IPMS Fame Cities - Canton / Akron Ohio Blog

F4U Birdcage Corsair

Member Bob Ulrich made this gorgeous Tamiya 1/32 Birdcage Corsair. The cockpit features a scratch built throttle assembly, much added wiring and plumbing, Barracuda cockpit stencil decals, HGW seatbelts, bolt heads added to armor...

December 2013 Meeting – Merry Christmas

Our December 2013 meeting will be at the Cutler Realty on Monday, December 16 at 6:30 p.m. Our normal monthly business/topics will be discussed. There will be a Theme Contest -“National Guard and Reserves”...

November 2013 Meeting Site Change!

Our November 2013 meeting will be at MJ Kinney’s home on Monday, November 18 at 6:30 p.m. Our normal monthly business/topics will be discussed and a little surprise planned. This month we will have...

IPMS Fame Cities – Ed Kinney Chapter

In October of 2013, chapter members approved to honor co-founder Ed Kinney by modifying the chapter name to IPMS Fame Cities – Ed Kinney Chapter. Ed was an avid aircraft model builder and won...

1960 Chevy Impala RESURRECTION

RESURRECTION By Larry Davis This is the story of a resurrection. About 10 years ago I was wandering the aisles of The Flower Factory hobby store and came upon a diecast model of a...

F4U-1D Corsair by Dave Ball

Member Dave Ball built this Tamiya 148 scale F4U-1D Corsair. Dave built the model stock out-of-the-box, with PE seatbelt, used Model Master paints and Barracuda decals. The model is of Lt. Col. Don Yost’s...

F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair

Member Dave Ball built this excellent 1/48 scale F4U-1 birdcage Corsair. The model was built stock out-of-the-box except for PE seatbelts. Debuted Model Master paints the decals are from Barracuda. The model depicts Lieut....

Sept Mtg 2013- Family Picnic

This month’s meeting was held at MJ Kinney’s house on Sunday, September 15th at 1:00 PM. Thanks MJ ! This month’s theme contest was sponsored in memory of member Ed Kinney – “Best USMC...

October 2013 Meeting

Our October 2013 meeting will be at the Cutler Realty on Monday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m. Our normal monthly business/topics will be discussed. This month we will have a contest theme “Animalistic”– Model...