Our January 2012 meeting will be at the Cutler Realty on Monday, January 16 at 6:30 p.m. Our normal monthly business/topics will be discussed. There will be a Theme Contest -’Polish a Turd’ contest sponsored by Ed Kinney, i.e., ”build a really bad/inaccurate kit and turn it into a gem” and a non-theme contest will be held as well. Be prepared to discuss sponsorship for 2012′s monthly Theme contests. Hope to...
Read More2012 – Happy New Year to All
The officers wish a successful, prosperous and Happy New Year to all our members of Fame Cities Chapter IPMS for 2012 as we usher in the new year. As a chapter, our members have had a very successful and outstanding year in 2011, entering various contest and shows across the country. Keep building those models in a hobby we love and enjoy and 2012 will be a very good year too. Best wishes for All and may God Bless. The Christmas meeting ...
Read MoreDecember 2011 Meeting- Merry Christmas
Our December 2011 meeting will be at the Cutler Realty on Monday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m. Our normal monthly business/topics will be discussed. There will be a Theme Contest -”National Guard and Reserves” sponsored by member Ralph Nolan and a non-theme contest as well. That being said, the December meeting will also host our annual Christmas Extravaganza. The club will provide pizza and soft drinks, and we ask everyone to...
Read MoreNovember 2011 Meeting – Update
Our November 2011 meeting will be at Ed Kinney’s house, SUNDAY November 20 at 2:00 p.m. Our normal monthly business/topics will be discussed. There will be a Theme Contest – ‘Alclad’ sponsored by Ed Kinney and Alclad. Build whatever you like and use some Alclad paint on the model. That being said, there will also be a Non-Theme Contest as well. Joe Stoudt will be putting an e-mail out to membership with directions. Hope...
Read MoreOctober 2011 Meeting
Our October 2011 meeting will be at the Cutler Realty on Monday, October 17 at 6:30 p.m. Our normal monthly business/topics will be discussed. There will be a Theme Contest – “Pets Allowed’ – must include an animal – sponsored by member Rick Slagle. That being said, there will also be a Non-Theme Contest as well. Hope to see you there and if you know someone interested in the hobby, invite them along.
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This is an Italeri kit in 1/72 scale with a Legend Production resin sand bag armor added. Model is by member John Shimek. Modifications include Bogie Wheels cut in two, spacer disc added; return rollers scribed to represent dual roller; track guide teeth added from 1.5mm channel cut into 144 pieces of .5mm lengths. Model master paints applied...
Member Ken Patterson is building the Tamiya 1/48 scale F-16. Here are a few pic’s of his Aires resin cockpit build up. Plans for this build is yo finish with a ‘Arctic Aggressor Blue Flanker’ scheme. More pic’s of build will be posted as Ken progresses. ...
This is a Hobby Boss 1/32 scale F-84 built out of the box with kit supplied decals by member Ed Kinney. Ed used Eduard seat belts and exhaust cover and painted using Alclad II...
Ed Kinney’s A4C Skyhawk build is superb and captures the scheme as used by John McCain as flown in Vietnam. This is a Hasegawa 1/48 scale kit....
