Next meeting: Wednesday 27th April 2016

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In this issue:Club News • MARCH Show & TellCute planes • Junior ModellersWhat’s in the Shops

ConnectionsApril 2016

Club committeeRichard AlexanderGrant Porter (President)Rachel Porter (Treasurer)Grant Matchett (Secretary)Will Vale (Editor)Peter White

You can reach the committee easily via email:• contact@scalemodelswellington.org.nz

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Contents3 Club News4 March Show & Tell - Finished models 7 March Show & Tell - Works in progress 8 Cute planes10 Junior Modellers12 What’s in the Shops

SCALE MODELS WELLINGTON IPMS

Front cover: 1/24 Scania “Bright Amber” - Nic Zwart / Photo: Peter White

Back cover: Boxes of Project Airfix kits for Scale Models Expo Photo: Will Vale

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Club NewsEvents calendar• April 23-24 Scale Models Expo• April 27 AGM (postponed from March)

BSK nominations

JuniorsPlease see the Juniors section in this issue for details of your meetings.

Expo and NationalsScale Models Wellington IPMS will be holding our usual Scale Model Expo and the IPMS NZ Nationals on ANZAC weekend 23-24 April 2016.

If you have questions please contact a member of the Expo sub-committee:

• Richard Alexander• Grant Matchett• Peter White • Will Vale

Expo publicityIf you’re on Facebook you can help out by sharing the event or one of the update posts towards the end of the week. This’ll be the last time we ask you to shill for us :)

You should be able to do this from the Facebook event page by clicking the envelope marked “Invite”, and then picking “Share Event” from the menu that pops up, then “Share on your own timeline”. Many thanks if you can take the time to do this.

• facebook.com/events/1586784514979291

• eventfinda.co.nz/2016/scale-models-expo/upper-hutt

Expo timetable

Friday 22nd April 9.30am Hall open for table setup

Noon Vendors can start setting up

3.00pm Members can set up their models on tables

7.00pm Hall locked up

Saturday 23rd April9.00am Hall unlocked Vendors have access

9.30am Registration desk opens (for early birds!)

10.00am Show opens to public

Noon Registration desk closes

6.00pm Hall locked up

6.30pm Modellers in the Pub (Longhorn Ale House)

Sunday 24th April

9.30am Hall unlocked Vendors have access

10.00am Show opens to public

4.00pm Show closes to public Models can be collected

6.00pm Vendors must finish packing up

7.00pm Hall locked up

Competition registrationYou can register your models online until midnight on Wednesday 20th April.

• scalemodelswellington.org.nz/preregister

Alternatively, print out your registration forms (at the end of this issue) and bring them to the registration desk between 9.30am and noon on Saturday 23 April.

Club members can set up their models on the competition tables from 3pm on Friday afternoon, but they will not be registered until you visit the desk on Saturday morning.

Expo volunteersThanks to those who have offered to help, we appreciate it! We are still looking for volunteers, so if you can help please contact Grant Matchett.

Email: grant.matchett@clear.net.nz

Phone: 029 920 3489

AGM postponedThanks for the great turnout at the last meeting, we really appreciate it. Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control we couldn’t run the AGM and it will be deferred to the next club meeting. This is just after Scale Models Expo on Wednesday April 27th.

Once again we’d really appreciate it if you could come along. It’s your best chance this year to point the club in the direction you want it to go, only again!

The delayed AGM means the annual subscription setting is also delayed, and we won’t be taking membership renewals until then. Thankfully that doesn’t affect current members’ eligibility for the IPMS (NZ) Nationals, so no worries there.

We’re also still looking for more committee members, and for a new President, Secretary and Treasurer as the incumbents are stepping down. If you think you might be interested let one of the current committee (myself, Richard A, Peter W, Grant P, Rachel P and Grant M) know.

Build the same kit (BSK)We’ll be taking BSK nominations at the next meeting!

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MARCH Show & Tell - Finished Models 1/48 Hobby Boss F4F Wildcat Yellow Wing - Malcolm Thomas

Non-scale Tiger Models LA-7 - Malcolm Thomas

PhotoS: Peter White

Non-scale Fujimi Chi-Ha - Malcolm Thomas

1/72 scratchbuilt FE.2b - Tish Glasson 1/72 Airfix Gladiators - Tish Glasson

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1/32 Williams Brothers Sevorsky P 35 - Michael Rohde

1/32 Hasegawa Bf109G14 A5 0 Mike Regan

1/24 Italeri Volvo - Jamie Larn

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1/48 Accurate Miniatures P-51C race plane - Malcolm Thomas

1/24 Italeri Scania - Nic Zwart

1/24 Italeri White - Jamie Larn

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1/35 Dragon Flakpanzer 1 - Ray Thorpe

1/72 Airfix BV 141 - Chris Velvin 1/6 Halcyon Judge Anderson - Will Vale

MARCH Show & Tell - works in progress PhotoS: Peter White

1/1200 Airfix HMS Ark Royal - Chris Velvin

Also in progress but not photographed - 1/48 Hobby Boss T-34 and 1/72 Airfix Kate by Paul Creswell.

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Cute planesA new kid on the blockTiger models have just launched a new range of kitsets squarely aimed at younger modellers. Their Cute Plane series are distorted famous WWII fighter aircraft similar to Hasegawa egg-planes. To date, seven have been released including a Spitfire and Bf109. However some of these appear to be available as mystery bonus kits sold with other Tiger models, rather than separately boxed.

They are designed as snap fit and come in a colourful and sturdy box along with full colour instructions and a choice of stickers or decals. The moulding detail and fit is excellent and in the LA-7 there was either a full moulded instrument panel or a plain flat one to put the decal or sticker on. I used the sticker for this which was thin, well printed and had great adhesion. For the rest of the model I used the decals which performed equally as well.

Overall the model was assembled and painted in a couple of weekends due to the usual aircraft masking and painting.

The only disappointment for me was the lack of a pilot as the cockpit is certainly sized to accommodate one.

Recommended to all kids at heart.

Malcolm Thomas

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Junior ModellersHi there Junior Modellers,Easter has come and gone with the school holidays just beginning and less than 2 weeks to go until the event of the year, world famous in New Zealand, Scale Models Expo and IPMS Nationals.

Those of you who attended made the most of the extra Easter Saturday session and the April 2nd Session to get those masterpieces finished off in time. Most are ready but some of you will still need to put in a lot of work at home during the April school holidays to get things finished.

Entering the competitions at Scale Models ExpoTo help you to get organized and ensure a smooth registration you can now register on line beforehand:

• scalemodelswellington.org.nz/prergister

Remember to mark which section of the competition you will be entering clearly, Expo or Nationals, you cannot enter one model in both competitions. Online registration closes at midnight on Wednesday so get your models registered soon.

To help you decide in which section of the competition to enter your models:

• Any entry which placed in the 2014 Scale Models Expo should only be entered in the Nationals section.

• Anything built since April 2014 can be entered in the Expo Section or the Nationals Section.

• The Expo section will also be open to entries from the public and has most of the prizes (More open competition but greater material rewards by way of kit prizes).

• The Nationals are only open to club members from model clubs around the country such as Scale Models Wellington. (The Nationals are where the serious modellers go for recognition as the best of the best in NZ, with fewer prizes but more kudos.)

Also please note that:

• Expo and Nationals Junior Class categories ( J) are combined for all age groups - not separate for different age groups. • Junior class entrants must be under the age of 17 (i.e. haven’t reached their 17th birthday) at the time of the competition.• The list of Junior categories is the same for both Expo and Nationals. So for example there’s a J1 Aircraft category in the

Expo, and the same category in the Nationals.

Compeition categoriesJunior categories (all scales) for the Expo and Nationals sections are as follows:

• J1 Junior aircraft• J2 Junior military vehicles• J3 Junior civilian vehicles• J4 Junior science fact, fiction, fantasy and miscellaneous• J5 Junior dioramas• J6 Junior Warhammer-type figures and models• J7 Junior figures• J8 Junior ships

Helping out at Scale Models ExpoOver the two days of the EXPO we will be running four 1 hour “kids build a kit” sessions and I would like teams of three to four juniors at a time to assist the novices during each session at 11am-noon and 1pm-2pm each Saturday and Sunday. We will also have a Junior Modellers stand where you can bring along a kit to build and talk to members of the public, including handouts with information about the Junior Modellers Section and information about our club.

Ray, Paul and parent helpers will supervise the set up and manning of the junior stand including the junior display models (Ray) and table with all prizes for the Expo.

Ray thorpe

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After you have registered and entered your models, placed them in the allocated areas for the Nationals and Expo, our senior members may be asked to help direct other juniors to place their entries in the allocated areas during the registration period.

On the day bring your own basic modelling tools (clearly marked and securely stored) plus a model to work on. Wear white tops please and I will provide some Scale Models Wellington logo caps and name tags on the day. Make sure you have lunch and something to drink as well. After the prize giving please stay behind to help with packing away and the big clean-up.

You will all be given time to roam the vendor stands in pairs and with your parents car givers to look for your “bargain of the year”.

If any parents have space to spare, Ray would really appreciate help to collect and transport tables, models, building tools and mats etc. back to his house afterwards please.

Above see some of the tempting prizes on offer. (We haven’t photographed the Sci-Fi and Warhammer prizes yet.)

SOOO! If you haven’t done so already, last chance to prod your friends and family about the World Famous in New Zealand Scale Model Expo & Nationals.

Session dates and themes for 2016• Apr 23-24 Scale Models Expo and Nationals• May 7 BSK building and priming• June 4 BSK building and priming • July 2 BSK priming and painting• Aug 6 BSK painting and finishing.• Aug 31 BSK judging and prize giving.

The list of Juniors for the combined session at the new time of 1.00pm to 4.00pm is as follows:• Fergal, Nevan, Nathan, Harrison, Madeleine, Eric, Connor, Samuel, Shaquile, Cameron, and William.

If I have missed anyone or if you would like to change your session time or bring a new member along please give me a call well beforehand, PLEASE let me know by the Friday night before the Saturday session. Please remember that we still have a waiting list and more importantly our helpers all give up their Saturday afternoon to help out.

You can reach me on:

Email: thorpe.wellington@gmail.com

Phone: 04 461 7261

Please don’t forget your $2.00 GOLD COIN donation for each session and please stick to your allotted time.

Looking forward to catching up with you all at the Expo and at our May 7th session when BSK kicks off.

Happy Modelling!

Ray and the “A Team”

!st, 2nd, 3rd and HC for Dioramas 1st , 2nd and 3rd for Figures1st , 2nd, 3rd & HC for Aircraft

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What’s in the ShopsNew items at Belmont Models

New from Aoshima • 1/72 Chemical fire pumper truck• 1/72 Fire ladder truck

New from Fujimi • IJN I-400 egg submarine

New from Arii • 1/250 Yamato

New from Trumpeter • 1/35 Royal Netherlands Fennek

New from Italeri • 1/35 LMV Lince • 1/24 Western Star 4964

New from AFV Club • 1/35 Husky VMMD

New from Hasegawa • 1/12 Claw crane

New from Minicraft • 1/144 Boeing 757

New from Mach 2 • 1/72 Armstrong-Whitworth Argosy

New from Mirror Models • US Army Cat D7 Armoured Bulldozer

New from Masterbox • 1/35 WW1 tankers

New from ICM • 1/16 British Queen’s Guards Grenadier

New from IBG • 1/35 Fernsprechbetriebskraftwagen

(telephone exchange van) • 1/72 Toldi IIa Hungarian Light Tank.

Information on new releases kindly provided by:

Ewan Forbes

Belmont ModelsPhone: 64 4 5654 048

a_kate_bush_fan@yahoo.com

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