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IPMS ORANGE COUNTY Newsletter – March 2016
Volume 24 # 3 Southern California’s Premier Model Club
The President’s Column
By David Frederick
IPMS Silverwings Model Contest,
Sacramento CA
If you ever had a bucket list, you would know that you
want to try and complete it before you lose your window
of opportunity. Mark, Mike and myself wanted to “jump
out of the box” and try to catch all the shows in California
that we have never attended. The Silverwings show in
Sacramento California was on that list. Before we left the
OC we all agreed after looking at the flyer and website that
the show was smaller with less than thirty categories.
As the ride to northern California is about 7+ hours I
wanted to visit the hobby store which sponsored the event.
Viking Hobby located 4713 El Camino Ave, Carmichael,
CA Phone 483-6885. The best way to describe it as a small
Mom and Pop store. As you enter the door on the left side
of the store and up to the ceiling is full of board games.
Apparently they are the harder to find games not sold in
the Hobby Lobby or Michaels. On the right side of the
store is the plastic kits, paint and accessories. They had
some hard to find older kits which were sitting on the shelf
for years. It was like the old hobby store around the corner
from where you lived 20-30 years ago. I was glad to see
the old venue still in business. I found the Moebius kit of
the “Lost in Space” Derelict ship. At that time, it was the only place to get it. They give IPMS
discounts as well
As for the show it was held in a Lutheran Church and school. See Photo. The outer perimeter
was dedicated to the venders. The inner tables were display for contest. The vendors were good
as it was not the same stuff you seen at a Keller show. People were willing to part with models
at a fair price. I spent a lot money as the Space: 1999 Eagle was on sale for $85, there were four
and within the first hour all had been purchased.
In This Issue Table of Contents Page IPMS OC Contest Themes 4
Financials 5
USA Membership 6
Membership Renewal Form 7
OrangeCon flyer 8
Members Photos on Website 10
Contest Table 12
MOTY 13
Monthly Contest Results 15
Cruise Night Challenge 16
E-Board Open Position 17
Valleycon 2016 19
IPMS Sacramento SilverCon 37
Orange County Smeltzer Pt 2 41
Local Club Meetings 55
Upcoming Events 59
Contest Flyers 60
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The President’s
Column
The raffle was fair as there was not
a lot of new stuff but the last ticket
was for a Wingnut Wings airplane
kit. I put in $20 to the cause. As
for the contest we were warned that
the judging… well let’s just say
different. Not all of us took trophies
in the categories that we normally
do but, “any given Sunday rule
applied” even though it was
Saturday. There was not much
Science fiction and ships (Sean,
missed an opportunity). Mark and I
took two first place and a third, Mike placed with one of his models. In retrospect, we all agreed
that it is not a show that we want to go to every year as the drive is long. As usual we had fun on
the ride up and ate a steak dinner at Cattlemen’s restaurant Friday night. We returned Saturday
after the show about midnight which makes for a long day DF
Meeting Notice & Agenda
Date: March 18, 2016
Theme: Tail Hookers
Doors Open: 7:00 p.m.
Meeting: 7:30 to 10:00 p.m.
Loaction: La Quinta Inn & Suites
3 Centerpointe Drive
La Palma, CA 90623
Right Off the 91 Fwy at Valley View
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2016 Chapter Officers
President David Frederick
1st Vice President Brian Casteel
2nd Vice President David O’Barr
Treasurer Michael Bare
Secretary Nat Richards
Contest Director Darnell Pocinich
Volunteers Chapter Contact Nat Richards
(949) 631-7142 [email protected]
Newsletter Editor Terry Huber (714) 544-8908
Webmaster Joe LoMusio [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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Orange County Themes for 2016 January 15th – LOOK INSIDE
February 19th – KEEP ON TRUCKIN’
March 15th – TAIL HOOKERS
April 15th – STAR WARS PLUS
May 20th – MONOGRAM VS REVELL
June 17th – THE CENTURY SERIES
July 22nd – CRUISE THE OC NITE
August 19th - FLAT TOPS
September 16th – SHERMAN VS TIGER
October 21st – BETWEEN THE WARS
November 18th – 2-4-6-8
December 16th – DAY OF INFAMY 75TH
Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
January 20h 2017 – OUT OF THE BOX
ONLY
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From Our Treasurer Financial Statistics for the meeting in February 2016 Admission Distressed Kits $
Members 35 Monthly Raffle $ 115.00
Non-Members 5
Juniors 0 Total Income $ 479.00
Paid in Full 7 Total Expenses $ 542.70
Guests 0 Profit / (Loss) $ (63.70)
Total Attendance 47 $ in Checking $ 1.099.51
$ in Savings $ 8,012.42
Memberships / Renewals $ in PayPal $ 198.00
Regular 7 Total in Bank $ 9,309.93
Youth 0
Full Year 3
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IPMS / USA Membership
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.
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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.
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Display your model photos on our Website!
By Joe LoMusio Our new and improved website
(www.ipmsoc.org) now has a Members
Photo Gallery. The purpose of this
gallery will be to showcase our models
and allow others to see photos of them.
Check out our website to see some of our
club member’s photo galleries already
posted. If you want to have your own
photo gallery, here is what you need to
do:
1. Take photos of your models, or collect
the photos you have already taken. Be
sure that the photos have been
“optimized” which means they have a
reduced resolution and will be a smaller file (usually jpeg). You can optimize your photos
with any number of photo editing software (there are plenty of them around) or you can
take advantage of some of the online services that do it for you and are free to use. I highly
recommend optimizilla.com, which is an easy to use process and allows you to actually
compare your original photo with the optimized one before downloading it. The photos
should be anywhere in the range of 300 KB to 700 KB each. (A typical jpeg photo from a
digital camera will be from 1.5MB to 3MB, depending on your settings. Of course you can
set your camera to a smaller resolution to start with and then you will not need to optimize
them.) Even if you don’t optimize your photos, not to worry… I will do it for you, once I
receive your disk.
2. Another important step in photo preparation is that you name each photo. Once again, this
is easily done, as you simply rename your jpeg photo file and call it what you want – usually
the name of the model subject. This will allow those viewing your photos to know exactly
what they are looking at, as our website photo browser shows the name of the file displayed
with the photo. It will look much better if we read “DAK Tiger I” rather than just the
camera designation of DSC_001.
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Display your model photos on our Website!
3. Once you have your photos ready, either attach them to an email to me
([email protected]) or copy them to a CD or USB flash drive and get them to me at
our next meeting. I will take care of the rest, even dividing your model photos into obvious
sections (e.g. Armor, Aircraft, Ships, Automotive, Sci-Fi, etc.)
4. Soon, your impressive work will be on screen and online for all the world to see! JL
~~NEWS FLASH~~ Bob Penikas sends in some information on the Kilroy Coffee Klatch at Planes of
Fame Museum in Chino CA. Basically the museum has have invited all
Veterans to come to the Museum for free admission, coffee and snacks the
first Tuesday of each month. Bob reports here –
The first Tuesday of every month veterans and prior service men
get together for a free day at the museum. So far there are only
about fifteen guys; we enjoy doughnuts and coffee and then
have the museum to ourselves all day free! BP Kilroy image from POF Chino Museum
By Patrick Tillery. Air Show image from
POF Chino
All of you Veterans may want to check it out. This
museum is first rate and known throughout the US as
one of the best. Also the Chino Airshow this year is
April 29 to May 1. I’m going, you should too! (Ed.)
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IPMS OC Contest Table By Darnell Pocinich
Let me start this month’s column with a shout-out about an upcoming IPMS/Orange County
event. On Saturday, May 7th our club will sponsor a Make-N-Take at Fullerton Airport Day. This
will be our third year of participation at this venue and we hope to introduce 150-200 youngsters
to our hobby. IPMS/USA has supported Make-N-Takes by providing easy-to-build and
Snap=Tite kits to our Chapter at a low subsidized price, but to make this outing a success we need
15-20 club members to pledge their support by turning out for 6 hours (10 am – 4 pm) to assist
in participant signups and kit assembly. This experience has been a very rewarding one for the
volunteers at the past two events. Please step up and support our Chapter on May 7th, the day
before “Mother’s Day”. Believe me, you won’t regret the time you invest in our Make-N-Take.
On March 18th, our monthly model contest theme is “Tail Hookers”. Wipe that grin off your face
and listen up. This month we spotlight carrier aviation and its long and impressive history on the
world stage. America did it first but other countries saw the light also and aircraft carrier-based
planes would be launched into the forefront of sea power projection.
This month you have an impressive number of subjects to select from – props to jets, post WWI
and 21st century carrier aircraft. These offer a fantastic category of choices. Build your favorite
in any scale. I can see the procession of my favorites from Grumman aircraft on the tables now.
Good luck and have some fun!
In April, the contest theme is “Star Wars Plus”. Get wild and crazy with this sci-fi/fantasy-based
category. Anything goes – spaceships, robots, dragons and who knows what else! Remember,
April is the month of April Fool’s Day and build crazy! DP
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Member and Modeler of the Year – MOTY This is probably a good time to remind everyone how the Member and Modeler of
The Year points can be accumulated. Below are the different categories and points assigned to
those activities if you are interested in participating.
~For Member of the Year~
Doing a Club presentation program 5 points
Contributing a Newsletter item of more than a half-page 3 points
Accepting a Nomination to serve as a Chapter Officer 3 points
Participating in IPMSOC Make & Take or Table Info event 3 points
Referring a person to become an IPMS National member 3 points
Referring a person to become a new member to IPMS OC 2 points
Supporting IPMS Club displays 2 points
OrangeCon Trophy packages sold (each) 2 points
Speaking about a Show & Tell Item 1 point
Contributing a Newsletter item of a half-page or less 1 point
Working at OrangeCon – 2 hour shift Min 1 point
Maximum amount during OrangeCon 5 points
~For Modeler of the Year~
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
~Notice from your Contest Director ~ I plan to award bonus points for Member of The Year to members who enter and win model
contests outside our own monthly contest.
1 Bonus point plus the normal club contest point scheme for any outside contest winner
2 Bonus points for OrangeCon winners
3 Bonus points for IPMS Nationals winners
For example: 1st place win at outside contest=4 points, 1st place at OrangeCon=5 points,
1st place at Nationals=6 points
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~Member of the Year Points 2016~
Derek Collins 23
Foster Rash 18
Mike Budzeika 13
David Frederick 10
Brian Casteel 9
Top Five points only, go to the website for all of the points. (Ed.)
~Modeler of the Year Points 2016~ Jim Gardner 9
Joe LoMusio 9
Keith Mundt 9
Jim Teahan 6
Rick Beman 6
Foster Rash 4 Mark Deliduka 3
Cip Hernandez 4 Sean Fallesen 3
Jim Fleming 3 Bob Penikas 2
Owen Ryan 3
Candid Club Photos Bob Penikas sends along some club photos of members and guests.
From L-R Mark Deliduka listens while Reed West
and Jim Nunn discuss small scale armor.
Rick Beman shows the 1/35 Meng kit of the Bradley M2A3
w/Busk III upgrade.
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Contest Entries and Results Theme “Keep on Truckin” February 19, 2016
Total number of Modelers: 16
Total number of entries: 32
Winner in Place – Division
Joe LoMusio 1/35 British Anti-Tank Gun
Owen Ryan 1/72 A-4B Skyhawk x 2
Jim Fleming 1/72 Me-410 Hornet
Bob Penikas Snoopy + Red Barons
Little Figures
Mark Deliduka 1/72 Jet Commando
1/72 Avia B534
1/72 Iraqi Scud Missile truck_________3rd Advanced
1/72 Russian Scud Transporter
Jim Teahan 1/48 Saab J-29_____________________2nd Advanced
Foster Rash 1/24 1915 Republic Truck
Jerry Allen 1/87 B Train + Pipe Load
1/87 KW + NASA Trailer
1/87 KW + Earth Survey Trailer
1/87 Pete + Propane Tanker
1/87 T-800 + Woodchip Trailer
1/87 Pete + Septic Tanker
Rick Beman 1/35 Opel Blitz____________________3rd Master, Theme Award
1/35 T-34/85
1/35 M-24 Chaffee
Derek Collins Egg Night-Fighter F-82
Egg P-51
Egg Wet Take-Off
Sean Fallesen 1/144 USS Fletcher DD-45___________2nd Master
Cip Hernandez 1/128 Kenworth T-600______________1st Advanced
William Mansoor 1/32 Daihatsu Midget Truck
Keith Mundt 1/32 Fw-190E-8__________________1st Master, Judges Choice
Kenneth Pick 1/72 P-47 Razorback
Steve Taylor 1/24 VW truck
1/24 1960 Chevy “Rust Oration”
1/24 1950 Chevy 3100
1/35 RSO Steyr
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Cruise Night Challenge
By Foster Rash
Darnell has announced the monthly contest themes for 2016.
Cruise Night will be on July 15th.
How many 1962 and older vehicles from American Graffiti can we get on the table for Cruise
Night Several of the cars from American Graffiti are readily available on store shelves, at kit
collector shows and EBay in the $5-20 range:
Milner's '32 coupe (AMT)
Bolander's '58 Chevy (AMT, Revell)
Falfa's '55 Chevy (AMT, Revell,
Monogram)
Suzanne Somers' T-bird (AMT)
Pharaohs' chopped Mercury (AMT, Revell)
Laurie's Edsel (AMT)
A couple might be more challenging to find:
Curt's Citroen 2CV (Heller and Revell)
Toad's Vespa (Tamiya Campus Friends)
Others will require kit bashing and aftermarket parts:
Bobbie’s ‘57 VW convertible appears to have '64 front fenders (Polar Lights Herbie
Love Bug).
Judy's '55 Studebaker ( AMT '53 Studebaker)
Kip Pullman's '58 Ford (AMT '57 Ford donor kit + Hendrix Resin '58 Ford body)
Officer Holstein's '61 Ford police car (AMT '61 Galaxy donor kit + Hendrix Resin '63
Mayberry Police car)
Can we get a model on the table of each vehicle featured in the film? FR
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Upcoming Open E-Board Position
IPMS Orange County will be looking for a new person to fill the Treasurers slot. Current
Treasurer Michael Bare will be retiring from the job after many years of service. Anyone that is
interested should read the attached job description and if willing to take the job inquire with
Michael or one of the E-Board members. Michael can even help you get started a little early. Ed.
Duties of the Club Treasurer The office of the club treasurer is important because the treasurer is in control of the club’s money, its collection, and disbursement. The treasurer is responsible for keeping accurate books that will enable him/her to give a full financial report whenever requested. The treasurer should do his/her best to see that everything is done meticulously so that there are no doubts about his/her integrity. It should be noted that the treasurer’s records should always be open to inspection by the clubs officer’s and members.
Duties and Responsibilities IPMS/OC
Collect member dues. o From the IPMS/OC Constitution/By-Laws
The Treasurer shall collect, record, and safeguard all moneys of whatever description pertaining to the activities of IPMS/OC.
Prepare the club’s budget, present it to the board for approval, and ensure that club activities adhere to the budget.
Maintain accurate financial records throughout the year to be reviewed at any time by members, or other officers.
o From the IPMS/OC Constitution/By-Laws The Treasurer shall maintain a detailed accounting of all monetary
transactions and holdings. The Treasurer shall present a financial report to the members at the end of
the term of office, and on any extraordinary occasion required by the members.
Transact business through a bank and Pay Pal account.
Inform the club of its financial strengths and weaknesses.
Disburse funds and pay bills promptly as approved by the board.
Reconcile bank statements.
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Upcoming Open E-Board Position Treasurer
Inform club members when memberships need to be renewed.
Deposit club funds.
Maintain the club Post Office Box.
Maintain the contract with the La Quinta Inn or any place where the meetings occur.
Store and maintain club property o Digital camera, AV equipment, laptop, and other treasurer supplies.
Solicit and maintain contract for OrangeCon venue. OrangeCon
Solicit, collect table rental fees, and maintain vendors for OrangeCon
Supervise and/or collect entry fees as well as raffle ticket purchases
Maintain accurate financial records for all OrangeCon income and expenditures.
Store and maintain supplies for OrangeCon. Club Treasurer Checklist Weekly/Monthly Duties
Pay all bills as approved by the board of directors.
Attend club meetings.
Record all expenditures and income.
Collect all money from club meetings or events.
Prepare a financial report for the executive board meeting.
Attend the executive board meeting.
Collect annual dues and meeting attendance fees from members.
Check the PO Box for mail, especially before OrangeCon. Annual Duties
Obtain all financial records, receipts, and files from immediate past treasurer.
Prepare a budget for the upcoming club year.
Organize all financial records to give to the executive board and any treasurer-elect.
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Valleycon 2016 at the
Petersen Automotive Museum By Terry Huber
The Pasadena Modelers settled into their
new venue for the Valleycon 2016 Model
Contest at the Petersen Automotive
Museum in Los Angeles, on Sunday
March 6th. The $125 million dollar newly
renovated center has now taken the art
form for building design to new levels.
The massive steel encased swirls that
surround the building are either celebrated
or despised depending upon which
architectural firm is commenting on them.
I myself found the building very cool
indeed. Club President George Creed
could not be happier with his new contest
home.
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Valleycon 2016
The museum on Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Avenue is laid out on 4 floors plus “The Vault”
located on the lower level. The Vault is the storage area which can be toured for an additional
charge along with a docent tour of the 300 plus vehicles underground. The contest was held on
the 1st level in the Artistry Salon featuring one-of type cars from the 1930’s mostly by European
specialty Coachbuilders such as Delahaye, Bugatti, Voisin, Peugeot, and others situated around
the perimeter of the large room.
In the middle of this large hall is where the contest tables were setup, along with some chairs
and tables with the raffle prizes and awards along with a podium for announcements. The
Petersen venue was definitely designed and laid out to accommodate large events such as this,
as well as corporate style events, star parties, weddings, lectures, you name it. There were
plenty of tables that extended almost into the BMW Art Salon around the staircase so plenty of
extra room was evident if it was to become needed. There were projectors up in the ceiling one
of which displayed on the walls above the outer ring of cars the sponsors for the shows.
Another projector showed photos from past Valleycon shows, pictures from OrangeCon, Las
Vegas and the Red Flag modeler’s event. The lighting seemed very good in some areas but a
hair dark in other areas of the tables nothing that could not be cured with a slight adjustment.
The Security Team here at Petersen is all polish in their black suits and the skinny black ties ala
Men in Black style with the earpieces and also very polite and cordial.
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Valleycon 2016
During the early part of the show one of the guest modelers had some health issues as the
Security Team scrambled to help the unfortunate soul who had gone down between rows of
chairs. The LA Fire Department showed up along with a few E.M.T.’s to help get the
gentlemen’s vital signs, BP, EKG and to analyze and stabilize him. He seemed OK after a short
while and sat up but it appeared that at the insistence of the E.M.T., a trip to the hospital was in
order so off he and his friends went with the FD. The minor incident did not distract from the
overall event so on goes the show and hope the guys OK.
One thing that was becoming very
apparent early on was that the
Automotive and Sci-Fi categories
were getting well filled up spilling off
of their own table space onto the ones
next to them along the row. I could
not believe the amount of car and
space type entries I am guessing
around 200 models for these
categories. If you are a car or Sci-Fi
modeler, this is your chance against
some great competition.
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Valleycon 2016
Valleycon founder George Creed
talks to the media during the start
of the show.
I was starting to understand how the Museum staff knew who was at the show as a Modeler,
with a small Petersen adhesive label on your shirt, or who the visitors were, larger Visitor label.
And there were a lot of visitors which I am sure George was hoping for. He loves to promote
the hobby and maybe some of the folks who came for the event may turn into modelers
themselves.
I was disappointed to see a few light categories which would have given modelers in that scale a
fighting chance at this show. The 1/48 Modern Jet had three entries, Bi-Planes had three
entries, the 1/35 post WW2 armor had less than a handful of entries, and the 1/48 armor
category suffered as well. The 1/32 aircraft were represented as well as can be in this scale. If
you get 6 in this category it is a decent competition. Unfortunately only two ships were in the
1/350 category, another such category needing help in Southern California contests. Thank you
Jim Frye and Jeff Corder for helping with this group. The 1/35 WW1 and WW2 armor
category as well as 1/72 scale armor were well represented here with enough entries to make for
good competition. The 1/48 scale aircraft and 1/72 scale aircraft also had enough entries for a
good battle.
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Valleycon 2016
Along with a lot of well-done figures and a decent group of dioramas the judges had their hands
full with having to decide a 1-2-3 in most categories, and then George uses open judging style
Gold Silver Bronze for Figures and Dioramas. This is not IPMS rules here folks but rather a
free-spirited judging based on of course construction, finish, and markings but also creative
thought in the idea and presentation as well.
And now the winners are……
First we had to call the raffle and there were a couple of gems in the raffle prizes but wish I
could have seen some more grand awards as well. George called the raffle ticket numbers in
quick succession as come up and choose-your-own-prize off of the raffle table as quickly as
possible. That’s OK until two or more winners are at the prize table grabbing for the same kit at
the same time due to in-decision. Then the awards were announced again way too fast for me
as it made modelers collecting their awards up front a little hectic as well and not as important
as it could have been. Some guys work their butts off for these awards so at least stop and
shake hands. Better yet, have someone else announce the awards and George can hand out the
awards and shake hands.
As expected a large portion of Valleycon members won awards along with IPMS Orange
County members Joe LoMusio, Mark “The Duke” Deliduka, Steve Taylor, Foster Rash, Jake
Holshuh, and Derek Collins.
The only down side I saw was the handful of vendors
in the garage area as you pulled in for parking. This
almost looked like an afterthought to put these guys out
in the cold garage and most of them only had car kits
for sale anyway. Maybe next time they could go
upstairs and around the outside of the Penthouse Room
where the small lunch area was setup selling hot dogs,
sandwiches, snacks and drinks. At $12 for parking all
day at the museum (which Sir David Frederick paid
for) and $15 for entry into the museum along with the
model show I guess it was worth it. The museum is
way cool and on its own something to see. I have a lot
of photos so here will be my favorite model photos and
then more on the museum later. TH Museum Photo by Dave Frederick
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Valleycon 2016
Barry Webb had an
exquisite display of civilian
aircraft. The idea being here
that visitors understand it is
not all military and war
subjects, but rather a variety
of the modeler’s ideas in
small miniatures, including
this category of modeling
subjects.
The awards table with the 1-2-3 awards and the
medallions for Gold-Silver-Bronze style award.
Tom Daniel’s Monogram kits from the ‘60’s
all built up and included in this “collections”
category. Nicely done, all of them.
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Valleycon 2016
I rather enjoyed this
“collection” piece on
Military Police
Vehicles. The models
were superb and the
nicely done base with
the small ground dio
section for the vehicles
to sit on was a joy to
see. Fantastic job.
The Penthouse floor of the museum. The
glassed in Penthouse room had the lunch
area with plenty of tables. Jumbo Hot
Dogs were like $5 and Sodas $1. Not bad
prices for LA County.
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Valleycon 2016
Steve Taylor’s modified Hatari Diorama in
smaller footprint.
Jim Frye’s 1/350 scale Tamiya U.S.S. New
Jersey 1990 timeframe fit. Well done Jim!
Three photos assembled together here to show the contest floor.
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Valleycon 2016
Modeler Ed Baroth showed a display consisting of each model aircraft scale done up using a
B-25 gunship style kit. So we have the scales here starting at the left 1/32, 1/48/ 1/72/ 1/144,
1/350, 1/700 for the ships guys. Well done Ed!
Below modeler Derek Collins enters his Egg
Scale Planes in the collections group. That is
awesome
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Valleycon 2016
A crowd favorite
with a 1/144
scale A6M2-N
floatplane under
refueling on a
remote pacific
beach. Well
done piece
mounted in the
half coconut.
I enjoy well done airliners. This one
is no exception. This is the Revell
kit of the Connie in 1/72 as far as I
can tell. Nice work.
This 1/72 Stuka was left at last year’s Valleycon
at the Reagan Library. No one claimed it during
the show this time. If anyone knows who owns it,
let us know.
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Valleycon 2016
Another crowd favorite the Jeff
Corder model of a 1/48 Grumman
Goose on the water.
A very well done 1/32 Hasegawa
Fw-190 if I had to guess an A-5?
Nice work on a Tamiya 1/32 scale F-4B
Phantom in VF-111 Sundowners
conversion.
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Valleycon 2016
This Colonial One Sci-Fi ship
from Battlestar Galactica
caught my eye. The finish was
most excellent and it was lit up
with LED’s throughout, along
with tarmac lights to boot.
At right is the Best Sci-Fi Award, 1/72 Fine
Molds Millennium Falcon with just superb
paint and finish work.
Seaplanes seem to be popular this year
so here is what appears to be a nice
looking 1/48 Fine Molds Savoia S.21
from the movie Porco Rosso?
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Mike McFadden’s 1/72 German U-Boat loading torpedoes inside a shadow box in composite pictures. Mike does a fantastic job
with these shadowboxes set at the right level on the tables so kids can view them as well.
1/72 scale artistry in the form of
the M-12 artillery piece.
1/35 scale Tamiya Gama Goat ambulance.
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This is Jim Frye’s 1/35 Dragon Panzer IV railcar and Joe LoMusio British 6 pounder gun.
Below left Joe Bevans enters his 1/35 scale AFV Club Sturmtiger.
At right is the Best Armor award, Mike Armstrong’s BT-7M in 1/35 by Tamiya.
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Well finished Tamiya 1/35
scale M4A3 with scratch
built details.
At right another fine armor piece this time
1/35 Tamiya S-35 Somua.
What an unusual finish and nicely done on
the Dragon 1/35 Jagdpanther.
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Joe LoMusio captures
Honorable Mention award for
the 1/144 Dragon 28CM
Leopold railgun.
Best Aircraft is the 1/32 scale P-
51 Mustang Unlimited racer by
Jeff Corder. I think this build
started out with the Tamiya
Mustang kit.
Nifty looking Brewster Buffalo in
1/48 scale.
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Sir David Frederick enters his 1/48
Tamiya Fw-190 A-3 model. This is the
spinning propeller kit.
At right is a different take on spinning
propeller this time using what appears to be a
magnifying glass lens mounted on this 1/48
P-47D
At left a unique finish adorns this Hasegawa 1/48
Ta-152 H-0.
At right your Editor enters his Tamiya 1/35
scale M8 Howitzer. A story on this tank is
in the April Fine Scale Modeler showing
how I replaced the kit tracks with AFV
Club T-16 tracks.
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A really cool looking Krupp
Protze towing the trailer and
37cm Pak most likely the Tamiya
1/35 kit but improved for sure.
The nicely mottled finish on this
1/48 Revell F/A-18E really stood
out.
And finally if I had a chance to
take home one of the museums
cars it would be this 1956 Ferrari
250GT Berlinetta with added
touches by designer Zagato. This
included the bulged roof for us big
guys to fit inside. This car is
probably priceless. TH
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Silverwings SilverCon 2016 Contest
By Mike Budzeika David Frederick, Mark Glidden, and I have sort of a modeling “Bucket List” which is to attend
at least once all of the modeling contests in California. We have already been to most, but one
show we have not attend is the show put on by Silverwings.
The Silverwings club is in Sacramento and has been in existence since 1971 and have this show
annually, I’m not sure why we have never attended the show previously, but we did this year.
The show location was held at a church, the Town & Country Lutheran Church & School, and
one of the sponsors of the show was a local hobby shop called Viking Hobby which we visited.
This was the contest of Dave. From spending money, winning awards, to bad tipping he was at
the highest performing level in all areas that I have seen. Truly unbelievable, mainly the spending
money part.
We started out Friday morning and made are usual stop to eat at Harris Ranch in Coalinga. This
restaurant/hotel is related to the agricultural industries in Central California and needless to say
the beef that they use in their restaurant is top of the line, it does cost a little bit more but it’s
worth it.
We had our meal, Dave and Mark had breakfast and I had a French Dip that was awesome! We
got or bill, separate checks of course and Dave left less than desirable tip, it was like $2.00 on a
$30.00 bill. Mark and I had to almost publicly shame him to get him to leave an appropriate tip,
but he finally did after much resistance.
We got into the Sacramento area around 3:30 and decided to go to Viking Hobby shop before
checking into the hotel. Viking Hobby shop is small, they did have a lot of models, accessories,
books, but it seems board gaming is more popular up in No. Cal than it is here, there was quite a
selection. Dave surprised us again by purchasing a kit, the Derelict, some Sci-Fi thing and he paid
the sticker price!
We spent 30 – 45 minutes at the hobby shop then headed to our room at the Marriott Courtyard.
For some reason they had canceled our reservation, but Mark got it resolved. He also used his
points for the room so we did not have to spend any money on the room which meant more money
for the vendors.
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For me a large part of the trip is our dinner the night before the contest. We found a Cattlemen’s
restaurant which have multiple locations in No. Cal and has been a good place to eat so we decided
to eat there. Since Mark had used his Marriott points to pay for the room Dave and I decided to
pay for his meal. As expected the meal and atmosphere was great, we had some brews, Dave and
Mark had Prime Rib, I had Steak and Shrimp, excellent.
Saturday morning we headed out to the contest at the church, arriving there we had to fill out the
entry forms as online there really was nothing to use to pre-fill out. It really is helpful if there are
online forms to download and fill out, it speeds up the process for anyone wanting to fill out the
forms before the show.
The contest room is the church basketball
court with the model tables within the
court boundaries and surrounding the
outside of the court are the vendors. They
had a lot of vendors which was good to
see. After we placed our models we
walked around the vendors.
During the day as we checked out the
vendors, Dave turned out to be a
madman. He made some purchases, he
bought the Trumpeter 1/35 scale Hind,
the Russian helicopter, I think a Space
1999 space ship, and a Long Tom
cannon. I purchased a Tamiya Prince of
Whales battleship for $75.00, I have been
looking for this kit for some time, and Mark purchased nothing. Again Dave was a big surprise,
as what he spent on this trip he usually takes about a year to spend that amount.
Before the judging got underway, we had conversations with people attending the contest and it
was mentioned multiple times about the judging and how it was not quite the caliber of others
shows. The results showed, but I have no knowledge as I did not judge but some of the results
did not seem to jive.
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As a couple examples Marks 32nd scale Corsair did not even place, yet it has not failed to garner
a BOS, Best Aircraft, or 1st place at other contest. What did win was a 32nd scale jet which seemed
suspect as the canopy was slanted to the left plus has some windscreen issues. I’m not saying it
wasn’t worthy of an award but being impartial, the Corsair was much better. Also Mark had a
VT-55 that did not place in Armor, with the conversion and the amount of PE used there is no
way it should not have placed.
As for the awards Dave was at the top, he won two 1st place and a 3rd, Mark received two 1st place
and a 3rd also, and I received a 2nd and a 3rd, we did well. There were some very nice models, I
liked a disabled FT-17 in 16th scale I thought something as simple as a mud puddle looked good.
There was a very well done ship
“Rum Runner” which had a lot of
work done on it, one of the best
from the show.
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Other models were also very well
done, a P-38, a new tooled Airfix
Mk,IVF Bristol Blenheim
Here is an unusual display of armor from the
Arab/Israeli wars, very well done.
Their raffle was not one of the best, there were two
drawings and only one decent kit, a Wingnut Wings
Roland C.II. We did a count, between us we counted
around 225 models. Our impression was it’s not a
show we would attend annually like other shows up
here but we would come back, we all agreed the
amount of vendors were surprising with a lot of
quality merchandise. I have a new impression of
Dave since he has been president, he spends money
and he wins awards. What more can you ask from
your president? MB
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Old Orange County: The Smeltzer Branchline
By Foster Rash Part 2
Santa Ana & Newport RR under
construction.
In January I explored the working
portion of the old Santa Ana &
Newport Smeltzer branchline. I'll
conclude with a tour of the
abandoned portion of the line
from Ellis Ave to Pacific Coast
Hwy. The Santa Ana and
Newport had spanned the gully,
through which Ellis Ave now runs, with an earthen fill. The fill was replaced with a concrete
overpass in the 1970's to permit the extension of Ellis Ave. The overpass now leads to a pedestrian
parkway through an upscale residential area.
Ellis Ave overpass marks the
beginning of pedestrian parkway.
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Pedestrian parkway on old right of
way from Ellis to Main St.
La Bolsa
About 1/2 mile south of Ellis Ave,
the pedestrian parkway ends at
Main St. and Garfield Ave. The
old right of way can be picked up
on the southeast side of the
intersection and continues in a
straight line to Clay Ave. The La
Bolsa station was located along
this corridor.
La Bolsa station (photo taken
sometime after the electrification
of this portion of the line in 1911.
In the photo at right, there is a PE
trolley on the main line and a "team
track," siding, barely visible in the
weeds, runs in front of the freight
station loading dock. Also visible
is some track work on the left,
possibly for the Holly plant or La Bolsa tile.
The Ayres freight station kit is similar to the La
Bolsa station
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Garfield & Main, Huntington Beach today.
Prior to the discovery of oil, processing sugar
beets was the main industry in Huntington
Beach. Holly Sugar built a large refinery on the
north edge of town between Clay and Garfield
Avenues and a spur track from La Bolsa served
the plant. After oil was discovered, the sugar
factory was demolished in 1923 and replaced by
an oil refinery. Sugar beets from the area were
then shipped to the Holly plant on Dyer Rd. in
Santa Ana. A model of the refinery could be kit
bashed into an impressive complex using plastic
kits from the moderately priced Walthers Cornerstone series of structures (1:87, HO scale).
Holly Sugar Huntington Beach
plant was built in 1911. Looking
northeast, Gothard St. runs
across bottom and the railroad is
visible across the top beyond the
tree line. Present day alignment
of Main St. bisects this property
diagonally from upper left to
lower right.
In the photo at left, the beet
dump trestle is visible on the
right side of the plant the beet
racks were run up on the trestle,
the beets were dumped into
flumes below and floated into
the refinery for processing.
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Sugar Refinery site, looking
across Garfield west of Main
Bagged sugar ready for shipment at Holly refinery
Holly Lane is the only reminder of what was once here
Due to the availability of convenient shipping by rail,
other industries located near the La Bolsa station
included: Pacific Broom Co, Pierce Cannery, Pacific Oil Cloth and Linoleum, and La Bolsa Tile.
Making brooms in
Huntington Beach
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La Bolsa Tile plant on Garfield Ave in Huntington Beach. Tracks appear to run on the far right
of the stacked roofing tile
Huntington Beach
A Pacific Electric “Red Car" trolley ran on the
old Santa Ana & Newport tracks from
downtown Huntington Beach to La Bolsa to
transport workers to the industries north of
town. The area is still mostly commercial/light
industrial but the former sugar plant property is
predominately residential. A reminder of the
old days is a street named Holly Lane!
PE "Red Car" stopped by a cow in
Huntington Beach. Photo courtesy of Pacific
Electric Ry Historical Society.
The rails from PCH to La Bolsa were
removed after PE ceased operations in 1962.
The mainline and team track (a team track is
a siding where freight cars can be spotted for
unloading directly onto vehicles; in the old
days onto wagons pulled by a "team" of
horses) between La Bolsa and Ellis were
taken up in 1976. But much of the former
right of way east of Lake St. from Utica Ave
to Pacific Coast Hwy remains as a greenbelt and there are some beautiful old homes in the
neighborhood. If you look at this area on a satellite map, the old right of way sticks out like a
sore thumb!
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Many sections of the
old right of way are
evident parallel to Lake
St. through old
Huntington Beach.
On my way home, I stopped by Arnie's Trains in Westminster to pick up some supplies and ran
into our award winning IPMS OC Newsletter editor, Terry Huber, who was making some
purchases for his N gauge layout. I chose a couple of $1.49 pre-owned plastic flatcars from the
bargain table for conversion into sugar beet racks. We'll see how that turns out! Adjacent to
Arnie's is the right of way for the recently abandoned (2010) US Navy Railroad that connected
the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station to the Smeltzer branchline at Hazard Ave.
Trestle over Bolsa Chica Channel,
entrance to Naval Weapons Station
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I wonder what happened to the little GE
locomotive that could sometimes be seen
from the 405 Fwy moving ammo cars.
According to a Navy press release, the
railroad was built during WWII and after
many decades of use it was worn out. The
creosote in the ties posed environmental
concerns for the adjacent Seal Beach
National Wildlife Refuge and required
removal. Moving munitions by truck was
deemed more cost effective than
rebuilding the railroad.
My little day trip was a pleasant experience as the March weather was unseasonably warm and
sunny. A tour of the Foose shop was an unexpected bonus. The industrial area that includes
Reliable Lumber is interesting and the old Holly sugar refinery would make an impressive model.
The La Bolsa station with an "imagineered" small industrial area, including a tile plant and
cannery, could be built as a small switching layout or module.
Modeling
I created some "Old Orange County" vignettes utilizing vintage kits from my stash:
Tashima Market - Ayres Knott's Ghost Town General store kit
Furuta Farm - Revell Barnyard kit and scratch built farmhouse
Produce packing warehouse - Suydam corrugated metal warehouse kit
Tashima Market
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Furuta Farm
Building a Suydam Metal Structure
The Earl Fruit Co. packed produce in California, Oregon
and Washington
I know we are a plastic modelers club but I thought some of you might enjoy a little non-plastic
armchair modeling. I hope you find this build interesting. Ed Suydam produced a number of
corrugated metal structure kits in the early '60s. Up until then, modelers had been using the
corrugated cardboard wrappers from light bulb packaging or using the teeth of a comb to emboss
corrugations in the metal foil from toothpaste tubes in order to represent metal roofing and siding!
So the Suydam metal structures were a great leap forward. The renowned pioneer of fine scale
model railroading, John Allen, had Suydam structures on his Gorre & Daphetid model railroad;
these kits were state of the art at the time! The bugaboo was they had to be soldered together and
people said the tinplate material was difficult to
solder. For that reason, I avoided the kits as a kid
but now I'm ready for the challenge! So follow
along while I court the trick of disaster and try to
assemble a corrugated metal produce packing
warehouse.
Suydam corrugated metal warehouse kit
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As with any kit, I read the instructions and familiarized myself with the components and assembly
procedure. The structure is very simple, just a box really, but the walls are all different and
interchange side to side and end to end. There are optional placements of the loading doors on
the trackside wall, so the builder can customize the structure to suit the site. The walls are
reinforced with metal angle. The window inserts are two dimensional with the window pane
detail just printed on the celluloid glazing material. Cast white metal rooftop ventilators are
included in the kit.
Since this was a 50 year old kit and the tinplate was beginning to tarnish in some areas, I carefully
prepped the metal before soldering. I sanded a couple of rusty spots and treated the areas with
Naval Jelly rust remover. Then I rubbed down all the parts with steel wool and washed them with
soap and water. A separate sheet of soldering instructions was included in the kit which contained
a good explanation of different solders and fluxes. The Suydam instructions recommended 50/50
solid core solder with an acid flux but I couldn't find this at Home Depot. I looked on line and
found only one company selling acid flux ($10 per bottle plus shipping), but my Google search
also turned up numerous first aid tips about what to do when you poison yourself from fumes
using the stuff! I had 60/40 electrical solder in my toolbox, went to the Weller website and found
that the difference between 50/50 and 60/40 solder is the melting point (60/40 is lower). So I
skipped the "old school" soldering and tried 60/40 electrical solder with some paste-type
plumbing flux I had on hand and had no problems with solder flow or adhesion. Heat build-up
must always be considered to avoid warping when working with sheet metal. To avoid warpage,
the parts were initially tacked together with small spots of solder.
Walls are braced with metal angle soldered in
place
After all the soldering was completed, I
scrubbed the model with Comet cleanser and a
toothbrush, then thoroughly rinsed to remove
all traces of flux to ensure good paint adhesion.
Finally, I rubbed it down with metal prep to
etch the surface for good paint adhesion before
spraying on a coat of gray automotive primer.
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Structure is basically a box
Interior partition soldered in place
The kit builds a tidy but plain structure. There is a matboard floor and the roof is removable. The
interior has a partition which creates an office area and restroom but no other details are provided.
I found a website with info on old packing houses, www.coastdaylight.com/ljames1/scph.html
and added more detail based on the photos I found there. A packing plant used a lot of boxes.
Packing boxes at the ready
I built a large stack of boxes from cardstock and
borrowed some of the box art Terry often includes
in the IPMS OC Newsletter, printed out the
reduced size labels and glued them on the ends of
my "boxes."
Packing box labels
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I overlaid the mat board floor with 1/32" sheet
basswood and stained it with driftwood gray
Minwax. I elevated the floor on a foam core board foundation with a timber pier-type perimeter
foundation constructed of strip wood. Then I mounted the assembly on a 1/8" MDF base. A
cover was added over the receiving dock with a farmers unloading produce. The trucks and farm
wagon were built from Jordan kits. The Armour billboard reefer was built from a Roundhouse
kit. Figures are Micro-Mark.
Receiving dock details
Packing house roof truss detail
For interest, wooden trusses
were added under the
removable roof. Strip wood
framing was added to the
interior walls. I used .020"
sheet styrene to build sorting
tables and the produce is
represented by some kind of
salad seasoning seeds purloined from my wife's spice rack. Painted
green, I think they resemble bell peppers. Boxed produce, staged
ready for shipment, was set out on the loading dock.
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Interior framing was built from scale lumber
I painted the structure exterior with Model
Master neutral gray to look like mildly
oxidized galvanized metal siding. The
window trim and interior were painted flat
white. The structure was weathered with
pigment powders. Since I am modeling the
early 1900-era, the structure was moderately
weathered as it might have appeared in its
prime. In other words, no heavy rust or
deterioration.
Trackside view of the model.
Armour reefer built from a
Roundhouse kit
Farm wagon built from Jordan Highway Miniatures
kit
Empty packing boxes stored on the dock
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Farmers unloading their trucks
Interior with metal roof removed
Interior with roof support trusses
removed
Sidebar: A couple of interesting bits
While looking through old photos of California produce packing plants, I came upon this photo
of a refrigerator car icing facility in Tustin. Compare it to the Ayres/Suydam Union Ice kit at
right.
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Armour meat had a huge private fleet of refrigerator cars and shipped meat products all over the
country. To avoid the expense of returning cars empty from the west coast, Armour acquired the
Earl Fruit Co and shipped produce east in returning Armour reefers. The government determined
this efficiency to be an unfair trade practice and forced Armour to divest; the refrigerator line
became Fruit Growers Express and Earl Fruit Co. was sold to the agricultural conglomerate
DiGiorgio.
A restored Pacific Electric maintenance car houses a small museum in Seal Beach. The museum
is dedicated to "Red Car era" Seal Beach, surfing and the history of the community. Located on
the old PE right of way along Electric Ave at Main St., it is open the second and fourth Saturdays
each month from 12 to 3pm and admission is free. www.beachcalifornia.com/redcar-museum-
seal-beach.html
Pacific Electric Museum in Seal
Beach is on the old Long Beach to
Newport PE Coast Line. FR
Candid Club Photos Here is Darnell Pocinich hard at work as our Contest
Director. Thank you Darnell for doing such a great job as
the CD over the last few years!
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Model Club Meetings in the SoCal Area
~Changes to Current Clubs~ Pasadena Modeling 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 7:30 p.m.
There is a $5 donation at the meeting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IPMS Inland Empire Meets on the 1st Monday of each month
The Puente Hills Baptist Church
363 E. Roland St., Covina CA
Doors open at 6:30 pm and go till about 9:00 pm
There is a $5 fee for 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
951-805-2541
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Model Club Meetings in the SoCal Area IPMS South Orange County The Insane Modeling Posse Meets on the 4th Saturday of each month
Norman P. Murray Center
24932 Veterans Way
Mission Viejo, Ca 92692
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Contact Terry Huber [email protected]
This is a build session style meeting
First meeting free then $10 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
(This is a great meeting to attend! Lots
of information and great modeling tips. Ed.)
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.
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
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Model Club Meetings in the SoCal Area 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
IPMS San Diego Model Car Club
Meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month
San Diego Auto Museum / Balboa Park
2080 Pan America Plaza
San Diego, CA
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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Model Club Meetings in the SoCal Are
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]
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Upcoming Events
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Kit Collector’s and Exposition Sale
“The Keller Show”
UFCW 324 Hall
8850 Stanton Avenue
Buena Park, CA
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Small entry fee at the door
Saturday, April 2, 2016
IPMS Silicon Valley Scale Modelers
SVSM 2016 Classic
Napredak Hall
770 Montague Expressway
San Jose, CA 95131
Theme: Clocks a Ticking
Saturday, May 7, 2016
IPMS Las Vegas “Best of the West”
Orleans Hotel & Casino
4500 West Tropicana Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89103
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Brookhurst Hobbies presents
SprueFest 2016 Model Contest
Brookhurst hobbies
12188 Brookhurst St.
Garden grove, CA 92840
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Free spectator admission but $10 to enter contest
First three models, $1 each after that
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models of the Demon.
Other features of the book include four-view scale drawings in color and original and highly
detailed artwork illustrating the cockpit details and the two types of ejection seats, all of which
were created specifically for this publication. There is also a look at the restoration process for
the Demon on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation.