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PREZNOTES

In This Issue

IPMS Seattle Election Process3

Upcoming Shows 3Candidate Statements 4SteelBeach S2F Resin Seats 5Spring Show Summary 6Seminar Report 7Spring Show Winners 10Special Award Winners 14

When my grandfather retired from the USBorder Patrol in 1952 after many years ofservice in Blaine and Seattle, one of theSeattle newspapers announced hisretirement and his plans for the futurewhich included becoming a "gentlemanfarmer". He was rather successful at that,with a small herd of milk cows, chickens,and an annual harvest of hay...

As some of you are aware, I have decidedto step down as President of IPMS Seattle.I was officially elected to the post in 1991.Over the years our elections were suchthat it came to pass that I'd ask if anyonewas interested in running for office and the

general consensus seemed to be that "youkeep doing it...", so I just kept on with it. Ihave been contemplating this move forquite some time now, even before theelection this month was planned, but thistiming helped me solidify my decision that

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SEATTLE CHAPTER CONTACTS

President: Vice President: Treasurer: Editor:Terry Moore Marilynn K. Laird Spencer Tom Robert Allen3612 - 201st Pl. S.W. 1825 South 330th St. F-201 318 N.E. 81st St. 12534 NE 128th Way #E3Lynnwood, WA 98036 Federal Way, WA 98003 Seattle, WA 98115 Kirkland, WA 98034Ph: 425-774-6343 Ph: 206-491-0096 Ph: 206-522-8414 Ph: 425-823-4658

[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.

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Upcoming Meeting DatesThe IPMS Seattle 2011 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 14 June 11July 9 August 13


IPMS Seattle ElectionProcess

by Spencer Tom

As you know, we have not had a formalelection for many years – at least entiretime I have been a somewhat activemember in the club. Although we operatelargely as an informal group of friends,IPMS-Seattle is now a formally incorpo-rated entity, and is also a rather sizableorganization as far as clubs go. Given this,we should go through a formal electionprocess periodically although I wouldcertainly not recommend doing this everyyear unless the membership would like todo so.

Given this, here are some guidelines I haveasked Robert to follow for this year’sformal election process.

• The candidates will be givenopportunities in the May newsletter aswell as the May club meeting to make astatement about why they are interested inthe position and what they would like toaccomplish as a club officer.

• After the candidates have hadtheir chance to speak at the May clubmeeting, the membership present at themeeting should feel free to ask questions,as appropriate. Even though I don’t expectthis to be a problem, I should note thatwhile at least a couple of us will stop anytalk about political or other such topics,candidates will be allowed to talk aboutvirtually anything that isn’t libelous.

• I have asked that we do this via aprivate ballot.

Members will need to reveal their nameswhen they submit their votes. However,the only recipient of this information willbe Robert Allen (ballots will be submittedto him). Robert will use the names only toverify that the person submitting the voteis a formal member.

Although we are used to doing the usualhand raising, informal process, this is thefirst time in 20 years that Terry Moore isnot a/the candidate for club President, andI very much believe we need to givemembers an opportunity to make theirchoices for President and Vice-Presidentwithout having this information revealedto the membership in an open meetingformat.

Please either e-mail your vote to Robert at:[email protected], or mail yourchoice to him at: 12534 NE 128th Way#E3, Kirkland, WA, 98034.

• Since this is a private ballotprocess, anyone who is out of town willstill have an opportunity to vote.

• I will give Robert the activemember list after the club’s May meeting.This will give new members an opportunityto vote based on what they have heard thecandidates present at the May clubmeeting.

• All votes need to be either e-mailed or postmarked by May 31, 2011.This will provide Robert with enough timeto tally the votes.

• Write-in votes are allowable.However, if the vote is for anyone who hasalready taken himself/herself out ofconsideration for the candidate pool (Ibelieve there at least two who have donethis), Robert will inform the voter that thewrite-in candidate will not be accepted.

• If anyone is paranoid and wantsto verify that his/her ballot has beenreceived, this needs to be confirmed withRobert directly by June 4.

• If the tallies are within 10 votes ofeach other (i.e., about 10 percent of thepaid membership), I will join the processand will do a recount together with Robert.If there is still a tie after the recount, theclub will purchase two whiffle bats. Thecandidates in question at that point will beasked to run around the room and beat on

each other at the June 2011 club meetinguntil one loses by either relenting ormaking contact with a model on thedisplay table.

• The winners of the election willbe revealed in the club’s June 2011newsletter. The only two people who willsee this information before the newsletter’sformal release will be Norm Filer (who hasto set up the online newsletter link), andme (since I print the hard copy of thenewsletter.) Norm and I usually get thisinformation about two days before I havebeen sending out the newsletter, and wewill keep the election information privateuntil the newsletter is out.

That should be it. Hopefully, this won’t betoo tough on anybody. Also, let’s makesure that anything not related to our modelbuilding activities doesn’t get into this.Remember, above all, IPMS-Seattle is agroup of friends that got together becausewe build models.

Upcoming Shows

Here are the known shows and events for2011:

6/11 Fort Worden NOPMS 67/22-24 Puyallup Good Guys8/3-6 Omaha IPMS Nationals9/17 McMinnville OHMS9/24 Lynnwood Galaxy Sci-Fan???????? Silvana 5th Annual10/1 Moscow ID Bring out Good Stuff10/8 Burnaby IPMS Vancouver

Thanks to Chellie Lynn.


IPMS Election CandidateStatements

We have asked the candidates for theupcoming IPMS Seattle election to submita brief statement about themselves. Wehave two candidates for the position ofPresident, Andrew Birkbeck and JonFincher, and one for the position of Vice-President, Eric Christianson. Here are thestatements that they submitted:

Andrew Birkbeck -Candidate for President

My name is Andrew Birkbeck, and I amrunning for the position of President ofIPMS Seattle. I have been a modeler since1968, and a member of IPMS Seattle since1985. I actively model on a regular basis,and my main interests are military vehiclesof all kinds, military aviation of WW2, andWRC racing cars. I also have an interest inmovie sci-fi themed models and the pilotsof the “British Empire”: RAF, RNZAF,RAAF, RCAF etc.

As a member of IPMS Seattle, I have held anumber of organizational positions over

the years. In the late 1980s and early 1990s,I was part of the Executive “board” alongwith Terry Moore and Keith Laird, helpingorganize the chapter meetings, plan andexecute the annual Spring Show and liaisewith other Region 7 chapters. In 1990, Iwas part of the initial organizing commit-tee, together with Terry Moore and BobLaBouy, which launched a bid for the 1992IPMS USA National Convention. Upon ourChapter being awarded the bid for the ’92Convention, I held the position of Conven-tion Co-Vice Chairman together with TerryMoore. I have also held the posts ofNewsletter editor, Spring Show HeadJudge, and Spring Show Coordinator (nowknown as Chairman).

If elected as your President, my initialpriority would be to acquaint myself withall the members of the Chapter. Many ofyou I know well, some not so well, andsome of the new members not at all. Iwould encourage you to give me youropinions about the club, what you like,and anything that concerns you. Once Ihave heard from you all, I would set aboutmeeting with the other Executive Boardmembers, to report my findings, and seewhat, if any changes might best beimplemented to meet the requests of themembers. To my mind, the position ofChapter President exists to synthesize thewishes of the members in order to maximizeeveryone’s enjoyment. Sometimes thereare conflicting opinions as to what thebest policy should be. The Presidentshould listen to those who have anopinion, and help lead the Executive Boardin attempts to reconcile any differences.A second goal would be to reach out toother local IPMS chapters, and non-IPMSmodel clubs in order to promote our greathobby among fellow modelers and with thegeneral public.

In conclusion: I would like to be Presidentbecause I truly love the hobby, and enjoysharing modeling experiences with fellowhobbyists. I believe I would make a goodPresident due to my proven organizationalskills and my love of the hobby would helpme continue the success the club hasexperienced over the last many years.

Jon Fincher -Candidate for President

My name is Jon Fincher, and I wouldappreciate your support for President ofIPMS Seattle.

I’ve been a member of IPMS Seattle forroughly ten years, and for the past eightyears, I’ve been part of the Spring ShowCommittee, most recently as the ShowCoordinator. In my day job at Microsoft, Ibring together people from differentgroups and deliver results. At our monthlymeetings, I’m usually the one making jokesand having fun – this is a social club, afterall, and one dedicated to a hobby. Thisattitude, along with my skillset andexperience in the Spring Show, are thequalifications I bring to the job.

A President, there are a few things I wouldlike to accomplish:• Add a “seminar” to our monthlymeeting. Setting aside 10-15 minutes ofour meeting for a how-to discussion fromsomeone who knows how-to. There are alot of techniques passed on informally atour meetings – I’d like to see that mademore regular.• Increase our outreach to otherregional clubs. When I visited IPMSVancouver in January to evangelize ourSpring Show this year, I was greeted withwarm welcomes and some surprise – thiswas the first time they rememberedsomeone from IPMS Seattle visiting duringa meeting. I want to expand that to includeas many of the other regional clubs aspossible.• Bring a Recon back to Seattle.There are thirteen chapters in our region,and IPMS Seattle is the largest. It’s been anumber of years since we hosted aRegional Convention – I’d like to workwith our Regional Coordinator and theclubs in the area to bring that back withinthe next two years.• Bring a National to Seattle. I’vespoken about this with a number of peoplein IPMS Seattle – we feel we have the coregroup necessary to bring a successfulNational back to Seattle. After solidifying


our relationship with the regional clubs,and hosting a Recon, bringing a Nationalback will be well within our reach.

There are other things I’d like to do aswell, but will leave them for future discus-sions.

I hope I can count on your support for meas President, and look forward to workingwith you on these and other projects in theyears to come.

Eric Christianson -Candidate for Vice-President

Fellow Modelers –

My name is Eric Christianson and I amrunning for Vice President of our club. Forthose of you who know me I’ll try to makethis brief and fresh. I am 53 now, but I havebeen happily building models since I wasseven. I am a UC Berkeley graduate,formerly schooled in business andengineering, although I’ve worked as aprogrammer for most of my adult life,including these last six years for my owncompany. I have two sons, 9 and 13, and avery supportive girlfriend (Jackie) – whoalso builds!

I joined IPMS Seattle in 2003 and havethoroughly enjoyed the experience ofmeeting with my fellow modelers, andbuilding all types of models. There is nodoubt in my mind that we have the bestclub around, as well as one of the largestin the country. I attend the IPMS Nationalsevery year and I have tried to add theannual Armor-centric AMPS show in forgood measure. For the last five years Ihave been on the Spring Show board and Irun the raffle at that annual show.

What I hope to do for our club is to shakethings up a little. I have heard a lot of greatideas circulating around for want ofsomeone to facilitate them. I believe thatwe have a wealth of talent in our club justwaiting to be tapped – I think that we canfind a way to spread some of that knowl-edge around via demonstrations in thathandy room in the back that is never used.

Working with our President, I want to findout what people want to do different at ourmeetings, and then make that happen. Iwant to extend the parts of our meetingsthat people enjoy the most and reduce thetime spent on the other end. I want toincrease our presence at the Nationalslevel by sponsoring several contestcategories, which would be the first stepwe can take to (hopefully) putting on ourown Nationals event in 2016, the 100thAnniversary of Boeing Aircraft Company.

These are just some of the things that Ihope to get the opportunity to work on,but I need your support!

SteelBeach 1/48th ScaleS2F Resin Seats

by Tracy White

Kinetic's S2F release is a welcome additionto the pool for US Naval Aviation fans, butthere are areas where the kit is somewhatof an underperformer. The cockpit is onesuch area, and SteelBeach is one of thefirst to address this with replacement seatsin Resin.

Each set comes with two seats to replacethose in the kit. The plastic packaging is alittle large for the provided materials; whilenone of the three sets I ordered had anydamage, the pieces were free to rattlearound and the possibility of a brokendetail exists, although I honestly considerit a low probability. Casting is well doneand bubble/defect free. Mastering isdecent; I have seen crisper details by othercompanies but considering that there willbe no open canopy what you get is farmore than adequate. Removal from thepour stub by a razor saw should be quickand painless.

With its large cockpit windows foreffective patrol work, the seats in the S2Ffeature prominantly as a cockpit detail.While I'm sure that a dedicated cockpit/interior set is in the works, these seats willbe great for those who want a decentlooking cockpit without a lot of addedexpense and effort.


IPMS Seattle Spring Show2011 Summary

by Jon Fincher

Well, another Spring Show has come andgone, and I’m pleased to say it wasanother successful year for the show.Other parts of this newsletter will havedetails on winners – I want to talk aboutthe show in general.

First, the numbers: We had a total of 585models entered by 153 different modelers,which are up from last year (2010 had 513models from 144 modelers, our worst yearsince 2006). We also had 460 spectatorscome in the door this year. We raised alittle more US$1,700 for the club this year,which is down almost $700 from last year.We had some new expenses this year, suchas a club projector and storage facilities, aswell as some increases in costs which helpexplain the drop in income this year. Thegeneral state of the economy is having animpact as well, as we have seen a steadydrop in all categories since 2009.

We put on six seminars with a total of 31folks attending them. We also had folksvideotaping the seminars, and we plan tomake DVDs of those seminars available forfolks later this summer. We gave six kidsthe chance to put a model on the table withthe Spitfire build this year, and have highhopes for its continued popularity infuture years.

We also added a survey to the show thisyear to identify our areas of improvement.We’re still analyzing the data and process-ing verbatim comments, but I can sharesome preliminary numbers. We got back131 surveys of the 300 we printed. Most ofthese came from modelers (108 of them),with the rest being spectators, friends, orvendors. The show draws folks fromoutside Washington, as 32 were from outof state residents. Most folks discoveredour show from their club (59 of them), withthe rest finding out from local hobbyshops, websites, or other sources. Once

we have the data analyzed, we’ll share itwith the club.

After the show, I received some emailsdirectly about the show – if you had anydoubt of the impact we have on the hobbyin the area, then you will be heartened bythese comments:

I attended your club’s spring show lastweek, and I have to say it gets better everyyear. Congratulations on a superb show.

I had a wonderful time, (and I always do),but yesterday was special. The auditoriumseemed a little busier than 2010… Thepresence of National/International classvendors such as Jeff Garrity of RareplaneDetective is always a good sign… It is anhonour and pleasure to attend andsupport your show and I hope to be therein 2012.

I think the survey was a great idea and Ihope you come up with some usefulsuggestions.

This was my first time at the Seattle show.I enjoyed my visit and I see Seattle IPMSputs on a great show.

This impact doesn’t happen without helpfrom the club – the Show Committeerecognizes and thanks all our volunteers. IfI miss a name, please let me know:

Seminar – John Newcome would like tothank:• Dave Piehl• Chellie Lynn• Scott Kruize• Gary Webster• Don Conrard• Ron Lake• Sabrina Fincher• Seminar presenterso Tracy Whiteo Eric Christiansono Terry Mooreo Ken Murphy

Raffle – Eric Christianson would like tothank:• Jim Schubert• Dan Carey• Ed Pinnell• Corey Rosenberg• Brian Hennessey• Don Lake• Paul Peterson• Steve Gallacci• Sam Lainoff• Scott Kruize• Bill Cianci

Hosts – Robert Allen would like to thank• Charlie Sorensen• John Cate• Bill Cianci• Paul

Judging – Mike Millette and JohnChilenski would like to thank:• Robert Allen• Wayne Holmes• Tony Roberts• Brian Cahill• Scott Taylor• Bill Osborn• Carl Broberg• John Cate• Dave Piehl• Ken Murphy• Chellie Lynn• Morgan Girling• Mike Medrano• Ed Pinnell• Brian Birk• Tim Nelson• Andrew Bertschi• John Miller• Warwick Wright• Russ Field• Gary Jackson• Jack Mathews• John Alcorn• Doug Koch• Djordje Nicolic• Paul Ludwig• Chris Cowx• George Stray• Adam Cox• Scott Kruize• Chris Banyai-Riepl• Bill Johnson


Thoroughbred

• Dan Carey• Carl Broberg• Robert Peterson• Steve Hilby• Patti Walden• Brody Coumont• Will Perry• Bill Glinski• Don McBean• Sam Lainoff• John Amendola• James McCowen• Jacob Russell• Jon Farrelly

With special thanks to Warwick Wright,Russ Field, and Gary Jackson for goingabove and beyond in their judging efforts.

Registration – Jill Moore would like tothank:• Sherry Filer• Bill Johnson• Morgan Girling• Elsie Johnson• Craig Meador• Sam Lainoff• Sabrina Fincher• Jerry Fairfull• Tim Sands• Patty Holmes• Pat, the wife of new member Bill,whose last name we did not record

Overall – I’d like to thank my other arealeads:• Charlie Sorensen for Awards• Andrew Birkbeck for Advertising• Terry Moore for general oversight• Spencer Tom for handling themoney and video• Norm Filer for rememberingeverything I forgot, and video• Sherry Filer for tabulating oursurvey results

I’d like to thank Jon Farrelly for making thecategory placards.

Finally, I want to thank everyone whocame out Friday afternoon to help setup(and to apologize for my gruff manner),everyone who helped clean up Saturdayafternoon, and everyone who came to the

show as well. I’ve said it before, and knowthis to be true – the success of this showis directly influenced by the effort shownby the members of IPMS Seattle. Thankyou everyone for everything you do – it ismy honor to be a part of this club and theSpring Show effort.

IPMS 2011 Spring show –Seminar Report

by John Newcome

At the December, 2010 meeting, TerryMoore, Jon Fincher, and Ken Murphyasked me if I would be willing to be thenew “Seminar Czar”. Since I didn’t knowwhat I was getting into, and they weren’ttelling, I said “yes”.

If I knew then, what I know now…Iprobably still would have done it.

One of my objectives, other than tosurvive the process, was to do somethinga little different that what had been done inthe past. This year, for the first time sinceIPMS-Seattle began offering seminars, weoffered a model building seminar for kidsand a short movie during the lunch hour.

Seminar Presentations

This year’s seminars were presented byTerry Moore, Eric Christianson, KenMurphy, and Tracy White. All seminarswere well attended. Terry’s seminar was onbuilding a vacuform kit and includeddemonstrations on cutting out parts,fitting parts as well as gluing techniques. Iwould have liked to attend this seminarbecause I have a Khee Kha Bellanca CH-300 kit in progress on my bench that wouldhave benefited from this seminar.

Eric Christianson presented a seminar onweathering techniques, which includeddetailed demonstrations on: Filters,Washes, Pigments, Streaking, and Dry

Brushing. When Eric showed up onseminar day, he brought a literal tool box ofpaints, brushes, pigments and othersupplies. In addition, he brought in no lessthan six armor kits in various stages ofweathering. The techniques that Ericdemonstrated apply equally to othergenres of models in addition to armor.

Ken Murphy conducted a PowerPointpresentation on how to make your owndecals. His presentation was based on hisInternet Modeler article on decal making.Ken included demonstrations on makingsimple decals as well as making a decalfrom in image from an old photograph. Iwas particularly impressed with how Kenwas able to make a convincing Turkishmarking for an Albatross D.III from a blurryphotograph. This really opened up thepossibilities for me in modeling subjectsnot offered by manufactures or aftermarketdecals. The only glitch in Ken’s seminarwas that the computer/projector operator(aka Seminar Czar) didn’t get the systemworking properly until Ken was about one-fourth of the way into his presentation).Oops!

Rounding out the seminar presenters wasTracy White. Tracy made a presentationon Naval Camouflage. Up until I attendedTracy’s naval camouflage seminar, myexperience with naval camouflage con-sisted primarily of Gray, Gray, and Gray.Tracy’s seminar was very enlightening tothe variations on “Dazzle” camo as well assome of the less successful experimentswith naval camo. It was fascinating hownaval camouflage could not only changethe perception of the size of a ship but thedirection is was moving as well. I wasparticularly intrigued by Tracy’s presenta-tion of the camouflage used on the Titanicsister ship Olympic.

Spitfire Build for Kids

The attendance at the Spitfire BuildingSeminar was somewhat disappointing. Outof 25 kits prepared, only 10 of them werebuilt during the seminar. My 11-year oldson, Jonathan, also got into the act byhelping the builders with their models.


Those who actually built a model seemedto have a good time. Many appreciatedthat the kits were pre-finished. What madethis building seminar different, was thatthe kits were not the usual snap togetherkit but one that required some modelingskill and glue. My goal for this seminarwas to distinguish ours from the usual“Make-n’Take”. Some of the completedkits actually made it to the show table.Every person who made a model got aname tag and a participation ribbon. Onthe downside, the glue that I selected touse was totally unsatisfactory. I wasconcerned about kids using regularstyrene glue during the seminar. I electedto use non-toxic glue instead. My con-cerns proved to be unfounded. I will useregular tube glue in the future if we chooseto continue with this event.

Movies and Models

William Wyler’s WW2 documentaryMemphis Belle was shown during thelunch hour. Tables were provided for thosewho wished to eat their lunch whilewatching the film. In addition, Terry Mooreprovided several of his B-17 models which

were displayed with the movie. Thank youTerry, for providing the models.

Volunteers and Assistants

My sincere thanks to Girl Scout Troop#41581. The Spitfire Build Seminar requiredpainting and decaling 25 kits on the sprueas well as repackaging the kits. This was adaunting task. Since no member signed upto help in the preparation of the kits, Isolicited the help of my daughter’s GirlScout troop. They eagerly agreed to helppaint the kits even though none of themhad ever built a model let alone spraypainted one on the sprue. Unfortunately,only 13 of the 25 kits that I ordered hadarrived in time for the Girl Scout paintingsession. After some initial instruction andpractice, the girls unpackaged the kits andorganized the sprues for painting.

Their assignment was to paint the uppersurfaces of the kits and set them aside todry. We ended up with seven kits in RAFgreen and six kits in RAF grey. When thepaint was dry, the girls repackaged the kitsto keep the parts organized. I must say, thepainting that they did was excellent with

no missed area and minimal drips anddrops. (Unlike some of the other kits that Ipainted later). The only disaster, if youcould call it that, was that one of the girlswent home with an RAF green thumb.

A big thank you goes out to Terry Moorefor printing the large poster for the seminarschedule as well as smaller seminar postersthat were located throughout the show.John Carr Farrelly printed the seminar roomsigns. Thanks to both of you for yourparticipation.

Finally, thank you to those who offered tohelp the kids build models on the showday. Our modeling assistants were: DavePiehl, Gary Webster, Chellie Lynn, andScott Kruize.

Planning for Next Year

Planning for next year has already begun.I’d like continue with the format of hands-on demonstrations and PowerPointpresentations. At this point, Scott Kruizehas expressed interest in doing a seminaron modeling tools and techniques. Othertopics under discussion are using found-household materials for modeling and resincasting. A seminar on airbrushing tech-niques would also be welcome. Pleasecontact me at [email protected] ifyou are interested in presenting a seminaror PowerPoint presentation on these orany other modeling-related topic.


PrezNotes from page 1

it was time for someone else to lead. I haveimmensely enjoyed my time at the front ofthe room as being the rather shy person Iwas when I took the position originally,allowed me to face a room full of peoplestaring at me. It actually helped me dealwith speaking in front of large crowds on aprofessional level as I used my experiencein front of you as a guideline when I oncehad to stand in front of a large group ofattorneys (a very frightening thought)some years ago to give a presentation onour company. That was an unforgettableadventure. I seem to recall that I putimaginary Optivisors on all those in theaudience. Also, I've used the experiencedealing with people face to face at thevariety of trade shows my companyattends every year.

I've been taking cursory looks at some ofmy past PrezNotes columns and find thatsome models I talked about ten or moreyears ago still aren't finished. Fortunately,more of them are finished than not, butthat still bothers me a bit. I've also had theopportunity to take you on some of mymany travels, as writing my "AirlinePrezNotes" was a great distraction whilstshoehorned into a seat designed for

someone two feet shorter than I. I'm goingto be somewhat at a loss as to what to doabout that on my next trip which is only afew weeks away.

One thing I can be thankful for is that youdidn't come storming to the presidentialpalace armed with sticks, stones, and AK-47s to demand my ouster, like what hashappened recently in a number of Africanand middle eastern countries. Unfortu-nately, I don't have a villa on the oceanthat I can retreat to like one of the recentlydeposed leaders is doing. I don't evenhave a villa in Tukwila (not that I'd everwant to move there anyway).

This doesn't mean that I'm going tobecome a "gentleman farmer" like mygrandfather, although I wish I had his hayrake about now as the grass in my backyard is getting to be just a bit overwhelm-ing. Maybe it'll stop raining long enoughfor me to do something with it. Or not.Besides, I need to work on the WingnutGotha...

We have a terrific chapter in IPMS Seattle,with 100 members strong. Our Spring Showis one of the best in the west and it's beena real pleasure to have been a part of it in

my own small way. Thanks for the ride. Asthe late, great Ted Holowchuk used to say:"It's been a slice..."

We'll see you at the meeting,

Terry(soon to be ex-President for Life)


Place Model Modeler

001 Junior-Aircraft1st Boeing 777 Matthew Goss2nd P-51B Andrew Howard3rd F-20 Tigershark Nolan GaffneyHM Spitfire Trevor Gaffney

002 Junior-Armor1st SS-12 Scale Board Alexander Schlicht2nd Bradley Thomas Wadsworth

003 Junior-Auto1st Ford Expedition Heather Wright

004 Junior-Space Fact/ Future Tech.1st Space Shuttle Atlantis Andrei Seward

005 Junior-PrefinishedNo entries

006 Junior-Miscellaneous1st Velociraptor Eric Jones2nd Guardians of Ga'Hoole Kyla Pritzl3rd Triceratops Diorama Alexander SchlichtHM Titanic Joshua StuchiHM T-Rex/Triceratops battle Alexander Schlicht

101 Aircraft-1/73rd & Smaller1st C-47 IDF John Lee2nd Su-25K John King3rd Eurofighter John King

102 Aircraft-1/72nd Single Prop1st P-47D Razorback Terry Schuler2nd P-47D Bubbletop Jacob Russell3rd He 100 V8 Jim SchubertHM Bucher Bu 133 Djordje NikolicHM Fairey Firefly Herb ArnoldOoB T-6 Gabon Ken Murphy

103A Aircraft-1/48th Single Prop-Axis1st Ki-43 Oscar Bob Windus2nd Bf 109G-10 David Sherrill3rd B7A2 Grace Joseph BrownHM Seiran Bob WindusHM Pete Gary JacksonOoB Me 109E-3 Ed Pinnell

2011 Spring Show Winners

103B Aircraft-1/48th Single Prop-Allied1st Spitfire Mk 1 Gary Jackson2nd F4U Soccer War Dennis Wilson3rd TBF Avenger Mike MikolasekHM Spitfire Mk XII Chris CowxOoB Bf 109G-14 Terry Moore

104 Aircraft-1/72nd Multi Prop1st B-25J Terry Schuler2nd He 177A-6 Joshua van Dyke3rd Piaggio P.108b Charles BunchHM Me 110 Dan Smith

105 Aircraft-1/48th Multi Prop1st Junkers Ju 88G-6 Rich Hoard2nd Junkers Ju 52 David Sherrill3rd Do 335 Gary JacksonHM Boeing B-29 Bill GlinskiHM Vickers Wellington Mk Ic Charles BunchHM Me 110 Gary JacksonHM DH Mosquito Gary JacksonOoB Ki-45 Kai Hei Torya Ralph Braun

106 Aircraft-1/32nd & Larger-Prop1st P-47D-11 Thunderbolt John Miller2nd Bf 109G-10 John Frazier3rd Me 109E-1 Bob WindusHM Ta 152H Brian WilletteHM Junkers Ju 88 Doug. KraegenbrinkOoB P-39F Brian Birk

107 Aircraft-1/72nd Single Jet1st A-4C Skyhawk Daniel Carey2nd BAC Lightning F6 Brian Birk3rd Heinkel He 178 John MillerHM F-84G Djordje NikolicOoB BAC Lightning F6 Brian Birk

108 Aircraft-1/48th Single Jet1st Heinkel He 162 Djordje Nikolic2nd F-104 Starfighter Mike Mikolasek3rd Fiesler Fi 103 "V1" Joseph BrownHM A-4E Skyhawk USS Hancock Daniel CareyHM Su-7 Ken KillmerOoB A-4M Brian Birk

109 Aircraft-1/72nd Multi Jet1st F-5E NAS Miramar Joshua van Dyke2nd F-4 Phantom Daniel Carey3rd Su-25 Brian YeeHM F-4B Phantom Daniel CareyOoB YB-49 Brian Birk


110 Aircraft-1/48th Multi Jet1st USAF C-21 Terry Davis2nd Meteor NF.13 Brian Birk3rd F-5E Brian BirkHM F-15C Mtn Home Gunslingers Jeff D'AndreaOoB Meteor NF.13 Brian Birk

111 Aircraft-1/32nd & Larger- Jet1st TA-4J Skyhawk Chris Morris2nd F-8C Crusader Rory Pennington3rd F-8C Crusader Brody CoumontHM T-33 Mike MilletteHM Eurofighter Brian BirkOoB MiG-19 Brian Birk

112 Aircraft-Airlines/Civil/Sport/Racing1st Zlin M-42L Jim Schubert2nd Parnall Pixie II Mike Morrow3rd De Havilland Twin Otter Tim BradleyHM Lockheed Electra Brian MedinaHM Hughes 18 Jim Schubert

113 Aircraft-Rotary Wing1st HS-12 Rescue Copter Brody Coumont2nd Unknown3rd PKZ-2 Helicopter Stephen Tontoni

114A Aircraft-Biplanes, Vintage 1/72nd & smaller1st 1903 Wright Flyer Bill Glinski2nd RAF BE.12a Herb Arnold3rd Sopwith Camel Trainer 1918 John CateHM Mitsubishi 1MF1 Herb Arnold

114B Aircraft-Biplanes, Vintage 1/71st & larger1st Albatros D.Va Joseph Brown2nd Curtiss A-8 Shrike John Miller3rd Sopwith Scooter Jim SchubertHM LVG C.VI Don ConrardHM SPAD XIII (late) Jay MullinsOoB Polikarpov I-152 Charles Bunch

115 Aircraft-Misc/Scratchbuilt/vac/conversions1st Fw 190 Kangaruh Mike Millette2nd CF-5A Brian Birk3rd Albatros W.4 Harry AvisHM Westland Hill Pteradactyl Mk.Ia Jim Schubert

201A Armor-1/35th<Closed Top to ‘45-Axis1st Panzer IIb Mark Ford2nd Panther A Mark Ford3rd Stug IIIG George StrayHM King Tiger Mark NaddeoHM Panzer III Tom MortonOoB Tiger I Ed Pinnell

201B Armor-1/35th<Closed Top to ‘45-Allied1st Renault TSF David Hanson2nd M4 Sherman (105) Andrew Birkbeck3rd Sherman Firefly Greg BuechlerHM T34/76 Anthony FrohHM M4 Sherman Composite Hull Andrew BirkbeckOoB British Sherman Andrew Birkbeck

202 Armor-1/35th<Closed Top after ‘451st ZTZ-99A MBT/Chinese Anthony Froh2nd T-62A Roy Schlicht3rd British Challenger 2 Anthony FrohHM M60-A1 George Haase

203 Armor-1/35tth<Open Top1st Flakpanzer I Mark Ford2nd M-12 George Stray3rd Flakpanzer I George StrayHM M-12 Dennis WilsonHM Hellcat George StrayOoB 15cm Sig 33 Andrew Birkbeck

204A Armor-1/36th & Smaller, All Types1st M48A3 Russ Field2nd Panzer Drasine Russ Field3rd 10.5 StuG Brian YeeOoB T-28 John Lange

204B Armor-1/48th, All Types1st KV-1 1941 John Lange2nd Jagdtiger Andrew Birkbeck3rd Maus Steve FaxonHM E100 Steve FaxonHM Marder III Andrew Birkbeck

205 Armor-Soft–skinned1st Willys Commando Jeep Chris Morris2nd 3/4 Ton Truck WC-51 "Beep" Mark Aldrich3rd L4500 R Maultier Jay Mullins

206 Armor-Towed Artilllery & Missiles1st SdKfz 8 w/ 15cm Howitzer Mark Ford2nd Flak 88/37 Peter Hickey3rd Scud on Transporter Doug BauerHM PAK 43 Eric Christianson

207 Armor-Conversions & Scratchbuilt1st Bergepanther (1/72nd) Doug Bauer2nd Bergepanzer III (1/72nd) Russ Field3rd M10 Achilles (1/35th) Mark AldrichHM Wespe SPG (1/72nd) Doug Bauer


301 Figure-Less than 54mm1st Rachael the Red Rebel Romero2nd British Knight Art Romero3rd Samurai Art Romero

302 Figures-54mm & 1/35th1st Yentl George Haase2nd Dismounted Knight George Haase3rd White Lily of Stalingrad Shawn Gehling

303 Figures-Larger than 54mm1st Adolf Galland Mike Millette2nd Waist Gunner Ricky Wong3rd Rocket Man Terry Davis

304 Figures-Sci-Fi, All1st R2-D2 Bob Johnson2nd Hellboy Tony Phillips3rd Baron Struker Paul RathbunHM Mummy Tony Phillips

401 Ships-Powered 1/700th & smaller1st USS Indianapolis Bill Cianci2nd Typhoon Dave Hempel

402A Ships-Powered 1/699th to 1/350th1st USS Buchanan Gordon Bjorklund2nd Yukikaze John Lange3rd USS Monssen Gordon Bjorklund

402B Ships-Powered 1/699th to 1/350th1st USS Salamonie Doug Bauer2nd HMS Repulse Roger Torgeson3rd USS Chicago Matthew EnochsHM USS Atlanta Matthew Enochs

403 Ships-Powered 1/349th & larger1st Tugboat George Haase

404 Ships-Unpowered1st HMS Mars Joe Zrara2nd Pirate Ship Aernad Jeff D'Andrea3rd HMS Bounty Dave Hempel

405A Ships-Submarines, 1/73rd & smaller1st German U-Boat Type XXIII John Lee

405B Ship-Submarines, 1/72nd & larger1st Seehund Midget Sub David Sherrill2nd USS Skipjack Sub David Gardner380 CSS David Bill Frail

501 Auto-Factory Stock1st ‘58 Corvette Chris Rohde 2nd ‘69 Roadrunner Joe Spitzer3rd Aston Martin Tom GloeckleHM ‘70 Cuda Chris Rohde

502 Auto-Hot Rods1st Hot Rod Lincoln Craig Meador2nd ‘36 Ford Everett Quam3rd Acura Street Machine Everett Quam

503 Auto-Custom1st Chevelle Adam Crawford2nd Subaru Adam Crawford3rd Viper Adam CrawfordHM Firebird Adam CrawfordHM GTO Judge Chris Rohde

504 Auto-Pick-ups1st ‘37 Ford Pickup Mike Morrow2nd ‘55 Chevy Wagon/Pickup Tim Krajiceh3rd Chevy Cameo Pickup Dale Schmitt

505 Auto-Trucks, Rescue -Tractor/trailer1st 1950 Tractor & Trailer Tim Krajiceh2nd 1967 Junkyard Dog Aaron Quam3rd Pickup Truck w/junk parts Dale SchmittHM 351 Peterbuilt tanker from "Duel" Tim KrajicehHM DNCO Milk Truck Harry Avis

506 Competition - Closed Wheel1st ‘66 Ford Mustang Joe Spitzer2nd Austin Gasser Everett Quam3rd Mustang Funny Car Patrick FoltzHM ‘33 Willys Gasser Gary Dycke

507 Competition - Open Wheel1st Late 50s Gas Dragster Wayne Holmes2nd Ferrari F2007 Herman Schmidt3rd Ferrari F60 Herman SchmidtHM Lotus 99T Herman SchmidtHM 1968 Olsonite Eagle Herman Schmidt

508 Large Scale Autos/Trucks1st Caterham Super T Fred Fritz2nd 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C2300 Fred Fritz3rd 1980 Turbo Trans Am Bill SpeeceHM 1992 Mini Cooper Fred Fritz

509 Motorcycles1st 1947 Harley Davidson Steve Cruasdale2nd 1975 Suzuki TS-250 Fred Fritz3rd Chopper Style Motorcycle Chris RohdeOoB 1975 Suzuki TS-250 Fred Fritz


601 Space Fact1st Gemini Space Walk Steve Faxon2nd Satellite Don Conrard3rd Ariane Don Conrard

602 Aerospace test/record breakers1st Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket Tim Nelson

603 Science Fiction-Vehicles1st Heavy Armored Fighting Suit Mark Aldrich2nd Alpha Base Deep Space 9 Robert Riccitelli3rd 3 Star Ferry Rocket Morgan GirlingHM Mercury 9 Mike MilletteHM Star Wars B Wing Mike MorrowOoB The Invaders Flying Saucer Bill Speece

701 Diorama-Aircraft1st Spitfire Mk 1 Dan Smith2nd Curtis Jenny on Carousel Eric Hagedorn3rd Albatros D.Va Harry Avis

702 Diorama-Auto1st ‘64 Chevy P/U & ‘55 Chevy Dale Schmitt2nd West Coast Pickers Dale Schmitt3rd Shelby Mustang GT350H Terry Davis

703 Diorama-Armor1st German 88 Flak Embankment Ricky Wong2nd Panther A (late) John Lange3rd M1 Duckbill Bruce McKinneyHM Interlude at St. Vith Paul RantaHM LrDL Matthew Goss

704 Diorama-Sci-Fi, Space Fact1st Land Ironclad of 2nd Franco-Prussian War Steve Hilby2nd When…Mad Worlds Collide Tim Nelson3rd The Hammer Chris BinnetteHM Rail Bike Chris Binnette

705 Diorama-Naval1st Mission Time Thomas Martin

706 Diorama-More than Five Figures1st Hell Visits the English Peter Hickey2nd Scrub Shack Thomas Martin3rd Eternal Glory Joe BoydHM The Joker & Harley Quinn Tony PhillipsHM Nice Ride Brian Birk

801 Collections1st The American Army Unknown2nd Flying Saucers Terry Moore3rd Egg Planes John Lee

802 Flights of Fancy1st WWII Anti-tank guns Shawn Gehling2nd Pz Beob Wg V Ausf. G Bruce McKinney3rd Orbital Interceptor Steve HilbyHM Virgin Express Space Shuttle Mike MorrowHM Blue Angels Skyhawk Morgan Girling

805 Miscellaneous1st Rolls Engine from PII David Curnutt2nd Bugatti Engine from SDT David Curnutt3rd Short Bus VW Laurie TowerHM F-16 Israeli AF Egg plane Frank BabbittHM P-51 Eggplane John LeeOoB Big Wheeler Steve Hilby

Best OfsAward Model WinnerBest Junior Boeing 777 Matthew GossBest Aircraft B-25J Terry SchulerBest Military Vehicle/Weapon

Flakpanzer Ia Mark FordBest Figure R2D2 Bob JohnsonBest Ship USS Salamonie Doug BauerBest Automotive ‘47 Harley Davidson Steve BakkeBest Space Fact/Experimental/Sci-Fi

Rail Bike Chris BinnetteBest Diorama/Vignette Mission Time Thomas MartinPeople’s Choice USS Salamonie Doug Bauer

Thanks to Mike Millette for providing the winners’ list.

Brian Birk’s Trumpeter BAC Lightning F6placed second in its category


Award Title Model Winner

Best Finish / Ted Holowchuk Award sponsored by IPMS Seattle Mini Cooper Fred FritzBest Canadian Subject sponsored by IPMS Vancouver BC Ferrari F-1 Fred FritzBest British/Commonwealth Subject sponsored by Robert Allen and Andrew Birkbeck Williams Fw14B Fred FritzBest Submarine sponsored by Oregon Historical Modelers's Society Seehund Midget David SherrillBest Bare Metal Finish sponsored by IPMS/Tacoma Green Dragon/Les Sundt Memorial Chapter

B-29 Bill GlinskiBest Small Air Forces sponsored by Mike Millette and Mike Medrano F4U Soccer War Dennis WilsonBest Pacific Theater sponsored by Tracy White USS Salamonie Doug BauerBest American Subject sponsored by Norm Filer Wright Flyer Bill GlinskiBest Fire/Life Safety sponsored by Seaside Fire Service US Forest Service DHC6 Tim BradleyBest 1/32ndnd Scale Aircraft sponsored by Craftworks Albatros W4 Harry AvisBest Street Rod/Custom sponsored by IPMS/PSAMA 1937 Ford House Car Terry DavisBest Sci-Fi Subject sponsored by Galaxy Hobbies R2D2 Bob JacobsonBest WWII Artillery in memoriam Dale Moes SdKfz towing SFH18 15cm Howitzer Mark FordBest French sponsored by Djordje Nikolic and Jacob Russell Char 1 bis Bruce McKinneyBest German sponsored by Morgan Girling and Jon Fincher Albatros DVA Harry AvisBest Italian sponsored by Stephen Tontoni and Will Perry Ferrari F-1 Fred FritzBest Japanese sponsored by Tim Nelson Ki-43 Hayabusa Bob WindusPowderpuff Award sponsored by Sabrina Fincher and Jill Moore 1970 Dodge Super Bee Laurie Tower

Special Awards


All Photos by Norm Filer

Opposite page, clockwise from top left: DougBauer’s magnificent USS Salamonie won Best

Ship, Best Pacific Theater, and People’s ChoiceAwards; a closeup of USS Salamonie; MatthewGoss’s Boeing 777 won best Junior; Fred Fritz

won four special awards, including Best Britishfor this Williams Formula One car.

This page, clockwork from top left: TerrySchuler won Best Aircraft for his B-25J; Dan

Smith’s diorama of a crashed Spitfire Mk.I; EricHagedorn built this Jenny on a Carousel;

Shawn Gehling’s figure of Soviet fighter pilotLily Litvyak; Roy Schlicht’s T-62A.


Meeting Reminder May 14

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.

Clockwise from top left: Harry Avis’s scratchbuiltmilk truck; Chris Binnette’s Rail Bike won Best

Sci-Fi; Bob Windus’s Aichi A6M1

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