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August 2005.
American Trophy. A good competition with an excellent turnout of 15 entries. Congratulations to Joe, Tony and Luke for doing well. I hope I have recorded correctly the details of the entries below (apologies if I have not):
Modeller Subject Placings. Dave Henwood Normandy Campaign Joe Shawyer P-47D Thunderbolt 1st Les Cooper M1A1 Abrams Lisa Howells Spirit of St Louis Luke Hayes The Workhorse 3rd Paul Adams 2003 Dodge Intrepid Paul guppy M2A2 Richard Parkhurst Consolidated Catalina Richard Parkhurst General Dynamics F-11B Aardvark Richard Parkhurst Republic F-105G Thunderchief Simon de Montfalcon Budweiser Rocket 1979 Tony Adams A-1H Skyraider 2nd Tony Adams F-84 Thunderjet Vic Short Corsair Vic Short Grumman Hellcat
Test Trout. A smaller turn out for the Test Trout competition. It looks to me that some entries could also be eligible for the American Trophy as well, but presumably there was some reason why they were not entered into both. Very well done to Paul, Joe (again!) and Simon for their entries. I think Dus also deserves an award for his most contrived justification for putting a Chaffee into a “horse” competition (and, in case you ask, he did write out the explanation!).
Modeller Subject Placings Dus Adele M24 Chaffee Joe Shawyer P-51D Mustang 2nd Paul Adams Bf109G14 1st Richard Parkhurst Hawker "Hunter" GA11 Simon de Montfalcon German Knight 1519 3rd
The next competition will be held during October’s club meet, and the theme is “red, white and blue”. So get your thinking-caps on!
Forthcoming Events. If you intend to visit any of these events, please check the details are correct before you go just in case they have changed.
Southdowns Model Show This event by Southdowns Model Group is being held on Saturday 20 August from 10:00 to 16:00 at Lancing Parish Hall, South Street, Lancing. Contact either Craig Wells on 01273 279635 or Keith Soutter on 01273 272373.
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon. Buddens coaches are having an excursion to the museum on Sunday 21st August. Prices are £15.00 for adults and £14.00 for seniors. Call 01794 515260 to book. Go on, treat yourself to a day out!
IPMS Avon Show 2005 This is being held on August 21st at Yate Leisure Centre, Kennedy Way, Yate. Open 10.00am to 5.00pm. Admission £3. many clubs, traders, open competition, café on site. The USAF SIG and Norman Mills will be at the show. Plenty of free parking. Tel 01454 850119 or email [email protected]
Hobbies Event Is being held at the Royal Victoria Country Park, Southampton on 21& 22 August. I presume Sunday and Monday is correct, but do phone 02380 455157 to check before going.
Militaria Fair Is being held at Royal Armouries Fort Nelson, Fareham on 22 August. Again, I’m surprised this is being held on a Monday so phone 01329 233734 to check before setting out.
Classic cars & military vehicle show This is being held at Broadlands, Romsey on Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday August 28 & 29. Definitely double check this one as I have only seen it mentioned in one source.
Biggin Hill Airshow This is being held on Saturday & Sunday 3 & 4 September. There is an “Aviation & Model Collectors” event as part of the air show at Biggin Hill airfield, Kent
RAFA Shoreham Air Show. The Royal Air Force Association show is also being held Saturday & Sunday 3 & 4 September at Shoreham, West Sussex
Andover ModelEx I have no details about this, apart from it being held over Saturday & Sunday 3 & 4 September. Hopefully it won’t draw people away from Romsey Modelworld!
Romsey Modelworld Sunday September 4 is our next club outing and we have requested our usual 24 x 4ft of table space, which may even be enough for one or two of Phil’s B52’s! The venue is Mountbatten School once again.
Battle of Britain 65th Anniversary Show Is being held at Duxford on Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 September “Join us in paying tribute to Churchill’s “Few” in commemorating this special anniversary of Britain’s
“Finest Hour”. Over what will surely be an emotive two days, the classic fighters of the Battle of Britain – Spitfires and Hurricanes – will take to the sky in an extravaganza of fast-paced and nostalgic excitement. Where else but Duxford, home of the Spitfire, will it be possible to see squadrons off Spitfires taking off in a Spitfire Scramble, or rare Hurricanes in action? Surviving Battle of Britain pilots will be present to witness Duxford’s
tribute to ”The Few”. Other classic aircraft will also feature in this stunning two day show as well as modern RAF fast jets”.
Euromilitaire 17 & 18 September. Is being held on 17th (10:00 to 18:30) & 18th September (10:00 to 16:00) at the usual venue of Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone. A 1-day ticket is £8 and 2-day ticket £10. This event has been well promoted in previous years, but I could find nothing this time, so the picture alongside is from last year.
IPMS Gloucester Are holding their 4th Model Show on Sunday 18 September at the Leisure Centre, Stratford Park, Stroud, Glos. Doors open 10 am to 4.30 pm. For further information or to book table space contact Jeff Brown, 123 Pheasant Way, Beeches Park, Cirencester, Glos, GL7 1BJ; call 01285 659254 after 7.30 pm, or e-mail [email protected]
South West Model Expo 2005. This popular event is being held at Bovington on Saturday 24 September and Sunday 25 September.
Aeronautical Collectors Fair Is being held at Shoreham Airfield, Sussex, on Saturday 24 September.
Modelfest 2005. IPMS Farnborough presents Modelfest 2005 Scale Model Show on Sunday 25 September at Farnborough Sixth Form College, Prospect Avenue, Farnborough, GU14 8JX. Located two miles from M3 Junction 4. For further information e-mail Pete Readman on [email protected]
Autumn Model Show. The Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, are having their show on Saturday 22 October. This is the second of these shows and is aimed at attracting younger model enthusiasts. They ask for volunteers to hold workshops, demonstrations or give talks either at the club stand or in the auditorium (rather a grand name for the small rectangular shaped room they use). So, do you want me to book a table and does anyone want to volunteer? Last year I gave a talk on dioramas and this was well received by the small audience (all that were left by the end of it). Please let me know either tonight or over the next few days so that I can get the booking form sent off.
Scale Modelworld 2005. The IPMS Nationals are being held at Telford on the 19th & 20th November.
What the papers say……
Fine Scale Modeller. September 2005
Victory in the Pacific Must-have models of the Pacific, Map and war photos, Pacific model gallery.
Foldout Section: Spectacular 9'-long USS Missouri Detail a Japanese Type 97 tank, Showcase: Amazing, all metal 1/16 scale
Corsair, Build an Aichi Seiran floatplane (if anyone has a copy, I would love to take a look at this article)
Plus, 11 kits reviewed, including Revell Germany Hawker Hunter Coming in October’s issue…..
Dan Jayne's cutaway F-105D By Paul Boyer Easy airbrush camouflage By Matthew Usher Prepping a Patton By Russell M. Field Corsair correction By Joseph Hegedus Dennis Nowicki's miniature memories By Paul Boyer The road to Pennsylvania By Mike Ashey Israeli Hawk By Michael Conforti
Scale Auto magazine October 2005
Working with Styrene: Enhance your models with strips, rods, or sheet GSL-XX: Great models in Salt Lake City
Roundtable 2: Basics: The experts discuss building fundamentals Deep Purple: Amazing 1951 Chevy custom
NNL Milwaukee: Sun and fun Build a Mindless Model : Need a change of pace? Try a just-for-fun project.
Cincinnati Challenge X: Tenth annual was an X-tremely good time Sketchpad: 1955 Pontiac: Chevy's big brother
Military In Scale. September 2005 Issue No. 154 £3.25 The Hetzer's History
Starting off this month's special feature, John Norris takes a look at the story of the Jagdpanzer (38)t, providing some excellent shots of a restored vehicle along the way. Hunting Hetzers - Part One The second part of this month's feature sees the editor get to grips with the new Tamiya 1/48 kit. A simple diorama helps round the feature off
Hunting Hetzers - Part Two The same vehicle in a different scale. This time we build the diminutive Milicast kit - finishing it off with a hand painted camouflage A Desperate Measure The E-100 super-tank was an outrageous idea that never came to fruition Jay Laverty builds Dragon's new 1/72 kit to reveal what it may have looked like Dioramic Delights Francois Verlinden has been busy with some new buildings - the results of which can be seen in this month's feature Mig-21 Camouflage And Markings Mark Rolfe offers up some ideas for builders of the Revell kit
Military Modelling. TINKERTOY TANK: Steve Zaloga models the Locust airborne tank and Peter Brown looks at its service in the British 6th AARR. ROBERT THE BRUCE: Hardy Tempest paints the 90mm Andrea Miniatures kit of Scotland's famous warrior king. BRING IT ON JERRY!: Bill Chistrom's 1:35 scale British 8th Army Desert Rat figure conversion. STALIN'S DRAGSTER: John Boyton makes some changes to Trumpeter's 1:16 scale T-34/76 - turning it into the STZ 1941-42 variant. FAMOUS REGIMENTS OF THE BRITISH ARMY: Bob Marrion and Stuart Asquith
cover the British Royal Horse Guards from their origins to 1914. PANZERS AND RIDERS: Sean Lomas models the Tristar PzKpfw I Ausf A tank and accompanying DAK infantry figures. SCOTS FUSILIER GUARD: Graham Scollick paints the Elite Miniatures' figure of an officer of the Regiment in the Crimea 1854.
Model Aircraft Monthly. August 2005, Volume 4 Issue 8. On Sale 23 July, Price : £2.95 At the going down of the sun: Part One: Describes the creation and operations of the British Pacific Fleet ‘Desert Storm’ Tornado: Offers some detail photos of a 1991 Gulf War veteran on its return to the UK Midland Air Museum: Describes the exhibits in the Coventry-based Midland Air Museum Corsair VC: Tells the story of Sub Lt ‘Hammy’ Gray’s last flight and models his Corsair in 1/72 scale in which he won his posthumous VC Wandering Caribous: Pt 3: Concludes his three part mini-series of modelling the wartime aircraft of No 442 Sqn RCAF, filling-in the Spitfire gap Japanese ‘Judy’: Builds the Fine Molds 1/48 scale Yokosuka D4Y3 Suisei ‘Judy’ in 1945 Swords into Plougshares: Part Two - A very civil Boston.
Scale Modelling International. Volume 35 Issue 413 August 2005 On Sale 23 July
McLaren M19C by Mark Oakley Mark’s scratchbuilt masterpiece demonstrates how faithful to the prototype a model can be.
Trucks and Tracks by Gary Norris The show was a great success, and the quality of the
modelling was, as ever, superb. Karl Morser by Martin Davies Dragon’s 1/35 kit is used, abused, and ultimately improved by Martin
Westland Wyvern by Trevor Pask This is the release that everyone is talking about.
Nacht und Nebel by Martin Dawson Martin looks at German battlefield rockets in model form and concludes that it is, in fact, rocket science Gun Quad Tractor by Gary Thompson Gary gets his hands dirty muddying up the chassis of Tamiya’s venerable 1/35 Quad Tractor. An exercise in weathering, and proof that there is life in
some of the old kits yet
Mega Tank Battle by Iain McDonald Iain McDonald fielded some of the 30,894 tanks that took part in Games Workshop’s day of action. Anyone who thinks today’s youth is not interested in modelling is simply looking under the wrong stones
Tamiya Magazine NEXT ISSUE 119 • ALPINE PASS - Tamiya’s cute little Alpine A110 in racing markings • SUPER SPAD - Tamiya’s Skyraider gets a rework… • STURM UND DRANG - A weathering guide for Dragon’s StuH42 Paul Adams writes… “TMMI this month has a 8 page build of Tamiya's A-1H Skyraider with extra detailing, a superbly weathered StuH42 in 35th, another build up of Tamiya's 1:48th Sherman and Eric Evain biulds the reissued 1:24th scale Alpine A110 rally car. Also news from IPMS Atlanta of a 1:32nd Stuka from Hasegawa.....Hmmm”
Model Airplane International. (This is the new title from the Tamiya Magazine team. If any of you have read issue 1, what do you think of it?). Paul Adams writes of issue 1… “I purchased the first issue of MAI with some trepidation. I have never been a fan of Mr Frank's editorial style since he made a mess of SMI. However, I was pleasantly surprised by this new magazine. Publish in a similar vain to TMMI, the magazine features very well built models and excellent photography and some superb colour artwork from Richard Caruana (who has also contributed to this month's TMMI). The first issue features articles on; 1:72nd Westland Wyvern form Trumpeter 1:32nd Fokker DR.1 from Roden (sounds interesting!). 1:32nd Trumpeter Mig-21 built by Geoff Coughlin 1:32nd Hasegawa Ki-84 Hayate News, reviews and plenty of tempting ads to lure you away from your money! If you like TMMI you should enjoy this mag too. I have ordered issue two on the strength of two articles - both 1:32nd scale, Trumpeter's Grumman Avenger and another Coughlin build, the Bf109G6. The MAI website has some photos from the Salisbury show including two of my 109. Can't be bad then!!” (they obviously know a good model when they see one, I reckon Paul). Issue 2 - published on 25th August 2005 • Bf 109G-6, the Hasegawa 1:32 kit updated with a Cutting Edge cockpit by Geoff Coughlin • Fiat CR.42, Richard J. Caruana in his first full historical feature looks at this classic Italian fighter and includes colour profiles and scale plans • TBF-1c Avenger, Trumpeter’s 1:32 kit finished in the markings of the RNZAF by Jay Laverty with historical data and photographs from the man who flew it. • Curtiss P-40N, Steve A. Evans builds the new Hasegawa kit in 1:48 • Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo, Jon Cole tackles this subject in 1:48 courtesy of Special Hobby
Scale Aviation Modeller International. Volume 11 Issue 8 August 2005 On Sale 23 July Price : £3.80
Big Thud by David Francis Trumpeter's 1/32 scale F-105D Thunderchief.
Lightning Strike! by Cesare Pigliapoco Models Israel’s IF-16D Barak
Tailless Teuton by Steve Evans Models Dragon’s 1/48 ‘Luft ‘46’ Horten Ho 229B Nachtjager flying wing Plus GA drawings and cutaways of the Horten Ho 229 by Arthur L Bentley
An Affair of the Hart by Neil Pinchbeck Builds Aeroclub’s 1/48 Hawker Demon as a Hart Fighter
Aircraft Identity Markings by Ian Huntley
The Evolution of Flags, Cockades, Targets and Roundels, Part 1 Reno Racer! by Frank T Cuden Builds a Griffon-engined, contra-rotating prop Mustang
Free CD: Restoration Walkaround Interactive CD with restoration images and more of two projects - a P-38 Lightning and a
Bf 109G-10
Scale Aircraft Modelling. Aircraft in Profile: Marinefliegergeschwader 2 - On the eve of its retirement, Thomas Newdick visits the German navy's Tornado unit, while David Howley provides colour artwork of MFG 2 aircraft past and present. Royal Air Force update - In its regular column, Scale Aircraft Modelling, in association with the IPMS (UK) RAF SIG Model Research Group, reviews the latest RAF modelling and 1:1 news, including a photo feature on No. 14 Squadron's anniversary Tornado.
Techniques: Step-by-step to a vacform Scimitar - Jim Howard makes a very welcome return to Scale Aircraft Modelling with the first part of his detailed, step-by-step build of Dynavector's 1:48 scale Supermarine Scimitar (haven’t I seen that somewhere before?).
VJ-Day special: The final year - Japanese exotica! - Mark Rolfe illustrates some of the more exotic Japanese types that were flying, or close to flying, as the war came to an end
VJ-Day special: The other B-29 - BOCKS CAR - In the minds of most people, ENOLA GAY will always be remembered as the aircraft that dropped an atomic weapon on Japan. However, BOCKS CAR flew the second raid, against Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, and here Alistair McLean models the aircraft in 1:72 scale, with artwork by David Howley.
RFC, AFC and RAF trainers 1917-1918.
LaGG-3 and La-5 to La-7 - In this series charting the wartime development of key combat aircraft, Ernie Lee and Vic Scheuerman illustrate key variants of the Lavochkin fighters in model form, while Mark Rolfe illustrates the primary differences between variants
FAA support aircraft from the final year of World War II
Soviet fighters from the final year of World War II September’s issue of Scale Aircraft Modelling is on sale late August and planned features include a report on the Finnish air force, while Mark Rolfe produces colour artwork. Plus: Jonathan Burns builds a pair of 'Bettys'; Tony O'Toole produces a Seafire Mk 17 using the Airfix Seafire Mk III and Aeroclub's conversion set; Jim Howard completes his vacform Scimitar.
Military Modelcraft International. Rick Williams has produced another 'seaside' piece - well it's all about the Essex Regiment's carrier 'Southend' in 1941, operating out of what is now Faluja…. This article comes with full scale drawings in 1/35th scale.
Eric Austin is back up to full strength with his Flakpanzer IV of 1944, which was a Forefather to the Wirbelwind. A very neat article which can be read as a KwiK-KiT-PiC-Guide!
It's a welcome back to the pages also for Cliff Hutchings who is a keen soft skin fan and he brings you another GMC conversion -
Tamiya's Deuce & a Half to a fuel tanker.
Barry Wilkinson is here again! This time with Bull Models' 1/76th scale Ford E83W Mobile Catering Van.
On the figure front it's 'Hello' to Eric Coulon who joins the ranks of MMI figure artists with a splendid production of Vince Wai's (Alpha Images) 120mm US 30th Infantry Division, Normandy, 1944.
There is also a fine image from the Wild West by Stephen Jamison. This is a buffalo hunt incorporating Britains zoo animals and Andrea injuns!
September’s issue is out mid August and is themed to VJ Day.
New Plastic. Dus Adele had the following to say about one of his latest purchases…. “I bought the Trumpeter KV-2 at the Mafva nationals last week, what a kit! Practically builds itself, honestly goes together a treat and only costs £10.99!!!” I took a look on the Hannants website to see what future releases there are for injection moulded plastic aircraft. The following may be of interest to you:
Blue Max Macchi M.5 flying boat/sea plane 1/48 £24.99. Silver Cloud Supermarine Spitfire K5054 Prototype (First Spitfire) 1/48 £27.99 Trumpeter Vickers Wellington MK.I 1:72 Azur Supermarine Sea Otter (not sure what scale, though). FM/Fonderie Miniatures Short Sunderland Mk.III (No release date is available for this kit) 1:48!
Special Hobby seem to have some great plans, including a large number of 1/32 aircraft kits and 1/48 subjects including Blackburn Skua & Roc. Any views on Hobbycrafts release of 1/32 biplanes? They seem to be fairly low price: are they any good?
History You Can Model. There is often a photograph in Fine Scale Modeler magazine which shows a subject in an interesting setting for modelling. If you come across any photos which you think would make an eye-catching model then please forward it to me and I’ll print it in Update.
Handy Tips. I’ve been doing a fair bit of supergluing recently and have found a useful (and blindingly obvious) way of being able to glue parts together whilst they are resting flat on a surface. I lay them onto the backing paper from Frisk film. Any glue which gets onto the paper will release easily so you can lift the parts free after the glue has set. If you don’t have Frisk film, then any backing paper from an adhesive label would probably do as well. Quite often it is necessary to use PVA (white woodworking) glue to tack the parts together first and get the alignment right before applying the superglue. You can easily break the PVA bond and remove the cured adhesive if you make a mistake. Once the PVA has set and you are happy that everything is as it should be, apply the superglue with the cocktail stick. I trim the end of the stick to the shape of a flat screwdriver point. Put a drop of glue onto a board and dip the end of the cocktail stick into it. Transfer the glue to the parts to be bonded and you should get the right amount transfer to the joint. I use a good quality and very thin superglue for detail work (ZAP CA in the pink bottle). If the glue line is a straight line, the screwdriver shaped end is great for wiping along the join line to help the adhesive flow under capillary action. I normally wipe the excess glue from the cocktail stick and leave the rest to dry solid. I then use quite coarse abrasive paper (180 to 220 grit) to lightly sand the point before using the stick again. I find that I have problems if I don’t do this or if I use an unmodified cocktail stick. A way of holding parts for gluing is to use Blu-tack. Peel it off once the joint has set. Make sure not to get the superglue onto the Blu-tack, though. Having said that, I recently had to glue some parts at an awkward angle to each other (small floodlights attached to the superstructure of an aircraft carrier). I used a tiny piece of Blu-Tack to position and hold the part whilst I applied the glue. The glue flowed over and around the Blu-tack which was left in place afterwards and provided a strong joint.
I had this photo from Dan’s photo session last year, I guess this is the one Phil was referring to. Who’s model is it?
Musee D’Armee Gary spent a very enjoyable time looking around the Musee’d’Armie in Paris, as he describes with his characteristic wit…… Last week I spent a very enjoyable week in Paris with my wife (yes, my wife and not someone else’s). On the first day of our visit my wife had the misfortune to be taken ill (my good fortune, though, as this gave me a day to myself in Paree). I was going to say Gaye Paree but I won’t go there. So by now for those of you who know me you are most likely thinking he went to see the shows at Moulin Rouge, Crazy Horse and Lido. Oh, no he didn’t! I went to L’Hotel Des Invalides. For anyone with even a faint interest in the era of Napoleon 1st, and perhaps the French army in general, I can strongly recommend this venue. L’Hotel Des Invalides was, and still is a military hospital, similar to Chelsea. It also houses Napoleons tomb and the Musee de L’Armee
Napoleons tomb is a very impressive looking marble sarcophagus. Inside the sarcophagus Napoleon is encased in two lead, one teak, one tin and one mahogany coffin.
The Musee de L’Armee is one of the best museum collections of uniforms I have seen. It covers the 17th, 18th and 19th century with a very small room allocated to medieval armour and a new wing that covers France and the Second World War. Odd that the First World war is only covered by 6 figures showing uniforms in use at the time. Okay, here’s the tour guide bit. On the ground floor are two large hall. The one to the right on the entrance houses flags from the 18th century through to present day. The vast bulk of these are needless to say French with some really good Napoleonic flags and Eagles. At the far end of the hall of flags are captured enemy flags. Most of which are
either Moorish, Egyptian, Austrian and Russian. However the two flags that stood out in the Captured section for me were the Kings and Regimental colours of the 1st (Royal Scots) Regiment of Foot captured in 1814.
The left hand hall is the Cavalry hall. Although cavalry uniforms appear throughout the exhibition all of the figures in the Cavalry Hall are mounted. For the figure modellers amongst use this is a fantastic display. Featuring uniforms from the age of Napoleon through to the French Cavalry 1940. Moving to the first floor you follow the history of the French Army from the 17th Century up until around 1820. By far the most interesting section for me was the Napoleonic Wars. Featuring uniforms from many infantry, cavalry and artillery units. As well as items used by the man himself. This has to be the most comprehensive collection of Napoleonic military anywhere.
The second floor covers the period from 1830 through the Crimea to the Franco Prussian war. Once again the vast array of uniforms, weapons and equipment are mind blowing. I spent four hours there and I still managed to persuade my wife that she should see Napoleons tomb so on our last day in Paris I did it all again and spent another three hours there.
This really is a “must see” for the figure modellers in the club and I feel worth a visit for anyone with an interest in military history of modelling. Mmmmmmmmm Could this be a possible venue for a club outing? I agree completely with Gary about this museum: it is first rate! If you are interested in painting Napoleonic figurines then this place is a must. There is an enormous number of artefacts to see and, most importantly, they have an enlightened attitude towards photography (more than can be said about the UK’s National Army Museum and regimental museums closer to home). The museum also has a well stocked bookshop (or at least it had at the time of my visit).
Handy References…... I was talking to a model warship enthusiast at the Salisbury show. He told me that a useful source of reference information is from post cards sold on E-Bay. Whilst the images on the website are not high quality, they have been well worth the trouble downloading for reference purposes. I don’t know if there are post cards of warplanes, tanks and cars, but take a look next time you are browsing the web: you might get lucky!
Reference Photographs. SAMI giving away a reference CD-ROM this month has got me thinking. I have quite a few photographs I’ve collected of modelling subjects and maybe you have too. If so, how about passing them to me and I’ll put together a composite CD-ROM which I’ll give out to each of the club members as a gift at the club meeting at Christmas. First choice, of course, is digital information such as digital photos, scanned photos and other items taken from the internet of subjects that would interest the club members. I do have facilities for scanning documents if necessary, though. If you are interested and would like to contribute to this little project then please do let me know.
Competition Time. In other words, fill a gap left at the end of the newsletter. Can you identify the aircraft and the car which are part of the Shuttleworth Collection………..
Next Meeting: September 21.
Happy modelling! Pat Camp Tel: 02380 266828, email [email protected] or [email protected]
