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ReconModel Festival 2011 October 9, 2011,Milford, CT contact Ray
Prokoski [email protected]
orwww.ipmsstratford.orgGranitecon XIX October 16, 2011,Nashua, NH
[email protected] 2011 November 6,
2011,South Attleboro, MA contact RobertMagina 5086957754
[email protected] 2012 March 18, 2012,Taunton, MA
contact DougEstabrook at 5088236158 [email protected] Con
22 March 25, 2012,Chicopee, MA contact Al LaFleche4133061270
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Volume : 30 Issue: 2October 2011
InsideRecon 1Random Thoughts 2Do335 v11 Review 3, 9In Range 4Up
Scope 5From The Bridge 68Metal Figures 8Hobby Shops 1011
2011 2012 DuesIf you have not already done so,please renew your
dues for thecoming 20112012 membershipyear. Dues are still $10.
Pleaseremit your dues to John Nickerson atthe meeting or send it to
him at 18Stone Street RFD #2, Middleboro,MA 02346Don't forget to
ask for the FamilyMembership if you have sons ordaughters as
members in the clubas well.
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Some More RandomThoughtsby Joe McDonald Sr.Siemens Schakert
Schkroo Up. (in 3 acts)For years the S.S. D III has been a
favoriteof mine going back to a stick and papermodel built from
plans in M.A.N. in the 40's.When Roden announced the relase of
a1/32nd scale version in plastic, I resisted theurge. Eventually, I
paid my December bills(including items not insurance covered frommy
hospital adventure) and said "Go for it"!Michelle and Tiffany from
BB59's gift shopduly ordered it on Monday, entered it in
thecomputer on Tuesday and I bought it onWednesday.Typical Roden
kit. Box art is for Udet's redfuselage with Lo in white. Just one
thing, Icouldn't find any color reference to the lowerwing
surfaces. Same late war German A.C.were in pale blue and some in
light grey.Couldn't find printed references so went tothe catacombs
while thinking "Go ahead,pick any color and panit it. No one will
careor know if it's right or wrong especially in acase on "Big
Mamie".I was stunned to find a DIII kit in 1/72nd byToko I had
forgotten about. Cover color wasfor Udet's red and white job plus
another inBrunswick Green. Well dig deeper andanother Red fuselage
showed up in a 1/48thscale by Eduard with that white Lo on theside.
But six different markings from Lo to V,to arrows, to starbursts,
to skull andcrossbones to a swastika. All show loyenge
camo tips and bottoms. Lord, my memory really"schbooed up".
To make matters worse (or better) I reexaminednew 1/32nd kit
carefully and found lightly stuck tothe bottom of another sheet of
decals. Now I havedecals for both tops and bottoms. No pale grey
orpale blue needed after all.
Look at the bright side! One in 1/72nd, one in1/48th, one in
1/32nd. Perfect. There's my 3 modelsfor the collection category for
this year's Baycon if Ichoose to compete. Senility has it's own
rewards.
Note to the judges No less than 3, No more than 5.No bands, No
armies. No singles. Must have atheme.
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Kit Review, Tamiya 1/48thDornier Do335 v11By Hal Marshman Sr
The Do335 was a most unusual Germanfighter developed in the
latter part of WorldWar II. The revolutionary design featured
twoDaimler Benz 603A2 liquid cooled engines,one in the conventional
puller mode, and theother in a unique pusher position. The 2seater,
which is the bird I elected to do, hadits second cockpit perched
atop the center ofthe fuselage, giving the airplane a
decidedlyhumpbacked look, prompting the Germansto nickname it the
Anteater. Maximum speedwas a quick 478 mph, and the single seateris
on record as having outrun a P51Mustang.Tamiya's Do335 is cast in
the usualmedium gray, easy to work plastic, andfeatures nicely done
engraved panel detail.The major assemblies go together well,
asbefits a Tamiya offering. The only area thatoffered me
difficulty, was the assemblymeant to be placed in the belly scope.
Just awee mite tricky to line up. None of the othersmaller
assemblies proved difficult to handle,and fit together like the
proverbial glove.Both cockpit interiors are quite welldetailled,
with my own seatbelts and buckles
being the only non kit additions. Instrumentpanel is typical
Tamiya, instrument bezels withno inner detail. Sticks, rudder
pedals,gunsight, and side consols are all wellrepresented. Speaking
of the interiors, Tamiyacaps these with very thin, well
detailedtransparencies. The cockpit coversthemselves include tabs
on the right bottomthat fit into recesses in the cockpit sill, if
youwant them in the open position. Personally,taking into
consideration the well detailledinteriors, I don't know why anyone
would wantthem shut, but if they do, those tabs are easilytrimmed
away.The landing gear are quite well representedwith wheels, gear
covers, and much supportequipment, in particular the nose
gear.Wanting to show weight, I had to file a flat spotonto the tire
bottoms (Don't forget the nosewheel). Tamiya provides a metal slug
to putinto the nose for the purpose of keeping thenose wheel on the
ground. The rear of theairplane is quite heavy, what with the
cruciformtail surfaces, the rear prop, and the innards ofthe belly
scoop.Armament consists of 2 MG151 cannon forthe upper front cowl,
and a hole in the spinnerto represent the Mk103 cannon
dornierinstalled through the propellor shaft. Otheraccessories are
well cast, being the exhausts,DF loop, and pitot tube. There's a
tricky littleclear plastic lens for the tail light, mountedtoward
the top of the lower fin/rudderassembly, that I wish Tamiya had
donedifferently. In my case, I installed a tiny MVrailroad clear
lens, and built up the cover withTestor's Window Maker. I also
installed 2 MVlenses in the port wing landing light assembly.I
substituted a vinyl coated paper clip for thekit pitot tube, as I
have terrible luck trying topreserve the kit part.
(Cont'd on Page 9)
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September 10 Meeting Del Stator1/35th Dio Base (WIP) Bob
Magina1/72nd F9F Tigercat Frank Knight1/48th Do335 v11 Hal Marshman
Sr.1/24th NASCAR Chassis (WIP) Norm Robbie1/35th T34/85 (WIP) Steve
Kwasny1/35th Sherman Mk III (WIP) Steve Kwasny1/48th Fw 190D9 (WIP)
Bill Collins1/35th Japanese Amph Tank Bill Collins1/??th UFO John
Gisetto Sr.In Attendance:Bob Magina Steve KwasnyBill Collins Norm
RobbieBob Don Kevin ColburnEric Pedersen Ray RosarioJohn Nickerson
John McCormickEdmond Rosario John Gisetto Sr.John Gisetto Jr. Hal
Marshman Sr.Frank Knight Mike McDade
Raffle WinnersSanding Needles John McCormick1/48th GB2 Bob
Magina1/48th P51D Frank Knight1/35th Seal Team 6 John Nickerson
In Range:
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December 10th MeetingMark Rose Host550 Williams St.N. Dighton,
MA 0276412027748720004
From 95 NTake 95N to I195E/US6E Exit 20 towardsCape Cod. Take
Exit 4 Taunton Avenue/US44E. Go onto US44E. Cross
intoMassachusetts. Turn right on Burt St. BurtStreet becomes
Williams St. House no. 550on Williams St.From 95STake 95S to I495S
towards Cape Cod. TakeExit 10 Norton/Attleboro RT123W. TakeRight on
Worcester St. Take left on TremontSt. Take right on N. Walker St.
Take right onWinthrop St/US44. Turn left onto Burt St.Burt Street
becomes Williams St. House no.550 on Williams St.From 24 North or
SouthTake exit 13 rout 44 West. Take left ontoTaunton
Grn/US44/MA138S/MA140S.Turn Right onto Winthrop St/US44. Turn
leftonto Burt St. Burt Street becomes WilliamsSt. House no. 550 on
Williams St.Across the street from my house is Kingdomhall it is a
whit church. Please park in thereparking lot. If you get lost
please call me at6178518602
November 12th MeetingChris Libucha Host271 Gaskill
StreetWoonsocket, RI4017655306From Providence/Fall RiverI95 to Rt
146 North. Follow Rt 146 toward Worcester atthe split with 146A,
(bear left). Exit Rt 1025 Slatersville/Forestdale. Right off ramp.
Right again at end of roadonto Rt 146A (Great Rd.) Left at first
traffic light ontoSt. Paul Street. Follow to end. Right onto Main
Street(Rt. 122). Past Almac's and former Cumberland Farmsstore.
Next left onto Gaskill St. House on the right afterWoodland.From
Attleboro AreaRt 1 to Rt 120. Follow Rt 120 (Nate Whipple Hwy) to
theend in Cumberland. Right onto Mendon Rd. (Rt. 122)Follow into
Woonsocket to the 9th traffic light since turningonto Rt. 122. Left
onto E.School Street. Follow to end.Right onto N. Main Street.
Follow to end. Left ontoGaskill St. (Cemetery in front of you).
House on left afterProspect St.From I495I495 to the King
Street/Franklin exit. Off ramp turntowardWoonsocket. Stay on King
St. for several miles, it willeventually merge with Rt 126 in
Bellingham. Aftercrossingthe line into Woonsocket the first traffic
light will be theintersection of Rt 114. Turn right here onto
Diamond HillRd. (Auto parts store on left, tuxedo rentals on
right)Go through light at Rathbun St. Next left onto Roland
St.(Cemetery on right). Follow to end. Right ontoPrivilege St. Go
around big curve and turn right ontoWinterSt. (car wash on left).
Right at first traffic light
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The President's ColumnMea culpa, mea culpa! I’m the reasonyour
newsletter is late. Bob was waitingfor this column. I knew it had
to be donebut I just couldn’t get to it. There wasalways another
fire popping up. So Iapologize to you all, especially Bob.The
trophies for BayCon have beenordered. There are still a
fewunsponsored categories left. If you wouldlike to sponsor one of
them you need tolet me know quickly. By the time you readthis it
may be too late to get your name orbusiness listed on the trophy.
For futurereference, If you have a business or knowsomeone that
does, consider sponsoringa trophy pack as advertising. Weannounce
the sponsor’s name whenreading the awards and their name isengraved
on the trophy as sponsor, andwe produce a handout listing all of
ourcorporate sponsors. You just need to getus a business card to do
this. Trophypacks are now $32 each.Once again we will have a ‘club
table ‘atBayCon. For those of you that would liketo sell off a few
of your unwanted kits,books, tools, etc., see the instructions
onthe club web site, in the forum.Remember there is only one 8’
table so
don’t bring a dozen cartons of kits. Giveeveryone a shot at some
space. Theimportant points are the log sheet and thetags to mark
your kits. Once again check theweb site for that info. Kevin
Colburn has runthis table in the past but has said that hecannot do
it this year so we are looking for avolunteer to take over. Do I
see any raisedhands out there?BayCon is Sunday November 6th at the
So.Attleboro Knights of Columbus. That’s just afew short weeks
away. On top of that, Nov. 6is the return to Eastern Standard Time,
(fallback). And once again here I am up on mysoap box trying to
encourage themembership in general to show up andparticipate in
some manner. This is, after all,our big event of the year. There is
a lot to bedone that day and many hands make lightwork. (Is this
beginning to sound like déjà vuall over again?) I write this
message everyyear but it’s not my favorite paragraph towrite. You
would think by now I’d have this ina standard format and just paste
it in. Thereare a number of members that just show upevery year and
do their jobs, (roles theyhave picked for themselves), I don’t ask
inadvance, they’re just there. But there aremany other jobs to be
done and any help isappreciated. Some of the things that need tobe
done are registration, taking entry &admission fees, table
setup, tablebreakdown, manning the front table, awardsceremony,
raffle table, club table, and asalways judging, and so on. We
havevolunteers that step in and fill these roles butthey need a
break from time to time. Thinkabout filling in for a short while.
As far asjudging goes “I don’t know how” is noexcuse. On the job
training will be providedand your efforts will be appreciated.
Pleasecome out and give us a hand.Just a few words on judging, with
myapologies to Gian. Potential judges, pleaseread and familiarize
yourself with the judgingguidelines that are posted on our
websitebefore you go to the show. You don’t have
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The President's ColumnMea culpa, mea culpa! I’m the reasonyour
newsletter is late. Bob was waitingfor this column. I knew it had
to be donebut I just couldn’t get to it. There wasalways another
fire popping up. So Iapologize to you all, especially Bob.The
trophies for BayCon have beenordered. There are still a
fewunsponsored categories left. If you wouldlike to sponsor one of
them you need tolet me know quickly. By the time you readthis it
may be too late to get your name orbusiness listed on the trophy.
For futurereference, If you have a business or knowsomeone that
does, consider sponsoringa trophy pack as advertising. Weannounce
the sponsor’s name whenreading the awards and their name isengraved
on the trophy as sponsor, andwe produce a handout listing all of
ourcorporate sponsors. You just need to getus a business card to do
this. Trophypacks are now $32 each.Once again we will have a ‘club
table ‘atBayCon. For those of you that would liketo sell off a few
of your unwanted kits,books, tools, etc., see the instructions
onthe club web site, in the forum.Remember there is only one 8’
table so
to read them all, just the ones thatpertain to the categories
you mayconsider judging. I know I’ve said itmany time, I think
judging is one of thebest ways to improve your
modeling.Participating on a judging team can helpyou realize what
goes into a goodmodel. The mistakes you can make andthe little
things you can do to enhanceyour models. If you are not
comfortablewith judging other peoples work askGian Montecalvo, our
chief judge, toassign you to a team as an observer soyou can listen
in on the judgesconversations. Another consideration isthat you are
part of a team that makesdecisions as to the outcome. One of
thereasons we use teams is we hope thateach member will bring his
strong pointsto the decision and will serve as anadditional pair of
eyes and see thingsthe others haven’t. You may haveexperience with
the model in questionand the others not. Please remember,should you
become deadlocked, don’targue about it, ask the Chief Judge
tointervene and he’ll help your team cometo a decision.Once again
this December we will havethe secret kit swap at the meeting. If
youwish to participate just wrap a kit inXmas paper or brown paper
ornewspaper to conceal the kit inside. Thekit should be complete
and unstarted. Itcould be a kit from your stash that youno longer
want, something you won in araffle that wasn’t quite your thing
ormaybe a gift from your Aunt Effie thatthought a 1/72 B24 was a
better choicethan the 1/35 Panzer IV you wanted.We’ll draw names
and you’ll make yourpick.Now lets see what’s new on the shelvesor
soon to hit them. Something thatcaught my eye in the Oct. issue of
Scale
Auto Aoshima is advertising 1/32 scale‘material handling
vehicles’. That translatesto fork lifts. Good idea, wrong scale?
Why1/32 and not 1/24 or 1/25? They would beperfect for some of the
trucks and tractortrailers by AMT and Italeri. Are there some1/32
trucks out there that I don’t knowabout besides a couple pickups?
You cannow go to www.ScaleAutoMag.com andpurchase articles to
download such as‘Painting Techniques’ or ‘How to BuildEngines’.
Also in the Oct. issue in the‘Bench Racer’ column is a how to
article onadding an aftermarket engine to a curbsidemodel. The
review in Fine Scale of the newTamiya 1/32 P51D Mustang was
allthumbs up, “…they pulled out all the stops”.There were some cons
but very minor. It’sall of 550 parts including 17 magnets. Theylist
the price as $165. It better be good! TheHobby Boss 1/32 F84 gets
good marksalso and it’s about half the price. TheNovember 2011 Fine
Scale issue is the“Start Building” issue. Almost all articles
are‘HowTo’s’ or reviews of tools and glues,including ‘How to Enter
a Contest’.Evidently a must read for all you guys.Revell Germany is
releasing a 1/32 HeinkelHe 111P1, price listed is $110. Great
WallHobby is announcing a 1/48 P61A BlackWidow. Dragon has released
a 1/35Kettenkrad with 3.7cm PaK 36 and crew.I’ve seen photos of
this model, veryinteresting. Bronco is bringing out a British17/25
pdr. AT gun. But my favorite is fromMIG Productions, a 1/35 Damaged
Hiluxpickup. Price tag………(drum roll,please)…..$90. Let’s all run
out and buy acouple. You can take one and convert itback to an
undamaged one.[Ok, one ear just heard an Olive Gardencommercial.
Evidently you can now get ahalf grilled panini. How do you half
grill aPanini? Welcome to my world.]
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Support Your LocalThis is our 2011 – 2012, 43rd membershipyear.
The membership fee is still only $10per year. If you would like to
pay a coupleyears in advance we can handle that. Thefamily
membership plan is available. Mailyour payments to me or see me at
ameeting, checks to be made payable to BayColony Historic
Modelers.God bless America! Pray for our servicemenoverseas.Happy
modeling and give kits to kids!John J.
[email protected] The figure wearing the fez is from
LassettMiniatures (of England) representing a member of theSS
Handschar Division, an outfit drawn up fromMuslims living in the
former country ofCzechoslavakia. I made no modifications to the
figure,and mounted it onto another Monogram base.
I had given these figures to a friend who has nowpassed on, and
his son recently returned them to me.Just thought you folks might
get a kick out of seeinghow we did figures 40 years ago. have fun,
Hal Sr
Metal FiguresBy Hal Marshman Sr.
These figures were painted in the very early1970s, making them
at least 40 years old.They are in 54 mm, and are painted inoriginal
Imrey Risley enamels, before theEPA caused IR to remove the lead
from theirformulae. Notice how vibrant the colors are,even after
all these years. I've never gottencomfortable with artists oil
paints, or for thatmatter, acrylics, probably being one of
theunderlying reasons I seldom paint figuresanymore. Oh yes, the
figures are cast inwhite metal, also no longer permittedbecause of
the lead content, although I'mnow seeing figures in metal
advertised again.Perhaps they've been able to reformulate thelead
content..
The figure wearing the visored hatrepresents a member of the
SD(Sicherheistdienst ), and is a MonogramMerite figure. That's
right, Monogrammodels did a series of 54mm figures back inthe day.
They also provided the black plasticbases. To modify the figure, I
molded ridingbreeches out of the straight trousersMonogram cast the
figure with.
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(Kit Review Dornier Do335v11 Cont'dfrom Page 3)For paint, I used
the diagram provided byTamiya to make soft masks for airbrushingthe
finish. I use "Yellow Stuff" from thestationery store to hold the
masks about 1/8inch from the surface, and apply the spraydirected
vertically to the mask edge, givingme a scale soft demarkation
line. betweencolors. I find those hard maskeddemarkation lines you
often see to beinauthentic in appearance for late wasmachines. The
paints used were WEMColorcaots for the upper RLM 81 Braunviolett
and RLM 82 Hellgrune. Theundersurfaces were done with ModelMaster
RLM 76 Hellblau. Most of theinterior work and landing gear wells
werepainted with WEM RLM 02 Grau. (Myreferences say that RLM 02 was
used, notthe RLM 66 you'd expect for a late warbird.)I thoroughly
enjoyed this build, and canheartily recommend it to you. Matter of
fact,I'm now very seriously considering thesingle seater for one of
my winter builds thisyear.
have fun, Hal Sr
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