model trading party to

hold with other area

clubs.

This was our last business

meeting of the year since

December is the club

party and not an official

business meeting.

Don’t forget the Build N

Bull on December 8th

and the Christmas Party

on December 18th.

Oh, it appears Gary

Moore once again won

the annual cash prize.

What is that three years

running now?

We discussed the Christ-

mas Party (see the re-

minder below). We also

held officer elections.

So who was elected and

what were they elected

too?

Michael Adams (last

years Mr. Vice, aka Vice

President) was elected as

our new President.

Jeff Brown was elected as

our new Vice President. It

was actually a three per-

son race for VP so I am

shocked I won. Maybe

they elected me to keep

Michael safe?

Chris “Ted” Nugent is our

new Secretary. Despite a

recount in which he re-

ceived more votes the

second time through, the

other person running

against him refused to

contest the election hand-

ing Chris the easy victory.

Randy Robinson was

elected Treasurer again,

despite not voting for

himself. He ran unop-

posed so it was easy for

the rest of us to vote for

him.

We also discussed a trad-

ing party at Jeff Brown’s

house (which we held on

December 1st) and a pos-

sible larger multi-club

November Meeting Notes

Christmas Party and Reminders

By Jeff Brown

Just a reminder that our

Christmas Party will be

held on Tuesday Decem-

ber 18th at 6:00pm at the

Golden Corral in Love-

land. We have the back

room reserved.

There is no meeting this

month. We will meet

again in January at the

Build n Bull on January

12, and at the January

meeting on January 29th.

Remember to bring a new

wrapped model kit for the

gift exchange. I believe

the amount we agreed on

is $20-$25 dollars in

value.

I hope you all have a safe

and prosperous Holiday

season, and I look for-

ward to seeing you all at

the Christmas party on

the 18th.

High Plains Modelers

December 2012 Volume 2, Issue 4

High Plains Gazette

What’s New This Month:

Cows and Goats Oh My

November Model Gallery

IPMS National Update

World War II Battleships

The real USS Arizona

Pictures of Models

Inside this issue:

November Meeting Notes 1

Christmas Party 1

The Carpet Monster 2

IPMS National Update 3

Kit Review by Pablo 3

January Calendar 6

IPMS Membership App 10

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Region X Newsletter of the Year 2011

Special Holiday Issue

By Jeff Brown

(Editor)

Since it is winter I

thought I would share

some of my winterizing

techniques for you my

reading public.

First off, snow comes in

many shapes and sizes,

and is manufactured by

several companies. Peo-

ple always ask what I use

for my snow bases, well I

use good old fashioned

Arm and Hammer Baking

Soda.

Now, for some people

baking soda turns yellow,

I have never had that

problem. I honestly don’t

know how you use it, but

I have bases and a few

dioramas over six years

old that the baking soda

still looks white.

So how do I do it? Well, I

create the base, I use vari-

ous items as the ground

work, including used tea

leaves and actual dirt. It

gives the texture under

the snow the right look

and feel. Then I use

Woodland Scenics Cenic

Cement to hold every-

thing in place. I use an

old paint pipette to get

the glue out and apply it

all over the groundwork.

While the ground is still

wet I use my fingers and

grab a pinch of baking

soda and sprinkle it on

the groundwork. I keep

sprinkling to get the de-

sired look.

Now, you need to have an

idea of how much snow

you want. If you want the

whole base completely

covered you can forgo the

groundwork since you

won’t see it, in this case I

would mold my base with

the clay or Styrofoam,

whichever you use, and

then I would paint it flat

white. While the paint is

wet I would sprinkle the

baking soda over the en-

tire base.

Me, I like to see dirt and

mud and other things

peeking out of the snow.

Even in the worst bliz-

zard; one that dumps sev-

eral feet of snow on the

ground, unless you are

gazing into an undis-

turbed area there will be

colors other than white.

What can you put into a

field of snow? Well, a

fence always works. Per-

haps some long grass that

is brown. Maybe a tree?

Trees are nice, and there

are plenty of them to

choose from out there in

the model railroad world.

I for one am working on

creating my own trees.

Most of the pre-made

railroad trees don’t look

real enough. Besides after

searching the internet it

is not as hard as you

think to create a neat

looking tree.

A nice way to make a win-

ter tree with no leaves is

to go out for a hike in the

woods and find some

twigs and roots that are

laying around. Just make

sure that twig doesn’t

have a rattle attached to

it.

The way I mount the trees

to the base is by drilling a

hole into the bottom of

the tree, and inserting a

metal rod, then drill a

matching hole in the base

(I use wood bases mainly)

and then some super glue

in the hole and insert the

tree. Easy!

Well, I hope this helps a

bit. Maybe for our Janu-

ary meeting I will bring in

my materials and give a

demonstration.

The Carpet Monster: Editor’s Opinion

“Do these

problems

sound

relaxing to

you?”

Page 2

Volume 2, Issue 4

Winter Wespe

Oh Noooo!

Snow, made by Arm and

Hammer

Snow Tiger.

High Plains Gazette

Page 3

“Still I needed

some putty and

sanding,

mainly along

the back and

the neck areas

of the cow.”

August 14-17, 2013 at the Em-

bassy Suites in Loveland, Colo-

rado.

Masterbox Domestic Animals

faces, eyes and ears. You can

even see the ribs in the cow

sides. The goat fur might be

a bit overdone but that

makes painting and washing

easier.

The parts have no locating

pins and there are some

mold lines that need to be

removed. The mold lines

tend to run along the legs

and bellies of the animals.

The overall fit is below aver-

age. I’ve used a few clamps

to get the parts to fit and I

then ran liquid cement along

the join. Still I needed some

putty and sanding, mainly

along the back and the neck

areas of the cow. The goat

parts have a better fit than

the cow.

The domestic animals set is

a welcome addition to the

1/35 scale diorama, adding

some more every-day ob-

jects (or animals) to the tra-

ditionally military-focus

aspects of dioramas.

Masterbox has released a

single sprue of 26 parts con-

taining two cows and one

goat. The box shows two

goats, but it is just two sug-

gested painting options. The

sprue attachment points are

medium sized and some part

preparation and cleaning is

needed. Care is needed

when removing parts from

the sprue as to avoid damag-

ing detail. Overall detail is

good, with clearly detailed

Scale accuracy is difficult at

best when dealing with ‘live

objects’ due to the natural

variation on size of animals,

but from my measurements

the cow and goat backs are

about 3 and 4.5 feet tall,

respectively which seems to

be about right.

The sprue has a limited-run

flavor to it given that has no

location points, the medium

size sprue attachment points

and prominent mold lines. I

would recommend this set

for the averaged to experi-

ence modeler.

I would like to thank Mas-

terbox, Dragon Models

(www.dragonmodels.usa)

and IPMS/USA for the re-

view sample.

Review: Masterbox 1/35 Scale Domestic Animals

By Pablo Bauleo

“The box shows

two goats, but it is

just two suggested

painting options. “

available for our use, we will

announce it on this page,

and re-insert the Embassy

Suites' contact information

for our room block back

onto our Accommodations

page. If you need to make

any changes to your existing

room reservation at Em-

bassy Suites, we have an

email link set-up within the

This Update is pulled

from the contest web-

site.

This past week, we were in-

formed that our reserved

block of 220 rooms at the

Embassy Suites has been

sold out. And at this time,

the hotel has no additional

rooms they can add to our

block. IF any rooms become

hotel's information on our

Accommodations page. And

we still have several rooms

available at all our other

nearby hotels; they're all

listed up-to-date on our Ac-

commodations page.

IPMS 2013 National Contest Update

Mooooooo

Baaaaaaa

By Jeff Brown

During World War II the

United States Navy used

battleships in many dif-

ferent roles. The follow-

ing is a list of the battle-

ship classes and the

names and numbers of

the corresponding ships.

Two interesting facts, the

US lost only one battle-

ship during World War II

(the USS Arizona BB-39),

and we were the only

country to never lose a

battleship in ship to ship

combat (from naval gun-

fire, not aircraft).

US Battleship

Classes:

South Carolina Class

(USS South Carolina BB-

26 and USS Michigan BB-

27)

Delaware Class (USS

Delaware BB-28 and USS

North Dakota BB-29)

Florida Class (USS

Florida BB-30 and USS

Utah BB-31)

Wyoming Class (USS

Wyoming BB-32 and USS

Arkansas BB-33)

New York Class (USS

New York BB-34 and USS

Texas BB-35)

Nevada Class (USS Ne-

vada BB-36 and USS

Oklahoma BB-37)

Pennsylvania Class

(USS Pennsylvania BB-38

and USS Arizona BB-39)

New Mexico Class

(USS New Mexico BB-40,

USS Mississippi BB-41

and USS Idaho BB-42)

Tennessee Class (USS

Tennessee BB-43 and

USS California BB-44)

Colorado Class (USS

Colorado BB-45, USS

Maryland BB-46, USS

Washington BB-47 (the

Washington was halted

due to Washington naval

Treaty) and USS West

Virginia BB-48)

South Dakota Class

(Entire class was halted

due to the Washington

Naval Treaty) (USS

South Dakota BB-49, USS

Indiana BB-50, USS

Montana BB-51, USS

North Carolina BB-52,

USS Iowa BB-53, and

USS Massachusetts BB-

54)

North Carolina Class

(USS North Carolina

BB55 and USS Washing-

ton BB56)

South Dakota Class

(USS South Dakota BB57,

USS Indiana BB58, USS

Massachusetts BB59 and

USS Alabama BB60)

Iowa Class (USS Iowa

BB-61, USS New Jersey

BB-62, USS Missouri BB-

63 and USS Wisconsin

BB-64, USS Illinois BB-

65 and USS Kentucky BB-

66 – World War II ended

so these two were not

completed.

Montana Class (USS

Montana BB67, USS Ohio

BB68, USS Maine BB69,

USS New Hampshire

BB70 and USS Louisiana

BB71 – all not started due

to the end of World War

II)

US Battleships of World War II

“...the US

lost only one

battleship

during

World War

II...”

Page 4

Volume 2, Issue 4

The USS Alabama (BB-60)

with a crazy paint scheme in

early 1942.

Model of the Montana Class,

the size rivaled the Yamato.

USS Colorado (BB-45) in

New York City. C.1932

The USS California (BB-44)

in 1944 on the way to bom-

bard Saipan.

“...we were the

only country to

never lose a

battleship in ship

to ship combat .”

High Plains Gazette

Page 5

“...we are about

to observe the

71st Anniver-

sary of the at-

tack that drew

America into

World War II”

light gray ship, but recent

evidence and eyewitness

accounts of the few remain-

ing Arizona survivors give a

new slant on the old girl.

Apparently she was painted

in a shade of dark blue, with

light gray mast tops, and red

on three of her turret roofs.

In fact,

according

to histori-

ans and

Pearl Har-

bor survi-

vors, Bat-

tleship

Row was a,

bright ka-

leidoscope

of colors

and not the

dull gray

camouflage

they were

By Jeff Brown

I built a few battleship kits

as a kid, and one as an adult.

It turned out very well, but

in my move from California

to Colorado it sank. I bought

a battleship kit recently, the

USS Arizona, and in my re-

search for the upcoming

build I found out a lot of

interesting facts about the

Arizona and about the bat-

tleships in general.

In movies and books, and

paintings everyone always

depicts the Arizona as this

thought to have been for the

last 65 years. That is how

Honolulu Star Bulletin re-

porter Burl Burlingame de-

scribed the battleships in a

2006 article.

So, now that it is 2012 and

we are about to observe the

71st Anniversary of the at-

tack that drew America into

World War II, I want to

make a somewhat historical

looking Arizona based on

my limited ship building

knowledge.

The Real USS Arizona BB-39

“Apparently she

was painted in a

shade of dark

blue...“

telling me World War II sto-

ries.

My grandfather was a Ma-

rine during World War II

and he fought at several ma-

jor battles, and before his

passing he once told me that

the colors the movies use for

Marine tanks is wrong. He

told me they were the same

By Jeff Brown

One thing I have noticed as

a model builder is that his-

tory and model colors

change all the time. As I

wrote the article about the

new color of the USS Ari-

zona that is now accepted as

fact, I laughed when I re-

membered my Grandfather

“expletive” color as the

Army’s.

Which begs the question as

to why Steven Spielberg

green lighted those ugly

bright green tanks in the

HBO series The Pacific? Not

only are they inaccurate they

look stupid. Oh well, he is a

millionaire and I am unem-

ployed so I guess he wins.

Alternative Color Schemes Phooey

The Arizona rounding Diamond Head a few days be-

fore the fatal attack. By Naval artist Tom Freeman

From the National Park Service and Honolulu Star Bulletin

USMC Shermans advance in

the Pacific

Volume 2, Issue 4

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Photo of the Month for October

High Plains Gazette

Page 7

Phot0 courtesy of the Government of Germany and the Bundesarchiv. A Hummel

waiting to shell Soviet position’s.

Volume 2, Issue 4

Page 8

Model of the Month for October

Custom 1/48 scale License Plate

(see Jeff if you want to order custom plates for any of your cars)

November Model Gallery

Photos by Jeff Brown

High Plains Gazette

Page 9

Randy’s Truck

Gary’s Sub

Chris’s Tank

Garys Howitzer

Dave’s Sub

Jeff’s Kung Pao Beef

Volume 2, Issue 4

Page 10

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 the

Modelers' 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 during

the 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

Meetings are the last Tuesday of the month at The Ranch in Loveland. They start at 7pm and end around 9pm.

Editor: Jeffrey Brown jgdtiger007@yahoo.com President: Larry Hersh Vice President: Michael Adams Treasurer: Randy Robinson Secretary: Marc Lyons Our club has plastic modelers from Northern Colorado, mainly

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

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

Stop by a meeting, the first one is free!

High Plains Modelers

Next Meeting January 29, 2013. 7pm at The Ranch.

Website

http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/

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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.