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test. In the case of a tie,

we will divide the money

for the gift cards. Motion

passed.

Officer elections this year,

we will have three open-

ings. Pablo, Gary andRandy are stepping down

this year. They have had a

good three year run.

No more business was

discussed, but since the

meeting ran over we had

to postpone Daves clinic

on judging.

The meeting days for July

and November will be

held a week early. (Julys

meeting will be on the

19th, and Novembers on

the 22nd).

We made $240.50 for thekit auction. A very nice

chunk of change for the

club.

Superday in Cheyenne,

was a hit. (see photos and

story on page 19) Next

years event will be even

bigger and we might have

more than one trophy as

well.

Pablo handed out a

spreadsheet for expenses

and the budget. We have

been building a nice re-

serve since 2009.

Club flyers needs a

budget: Pablo asked for

roughly $100 for profes-

sional printing for flyers

as an emergency fund it

was passed.

We discussed the gift

cards for the yearly con-

June Meeting Notes

High Plains Con XXII UpdateDue to time constraints at

the meeting our Contest

update was very short.

Next month we need to

put together a list of who

is going to do what on

contest day.

We need volunteers

(which will avoid havingme choose you) for these

activities:

Floor plan for tables

needs to be drawn

up.

Signage for event

needs to be made an

put up.

IPMS Magazine 1/4

page ad. (Jeff)

Vendor registration/

payment ("show

ups" at the door)

(Gary as the Wran-

gler)

Registration/entry

form -for partici-

pants and vendors.

(Jeff)

Registration process

(software, hardware,

etc) (Tony)

Procedure for select-

ing "best of" each

class and show.

(Dave and the head

judges)

Award ceremony

(who says what, who

takes pictures, what

picturesneed to be taken)

If you notice I have

some names already

plugged in based on last

years contest. Hopefully

they can still do these

tasks this year.

High Plains Modelers

June 2011Volume 1, Issue 8

High Plains Gazette

Whats New ThisMonth:

Review: AFV Profile #2

Review: Bell 212 June Model Gallery

Part 4 of Georges M-16 Build

Classified Ads

Garys Movie Trivia

Inside this issue:

June Meeting Notes 1

Omaha Update 2

Colpar Club Night 2

Red, White and Blue 10

Workbench from Hell10

July Calendar 11

Trivia Answers 20

Be happy in yourwork.


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During the 1986 and 1987

Formula One Seasons the

dominant car was the

Williams Honda FW11.

The team won two con-

structors championships

(1986 and 1987), and onedrivers championship

(Nelson Piquet, 1987).

Mansell won six races in

1987 and Piquet only won

three, but due to his bet-

ter record of finishing in

the points that season

Piquet took home the

trophy.

The FW11 and FW11B

won 18 of 32 races those

two seasons.

The Williams team had a

little bad luck during

1986 with Frank Williams

near fatal car accident

and Mansell losing the

championship at the last

race because of a blowout.

This was one of the most

successful designs in F1

history by Patrick Head

and Frank Dernie .

Tamiya makes a nice kit

of the FW11 in 1/20 scale.

coming together. Keep

checking back for more

updates and some sneak

peeks coming soon.

Previews of the decal

sheet is up on zone five.

http://zone-five.net/

showthread.php?t=15152

The Afterburner folks

have done a great job withthe sheet. Six Yankee Sta-

tion MiG Killers in 1/48th

and 1/72nd. Sprue Broth-

ers is our sponsor and we

really appreciate all

Gordon's support.

We are setting up afford-

The Embassy is officially

sold out for Wednesday,

and the Marriot is not far

behind. The Embassy

granted us 150% of our

room block, but as of to-

day the few rooms left

Wednesday night are not

available at the group

rate. Get those reserva-

tions in, before the rooms

are gone. You see below

that Vendors Alley is sold

out again! Thats a lot of

vendors waiting for you in

Omaha. The seminar

schedule should be up

shortly and everything is

able transportation to get

folks from the airport to

the hotel. If you need

transportation from the

airport drop me an email

at chair-

[email protected]. I

need your arrival and

departure times along

with your airline. Looks

like it will be a combina-

tion of hiring a service for

peak times and volun-

teers.

Look forward to seeingeveryone in Omaha.

Scott

Williams Honda FW-11/FW-11B

Omaha IPMS National Update

ThanksColpar forthe greatparty!

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Piquet leadingMansell

Colpar Club Night: Thanks Colpar!

Granted some spent more

than others but I am not

going to name names in

case our wives actually

read the newsletter. I am

pretty sure I spent the

least though. Still, 40

percent off all Hasegawa

kits and all 1/35 Dragon

kits, and 20 percent off

everything else was well

On Friday June 3rd,

Pablo, Gary, Scott and I

went to Colpar Hobbies

Club Night in Aurora.

The trip was really fun,

and the free pizza and

model discounts were

even better. All four of us

came home with a kit we

actually want to build.

worth the trip.

We also schmoozed withother clubs and I met Bob

the Buckeye who kept

calling me Steve, even

though my name is Jeff.

We made sure to bring

and hand out flyers for

our contest. Thanks Col-

par for the great party!
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panel has raised detail.

No decal is provided for

the instrument panel, so

youll have to dry-brush

the detail.

Before closing the body, Iadded some weight to the

nose. There is no indica-

tion for it in the instruc-

tions, but it just made me

feel better to know there

was some extra weight.

After I finished construc-

tion I was glad I did, oth-

erwise the model could

have been a tail sitter.

Closing the fuselage bodypresented no issues, with

just a few minor seams to

deal with. Adding the

clear parts was simple,

except for the windshield.

I had to sand the top part

of the front opening to get

the windscreen to fit. The

fit of the front and back

side-doors is not perfect.

They are a few minor

gaps and a small mis-

alignment. Using a file to

match the doors to each

other helps.

Painting was done with

Model Master Enamels

and Pledge Future was

sprayed in preparation

for the decals. They be-

have nicely and have

good color density. I

choose the German Bor-

der Patrol markings. I

was a little bit surprised

by the First Aid mark-

ings having green

crosses but checking

online references Ive

found out they are green

in real helicopter, so use

the ones in the decal

sheet, dont replace them

by red crosses.

The only molding issue I

have found in this kit isthat the control rods in

the rotor head are molded

short. No matter how

hard I tried to get the

parts to fit each other,

they just dont reach. It is

not difficult to replace the

molded control rods by

scratchbuilt ones and you

might want to do so.

This kit is recommendedto modelers of all levels,

except for very novice to

the hobby. If you have

built a few kits before,

then youll have no prob-

lems. If you suffer of AMS

-Advanced Modeler Syn-

drome- then the interior

of this kit is a canvas for

super detailing and it can

be built with open doors.

I want to thank Model

Rectifier Corp for the re-

view sample. I would like

to highlight the great cus-

tomer support from

MRC. During construc-

tion I accidentally dam-

aged some clear parts. I

contacted MRC support

requesting a replacement

part and within one week

the part showed up in my

mail box. Way to go MRC.

That is top notch cus-

tomer support!

By Pablo Bauleo

This review was first pub-

lished in the IPMS/USA

website: http://

www.ipmsusa.org

The Bell Hueys have

been a workhorse of ro-

tary wing groups in many

air forces for decades.

The UN-1N/Bell 212 is

the twin engine of the

Huey-family, sporting an

enlarged fuselage.

This kit is a re-issue of

the venerable Twin

Huey from Italeri. The

kit comes in two sprues

(molded in medium gray

plastic) plus a third sprue

of clear parts. There is no

flash and no ejector pin is

located in any visible area

(Good engineering

there!). The sprues in-

clude 7.62 mm machine

guns. Decals look very

nice, although the green

on the Italian nationalmarkings seems to be a

little bit out of register.

Not surprisingly, con-

struction begins with the

interior. You have the

option of installing a

fabric bench for person-

nel carrier or to leave the

whole cabin open for

cargo. The interior detail

is reasonable for the scaleand perfect if you are

planning to build the heli-

copter with the doors

closed. The pilot seats

have molded-in seatbelts

and both collective and

cyclic controls are pro-

vided. The instrument

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Volume 1, Issue 8Product Review: Italeri Bell Huey


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By Jeffrey Brown

Publisher: Model Art

Title: Model Art AFV

Profile 2 Pz.Kpfw.VI

Tiger I

By the Editors of

Model Art: 136 pages,

With Dozens of B&W

Pictures, and Color

Pictures, Illustrations

and Color Plates.

This review was first pub-

lished in the IPMS/USA

website: http://

www.ipmsusa.org

This book is the second of

a series on German armor

in World War II. These

are written specifically for

the AFV modeler. The

subject of the book is the

Tiger I. It is written en-

tirely in Japanese with

English subtitles on some

of the pictures and illus-

trations.

The book begins with an

illustration of the driving

mechanism and part of

the transmission. It is

taken from the German

manual on the Tiger I.

These pictures are with-

out English subtitles.

Next the book shows us

18 color plates of the Ti-

ger I from the early ver-sion to the late version.

These illustrate camou-

flage patterns and mark-

ings. These are very good

color renderings in fact.

The title of each drawing

is in English.

After the color plates,

there is a short section,

once again entirely inJapanese, which appears

to discuss the formation

of Tiger units. After the

Tiger unit part is a small

comic book like section

covering some of the

great Tiger commanders.

There are what appears to

be a hundred or so draw-

ings, a la Achtung Pan-

zer, that show all the

various details of the Ti-

ger I. These drawings

have an English title

showing what the picture

is, but all the call outs are

in Japanese. Still they do

show different details

that some books dont. At

the end of this section is a

wonderful 1/35 scale

drawing of the Tiger I

early version. I plan to

make copies of this draw-

ing to map out camou-

flage schemes.

After the drawings and

sketches is a section with

color photos of surviving

Tigers. They show the

detail of these tanks in

living color. (Although

the color these great beasts were repainted in

leaves something to be

desired.) I am sure at

least one of these is the

Bovington Tiger, which I

believe is the only Tiger I

that still runs. These pic-

tures show a lot of detail

of the survivors, and the

captions are in English as

well.

The last section shows

model builds of various

Tiger kits. These are some

beautiful works of art, but

the section is entirely in

Japanese which does not

allow the non-Japanese

speaker to understand

what the build entails.

Now, despite the lan-

guage barrier, those who

build Tiger tanks will find

the pictures and drawings

in the book very helpful.

If you are lucky enough,

like me, to have a brother

whose wife is from Japan

then the Japanese writing

is not a barrier at all. The

book contains a lot o

information. As a fan of

the Tiger tank I actually

recommend it to Tiger

modelers who dont mind

the Japanese text.

I want to thank IPMS/

USA, and especially

Model Art for this review

copy.

Review AFV Profile #2 Tiger I

These are

written

specifically

for the AFV

modeler.

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High Plains Gazette

Michael Wittman andhis crew.

Model Art AFV Pro-

file 2 Pz.Kpfw.VI Ti-

ger I


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IPMS Handbook: AIRCRAFT

Page 5

Volume 1, Issue 8

Basic Construction

1. Flash, mold seams,

sinks marks, copyright

marks, ejector-pin marks,

and similar molding flaws

eliminated.

2. Seams filled if not pre-

sent on the actual aircraft.

3. Contour errors cor-

rected.

4. Any detailing removed

while correcting errors,

filling seams, etc. restored

to a level consistent with

the rest of the model.

5. Alignment:

A. Wings/tailplanes:

same dihedral or an-

hedral on both sides.

B. Plan view: wings and

stabilizers aligned cor-

rectly with, and identi-

cally on both sides of,

centerline.

C. Multiple fins/rudders:

fin-to-stabilizer angles

correct; aligned with each

other in front and side

views where appropriate.

D. Engine nacelles/

cowlings: lined up cor-

rectly in front, side, and

plan views.

E. Landing gear: compo-

nents properly aligned

with airframe and with

each other in front, side,

and plan views.

F. Ordnance items

(bombs, rockets, pylons,

etc.)

aligned correctly with

aircraft and with each

other.

6. Canopies and other

clear areas:

A. Clear and free of craz-

ing caused by adhesives

or finishing coats.

B. Gaps between wind-

screen, canopy, or other

clear parts eliminated

where applicable.

C. All clear areas scratch-,

blemish-, and paint-free.

7. Decals must look

painted on if depicting

painted markings

(conforming to surface

contours, no silvering or

bubbling, no decal film

apparent).

Details

1. Thick parts should be

thinned to scale or re-

placed; e.g., wing trailingedges and similar sur-

faces, ordnance fins,

landing gear doors, edges

of open panels, etc.

2. Wheel wells, intakes,

scoops, etc. should be

blocked off to prevent a

see-through effect.

3. Gun barrels, exhaust

stacks, intakes, vents, and

similar openings should

be opened.

4. Details added to the

model should be in scale

or as close to scale as pos-

sible.

5. External stores should

be built to the same level

of quality as the model to

which they are attached.

Stores/weapons combina-

tions on a model should

represent only those com-

binations actually carried

by the real aircraft.

6. Aftermarket parts

(photo-etched, white

metal, resin, etc.) should

integrate well with the

basic model.

Photo-etched parts that

require forming should be

precisely shaped and any

surfaces that requirebuilding up to a thicker

cross-section should be

smooth and uniform.

Painting and Finish-

ing

1. The models surface,

once painted, should

show no signs of the con-

struction process (glue,

file, or sanding marks;fingerprints; obvious dis-

continuities between kit

plastic and filler materi-

als; etc.).

2. Finish should be even

and smooth. If irregulari-

ties in the actual aircrafts

finish are being dupli-

cated, documentation of

such irregularities is re-

quired.

A. No brush marks, lint,

brush hairs, etc.

B. No orange-peel or

eggshell effect; no

powdering in areas such

as fillets or wing roots.

The Judges Are

a Bunch of @#$

%# Nit-pickers.

- From the IPMSCompetition

Handbook

Flash, mold

seams, sinksmarks, copyright

marks, ejector-

pin marks, and

similar molding

flaws eliminated.

A 1/144 Scale P-47


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Detailing Dragons M-

16 Multiple Motor

Gun Carriage Kit No.

6381

By George Slack

PART 4: The

Quad 50 Turret

The Maxon M-45

quad .50 cal. turret pre-

sents some of the more

interesting challenges to

the construction of the M

-16 Motor Gun Carriage,

especially for inexperi-

enced modelers or thoselacking detailed refer-

ences. Overall the turret

is pretty good but there

are two places that can

trip-up the unwary mod-

eler.

The first has been men-

tioned in nearly every M-

16 review, the oversized

photoetch bolt detail strip

for the base of the turnta-ble. Not sure what hap-

pened here but Dragon

manufactured this strip a

bit too wide. Filing the

part to the correct width

is difficult and results in

the bolts looking over-

sized. After trying a num-

ber of options I settled on

using # 127 Grandt Line

bolts glued to the edge of

the turntable. (Thesebolts are marked 1:87 HO

scale 2 hex nut bolt,

product code 5135 on the

packaging.) They are not

as accurate as Dragons

photoetch but it does save

the effort of filing the

photoetch to size and they

dont look too bad once

painted. (Photo 1.)

The second detail to

watch out for is the

canoneers platform on

the rear of the turret.Most of the M-16s in mu-

seums and personal col-

lections are late or post-

war examples, and nearly

every published source

shows the platform in-

stalled. Honeycutt, how-

ever, cites a September

1944 Ordinance Commit-

tee recommendation add-

ing the platform to the

turret, so if youre build-

ing a Normandy vehicle

as I was, the platform

should not be installed.

Unfortunately, the in-

structions dont mention

this tidbit and I ended up

building my turret with

the platform installed.

(Photo 2.) This had to

come off, leaving turnta-

ble base bolt detail to beadded as well as more

matching of paint and

weathering to do.

The rest of the turret

build went pretty

smoothly. There is a sec-

tion of black flex hose

running along inner tur-

ret wall on either side of

the gunner seat thats

pretty visible. I addedthis hose by wrapping

lamp wire around a .015

lead wire core, then at-

taching it to the fitting

next to the seat. The hose

disappears in all of the

photos I found so I ran it

under the gunners seat.

In the hope of adding

some color to an other-

wise drab (no pun in-

tended) color scheme I

used model aircraft de-

cals to create

manufacturers plates

for the battery. (Photo 3.)

They look quite bright

here but almost disappear

once the gun elevation

gear is added.

I also wired up the gen-

erator and the battery.

Wiring the battery led me

to believe I should not

have used the decal on

the side of the battery as

there is a wire bridging

the batteries. I think the

storage battery was ac-

tually a pair of 6 volt bat-

teries wired together.

Photo 4 shows the battery

wiring. The lower left

battery wire appears to be

the ground wire and is

connected to a bolt on the

left side of the turretframe. The left rear wire

connects to the left side of

the box above the batter-

ies. Another wire runs

from the right side of the

box above the generator.

Photo 5 shows the gen-

erator, including the fuel

line on the lower left of

the gas tank. The spark

plug wire is the squareshaped wire behind the

gas tank.

Brass .50 machine

gun barrels, or

George goes to the

Dark Side

Detailing Dragons M-16 GMC Part 4

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High Plains Gazette

Photo 2: Canoneers plat-form, assembled andpainted per the instruc-tions. Trouble is, it doesnt

belong on a June 44 M-16.It had to come off, causing alot of extra works repaint-ing and weathering the tur-ret. Also visible in this shotare the grooves in the top ofthe .50 cal firing solenoidsthat will receive the sole-noid wires later in the

build.

Photo 1: The M-45 tur-ret in place. Since theDragon photoetch boltdetail strip for the baseof the turntable was too

wide, Grandt Line bolts were substituted. Notcompletely accurate butit doesnt look too bad.

George goes to the

Dark Side


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Volume 1, Issue 8

Photo 4: Battery wiring.The cable connected tothe left side of the boxabove the battery extends

back to the left rear bat-tery terminal.

Photo 5: Generator wir-ing. The green wire onthe lower left of the gastank is the fuel line. Thetop square-shaped wire isthe spark plug wire.

Photo 3: The right sideof the turret interior.The black flex hose wasmade from fine lampcord wire wrappedaround a .015 lead wirecore. The yellowmanufacturers decalon the side of the batterycame from a model air-craft decal sheet. Addingthis decal was probably

was a bad idea: I thinkthe side of the batteryshould instead begrooved to reflect thatthere are actually two

batteries here.

Remember back in Part I

when I talked about not

using any aftermarket

products on this kit?

Well, during a conversa-

tion with Joy Sullivan

from R&J Enterprises I

asked Whats new? and

a few days later I had four

Lion Marc .50 cal brass

barrels in hand. These

are lovely, with turned

barrels and separate pre-

drilled barrel supports.

(Photo 4). Photo 5 shows

one of the Lion Marc bar-

rels installed above the kit

barrel; I think they arewell worth the extra ex-

pense as they were easy to

install and add a level of

detail that would be hard

to duplicate in plastic.

But they are expensive

and the four barrels dou-

bled the cost of the pro-

ject.

I cut off the kit barrels,

then super glued eachbrass barrel/barrel sup-

port assembly into the

receiver, and dipped them

in Blacken-It until a

dark gray metallic finish

was obtained. The plastic

is unaffected by Blacken-

It so I next painted the

receivers to match the

barrels. I used a custom

mix of Poly-S Grimy Black

and Model Master Burnt

Umber which matched

the barrel/barrel support

assembly and gave a nice

Parkerized look to the

guns. A black and burnt

umber oil wash, followed

a few days later by some

light dry brushing with

the base mix plus a bit ofModel Master Steel fin-

ished off the .50s.

One problem that vexed

me for quite a while was

how the firing solenoids

are wired to the turret so

all four guns can be fired

from the same control

button. All of the reviews

were along the lines of

And then I wired up theguns, with no explana-

tion of where the wires

actually went. After quite

Detailing Dragons M-16 GMC Part 4 cont.

a bit of research I believe I

have it right. The firing

solenoids are the cylin-

ders at the rear of the

guns above the barrel

buffer assembly. The top

guns have a wire running

from the solenoid through

a white insulator located

under the support rib be-

low the top gun. Dragon

represents this insulator

with what looks like a

small bolt. The wiring for

the bottom guns goes

from the firing solenoid to

a white insulator located

on the inside of the lowerrear support arm just be-

low the rear attachment

plate. This is missing on

the kit. I made insulators

from 0.015 round plastic

rod and used .010 lead fly

tying wire to wire up the

guns. The wires were su-

per glued into groves I cut

in the tops of the firing

solenoids. (Photo 6.)

(Continued on pg. 8)

Photo 6: Lion Marc .50cal barrel set. Love thepre-drilled barrel sup-port.

And then I wired

up the guns


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Photo 7: Comparisonphoto between the kitand Lion Marc barrels.Purchasing four of these

will double the cost ofthe kit so it is up to theindividual modeler todecide if they are worththe expense.

Photo 8: The left side fir-ing solenoids wired-up.The insulators were .015plastic rod while the sole-noid wires are .010 leadflying tying wire. You canalso see the results of re-moving the canoneersplatform; bolt detail wasnever added to the rear ofthe turntable as it was cov-ered by the platform and

would have been invisibleon the finished kt. Now Ineed to add several more

bolts and try to once againmatch the existing paint.

And we build models torelax?

If anyone reading this

had more accurate infor-

mation about how the

solenoids were wired

please let me know and

Ill share it with the read-

ers.

Going the separate barrel

route may have caused a

problem later in the as-

semble process as the

lower right gun would not

line up properly. I had to

add a couple of .015 plas-

tic discs punched out with

a #2 Waldron punch and

die to raise the gun high

enough to match the

other three. The Dragon

instructions are unclear

as to the assembly order

but it might be a good

idea to glue the support

arms to the guns first and

let the glue set until

tacky, then attach the

support arms to the side

plate. This should allow

all four guns to be aligned

without modification.

Completing the turret

took care of the last main

section of the build.

Since most of the painting

was done in stages, it was

decal and weathering

time. Finishing will be

the topic of Part V, so Ill

see everyone next month.

Detailing Dragons M-16 GMC Part 4 cont.

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Page 9

Volume 1, Issue 8

T-34 in Russia.

Article taken From

Wikipedia

The T-34 was a Soviet

medium tankproduced

from 1940 to 1958. Al-

though its armour andarmament were surpassed

by later tanks of the era, it

has been often credited as

the most effective, effi-

cient and influential de-

sign ofWorld War II. First

produced at the KhPZ

factory in Kharkov

(Kharkiv,Ukraine), it was

the mainstay of Soviet

armoured forces through-

out World War II, and

widely exported after-

wards. It was the most-

produced tank of the war,

and the second most-

produced tank of all time,

after its successor, the T-

54/55 series. In 1996, T-

34 variants were still in

service in at least 27 coun-

tries.

The T-34 was developed

from the BT series offast

tanks and was intended to

replace both the BT-5 and

BT-7 tanks and the T-26

infantry tankin service.

At its introduction, it was

the tank with the best bal-

anced attributes of fire-

power, mobility, protec-

tion and ruggedness, al-

though initially its battle-

field effectiveness suffered

from the unsatisfactory

ergonomic layout of its

crew compartment, scar-

city ofradios, and poor

tactical employment. The

two-man turret-crew ar-

rangement required the

commander to aim and

fire the gun, an arrange-

ment common to most

Soviet tanks of the day;

this proved to be inferior

to three-man(commander, gunner, and

loader) turret crews of

German Panzer III and

Panzer IV tanks.

The design and construc-

tion of the tank were con-

tinuously refined during

the war to enhance effec-

tiveness and decrease

costs, allowing steadily

greater numbers of T-34sto be fielded. In early

1944, the improved T-34-

85 was introduced, with a

more powerful 85 mm

gun and a three-man tur-

ret design. By the war's

end in 1945, the versatile

The T-34: A Nice Variety of Kits

and cost-effective T-34

had replaced manylight

and heavy tanks in ser-

vice, and accounted for

the majority ofSoviet tank

production. Its evolution-

ary development led di-

rectly to the T-54/55 se-

ries of tanks, built until

1981 and still operational

as of 2010[update]and

which itself led to the T-

62,T-72 and T-90 tanks

which, along with several

Chinese tanks based on

the T-55, form the back-

bone of many of the

world's armies even today.

The T-34 was among the

most important weapons

systems in the Red Army

in World War II. At the

time it was first fielded in

1940, commentators con-

sidered one of the finest

tank designs in the world.[6][7]By mid-war, the T-34

no longer technically out-

classed its opponents, butit remained effective in

combat.
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it. I have seen arguments

and heard comments at con-

tests that make me shake my

head in amazement at how

stupid some people really

are.

For example, basic construc-

tion is the number one thing

judges are supposed to look

at. No matter what category,

the model should be clean

and clear of defects.

My first IPMS National

event was in Oklahoma City,

and I was an OJT. I judged

dioramas and when we fin-

ished our group was asked

to judge all kinds of miscel-

laneous categories. It was

fun, especially getting to see

categories I normally would-

nt pay much attention too.

Bill Devins was a good

teacher and he helped us

OJTs not only become bet-

ter judges, but better build-

ers as well.

It is that time of year, where

the National contest is a

month away. Time to get

the spit and polish on your

models. Dust them off, and

make sure there are no gluemarks on the windows.

Contests, I love them and

hate them at the same time.

This year in Omaha will be

my third time judging, and

my first time entering mod-

els.

I love the contests because

we truly get to see some

works of art. Sometimes one

of the works is one of mine.

Unlike a lot of modelers I

will actually share how I did

something.

What part do I hate about

contests well, mean people

suck. Now there are some

mean judges, and some

mean contestants, and some

mean people who like being

mean because they just like

My second IPMS National

event was in Orange County,

and I judged automotive.

Once again it was fun judg-

ing and learning.

I have no idea what I am

going to judge in Omaha.

Maybe aircraft, maybe ar-

mor I am not allowed to

judge dioramas or automo-

tive this time since I will

have entries in those catego-

ries.

I have a friend named Dave

who told me, a long time

ago, that once you enter a

contest you will never build

a model the same again. At

the time I did not under-

stand what he meant. It has

become all too clear over the

past decade that what he

meant was no matter what

you build, you have to try to

make it perfect, even if you

never plan on entering into a

contest.

The Workbench From Hell

Let the asswhoopincommence!

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We had some really nice

models, and then there was

my cheesy robot entry. Still,

I think it looked nice. Be-

sides we are not supposed to

take ourselves seriously.

The pictures are on page 17.

I am not sure if I got every-

ones name right on the

models, but I think if there is

a mistake there is only one.

Gary donated a nice medal

for the award, and Pablo

took a picture of Tim with

This month we had a special

club theme contest. The Red,

White and Blue award went

to Tim and his Ford with the

Chevy engine.

We had a nice turnout forthis theme build, consider-

ing it was separate from the

monthly contest.

We had an interesting mix-

ture, 3 cars, 3 planes, and an

R2D2.

his medal. (Which I think he

is posting to the website.)

Hopefully we can have a

theme build next year. Start

thinking about a theme,

maybe we can do a Pink andPurple award? Ha ha ha!

Red, White and Blue Award Winner

Our special awardwent to TimsFord.

... once you

enter a con-

test you will

never build a

model the

same again.


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Volume 1, Issue 8Volume 1, Issue 8

Page 11

4. Name the World War

II author and car-

toonist who appeared

in a movie with the

above MOH winner?

5. The Longest Dayand A Bridge Too

far both had many

famous actors, name

two that were in

both?

6. This actor was on

Tarawa and survived

the first wave, who is

he?

The answers are on page

16 inside of the Classified

section.

By Gary Moore

1. What is the name of

the ship that played

the Graf Spee in

Battle of the River

Platte?

2. What is the name of

the Famous actor

who played numer-

ous war heroes but

never actually

served?

3. Who is the Medal of

Honor winner that

became a movie star

playing himself in a

movie?

Garys World War II Movie Quiz

J U L Y 2 0 1 1

S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9BnB

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19HPM

Meeting

20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31


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Photo of the Month for June

High Plains Gazette

Page 12

Jerry, George, Pablo, Jeff, Scott, Gary and Mike (not pictured Tony)

at Cheyenne Super Day


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Volume 1, Issue 8

Page 13

Model of the Month for June

Garys APC


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May Model Gallery

Photos by Jeff Brown

High Plains Gazette

Page 14

Jeffs 1/48 VW

Martys 1/72 P-40

Mikes Truck Column

Pablos Hornet Garys 1/35 APC

Martys other 1/72 P-40 Daves Seehund

Scotts Radio Truck Jerrys Snoopy #24


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Presents

HIGH PLAINS CON XXII

Cool Cats

October 8, 2011

The Ranch in Loveland

5280 Arena Circle

Loveland, Colorado

I-25 Exit 259 (Crossroads Blvd)

Registration 9:30am-12:30pm

Judging Begins around 1:00pm

Awards to follow Judging

Model Pick-Up 5:00pm

No Previous IPMS or Regional WinnersIPMS Rules will be used for Judging. (Rulebook on hand.)

Registration forms are available to download online at http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/

Volume 1, Issue 8


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Special Awards Award Sponsor

Best Cat Themed Model IPMS High Plains Modelers

Best Weathered Vehicle Mig Productions USA

Best Race Car M&S Hobbies

Best Star Wars Subject Anonymous Donor

Best UAV Chuck Holte

Best Mopar Subject Wyoming Mighty Mopar Club

Worst Model IPMS High Plains Modelers

Categories(Subject to change/splits All decisions are final)

AIRCRAFT ARMOR

Military Single Engine Propeller Tanks

1/72 and smaller 1/72nd

1/48 to 1/50 1/48th

1/32 and larger 1/35th

Military Multi Engine Propeller Soft skin

1/72 and smaller 1/72nd

1/48 and larger 1/48th

1/35th

Military Single Engine Jet

1/72 and smaller Half-Tracks & Armored vehicles

1/48 and larger 1/72nd

1/48th

Military Multi Engine Jet 1/35th1/72 and smaller

1/48 and larger ARTILLERY PIECES (ALL SCALES)

Senior

Civil, Sport, Racing, Commercial Junior

Rotary Wing (all scales)

Junior SPACECRAFT

Sci-Fi (all scales)

AUTOMOTIVE (CIVILIAN VEHICLES) Real (all scales)

Cars Junior

Trucks

Competition NAUTICAL

Commercial 1/700 and smallerHeavy trucks 1/350

Motorcycles 1/150 and larger

Junior Junior

DIORAMAS FIGURES

All Scales All Scales

Junior Junior

High Plains Gazette


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Volume 1, Issue 8

Page 17

RED, WHITE AND BLUE MODELS

Photos by Jeff Brown

Jerrys Hot Rod

Jeffs 1/72 R2-D2

Martys Vampire

Tims Ford Garys Dale Jarrett 88

Pablos Meteor Martys Weird Engine Plane


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High Plains Gazette

C. No random differences

in sheen of finish caused

by misapplication of final

clear coats.

3. Paint edges that are

supposed to be sharpshould be sharp (no

ragged edges caused by

poor masking).

Edges that are supposed

to be soft or feathered

should be in scale and

without overspray.

4. Framing on clear parts

should have crisp, uni-

form edges.

5. Weathering, if present,

should show concern for

scale (e.g., size of chipped

areas), be in accordance

with the conditions in

which the real aircraft

was operating, and be

consistent throughout the

model (a factory fresh

interior would be unlikely

on a 100-mission air-

craft).

6. Decals:

A. Aligned properly. (If

the real aircraft had amarkings anomaly; e.g.,

an inverted U.S. insignia,

the model builder should

provide documentation to

show that he is deliber-

ately duplicating someone

elses error, not inadver-

tently making one of his

own.)

B. Some modern aircraft

use decals rather thanpaint for standard mark-

ings. If the real aircraft

suffers from problems

with decal application,

such anomalies should be

documented if duplicated

on the model.

7. Colors. Paint colors,

even from the same

manufacturer and mixed

to the same specs, can

vary from batch to batch.

Different operating envi-

ronments can change col-

ors in different ways. All

paints fade from the ef-

fects of weather and

sunlight, and viewing dis-

tance alone can alter the

look of virtually any color.

Poor initial application

and subsequent mainte-

nance compound these

problems. Therefore,

aside from gross inaccu-

racies such as a light

green Red Arrows air-

craft, color shades should

not be used to determine

a models accuracy or lack

thereof. Again, models

with unusual colors

should be supported by

confirming documenta-

tion.

IPMS Handbook

IPMS: Aircraft (Continued)

Again, models

with unusual

colors should

be supported by

confirming

documentation.

Garys APC

A Focke Wulf withtransportation dam-age.

Page 18

Marty and his two P-40

Warhawks.

Mike and his small truck

column.

Dave and his 1/72 See-

hund.

Jerry and his 1/24

Snoopy Jeff Gordon Spe-

cial.

As for the monthly con-

test we decided that at the

end of the year all of the

Gary won this months

contest with his APC.

We had nine total entries:

Jeff and his 1/48 VW

Bug.

Pablo and his 1/48 Hor-

net.

Gary and the APC.

Scott and his 1/72 Ger-

man Radio truck.

prize money will be split

up into those tied for that

position. However we

still have hopes that eve-

rything will be sorted out

I think we are settingsome kind of record this

year with the number of

entries. Keep them com-

ing!

HPM Monthly Contest


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Volume 1, Issue 8

Page 19

actually was more like 70

models. The majority of

which were car models,

and there was one air-

plane. Yes, one airplane

to rule them all.

We had a fun time, and

we got to see a lot of nice

full sized cars, and a few

World War II military

vehicles. I for one enjoyed

the Jeep and the Dodge

Ambulance that Gary,

George and I walked

down to look at.

The Model Car contest

which was voted on by the

public turned out to be a

Model Plane contest

when the public decidedthat a plane was their

popular choice. I thought

that was funny, consider-

ing the trophy had a

steering wheel on it.

All in all it was a fun day.

Eight of our club mem-

bers attended Cheyenne

Super Days this past June

25th. (Seven of us are

pictured to the right,

Tony was at a party for a

special young lady so hewas not able to be in the

picture.)

We had a great time, and

there was a wonderful

turnout in models. Liter-

ally there were over 65

models present, I think it

Cheyenne Super Day

The Magnificent

Seven

But in the end a toy

plane beat them

all.

German Poster SaleFor July we are having a spe-

cial on our German Posters,

normally they are $6.00 each

this month they are $5.00

each!

July Special

ACHTUNG ACHTUNG!!!

German Posters Sale

[email protected]

Kahuna Designs

Kahuna Designs Inc.

All of these won-

derful cars...

Including NASCAR

and muscle cars...


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I have a bunch of Mig

Productions items for

sale, all are brand new,

never opened. I am giving

a good discount on these,

and if they dont sell lo-

cally I will put them on

greEd Bay. The prices do

not include shipping.

*** Posting Ads are free

Classified Ads***

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High Plains Gazette

For Sale or Trade:

Jeff Brown has items for

sale and trade, see ads

below and e-mail: jgdti-

[email protected]

I have added this new

section so you can show

photos of what you are

selling.

MIG Productions Wash SALE $6.50 each. Supplies Limited first come first served.

I also have the following Mig Pigments for sale:

Lunar Dust (5)

Neptune Blue (2)

Zombie Green (2)

Rocket Exhaust (1)

Metallic Silver (1)

Graveyard (1)

Price on these is $5.00 each.

for High Plains Modelers

Members to post items for

sale or trade. If you are

not a member of the club

it cost $2 to post an ad

which goes towards our

annual club contest.

Trumpeter 1/32 Wildcat F4F-3.

These retail for around $75 this one

is still sealed in the shrink wrap. I

am asking $45 for it. (Shipping is

extra for those outside of Northern

Colorado.)

Movie Trivia Answers

1. USS Salem CA 139

2. John Wayne (although I also pointed out to Gary that Van Johnson fits as well)

3. Audie Murphy To Hell and Back

4. Bill Mauldin The Red Badge of Courage

5. Sean Connery and Curt Jurgens

6. Lee Marvin


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Volume 1, Issue 8

Page 21

over 220 active US chap-

ters (including groups in

Canada and the Philip-

pines as well as one

"cyber-chapter" existing

entirely on the internet).

These chapters are organ-ized into 13 geographi-

cally-determined Re-

gions, overseen by Re-

gional Coordinators. The

IPMS/USA Executive

Board, made up of elected

and appointed members,

serves as the overall gov-

erning body for IPMS/

USA.

IPMS/USA produces theModelers' Journal, an all-

color magazine supplied

to our members 6 times

each year. Sample copies

of the Journal are avail-

able upon request, and

you'll find several cover

shots elsewhere in this

handout.

In addition, IPMS/USA

maintains one of the larg-

est and most-visited pub-

lic websites in the model-ing community

(www.ipmsusa.org).

Members and visitors can

view product reviews,

chapter and contest infor-

mation, see examples of

members' work, and view

images of contest, mu-

seum walkarounds, and

the like. A members-only

Forum allows discussion

of specific topics of inter-est amongst our member-

ship. The remainder of

the website is open to the

modeling public and sees

thousands of hits weekly.

From: www.ipmsusa.org

IPMS/USA is the United

States Branch of the In-

ternational Plastic Model-

ers' Society, whose roots

can be traced to the

startup of the first IPMS

National Branch duringthe 1960's in Great Brit-

ain. In 1964 a US-based

modeler applied for a

charter to start the US

Branch. In the ensuing 4

decades, IPMS/USA has

become a 5,000 member,

all-volunteer organization

dedicated to promoting

the modeling hobby while

providing a venue for

modelers to share their

skills in a social setting,

along with friendly but

spirited competition in

the form of local, re-

gional, and national con-

tests and conventions. As

this is written, there are

About IPMS/USA


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Meetings are the last Tuesday of the monthat The Ranch in Loveland. They start at7pm and end around 9pm.

Editor: Jeffrey Brown

[email protected]

President: Pablo BauleoVice President: Gary MooreTreasurer: Randy RobinsonSecretary: Jeff Brown Our club has plastic modelers from Northern Colorado,mainly

from the Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont area. We also have afew members from Wyoming.

Honestly, if you need an excuse to get away from the wife an kids afew days a month, join our club. Your skills will improve and youwill have a few laughs.

Stop by a meeting, the first one is free kid!


Next Meeting July 19,2011. 7pm at The Ranch.

Website

http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/

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Contest Sponsors: Please Support Them (They Support Us)

Kahuna Designs Inc.

Chuck Holte is sponsoring Best UAV!

Hersh Consulting is sponsoring Best Armor!

Wyoming Mighty Mopar Club is sponsoring Best Mopar Subject

Sidles Co. is sponsoring Best Automotive

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