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4Q15

The image on the front of this 4Q15 newsletter is of MR John Collette with the President and Life members. The November meeting was John’s last meeting before heading off to Perth, Western Australia to live. John has been a very special and unique member of our Modelling Society for over 28 years. We wish you all the best in the west. Thank you John

President’s Report

Hi all welcome to the final newsletter for

2015. What a year it has been. Brilliant

models on the table, some great

techniques demonstrated and learnt a

new member’s choice and feedback

system introduced and some great

speakers. Not to mention a record

breaking annual show and comp, and

some very generous donations for

different causes.

As we wind down for the Christmas

break, enjoy the time with your families

and friends. Whilst "build something" is

always the catch cry of our club, families

and friends will not always be around-

but modelling will. Enjoy your breaks

and safe travels, wherever you may be.

We look forward to seeing you all refreshed and ready to go on the third Wednesday of January 2016.

President ACTSMS Ben Frohling

ScaleACTION President’s Report P1

The 4th quarter 2015 Meeting Report P2

Treasurer’s report P3

From the Editorial Team P4

2016 Calendar of events P4/5 ScaleAct 15 wrap up P6/7/8 The Twins at play P9/10

Committee Contact Details P11 Last but not least P11

Best of Show ScaleAct 15 Brad Fallen

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The 4th quarter 2015 Meeting Report

Undoubtedly, this last quarter is a busy one for the committee.

Not only is the AGM a focus period, but also ScaleAct. Amongst

the major events there will always be side issues that the

committee has to discuss and deal with in the interest of the

Club. What follows is a synopsis of these "issues".

Two items that took a lot of attention this quarter

were organising the calendar of events for the remainder of

2015 and throw around some thoughts for 2016, and

revising People's Choice judging. The calendar occupies the majority of Vice President's time. This year

we have commenced the Modeller's feedback forum, that judging by initial reactions was an absolute hit. It

brings the modelling back into ACTSMS. Similarly, People's Choice has evolved into a fair peer based

judging.

With ScaleAct out of the way, attention immediately goes to assessing the event, considering the

feedback, adjusting and planning for next year - including initial thoughts regarding display themes.

So what else attracted the Committees' attention? There were a few things. Here is a snap shot.

We looked at Club shirts. There were club shirts previously, and the committee is keen to make it a

feature of the club – not just the committee.

The club was contacted by the organising committee for CANCON. They requested our assistance to

judge models in the “Flames Of War” competition. 2016 will see CANCON hold the Australian

Championships and they are keen to expand the game’s profile. The committee organised some

volunteers from the club to assist the CANCON folks.

Planning for 2016 is well underway. A letter with preferred dates has been submitted for Hellenic Club’s

consideration. However, we have been advised that due to extensive renovations, the club will need to

find a solution for a venue for both the February and March meetings. We are looking at a few options at

the moment.

Events and publicity. The club continues to participate in events that suit our demographic to increase

our profile amongst Canberra's community. The Defence Community Organisation's expo will be next on

our radar once formalities are concluded. We Committee will also seek to increase our public profile and

awareness through such media as Social Media for a. Thus, we will be looking at appointing a suitable

candidate in the near future. As an aside, the committee placed some effort into traditional media for

ScaleAct, and judging by feedback that was successful. The Cyber world is next.

Club meeting wise. We generally have around

50 to 55 members at each meeting which, I

understand, is a majority portion of financial

members at the moment. Going back to our

fundamental reason for the club, we introduced

the modeller's feedback forum and re-introduced

the workshops. At the November meeting we

had Dr David Stevens, recently retired Director of

the RAN’s Sea Power Centre, who presented an

illustrated talk on “Defending Maritime Australia,

August to December 1914”, covering what the

Royal Australian Navy did to remove the German

threat including, of course, the Sydney-Emden

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action. From here on in, the feedback and workshops forums will be regular features in dispersed with

guest speakers.

Well, we're in red time. The final siren isn't far off for this year. May your blades stay sharp and your

airbrush unclogged.

Secretary ACTSMS Tony Allocca

Treasurer’s report

Welcome to my first report as treasurer and a big thank you to Dave White for making it an easy

handover.

As with previous years we utilised online banking for annual subs with almost half being paid in this form

along with a steady number also paying in person at the monthly meeting. These subs go a long way

helping the society, for example monthly raffle prizes – there are still a number of members who aren’t

financial - I will be chasing you!

ScaleACT 15, what a weekend! It was healthy from a financial perspective, with the big bill for hiring the

hall still to come in but going by the numbers we have hit a high mark. The society also managed to grab

a few bargains for monthly raffle prizes.

Life Membership 3

Family Membership 3

Junior Membership 0

Full Members 74

Total 80

The December meeting will have a larger than normal raffle – the Christmas Raffle, just in case your loved

ones only buy you socks……

The December Christmas raffle prizes are:

1/12 Imai Harley Davidson Ultra Classic Electra Glide

1/72 Airfix Messerschmitt Bf110C-2/C-4

1/35 Dragon M4 Sherman 75mm Normandy

1/48 Hasegawa Hurricane Mk.IIC

1/48 Kinetic F-21 IAF Kfir C1 / USMC F-21A Lion

1/35 Tamiya German Tank Panther Ausf.D, includes separate track set, P.E. & Metal Gun Barrel set

Treasurer ACTSMS Paul Dorival

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From the Editorial Team

Well the end of the year is here and we hope you can look back at 2015 as a year in which we all managed to

complete at least one kit! Three kits in one year is a great achievement for DW.

2016 will see the newsletter published as a quarterly publication from now on. The decision by the committee has

not come lightly however, due to the uptake of the societies Facebook page and other forms of social media, a

monthly newsletter was no longer required. The Quarterly newsletter will still capture the day to day history and

workings of the society with more of a focus on the people and less on the stuff communicated thru Facebook.

Editorial Team ACTSMS Matt & Dave

2016 Calendar of events

The Committee have agreed to this template or skeleton program for the year, which will be populated in more

detail and adjusted as required as the year develops. We have a range of entertainment options available to us, but

anyone with any ideas for the program, or who would like to volunteer to be a Guest Modeller or has an idea for a

Modelling Workshop should contact Dave Richardson, Vice President, on 02 6260 6117 or via email at:

[email protected]

MONTH 1 2 3 4 5 6

20 JAN

COMMITTEE ADMIN 7:30 – 7:45

WORKSHOP Pastels and Chips Tony A & Dave R 7:45 - 8:15

BREAK 8:15 – 8:30

BRING YOUR MODELS - MODELLERS’ FEEDBACK 8:30 – 9:15

PEOPLES’ CHOICE and DRAW RAFFLE 9:15 – 9:30

CLOSE 9:30

10 FEB


GUEST MODELLER Leigh Grgurovic tbc 7:45 – 8:00

BREAK 8:00 – 8:15

GUEST SPEAKER David Hay – Figure painting 8:15 – 9:00


CLOSE 9:30

9 MAR


WORKSHOP Len Bowen - Confrontation with Indonesia 1962-66 7:45 - 8:15

BREAK 8:15 – 8:30



CLOSE 9:30

13 APR


GUEST MODELLER tbd 7:45 – 8:00

BREAK 8:00 – 8:15

GUEST SPEAKER LTCOL Anthony Duus Land 400 project 8:15 – 9:00


CLOSE 9:30

11 MAY

SET UP FOR SWAP & SELL 7:00 – 7:30

SWAP & SELL

7:30 – 9:00

CLOSE 9:30

8 JUN COMMITTEE ADMIN 7:30 – 7:45

WORKSHOP TBC Rusting on cars Mario Marangoni 7:45 - 8:15

BREAK 8:15 – 8:30



CLOSE 9:30

mailto:[email protected]

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13 JUL



BREAK 8:00 – 8:15

GUEST SPEAKER Operation BARBAROSSA? tbc 8:15 – 9:00


CLOSE 9:30

10 AUG


BREAK SET UP AGM RAFFLE TICKETS 7:45 - 8:00

AGM 8:00 – 8:45

GUEST SPEAKER Ley Reynolds - modelling the Spanish Civil War (80th anniversary) 8:45 – 9:00


CLOSE 9:30

14 SEP



BREAK 8:00 – 8:15

GUEST SPEAKER TBC Centenary of tank warfare (AWM?) 8:15 – 9:00


CLOSE 9:30

12 OCT


WORKSHOP tbd 7:45 - 8:15

BREAK 8:15 – 8:30



CLOSE 9:30

9 NOV


SCALE ACT PREPARATION 7:45 – 8:00

BREAK 8:00 – 8:15

GUEST SPEAKER TBC Start of the Pacific War? 8:15 – 9:00


CLOSE 9:30

14 DEC


WORKSHOP tbd 7:45 - 8:15

BREAK 8:15 – 8:30



CLOSE 9:30

Vice President ACTSMS Dave Richardson

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ScaleAct 15 wrap up

Scale ACT 15 proved to be a show that broke many records:

- 372 models entered in the competition (previous highest was 358 last year) - 96 separate entrants (previous highest was 88 entrants back in 2010) - A whopping 22 entries in the “Spitfires on Runway 13” 10th anniversary competition - 32 entries from Juniors (previous highest was 23 entries back in 2010)

We also saw a distinct improvement in the numbers of people through the doors, with over 22% more visitors over

last year’s numbers.

And, the traders generally reported improved sales, which will hopefully keep them coming back for more.

Very many thanks to all who took the time to help in the lead up to and during the show weekend, your efforts

were much appreciated!

Aside from a relatively few running improvements that shouldn’t be too difficult to implement, the following are, I

feel, the major areas that we need to address for Scale ACT in the future:

- More themed displays to increase the number of models on show - Improve show publicity (we seem to be reasonably successful at reaching out to modellers, but must do

better to attract the general public to the show) - Improve the club build table, ideally to involve workshops and presentations throughout the show

weekend -

All of the above will require the efforts of the membership as a whole - the committee alone will be unable to take

on it all.

Thanks to all who took the time to respond to our request for feedback, everything raised is being considered.

Early Friday afternoon Early Saturday afternoon

afternoon

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Below is a hand full of photos from ScaleAct 15. It celebrates not only the models but the personalities behind the

models.

This was a lot of fun Jerry, what

can we do next year I wonder?

Another great display MR Grieve

A very busy Swap and Sell

Great Israeli display by Michael

Cooper and John Purcell

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ScaleAct organiser ACTSMS Michael Grieve

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The Twins at play

RECENT MODELLING INTERACTION BETWEEN ACTSMS, FARNBOROUGH AND OTTAWA

by Dave Richardson, ACTSMS Overseas Liaison Officer

In late 2011, the ACT Scale Modellers’ Society was invited to formally affiliate or ‘twin’ with IPMS Farnborough in

UK and IPMS Ottawa in Canada, to facilitate personal contact between the members of the clubs and to provide

inspiration for modelling subjects and competitions.

While ACTSMS is not specifically an IPMS

affiliated club, we have always aspired to

the same modelling values as IPMS, and

the twinning arrangements offer an

international dimension to what we can

do. To celebrate the twinning

arrangements, at the 2011

“ScaleModelWorld” show at Telford,

IPMS Farnborough displayed members’

models illustrating the equivalent

equipment in service in the three

countries, accompanied by slide shows of

members’ models from the websites of

IPMS Ottawa and ACTSMS.

In the intervening period, ACTSMS has invited Farnborough and Ottawa members to join our occasional Blitz

Builds, which they have done with great success.

About a year ago, my OLO equivalent in IPMS Ottawa, Gary Barling, sought Canberra and Farnborough concurrence

with Ottawa’s proposal for their Commonwealth Trophy competition category at their biennial CapCon show, held

in September. They proposed a theme covering the Mediterranean theatre from 1941 to 1944, which allowed

participants to enter land, sea and air modelling subjects from all three nations.

Gary had a plan to make a Canadian Stuart tank and an RAF Spitfire for the Commonwealth trophy, and he sought

ACTSMS advice on a suitable RAN ship subject to complete the trifecta. On ACTSMS’ behalf, our local RAN guru

David Peterson provided Gary with advice on the NT 1:700 scale resin kit of HMAS Sydney, plus detail sets. Sydney

departed the Med early in 1941, so it just fitted the category. Other ACTSMS members kindly helped Gary via the

club Facebook page.

David also provided Gary with

substantial reference material

which enabled Gary to complete

HMAS Sydney in time for the

CapCon show, in which she placed

first in category for small scale

powered ships, and was placed

very highly in the Commonwealth

Trophy. Gary was very pleased with

his result, and warmly thanked

David Peterson for all his help. A

photo of Gary’s model is enclosed.

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The interaction between the clubs continues at both a personal and organisational level; indeed, Chris McKee from

IPMS Farnborough will be attending our December meeting. During a holiday in Canada this year, I was able to

meet up with Gary and many of the IPMS Ottawa folk at their July meeting; they were very hospitable and most

interested in hearing about ACTSMS. More recently, your Committee noted how much Farnborough had been able

to donate to a local charity following their very successful annual Modelfest show this year, and sought details from

Farnborough on the income and expenditure streams for Modelfest. The information may prove helpful for future

ScaleACTs.

The latest twin activity occurred in support of ACTSMS member Andrew Willet’s plan to modify the Tamiya 1:32 F-4

Phantom to an F-4K Royal Navy example. Andrew asked me if I could help with details on colours and markings for

the RN. I directed the enquiry to IPMS Farnborough member Peter Readman, whose father flew in the RN FAA.

Peter knows all about these things and was quickly able to supply Andrew with the necessary specifications and

model paint equivalents, enabling Andrew (with some superhuman effort!) to complete the Royal Navy Phantom in

time to place third in category

(behind his RAF F-4J) at

ScaleACT’15 (see photo).

Such is the nature of the liaison

between ACTSMS and our twins in

the UK and Canada. The

relationship between the clubs

started through personal

friendships, but has broadened

into a club-to-club level of liaison,

support and information

exchange, which can only be good

for modellers in all three clubs.

If you have any requests for information on UK or Canadian subjects and would like to tap into the resources of our

twins, please do just contact me at: [email protected] or at home on 02 6260 6117. Equally, please do

let me know if you have any ideas on how ACTSMS might celebrate the special relationship between the three

clubs or countries as the UK and Canada have done.

Vice President ACTSMS Dave Richardson


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Last but not least Without this man’s hard work and devotion to the task, ScaleAct would not function as well as it does. MR Michael Grieve is a tower of energy and enthusiasm and we all look forward to ScaleAct 2016.

Well done Michael Committee Contact Details President Ben Frohling [email protected]

Vice - President Dave Richardson

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Secretary Tony Allocca [email protected]

Treasurer Paul D’Orival [email protected]

Editors Matt Jorgensen and Dave White

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Events Coordinator Len Partridge [email protected]

Chief Judge Brad Fallen [email protected]

E Coordinator Jerry Cashman [email protected]

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