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IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter – March 2017

Volume 25 # 3 Southern California’s Premier Model Club

The President’s Column

By David Frederick

“SprueFest: 2017 a new model contest”

SprueFest 2017 was held at Brookhurst Hobbies in

Garden Grove CA on January 28th. Not a small contest

by any means, there were over four hundred models with

more than thirty categories. Since Brookhurst is nestled

in the middle of a large Asian population in Orange

County and the Chinese New Year was being celebrated

with a large number of fireworks setting off the morning

activities with a bang.

You just do not get that type of community enthusiasm

for a model contest anywhere else. I was pressed into

service as a table judge for the Science Fiction and

gaming categories. The head judge was James Wechsler

who used the back-parking lot of Brookhurst hobbies to

have a judge’s conference. Mark Glidden, volunteered to

judge science fiction categories.

In This Issue Table of Contents Page IPMS OC Contest Themes 4

Financials 6

USA Membership 7

OC Membership Form 8

ValleyCon / Peterse Museum 9

MOTY 23

IPMS OC Contest Table 23

Monthly Contest Results 24

IPMS OC Make and Take 27

Arizona Adventure Pt. 3 29

Re-building the Lindberg I-53 41

Local Club Meetings 48

Upcoming Events 52

IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter

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The President’s Column

He even judged the Gundam figures with

the judge from the Blue Fin distributors

which markets the Gundam / Bandai

product in the United States. Henry

Tremblay, the owner of Brookhurst hobbies

stands in front of a rather impressive

amount of model raffle prizes. In addition

to having an impressive raffle, the quality of

the modeling awards was excellent. The

clear etched on crystal looking trophies are

keepers as the inaugural show was a

complete success. Looking forward to next

year’s contest! DF

Raffle Czar sneak peek of models for March

Monthly raffle (If you like below choices bring

MONEY to support club…)

1. Armor: 1/35 Tamiya: M4A3E8 Sherman “Easy

Eight”

2. Auto: 1/25 AMT: 1967 GT350 Shelby

3. Airplane: 1/32) Academy: Hawker Hunter F.6

4. Sci-FI: Moebius: Jonny Quest dragonfly

5. Miscellaneous: Excel Magnivisor.

~News Flash~

Bob Penikas sends in a great link to the American Invasion force set for 1945 at Ulithi near Guam.

The site has some really incredible photos of the force that would have been used to invade Japan

along with some good pictures of shore liberty and also good diorama reference material. Enjoy.

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=52966

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=52966


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2017 Chapter Officers

President David Frederick

1st Vice President Sean Fallesen

2nd Vice President David O’ Barr

Treasurer Jeff Hunter

Secretary Nat Richards

Contest Director Derek Collins

Volunteers Chapter Contact Nat Richards

(949) 631-7142 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Terry Huber (714) 544-8908

[email protected]

Webmaster Julian English

[email protected]

Mail IPMS Orange County

Club Website www.ipmsoc.org

P.O. Box 913 Garden Grove, CA 92842 National Website

[email protected] www.ipmsusa.org

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January 20th - OUT OF THE BOX ONLY

Anything built out of the box with no aftermarket parts. Built using only what came inside the

box. Decals optional.

February 17th - THE SHELF OF DOOM

Build or finish a kit that you never thought you would start or complete because you lost

interest or ran into a problem.

March 17th - TAMIYA VS HASEGAWA

Who's the best? Build the best model you can from either company. Best Tamiya Model and

Best Hasegawa Model will receive an award.

April 21st - SOMETHING ENGLISH

Build a model of anything English. Including Scotland and Ireland.

May 19th - BUILD NIGHT (No Monthly Contest in May, Build Night Only)

Bring a kit to work on and have some fun with other club members building.

June 16th - FIRST OR LAST

The first or last of something. The first Abrams tank. The last F4 Phantom. Last to use a radial

engine. First to use a jet engine, etc.

July 21st - CLASSIC PLASTIC

Build the oldest model you have in your stash.

August 18th - WHEN I WAS A KID

Build the model that was your favorite from when you were a kid

September 15th - SOMETHING GERMAN

Build a model of anything from Germany


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October 20th - CONVERSIONS

Build a model of something you normally could not get. Make a conversion from an existing kit

to make a different version

November 17th - UNEXPECTED

Build a model of something you never expected to be released as a model kit

December 15th - SOMETHING FRENCH

Build a model of anything French.

JANUARY 19th 2018 - IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FUN

Build a model of your favorite subject. Something you enjoy the most building.

ORANGECON 2017 - SEVEN

Anything with the number seven in it or that has something about it related to the number

seven. (This one is a killer everyone, think about the 7. Ed.)

Hope to see you there. DC


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From Our Treasurer Financial Statistics for the meeting in February 2017

Admission Distressed Kits $ 0.00

Members 17 Monthly Raffle $ 105.00

Non-Members 1

Juniors 0 Total Income $ 429.00

Paid in Full 6 Total Expenses $ 723.21

Guests 1 Profit / (Loss) $ (294.21)

Total Attendance 25 $ in Checking $ 980.07

$ in Savings $ 9,663.93

Memberships / Renewals $ in PayPal $ 361.18

Regular 4 Total in Bank $ 11,005.18

Youth 0

Full Year 2


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Membership is of great importance, both here at the level of the local chapter as well as the

National level. As a long time member I can highly recommend the expenditure of the additional

dollars to become a member of the national organization.

With membership come six copies of the IPMS Journal publication which is better than ever, and

the right to participate at the IPMS National Convention contest. The subscription to the Journal

alone is worth the cost of joining.

A copy of the membership application is below or available on our website, or at the IPMS / USA

website address, www.ipmsusa.org. Complete the form and return it to the address listed at the

bottom of the form along with your method of payment.

http://www.ipmsusa.org/

http://www.ipmsoc.org/ipmsoc.htm


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Membership Renewal Form

Below is the new and improved Membership and Renewal form. Print this page, fill

it out and bring it to the meeting. It is also available on-line at www.ipmsoc.org.

http://www.ipmsoc.org/


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Distressed Kit Auction - DKA Next DKA will be at the June 16th meeting. Please bring in your worked on or

“everything there” kits for donation. Actually we pretty much take anything, worked

on, missing decals, one part gone, almost completed, you get the idea. Time to thin

the herd a little bit, you may never build it. Thanks. See you there.

~Membership Renewal~ Michael Bare is accepting applications for renewal and new members this month. Renew early

this time and get it out of the way. Don’t be like your Editor that sometimes does not renew

until June. Save money, renew now. Do it now! Go do it!

~News Flash~

Pasadena Modelers ValleyCon

Invades Petersen

Automotive Museum

March 5, 2017

By Terry Huber

I was fortunate enough to travel with the club

President David Frederick to the Petersen

Automotive Museum on the Miracle Mile,

Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles for the George

Creed / Petersen event ValleyCon. This was the

second year that the event was held at Petersen and I guess that since we all behaved last year

we were invited back. All kidding aside this is a great venue and you know I will tell George

something when I see it to improve next year.

Sir David showed up at 0800 in Tustin and we packed up the Dodge Ram for the trip up

Interstate 5 towards LA. David had just returned home last night from the trip to the Silicon

Valley Scale Modelers show in San Jose so he was going two-for-two this weekend.


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ValleyCon / Petersen Automotive

There was very little traffic for a Sunday morning, a tradition with ValleyCon going back many

years which has always been a benefit to the Sunday choice. After transitioning to the

I-10 and west of downtown we exited Washington on the west side and it quickly turned into

Fairfax Ave. We arrived at the “Pete” around 0850 on Wilshire Blvd and proceeded to park in

the structure. This time the vendors were to be inside instead of the garage area so good call on

that from last year as it was still plenty cold in

that structure this year too.

After I received my senior discount of $3.00

from the regular $15.00 fee and Dave paid up we

entered the Mullin Salon on the 1st floor.

There was plenty of light at this contest in some

areas and dark in others which sometimes proved

a little tricky taking photos but that did not

detract too much and even gave some of the

photos I took a different quality to them.

Jim Frye sets up his Lemans 24hr collection

of race cars.


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The table orientation around the Sci-Fi category lacked sufficient room between tables and it

was difficult to walk through this area as there were so many people wanting to check out Sci-

Fi. This is a heavy Sci-Fi show so it should go towards the end of the room near the Master

salon where there is more room. The Sci-Fi entries were very well done.


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At left is the Best of Show

USS Cygnus from the

Disney movie “The Black

Hole” Interesting to note

about this model is that it is

entirely 3D printed and

built in several sections.


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Our own IPMS Orange County President Dave Frederick was awarded a First Place in Sci-Fi

Battlestar Gallactica category with his Viper ship. I guess Dave can now retire the model from

competition (we can only hope).

The car modelers usually come out in force for this show.

And the quality is always quite good. Best Automotive

award along with the Best Tamiya award was given to Jeff

Corder for his Porsche Carrera GT in 1/12 scale.

Since I grew up building car models from a very young age I

can really appreciate the amount of work it takes to produce

some of these great entries. This four engine boat was quite

impressive.


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Equally impressive was this modified split window “Corvette Boat” and the telephone booth car.

Our very own Sean Fallesen 1st VP of IPMS Orange County wins Best Collection with his Pearl

Harbor Battleship set. George Creed strikes again with the photobomb of Sean’s acceptance.

Fred Medel of Tamiya announces the Best Tamiya

Award while Jim Frye, center, and George look on.


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Stay with me here as we look at my favorite category aircraft. Nice looking Su Fritter not sure

which one but was executed well. Also some Mikoyan factory products below.


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You want to see Bf-109’s? Lots of 109’s at the show. One of my favorite aircraft and a fan of

the E model.


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Armor categories are 1/72, 1/48, and 1/35th no splits. Sometimes this makes sense if you do not

have a lot of entries, but there were plenty there. You want Stugs? George’s show had Stugs.


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Here is the 1/35 scale Tamiya M40 diorama by Jeremey Pratt.

Great build nice action scene.


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I used to race slot cars growing up in the 60’s and 70’s. We had an Aurora HO scale track setup

at home and also we raced 1/24 scale Cox, Champion and Parma slot cars at the local Grand Prix.

It was good to see some of this at the ValleyCon show. One guy is making his own slot car bodies

in HO with fantastic paint jobs.

And another gentlemen had a display

upstairs in the Vendor area where he is

starting a vintage slot car museum in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Slot Car Museum will feature

slot car memorabilia dating back to the very beginning of this hobby. Their website is

www.lascm.com and check them out.

http://www.lascm.com/


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Our good friend George Canare from

Tamiya was there along with a new

announcement in 1/35 scale the Valentine tank.

Zokei-Mura SWS were there displaying and selling

some of their latest kits and reference books.


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The raffle above could have been helped with a

few more “Grand Prizes” as the SWS 1/48th F-4J/S was the only premium kit I could see. I think

all-in-all it was a good show. George stated over 600 models were entered. So that would be a

new record for the ValleyCon show. Next month I’ll bring you the cars of the Petersen Museum

including Dan Gurney’s All

American Racing cars and

more model photos. TH

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Modeler of the Year – MOTY

~Notice from your Contest Director ~

The point’s categories below may change in the future. Read the Contest Table article below for

more information.

If you would like to participate in the Modeler of the Year Award, the table below will explain

the points that can be accumulated for the different activities listed for the club.

Entering one or more models in the Monthly Contest 1 point

Placing in the Monthly Contest

Judges Choice award 5 points

Theme award 4 points

First Place 3 points

Second Place 2 points

Third Place 1 point

IPMS OC Contest Table

by Derek Collins Well, you guys made it official. We are removing the "Out of the Box" classes at

OrangeCon. Hopefully there will not be any backlash from non-members at the show but

I think that this is the right choice moving forward. This may allow us in the future to add

other categories to our lineup.

Member & Modeler of the Year, MOTY

You guys did it again!! Thank you all for giving us the feedback that you did regarding

Member & Modeler of the year. We will no longer be tracking a point’s competition with

regard to member of the year. Rather this will be looked at and voted on at the end of the year.

We all should be on the lookout for that member who continually goes beyond what is

considered normal. If you witness something someone in the club has done that you think

makes them deserving of consideration for the "Member of the Year" award then drop me an

email at [email protected] and nominate that member for member of the year. I will

add your nomination to the monthly newsletter in my column.

That being said, I would like to nominate David Okamura for member of the year for his

donation of 30 model kits for the OrangeCon raffle. Thank you David!!!!

Modeler of the year will continue as before though we may change the point’s structure a little

and add a few more ways to earn points. This will be discussed at the next E-board meeting.


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On the IPMS OC Contest Table, Feb.2017 Advanced Division

Dan Matthews, 1/48th Scale Academy F-

16C, 1st Place.

Julian English, 1/72nd Scale SOC-3 Sea Gull Bi-Plane, 2nd Place.

Derek Collins, 1/12th Scale Tamiya

Honda CR-250R 3rd Place.


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Advanced Division

Jim Fleming, 1/72nd Scale P-38J Lightning, Pacific Theater.

Jim Teahan, 1/48th Scale Buccaneer.

Bob Zmuda, 1/700th Scale USS Los Angeles Heavy Cruiser.

Paul Cadwell, 1/12th Scale Tamiya '01

Yamaha YZR-500 GP Bike


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Master Division

Joe LoMusio, 1/35th Scale Eastern Express BA-6 Armored Car, 1st Place. Judges Choice

Award Winner.

Dennis Henry, 1/72nd Scale Buckeye,

Second Place.

Foster Rash, American Graffiti '57 VW

Convertible, 3rd place. Toad's Vespa

Scooter, Theme Award Winner

Michael Bare, 1/6th Scale Flash Gordon

Figure, Missing something here

Mike!!!


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Master Division

On "Display Only" was David Okumura's Model T (??) Racer.

Also on display was Paul Cadwell's Model Factory

Hiro 1967 Ferrari 312 F1 Racer.

~News Flash~

Orange County IPMS Make and Take Event “2017” By Darnell Pocinich

This May 13, 2017 IPMS Orange County will conduct a “Make and Take” at Fullerton Municipal

Airport in conjunction with the celebration of “Wings over Fullerton” Airport Day. This year our

host will be AFI (Aviation Facilities Inc.) located at 4119 Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, CA

(west of the airport tower). AFI will provide hangar space, tables and chairs for the event.

Last year IPMS/OC members assisted 120 youngsters to assemble snap-together plastic aircraft

and car kits. These kits were provided by our club at no charge to any participant. As in the past

3 years, about 15 club members will be needed to provide the support for our event. Please make

plans to help out this May 13th. I will provide a sign-up sheet for those wishing to help at our

April 2017 club meeting. Thanks for you past support of this worthy event. DP


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Contest Entries and Results February 2017 Theme: "Out of the Box Only"

Total number of Modelers: 12

Total number of entries: 14 Masters Division

Joe LoMusio 1/35 BA-6 Armored Car_________________1st, Judges Choice

Dennis Henry 1/72 Buckeye__________________________2nd

Foster Rash 1/24 '57 American Graffiti VW Convertible__3rd

1/24 Toad's Vespa Scooter________________Theme

Michael Bare 1/6 Flash Gordon Figure (Missing the figure!!)

Nice Effort Mike!!!

Bob Bolton 1/? Sling Rave Curvette

1/350 Nautilus

Advanced Division

Dan Matthews 1/48 Academy F-16C____________________1st

Julian English 1/72 SOC-3 Sea Gull By-Plane____________2nd

Derek Collins 1/12 Honda CR-250R____________________3rd

Jim Fleming 1/72 P38 Lightning (Pacific Theater)

Jim Teahan 1/48 Buccaneer

Bob Zmuda 1/700 USS Los Angeles, Heavy Cruiser

Paul Cadwell 1/72 '01 Yamaha YZR500 GP Bike

Modeler of the Year Points Standings

1st Julian English 16pts

2nd Joe LoMusio 9pts

3rd Mark Deliduka 8pts

Bob Bolton 8pts

Dan Matthews 8pts

4th Dennis Henry 7pts

5th Foster Rash 6pts

March Meeting Presentation There will be some brief presentations on various modeling products demonstrations. These are

usually very interesting as you can learn about new items to help you in putting together that

Masterpiece.


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Arizona Adventure Part 3

By Foster Rash Southeastern Arizona Sightseeing (Continued) Benson

Bob's friend Jerry is a G gauge (1:32 scale) model railroader and works at the Benson

Visitors Center. Bob dropped off some brochures promoting the Tucson Toy Train

Museum and we picked up some literature about sights to see in the Benson area. The

Butterfield Stage line established a stop located on the San Pedro River about a mile north

of town. The Southern Pacific RR arrived in 1880 and built a locomotive roundhouse,

servicing facilities and a bridge over the San Pedro River. The present town of Benson grew

around the railroad facilities.

The Benson

roundhouse in 1910

The Benson Visitors Center is a

recreation of the old railroad

station


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Bridge over the San Pedro River at

Benson

Today dozens of idle locomotives are stored

near Benson. These once hauled coal trains

from the Four Corners region before the

Obama administration shut down the coal industry. Damage to the industry may be

irreversible as most Arizona power plants have since converted to natural gas.

Agriculture and cattle provide most of the employment around Benson today. Although

the Apache Powder Co., "We put the Boom in Arizona Mining," is the second largest

manufacturer of explosives in the U.S. and is safely located beyond the Benson city limits!

Model-worthy truck. Old vehicles galore in rural

Arizona!


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"I'm standin' on a corner in Benson Arizona

Such a fine sight to see"

After exploring in the area, we returned to Benson for dinner before heading home that night. The Horse Shoe Cafe is a local watering hole on what used to be the main drag before the Interstate by-passed it. Juicy steaks, cold beer and friendly folks. Huber and Budzieka, you would have loved it! (Looks like a fine establishment, we could take mark too! Ed.) Union Pacific tracks are across the street; the double track mainline is very busy with container trains. I think one went by about every 30 minutes.

Bisbee The town was built on copper but its economy now relies on tourism and retirees. There is an artist’s colony with old hippie types (like the Laguna Sawdust Festival). Lots of restored buildings, bars and antique shops. The artsy town, known for being "quirky," is a popular destination for motorcyclists. The area is cool and green due to the elevation. There are picturesque paved back roads with virtually no traffic... motorcycle heaven! John Wayne made movies and owned property in the area. When he was in town he resided at the Copper Queen Hotel and his favorite room now carries his name.


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The old brewery is now a saloon and live music venue) Lowell Lowell is the next town down the road from Bisbee. As Bisbee’s Lavender Pit Copper Mine grew it eventually consumed the town of Lowell. Only one street remains! It has been "restored" in a Knott's Berry Farm sort of way for tourists.

The only remaining street in Old Lowell ends at the edge of the Lavender pit mine

Lavender pit mine devoured the town of Lowell


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Tom Mix While driving on a remote stretch of Highway 79, we spotted a sign and pulled over.

Cowboy Tom Mix was a super star of the silent movie era.

In 1940, cowboy actor Tom Mix was

enroute from New Mexico to

Phoenix for the christening of his

grandson. He had partied hearty in

Tucson the night before, then

stopped at the Oracle Junction Inn,

a popular gambling hall, to visit his

friend "Death Valley" Scotty. He

and Scotty played cards and did a

little more drinking before Mix hit

the road again.

Mix' damaged '37 Cord

Mix' 1937 Cord convertible was capable of 100 mph and he was known to have a lead foot. He failed to see a warning sign that a bridge was out and missed the detour. Highway workers tried to flag him down but he plowed through a barrier and into a dry wash. The open car flipped and he died from head injuries. The car still exists and has been restored by a collector in Phoenix. The incident is reminiscent of the death of James Dean.


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Tom Mix Memorial

As a trivia bit, Mix is on the Beatles Sergeant Pepper album cover. See the face with the white cowboy hat to the right of Marlon Brando and behind Paul McCartney (left of center).

Copper Basin Railway Near Kearny, AZ, a string of empty ore cars are headed for the mine at Ray. The 54 mile short line was built in 1902 and connects with the UP near Superior, AZ. Its primary customer is a large open pit copper mine at Ray, AZ. The management of the railroad is friendly to rail fans; just sign in at the office in Hayden, AZ to get schedules and advice for photo locations. We got some good pictures as we chased this train from Hayden to Ray.


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Open pit copper mine at Ray, AZ. We were told that most of the production these days is going to China. Giant shovel and dump truck in the Ray pit. For a sense of scale, look at the stairways leading to the operators cabs.

Mattie Blaylock Gravesite Near Superior, AZ and over a mile hike in from the highway, the old silver mining town of Pinal is gone but the cemetery remains. Road repairs in progress had obliterated the landmarks and we couldn't find the trail head. We did a lot of meandering through some rough terrain before we finally found the old cemetery on a low hill above a dry wash.


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Mattie Blaylock was a prostitute and companion of Wyatt

Earp. She claimed to be his wife but there is no record they

were ever married. She accompanied him when he moved

from Dodge City to Tombstone but he left her for a younger

woman.

Blaylock returned to "the oldest

profession" and died of opium

addiction in 1888 at 38 years of age.

She's buried in the Old Pinal

Cemetery.

Globe Globe is another old copper mining town. As

America electrified in the early 20th century, there

was a tremendous demand for copper. You can tell

there was a lot of money passing through this town

by the handsome old buildings. Globe is trying to

be a tourist destination with antique stores, arts

and crafts shops and bars in the old downtown area.

Unfortunately many of the businesses were closed and there were a lot of vacant stores.

Old postcard of Globe, AZ in its heyday. The courthouse (gray building with flag) has

been restored and houses a performing arts center on the third floor, art gallery on the

second, and antique shops on the first floor.


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Besh Ba Gowah on the outskirts of

Globe are the ruins of the ancient

Salado people who occupied the

site nearly 800 years ago. Besh Ba

Gowah in the Apache language

means “place of metal.” Several

years of drought in the 15th

century resulted in fighting over

water by the Native American

tribes in the area. The Salados had

disappeared before Columbus

discovered America.

Al Sieber

While driving through Apache Pass in the Chiricahua

Mountains, I mentioned to Bob that I had recently watched

a re-run of an old western, Geronimo, An American Legend,

which starred Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall and Matt

Damon. I'm a big fan of Duvall and the way he plays

westerners. He had played the character of Al Sieber who

was General Crook's Chief of Scouts. Bob said he knew of

him and where he was buried. So while in Globe we visited

Sieber's grave.

Al Sieber emigrated from Germany and joined the Union

Army. He fought at Antietam, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg and other battles. Traveling

west he became a skilled tracker and Indian fighter. He was wounded over two dozen

times during his military career.


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Sieber was killed in a freak construction accident in 1907. Before we knew it, the week was over and it was time for

me to return home. There were numerous other sites on

our list that will have to wait for another time. We're

talking about a trip in the Spring of 2017 to visit Gordon

in Placerville and explore the Gold Rush country.

Building a Commemorative Model

I took a lot of photos, mostly vehicles and structures that

beg to be modeled. I also got some good reference shots

for weathering and decay.

Decrepit adobe, peeling plaster and distressed wood

As I have done following previous trips, I built

commemorative structures. "Goldwater Bros.

Mercantile" is a freelanced model combining design

elements of old Arizona buildings that we saw. The

basic construction materials are cardstock and coffee

stir sticks. I primed the structure with a base coat of

white pigmented shellac (Home Depot) then waited

two days to make sure it was thoroughly dry before

rubbing it down with #0000 steel wool to remove

wood/paper fuzz. Then I painted and weathered it

with water base craft paints (Michael's). Using

reference photos as a guide, I developed the colors

with multiple thin washes.


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Here's a video of the technique.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=+painting+weathered+wood+with+craft+paint&

&view=detail&mid=5050D68D4EA06448F9945050D68D4EA06448F994&FORM=VRDG

AR

The modeler in the video uses Vallejo paints but I find the inexpensive ($.59 per bottle)

Michael's Craft Smart brand work just fine on structures (I believe the Vallejo pigments

are more finely ground and better for models with very fine details.

Commemorative Structure, Goldwater Bros. Mercantile

Crumbling plaster simulated with spackle

Scratch built truck uses 1:40 scale military wheels and Hot Wheels details.

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Adobe walls are braced by timbers The signs are home printed

decals. I got the white

lettering by using a David

Okamura trick. The letters

were reverse printed on

white decal paper by

selecting a background

color that matched the

structure. So the white

lettering is the white decal film showing against a printed color background. A decal

setting solution and two coats of Dullcote virtually eliminated the decal edge. Final

weathering with washes and powders completed the process of blending in the decals. I

also incorporated materials into the models (wood, metal, stones, and dirt) that I had

collected in some of the locales we visited. The trucks' cabs were carved from basswood,

wheels are from military kits (distressed kit auction stuff), engines and some small details

from Hot Wheels. Rusty patina created with weathering powders.

Collection of road trip commemorative structures FR


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Re-Building the Lindberg I-53 Submarine

Part I

By Steven Lund

Let me start out by first saying that this is NOT a “kit review”. By the end of this piece you

are bound to see that I’d probably be sued for libel by Lindberg if it was. What I will attempt to

do though is recount how I have taken their kit and attempted to produce an “acceptable” (By

this I mean a model worthy of display/operation among competent ship modelers. Best classed

as “Stand-off scale”.) model. And contrary to an impression that I might make later, I have to

say that I have thoroughly enjoyed the project. Much of the pleasure came from the last four

months of the project consumed with solving new problems almost daily.

Some may recall that the arrival of this kit (Scheduled to be

followed by the release of the midget sub-carrying I-20.) in

2009 was eagerly awaited by the ship modeling community.

There were even some “pre-release” bits on some of the

forums, showing the pieces and a “bare plastic” assembled

model. We all should have looked closer at that point.

The resulting kit that was released, was to say the least,

disappointing. The most glaring errors apparent as soon as

you opened the box (Which is the size of a small coffin.) was

the bow that didn’t look like that of any of the large Japanese

submarines, and the grotesquely over-sized conning tower.


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In anticipation of the kit’s release I assembled as much

reference material as I could find, with the intent of “kit

bashing” it into a more interesting version than the kit

portrayed. Lindberg’s I-53 is portrayed as a Kaitan

(Human piloted torpedo) carrying sub of late-war vintage.

My desire was to build an earlier war version. The 2007

release publicity brochure for the I-53 portrayed the Kaitan

version. And if one looked closely at it, the strange looking

bow and oversized conning tower were already visible.

My intentions were to build either the B-1 version that sported a hangar container at the front of

the conning tower and an aircraft launch rail or a Type C-1 that carried midget subs on raids on

Pearl Harbor, Sydney, and Madagascar. To that end I procured all three different 1/72 scale kits

of the Yokosuka E14Y “Glen” seaplane and the two Fine Molds kits of the midget subs. My two

choices of subject were to be either the Type B-1 I-25 whose floatplane bombed the Oregon coast

in June of 1942 or the Type C-1 I-16 that carried a midget sub to the Pearl Harbor attack.

Subsequent months/years saw various serious modelers doing various things with the kit. Dave

Merriman, one of the hobby’s premier submarine modelers, made a serious attempt at making a

“diver” version. He successfully reconfigured the bow with foam and epoxy and worked out

functional linkages for the rudder and diving planes. And then it apparently slipped to the “back

burner” for him. Other modelers built static versions with varying amounts of correction and

added detail.

After drilling out all the vent openings and flooding ports, my own enthusiasm also faded. I

parked the monster box on a shelf in my garage and often passed it while bemoaning the

tremendous investment that I had put into it in model kits, parts, reference material and emotion.

And there it sat until 2016.

In 2010 the PBS “NOVA” series ran a piece called “The Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor”. It was

based on the fact that the remains of the last unaccounted for midget sub had been found in the

period 2001-2003 and showed the subsequent research done to validate the fact that it was the

missing craft. The whole subject fascinated me, and more information soon became available

through websites and magazine articles. The end result was a firm conviction on my part to get

the project back underway and to build it as the I-16.


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(The likely mothership of that last midget.) and complete it by the 75th Anniversary of Pearl

Harbor on December 7th. It helped that there were two fairly clear shots of the I-16 and her sister

ship I-18 on the surface, so I could know the exact configuration of their upper works.

As I started work in earnest I came to realize that some faults just weren’t correctable. The first

and most glaring one was that the vents in the side of the hull were located down too low on the

hull. This was puzzling because the 2007 publicity shot showed them in a position more close to

the right one (!) It’s as though when Lindberg delayed the kit release by a year, they were busy

making more mistakes rather than correcting the previous ones (!)

Since the hull is so big that it is molded in four pieces, it was easy to break the problems down

into more manageable tasks. I started by gluing the forward hull together and reconfiguring the

bow. I was first startled though to find that tube glue didn’t seem to work well on this kit’s

formula of plastic. I ended up finding that using Dave Merriman’s method of using MEK (Hard

to get in California these days.) to “fuse” anything “structural” was mandatory. Due to the

different formula plastics involved, the variety of adhesives necessary throughout the project

proved to be an issue. Evergreen sheet and rod stock “melts” in MEK but responds well to liquid

and tube styrene glues while Plastruct only reacts to tube glue and their own brand of liquid

cement. I found that I had to do a lot of experimenting to that end throughout the project.

For the bow, I decided to build it up from sheet rather than carving foam and then putting an

epoxy layer over that. I started with making and inserting a bow profile of 1/8” styrene sheet like

Dave Merriman did. The shots below show how that progressed.


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The second shot shows the initial “sheeting in”. Two of the static builders on the forums used

wing panels from Soviet fighters. I found that upper wing panels from the Revell 1/32 scale MiG

21 were ideal. They had a nice compound curvature and taper that one couldn’t get with flat sheet

styrene. Thanks guys!

For the torpedo tubes I first scribed their positions and then grafted and faired in styrene tube

stock. At this stage I also cut in the anchor wells and the slots for the retracted bow planes.

I decided that for structural integrity that I would permanently glue in the deck on the forward

hull. Like most of the other major pieces, that assembly was all wrong. It had inset cavities for

deck details and the planks would have translated into being two feet wide with “rivets” the size

of pie plates. The hatches (Of which there were too many) would have been the size of patio

tables. So I sanded the panels down about .010 to leave room to lay new Evergreen scribed stock

over it to hide all the “sins”.

Once the forward hull was together it was necessary to clean it up. In addition to sheeting over

the “wrong” openings for the bow planes and anchor wells it was necessary to add panel lines.

The hull was molded with “welts” that would have translated into weld lines about a foot wide

(!) I used them as guides to scribe the panel lines and then carved and sanded them off.

Setting the fore hull aside I started on the aft section. My intention all along was to build a

“surface runner”, rather than a “diver”. My approach was to make the hull free-flooding rather

than water tight. The latter configuration results in having to ballast the hull to sink it down to

the correct water line. In the case of my five and a half foot Civil War USS Monitor model it

came out weighing over 85 pounds! The end result for the I-16 with its free-flooding hull is that

the boat weighs less than 10 pounds. This makes a real difference when you have to wrestle the

beast in to and out of the water.


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This approach resulted in requiring two separate water-tight boxes in the stern for the motors and

rudder servo and one at mid-ship for the batteries, speed controls, and receiver.

I found it necessary to make the “engine rooms” separate because the hull there was too narrow

to just partition off with bulkheads and assure a water-tight assembly. Using the kit’s prop shaft

openings and modifying the supporting struts somewhat, I was able to come up with a

configuration that didn’t interfere with the rudder or stern planes. I used commercial stuffing box

and prop units that I had on hand, although one could easily use the kit props and fabricate the

rest.

The first photo shows the finished port “engine room” in the foreground. It also accommodates

the rudder servo (push rod visible upper left on the box.). The tops of the boxes are closed with

“shoebox” type lids (Standard practice with ships hatches for hundreds of years.) and sealed with

silicone caulking material. I took care to locate the outlets for the rudder pushrod and wiring

above the waterline, and to seal them with the silicone.

The box in the mid-ship position is eleven inches long and rests under the conning tower. As

stated earlier, it contains the receiver and batteries and an ESC for each motor. This allows for

differential steering with each motor controlled separately. The box is of the same “shoebox”

configuration as the others and is moveable for “fine tuning” the fore and aft trim. All of its

openings were treated the same as the aft compartment ones.

Joining the halves of the aft hull entailed the same procedure of MEK “welding” and deciding

which deck sections would be “fixed” and which removable. In the end I found that it was most

practical to make the aft-most four inch section permanent and make the rest removable.


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The principle reason for all the removable sections is that the necessary buoyancy is supplied by

ping pong balls, and as many as possible of them need to be removable for drying out the inside

of the hull after sessions when the sub “goes to sea”. More on all that later.

Joining the fore and aft sections was made easy by one of the Lindberg kit’s commendable

features (Of which there are few.). The joints overlap, are secured with screws, and have cover

plates to hide the joints. And it turns out that all of this works well and results in joints that are

invisible and a hull joint that is quite strong. Well done guys!

Once the hull was together, I floated it and worked out the number and position of the keel ballast

weights and of the number of ping pong balls necessary to provide trim and buoyancy. Getting

the flotation and ballast installed and testing out the R/C gear installed in the mid-ship box with

the motors running assured that the “operational” aspect of the project was a “go”.

After that, the lengthy process of sanding off the “welds” and cleaning up the keel joint took

some bit of work. Once that was done though, it really started to look impressive. I had seen

the1/72 scale Revell Gato and Type VIXC sub models complete, but this thing looked massive

by comparison (!) The next step was to complete the conning tower and external details to make

the model “credible”.

The deck was a challenge in that the planking had to go over the previously sanded off detail,

come apart where needed, and still lend sufficient structural integrity. As I stated earlier, the fore

deck was glued in permanently for that purpose. A cut-water forward of the conning tower housed

the 5.5 inch deck gun. This “fence” was fashioned from .020 styrene and a lip of Plastruct angle

stock finished it off. Then Evergreen .020 V-Groove 100” spacing was laid down and used

throughout for the deck planking.

The deck gun was fabricated from parts taken from the Revell 1/72 scale German “Heavy

Artillery Gun 21 cm Morser 18”kit and various bits from the scrap box. I’ll have to call it an

“approximation” of the unique Japanese gun that I couldn’t find good drawings of. Like most of

the deck details, it is removable and can be easily replaced when I can fabricate a more authentic

piece. The aft deck and the conning tower were the next and final challenges.

The aft deck accommodates the Midget Sub, which has to be readily removable for a variety of

reasons. Accessing the engine boxes being the first and foremost.


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I made the center portion “semi- permanent”, and the aft section over the engine boxes readily

removable. To make the Midget sub removable I installed powerful magnets in the innermost

mounting pylons and put iron washers under the deck planking in the corresponding locations.

Works like a charm! No mounting structure is visible for when I want to run it as a pure “Cruiser”

sub.

The Midget Sub presently installed is the excellent Fine Molds kit of the “Type A Pearl Harbor

Attack” configuration version. I also have the “Sydney Bay” version. I plan to exhibit that one

as well because the I-16 transported Midget Subs to both the Pearl Harbor Attack and the attack

on a British Battleship in Madagascar. SL

(Part II next month on the I-53 by Steven. So

far so good with a lot of modification work

there. Ed.)

OC IPMS Web Site

The members of the OC IPMS chapter are lucky to have a great website representing the club’s

activities. This site was created by long time member Joe LoMusio who created the design and

layout of the site which earned the club “Chapter website of the year” in 2016. So, I encourage

all the members to visit the site regularly to keep up with club’s activities. Each month the site

is updated with the results of the monthly contest including pictures, the latest news on the

home page lists up to date points of interest for the clubs and many new videos on the modeling

education section. Check out the expanding videos section for some interesting tips. Also,

have a look at the member gallery for some great pictures of master modelers work.


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Model Club Meetings in the SoCal Area

Outcast Model Builders

(Formerly the Tamiya Model Club hosted by Richard Poulsen)

Meets: 2nd Friday of the month. 7:00 pm till whenever

Location: 1558 "C" South Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim, California. 92805

Contact: Derek Collins, [email protected]

No dues, its FREEEEEEEEE but donations are always welcome!!

IPMS San Diego Model Car Club

Meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month

San Diego Auto Museum / Balboa Park

2080 Pan America Plaza

San Diego, CA

IPMS Orange County

Meets the 3rd Friday of each month

La Quinta Inns & Suites

3 Centerpointe Dr.

La Palma, CA 90623

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m.

Non-member fee $7

IPMS Inland Empire Meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month

Pegasus Hobbies

5515 Moreno Street

Montclair, CA 91763

Doors open at 6:30 pm and go till about 9:00 pm

There is no charge for first meeting then $5


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Pasadena Scale Modelers Society Meets on the 4th Friday of each month

Meeting now at their new location

American Legion Hall

179 N. Vinedo

East Pasadena, CA

Doors open 7:00 p.m.

There is a $5 donation at the meeting

Pendleton AMPS Meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month

The American Legion

La Mesa Post # 282

8118 University Ave.

La Mesa, Ca. 91944

Doors open at 11:00 a.m. to about whenever

$5 dues which includes lunch

[email protected]

951-805-2541

IPMS South Orange County The Insane Modeling Posse Meets on the 4th Saturday of each month

Come see the home of the Insane Model Contest

Contact Terry Huber [email protected]

This is a build session style meeting

First meeting free then $5 dues

SoCal Amps Armor Modeling Preservation Society Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month

Frye Sign Company

12818 Nutwood St. Garden Grove CA

4:00 p.m. to around 9:00 p.m.

Bring some chairs. No-fee meeting



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Ship Modelers Association – SMA

Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month

American Red Cross Building

1207 N. Lemon St. Fullerton, CA 92835

In Hillcrest Park 7:00 p.m.

Sprue Cutters Model Club Brookhurst Hobbies Meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.

Brookhurst Hobbies

12188 Brookhurst Street

Garden Grove, CA 92840

Phone: (714) 636-3580

No charge to attend

[email protected]

IPMS San Diego

Meets the last Friday of each month at

Girl Scouts San Diego

1231 Upas St. San Diego, CA

Use Richmond St. entrance to Upas

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. till 10:00 p.m.

Adult first visit is free and then $4.00

Secret Society of Model Builders

Meets the 2nd Sunday of each month at the

Game Empire

7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd

Suite 306 San Diego, CA

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. till about 9:00 p.m.

Adults are $5


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Southern California Area Historical

Miniatures Society SCAHMS

Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month

La Quinta Inns & Suites

3 Centerpointe Dr.

La Palma, CA 90623

Meeting from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Los Angeles Miniaturists Society

LAMS Meets the 1st Saturday of each month

Veterans of Foreign Wars building

1006 W. Magnolia Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91506

Meeting starts around 9:00 a.m. till 12:30

Frequent demonstrations. Nonmember $5

Temecula Valley Model Club Meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month

Kay Ceniceros Center

29995 Evans Road, Menifee, CA 92586

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon

Contact [email protected]

2017 IPMS National Convention

IPMS Fort Crook host chapter

July 26 to 29, 2017

LaVista Conference Center

12520 Westport Parkway, La Vista, NE 68128



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Upcoming Events

Friday April 7 to 9, 2017 MONSTERPALOOZA

Pasadena Convention Center

300 E. Green St.

Pasadena CA 91101

Friday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Sat and Sun 11:00 am to 6:00 pm

Saturday June 3, 2017 IPMS San Diego & San Diego Model Car Club

Present the Model Expo and Swap Meet

San Diego Air & Space Museum Annex

Gillespie Field, 335 Kenny St.

El Cajon, CA 92020

Theme: The Desert and 50 Years

Chevrolet Camaro.

9:00 am till about 4:30

Saturday June 24, 2017

SoCal Amps and IPMS South Orange County

Insane Modeling Posse present the

Insane Model Contest

Norman P. Murray Community Center

24932 Veterans Way

Mission Viejo, CA 92692

10:00 am to ~5:00 pm


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