Meeting highlights included catching up with friends, a 3D printing demo by Len Pilhofer, and a show and tell session.
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This meeting was pushed back one week to the second Thursday of August because members were traveling to the IPMS Nationals held during the first weekend of August. Two Photo Presentations!
Show and Tell
This was our second in person meeting since the end of COVID. Here are a few shots of those members who could attend and of the projects they brought for show and tell.
![]() Gundam+Plastic Models: A Gunpla Introduction Make room on the contest tables, aircraft, armor, and car models! Gundam is a burgeoning segment of our traditional modeling universe and guest speaker David Zweigel presented an introduction to Gunpla, including a brief historical overview of the origins and exponential growth of the Gundam modeling world, the basic categories of Gundam kit scales, and the differing levels of difficulty. The presentation also provides links to where you can find more information and purchase Gundam kits. David graciously allowed us to share the PDF of his presentation which you can read/download here. Members' Latest Projects
The Low-down on Bristol Blenheims in Japanese Service Say what?? Harvey Low of IPMS Toronto shares his discovery and research of Bristol Blenheims captured and flown by the Japanese during the war. And he built a 1/48 model of one of the aircraft, to boot! Harvey graciously shares all the terrific historical information, period photos, and model photos in this PDF of his presentation. What is this? Paul Dupree wants to know if anyone can identify the vehicle in this picture. A Technique With No Future Pat Donahue clears up questions about how he prepares canopies without using Future. Members' Latest Projects
A Brief Visual Recap of Noreastcon 2023 Mark Norman narrated a short slideshow of the event with competition highlights. View the slideshow. Members' Latest Projects
![]() Shelby American Collection Photos Bill Ellis shares a selection of photos he took when visiting the Shelby American Collection. Check out the slideshow here. Members' Latest Projects
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