolor Enamels

Decals:Modeldecal generic

sheets

Completed:1983 (repainted

in Extracolors 1995)

FB.XVIII NT224 ‘E’

Of No. 248 Squadron RAF, based at

Portreath, England in June 1944. It

was delivered to the Squadron on 2

June 1944 and was shot down by enemy

fighters over Norway on 7 December

1944.

On 10 May 1943, it was decided to

equip 30 Mosquito Mk.VIs with a 6-

pounder Mollins anti-tank gun, when it

was discovered that Coastal Command’s

strike aircraft were being out-gunned

by their main quarry - German U-boats

returning to their bases in the Bay of

Biscay ports.

No. 248 Squadron commenced operations

with two Mk. XVIIIs on 24 October

1943. These were flown alongside the

unit’s Beaufighters until replaced by

Mosquito FB.VIs in mid-December.

On D-Day, No. 248 Squadron flew five

operations between 04:15 and 22:15

hours. Their task was threefold;

prevention of U-boats attacking the

invasion fleet, the blockading of the

Biscay and Channel Ports and covering

air-strike forces.

On 26 October 1944, the Squadron’s

aircraft fired rocket projectiles for

the first time and for the remainder

of their war No. 248 used these

effectively against enemy shipping

along the coastline from the Norwegian

Fiords to the Danish German and Dutch

coast further south.

On 7 December, 25 Mosquitos from the

Banff Strike Wing, along with 40

Beaufighters of the Dallachy Wing,

protected by No.315 Squadron Mustangs,

were led to the Norwegian coast by

Squadron Leader Barnes of No. 235

Squadron. Near Gossen, the Mustangs

were engaged by about 20 Fw190s and

Bf109s. In the ensuing battle No. 315

Squadron claimed 4 Bf109s and 2 Fw190s

collided. Two Mosquitos, one of which

was NT224, a Beaufighter and a Mustang

failed to return.

References:

Mosquito by Sharp & Bowyer.

Profile p.158 - operations p.270ff

Mosquito Bomber/Fighter-Bomber Units

1942-1945 by Martin Bowman

(Osprey Combat Aircraft # 4) - colour

profile of NT225 ‘O’ - operations

p.68ff

Ducimus Camouflage and Markings - RAF

Mosquito At War

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Photograph or scan your International Plastic Modellers club membership card to mr models to receive

a 10% discount on online orders. If visiting in person the discount is available of production of you card.

Thanks to Steve for providing this information.

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Upcoming

Events

2018

25 October

IPMS Dunedin Monthly Meeting

300 Rattray Street, Dunedin.

Doors open 7:30pm, meeting commences 8:00pm

Agenda items include:

Modeller of the Year Competition monthly segment / models

on the table.

Finance

South Island Championships - debrief

November Date to be confirmed (Sunday afternoon)

NZ Models visit

10 - 11 November

IPMS New Zealand National Championships

Hosted by IPMS Cambridge

29 November IPMS Dunedin Annual General Meeting

Includes:

McCarthy Trophy

Modeller of the Year announcement

Committee elections

2019 IPMS Nationals hosted by IPMS Christchurch

Dates and details to be conformed