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Harvey Takes Japan!!  Harvey Low took a springtime trip to the land of the rising sun and he's promised to share with us several presentations over the coming months chronicling his adventures. Tonight, in his first installment, Harvey gives us the lowdown on his attendance at the famous "Shizuoka show", one of the premier hobby shows in the world. Take a look at the PDF of his presentation. Show and Tell
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Brian Fowler Two'fer! AMPS (Armor Modeling and Preservation Society) National Report Our own itinerant modeler (he's living in Buffalo for the next few months!) Brian Fowler, shares photos and reports out on the recent AMPS National show in PA last month, including pics of the "best of's" and a brief overview on the show overall. KV-6: Stalin's Orchestra  Brian relates the fascinating, unsung history of the infamous KV-6 Super Heavy Tank. Starting as a fun, spoof modeling project by Brian in 1995, his behemoth KV-6 model has taken on a life of its own over the years. Read/download Brian's presentation documenting how his creation achieved internet infamy. Show and Tell  Fighter Combat in World War II: Stories and Tactics 1939-1945 Author Steve Church will tell us a little about himself, including his "modeling origin story" (because we all have one!!) and then he'll do a presentation on some of the highlights of his research for the book followed by some Q & A and general discussion. Based on several conversations with Steve making the arrangements for this session we're going to learn a few things and I also know that we'll have a fun time doing it! You can buy Steve's book from Amazon, or directly from his website, Fighter Combat WWII. Show and Tell IPMS NENY Hangs Out at Hanger 743! Unbeknownst to many, there is a warbird preservation/restoration facility at the Albany Airport called Hanger 743. One of our club members arranged a group tour for us on March 21, 2025 and we enjoyed getting up close to several iconic aircraft, including a Skyraider, Corsair, Hurricane, Spitfire, Avenger, a B-25 under reconstruction after a ferry-flight accident, and a Texan modified to stand in for a Zero in several film productions. You may not appreciate how truly HUGE some of these single engine aircraft are until you actually stand right next to them! Here is a photo gallery of our tour. Show and Tell A nostalgic look at our modeling stashes and built models from the distant past. Members brought along some of the oldest kits in their stashes, and displayed the oldest finished kits they still have. It was a treat to compare the current state of the art kits we now enjoy to against the blocks of wood (!!) and/or crude and simplistic plastic moldings offered as state of the art decades ago. Here's a gallery of what was shared including a few current show and tell projects. Japan's Desperate Defender: The Little Known K11W1 Harvey Low presents on the history of the K11W1, a Japanese aircraft so obscure that it didn't have an Allied code name! Harvey shares historical reference photos and background info along with photos of his build of a K11W1 model. Get the lowdown with his presentation PDF! Show and Tell Build Night! Club members gathered for a evening of conversation while working on kits. Here's a selection of photos of them making progress toward keeping ahead of their stashes! Show and Tell The Force is With Us Tonight! Gothaforce’s Christian Smekens joins us live from Belgium (and 6 hours in the future!!) Hearing about NENY’s November 2024 Zoom discussion of Gothaforce’s upcoming 3D-printed 1/32 Fokker D.VII, Christian contacted Tim Burke and generously offered to join us tonight and tell us more about the company, their philosophy, their 3D printing process, and their future plans. Christian answers our questions and discusses the evolving evolution (or revolution?) of 3D printing in modeling. Check out Gothaforce's website and kit offerings! Show and Tell First In-Person Meeting of 2025 A smallish but enthusiastic group of local members gathered to share their modeling resolutions and dreams for 2025. Aside from any show and tell models, each member brought two models they pledged to complete, one each under these categories:
Stop Press! It’s never too late to jump in! Even if you missed the meeting, send Tim Burke an email letting him know which two kits you pledge to build and we’ll add your name and the names of your pledge kits to the list! For the record, here are our members’ pledged kits so far: Tim Burke Dreams Kit - Hobby Boss 1/48 Antonov An-2 Resolution Kit - Hobby Boss 1/48 La-11 "Fang" Nick Filippone Dreams Kit - Planet Models 1/72 Gloster F.9/37 Resolution Kit - Clear Prop 1/72 Gloster E28/39 "Pioneer" Bill Ellis Dreams Kit - Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Vb Resolution Kit - Tamiya 1/48 Pzkpfw. 38t Paul Dupree Dreams Kit - 2 different kits of the 1/72 PBM-5 Martin Mariner (Rareplanes vacuform and Academy/Minicraft injection) which he pledges to finish both!! Resolution Kit - Academy 1/350 RMS Titanic (Very ambitious, indeed!!) Greg Aldi Dreams Kit - Monogram 1/24 NASCAR Thunderbird that he started when he was 9 years old!! Resolution Kit - Tamiya 1/48 Beaufighter Mk. VI night fighter Kyle Koppos Dreams Kit - Tarangus 1/48 Saab B-17a Resolution Kit - KEP Models 1/48 Yak-6 bomber (complete 3d printed kit) (Kyle’s kit choices were assigned to him at his request by popular vote of the group from three alternative kits he presented for each challenge!!) Dave Pratt Dreams Kit - Roden 1/144 Fw-200 Condor airliner Resolution Kit - Airfix DeHavilland Mosquito Mk. XVI Show and Tell Here's a short gallery of both pledge and regular project models reviewed during the meeting. Happy New Modeling Year! We kick off the new year with a Show and Tell Gallery of member projects, a presentation by Mark Norman of the November visit to the Hanger Day event at the Tunison Foundation at the Dutchess County Airport, and discussion of topics for our 2025 in-person meetings. Show and Tell |
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