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Fellow mod-elers-- Greet-ings fellow modelers! Wow. What a GREAT contest you put on last
month! We had 58 en-trants bring in 212 mod-
els, and a record number of ven-dor tables. Thanks so much for ALL your hard work in making it happen! That doesn't mean we were perfect. If there's anything you noticed at the contest that we could do better (or that we should keep doing!), bring it to the meeting this week. We will discuss the contest and try to
identify ways we could improve. Could be anything--judging, ad-vertising, raffle, setup--bring your ideas! I'd also like to discuss do-ing either a club contest or a club build after the start of the new idea. Please be ready to talk about your ideas! See you Wednesday! Shane Curtis
Shane Curtis “Look, I’m on the other
side now! “ The Great Leader Chairman
Scuttlebutt from the president :
IPMS Prison City Modelers
October 2016 Issue
The Roll Call
Club Officers, 2016
Shane Curtis, President
Timothy Moran, Vice President
Ed Burgess, Treasurer
Mark Gerges, Secretary
Newsletter editor, and webpage
Inside this issue:
Last Meeting Recap 2-3
What’s on Your
Workbench?
4
Jayhawk Journal 5-6
DH2 with Profipack 7-8
Club info and demos 9
Upcoming contests 9
Contest results 2016 10-
15
September contest theme 17 September Leavenworth
Show is in the can!
See the last pages of the newslet-
ter for a list of winners— congrat-
ulations all.
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Last meeting recap
Last month’s meeting was held a week early, and focused on club preparation for the contest, including a judging
clinic and last minute coordination. However, we still found time to discuss some models on our workbenches, and
share them with the members.
I was so intent in taking the pho-
tos, I forgot to write down who
brought the F106 Delta Dart and
the F4 Corsair. Mea Culpa. Both
are beautifully done models.
Left and below:
Brooks Lyles continued
to work on his Revolu-
tionary War rifleman
from Hall’s Battalion
that he was able to fin-
ish before the contest.
Below: Alex Gerges’s Soviet T-62 in Afghanistan
showed off some of the amazing molded detail and
PE that came with the Dragon kit.
Donations for School of New Beginnings, Lansing, Kansas
Tim Fincham and Doug Hall are accepting donations for The School of New Beginnings Plastic Model Build-
ing Differentiated Education Program. They accept kits you do not intend to build, old built models or “clunkers”
that you have, parts of all kinds and supplies. Please give to Doug Hall or Tim Fincham at the meetings.
New Beginnings works with students K – 12 with learning disorders, emotional challenges, and some have
been trouble with the law. Plastic modeling provides an opportunity to be creative and keep hands busy with a me-
dium that is new to many of them.
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Request for Assistance
Last meeting recap : Left: Ed Burgess retains the win-
ner of the most interesting model-
ers in the club. On the far left is
his update of the SeaView sub,
with scratch built cargo compart-
ment. In his professional modeling
life, he is now a reviewer for Ar-
morama, and brought some of his
most recent items that he tested
for the website.
Below: Gary Rhunke displayed his recently finished model of the 1908
Antoinette in 1/72nd scale. Originally molded in the 1970s, the Entex
model built into a fine replica with a little TLC.
Above: Larry Todd brought a tiny sports car in
1:72nd scale. Unfortunately, I missed why it was
painted all gold. The photo above is larger than
the actual model.
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What’s on your Workbench?
From Ed Burgess: This contraption started as a Revell P-47 kit of 1990's vintage. It represents an ocean exploration vehicle with water-jet propulsion and a multitude of antennas. I picture it as running at or just below the surface so as to facilitate com-munication. I flipped the P-47 fuselage upside down, and added a tail fin to make the cruciform empennage (love that phrase). Removed the wings and put the drop tanks on the stubs for buoyancy and balance. The ball is from the Monogram kit of the Seaquest Deep Ocean Transport, which get have a cockpit fashioned from a clear plastic ball instead. Some bits from the spares box and plastic strips to con-ceal the poorly-fitting joints are added both for strength and looks. Four antenna bases made of plastic and aluminum will hold .020 carbon fiber rods, and a length of .006 EZLine ceramic rigging line (the type beloved by WWI biplane enthusiasts) will run between the two dorsal posts. The kit was 1/48 but I'll be putting a 1/35 seated figure in the pressure ball. As you can see, masking has begun but not gotten very far. My experiences with masking have been less than exemplary, so I hope this kit bash will teach me something.
Fabricating Boulders and
Rocks Using Durham’s Water
Putty
By Rick Brownlee
Many years ago Kalmbach Publishing in Waukesha, Wisconsin released a series of soft cover books on figure sculpting and tips
on creating realistic dioramas. I had the series and do recall that the author was Ray Anderson, an ac-complished artist. Of course, the books were full of color photographs of his work. One of the tips he mentioned, that I still use from time to time, was how to make boulders and rocks for dioramas using a yellow powder that came in a can, and was/is used by plumbers. A plumbers helper, you might say. It was called Durham’s Water Putty and would be mixed with water to form a paste like mixture. I still have a few spoonfuls from that original can of so many years ago. But I felt for this article I would probably need a new supply. And sure enough the local hardware store still sells Durham’s Water Put-ty. See the photo.
Well, before mixing the powder and water in a cup, the first step is to get a block
of the better quality Styrofoam, the pink kind, which is much easier to work with. However, you can still use the common white Styrofoam. Carve sections of the foam into the shape of boulders and rocks. Again see the first photo. Next, stick a toothpick into the bottom of each of your carved rocks. Then start mixing the water putty with water, in a small container. The idea is that you’re going to dip the carved pieces down into the water putty and then set the pieces aside until everything is good and dry. Then it is just a process of getting out your paints and becoming an artist. Re-member rocks come in all kinds of colors and shades. I painted these examples as though they were from the Painted Desert National Park in Arizona, since there are so many warm colors in rocks from that area. And I definitely feel that color does attract
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attention, catches the viewer’s eye. See the final two photos from The National Park.
So as you can see, this tip is rather simple, but I think there may be some of you mod-elers who are not familiar with this rather easy technique.
Jawhawk Journal Continued
Wanted: excess legs from walkers--Star Wars AT-AT or some such. They would not
need to be in pristine condition; I'll be tarting them up with wires and other greeblies.
Thinking of building the attached. Please contact Ed Burgess.
Buy, Sell, or Trade
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I’ve come to appreciate the recent Eduard kits, es-
pecially the ProfiPACKs which include the masks and pho-
toetch (PE) parts. When I saw the DH-2 in 1/48 scale I
had to take on the challenge of building and rigging it.
This is my first 1/48 scale WWI aircraft in 50 years, my
how things have changed! The Eduard kit comes with
masks for painting the underside of the fuselage, propeller
and wheels, PE for the cockpit, engine, ammunition drums
and control horns and parts and decals for four different
aircraft.
The internet has some great reference documents for rigging WWI aircraft and the DH-2 in particu-
lar.
DH-2 Rigging guide By Tim West. http://www.bobsbuckles.co.uk/dh.2-rigging-guide.html
A collection of photos showing wonderful detail of the turnbuckles as well as actual measurements. https://www.flickr.com/photos/landoni/sets/72157604984202028/ Rigging Scale Model Biplanes by John Seaman. http://www.austinsms.org/Rigging-Scale-Mode-
Biplanes.pdf
I decided to replicate the turnbuckles using a cop-
per wire wound around Wonder Wire. While it doesn’t ex-
actly replicate the turnbuckle, it looks like a fair representa-
tion in the scale and more importantly I could make them
quickly. To make them I cut a 12 inch piece of Wonder
Wire and put a piece of tape on the end so I could see it. I
wound a length of the copper wire around a toothpick so I
had some control of it. Next I held the Wonder Wire sta-
tionary and wound eight turns of copper wire on it. After
trimming off the excess wire I painted some flat lacquer on the turnbuckle to keep it from falling off the
Wonder Wire.
I wanted to see how it would look and get my technique down in a relatively hidden location, so the
first rigging went into the inside of the cockpit. The picture shows the two halves of the fuselage with and
Eduard 1/48 DH-2 with ProfiPACK part one
By JW Dirkse
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without the bracing wires. Later, I used some
dark walnut wood stain thinned with mineral
spirits to provide some color and shadow to the
interior. I also placed the stick and rudder ped-
als in a position where the elevator will be up,
the rudder to the right and the ailerons in a
right bank. The only issue with the interior was
the fact that the machine gun magazines were
too tall to fit in the rack above the instrument
panel. Sanding the bottom provided some ex-
tra clearance and solved the problem. The
cockpit interior is simple, but the PE provides
some nice touches in the wicker seat, seat
belts and instruments. The Instruments (all
four) are made by placing a decal on the in-
strument panel and then placing a PE ring around it. Eduard provides some extra parts in case the car-
pet monster gets some. I added a drop of clear glue to the instrument face to represent the glass. I
learned that I could remove the burr on the PE ring by sliding it over a round file and then using a second
file to remove the burr. The round file allowed me to maintain control of the PE and not distort the shape
of the part I was working on.
Building a kit with all the rigging means that you need to paint, decal, weather the major assem-
blies and drill the rigging holes before putting all together. The larger assemblies included the lower
wing and fuselage, upper wing, engine, tail boom with rudder and elevator and the landing gear. I used
Mr. Color #45 (Sail) for the lower doped fabric surfaces and #309 (Green) for the upper surfaces. Tami-
ya mud chalk over the lower ribs added some highlight to the underside and it looked even better after I
locked in the chalk with clear lacquer. The Eduard kit decals laid down very nicely with a little help from
Micro Sol. The only problem was the blue
in the national insignia and rudder flash
are too bright. The wheel masks fit per-
fectly and made painting the tire a short
task.
Next month I’ll build a couple of jig
to help align the top and bottom wings dur-
ing assembly and a second jig for the tail
boom.
Eduard 1/48 DH-2 with ProfiPACK part one continued.
By JW Dirkse
Need a club
polo shirt or
hat? contact
the secretary
to order.
Want to
carpool to
one of these shows? Bring it
up at the meeting, or send a
group message.
Have any ideas for new fea-
tures, or have something to
contribute? Send it to me.:
Please volunteer for a demo. Up-
coming demos for the chapter:
October: JW Dirske will discuss making wood grain by using acryl-ics and oils and turn it into a hands on for the audience to try for themselves. November: volunteer needed.
December: Club Christmas party— Show What Ya’ Brung but no demo.
January: Mark Gerges will discuss the scale effects of light that should be taken into account as you finish your models.
February: volunteer needed
March: volunteer needed
Meetings:
third Wednesday of the month
at the Leavenworth Public Library
417 Spruce Street, Leavenworth
IPMS Prison City Modelers
5 November 2016: TIGERCON . Columbia, MO. Central Missouri Scalemodelers, Con-
tact: T.Mike Curry - [email protected]
8 April 2017: SURGICON 23. The Euclid Room, Hy-Vee, Des Moines, Iowa. Central Missouri
Scale Modelers, Contact: Joe Lotz - [email protected]
16 September 2017: 10th Annual LEAVENWORTH MODEL SHOW, http://
leavenworthmodelersclub.org/contest/ 109 Delaware Street, Leavenworth, KS. Mark
Gerges, [email protected]. (913) 306-0291. Special theme: To be determined
Upcoming events :
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Left: Here’s a simple way to
capture dust as you work
with your motor tool.
2016 IPMS Prison City Modelers contest results Thank you to all who came out and made our 17 September show a success. There were 58 modelers with 212 models.
as of 27 September 2016:
A: AIRCRAFT A-1: Biplanes
1st place: Gary Ruhnke, 1908 Antoinette
2nd place: John T. Casey, SG38 Schugleiber
3rd place: Paul Kester, I-153 Chaika
Honorable mention: Hugh Palmer, Fokker D-VII
A-2: Single Engine Propeller Driven, 1/48 scale
1st place: Kelly Quirk, SR2C-4 Helldiver
2nd place: Bill Pettyjohn, Seiran Floatplane
3rd place: Justin Carlson, FG1-D Corsair
A-3: Single Engine Jet Powered, 1/48 scale
1st place: Kelly Quirk, F-16C Arctic Bandit
2nd place: Art Miller, F86D Sabre
3rd place: Justin Carlson, QF-16 Victim Viper
A-4a: (contest split) Multi-Engine Aircraft, 1/48 scale, Post-WWII
1st place: Alan Millsap, F5E Tiger II
2nd place: Frank Holsburg, MIG-21UB
3rd place: Rodney Shakelford, T-4 Trainer
Honorable mention: Larry Hrenchir, DC-130E
A-4b: (contest split) Multi-Engine Aircraft, 1/48 scale, WWII
1st place: Bill Pettyjohn, Wellington MK1C
2nd place: Art Miller, Lockheed P-38
3rd place: Frank Holsburg, Shuitei III Ki-46
Honorable mention: Hugh Palmer, BF-110
A-5: 1/72 Scale Prop Driven Aircraft
1st place: JW Dirkse, Bertev BE-6 Madge
2nd place: Bill Pettyjohn, JU-52
3rd place: John T Casey, AN2 Colt
Honorable Mention:Joseph Hrenchir, RB-36
A-6: 1/72 Scale Jet Powered Aircraft
1st place: Alan Milsap, SU-27 Flanker
2nd place: Paul Kester, Saab J212
3rd place: Joseph Hrenchir, TU-22 Blinder
A-7 1/32 Scale Aircraft
1st place: Steve Siebers, F4U-1 Cosair
2nd place: Jeff Cadenhead, DeHaviland Mosquito
3rd place: Jarrod Booth, Spitfire MKIIa
A-8 1/144 scale Aircraft
1st place: Shelby Seelinger, Jr, CAF Lancaster
A-9 Civilian Aircraft, All Scales
1st place: JW Dirske, JU-52
2nd place: Gary Ruhnke, Martin M-130 China Clipper
3rd place: Art Miller, Bob Hoover’s Mustang
A-10: Rotary Wing, All Scales
1st place: Kelly Quirk, UH-1Y Vietnam
2nd place: Jarrod Booth, Westland SeaKing HC-4
3rd place: Steve Rosario, UH-34
B: MILITARY VEHICLES B-1a: (contest split) Armored Fighting Vehicles, closed top, 1953 and earlier: Western Allies
1st place: Art Miller, M4 Sherman
2nd place: Terry Barrow, FT-17
3rd place: Alan Millsap, M4a8E2 Sherman Jumbo
B-1b: (contest split) Armored Fighting Vehicles, closed top, 1953 and earlier: all others
1st place: Scott Johnson, Jagdpanzer IV
2nd place: Art Miller, Panther G
3rd place: Paul Reeb, PAK 3.7cm on a Renault UE
B-2: Armored Fighting Vehicles, closed top, post-1953
1st place: Jeff Cadenhead, Tiran-6
2nd place: Paul Dutot, Achzapit Israeli APC
3rd place: Scott Johnson, UAE BMP-3
B-3: Armored Fighting Vehicles, open top, 1953 and earlier
1st place: Jeff Christensen, M8 howitzer motor carriage
2nd place: Ross Petra, Marder IIIm
3rd place: David Smith, Marder III
B-4: Armored Fighting Vehicles, open top, post-1953
No entries
B-5: Towed Artillery, Missiles, and Rail-mounted Guns
1st place: David Smith, Flak 88
2nd place: Ed Burgess, Gecko OSA SA-8
3rd place: Shelby Seelinger, 54cm Morser Siege Gun
B-6: Armored Half-tracks and Wheeled Armored Vehicles
1st place: Terry Barrow, SDKFZ 250 Grief
2nd place: Jeff Christensen, SDKFZ 223
3rd place: David Smith, M20 Armored Car
B-7: Soft Skin Military Vehicles
1st place: Art Miller, GMC Gun Truck
2nd place: Terry Barrow, SAS Jeep
3rd place: Ross Petra, Kettenkraftrad
B-8: Small Scale Military Vehicles
1st place: Tom Pitts, M26 Pershing
2nd place: JW Dirkse, SLT50-3 Elephant and Panzerhaubitze 2000
3rd place: David Smith, M4A3 Sherman
C: AUTOMOTIVE C-1: Replica Stock
1st place: Dan Cozine, Pontiac Ventura
2nd place: Paul Kester, ’58 Edsel
3rd place: David Johnson, ’57 Ford Sunliner
C-2: Street Rods and Street Machines
1st place: Dan Conzine, ’36 Chevy Coupe
2nd place: David Johnson, ’32 Ford Roadster pick-up
3rd place: Charles Carle, ’69 Chevy Nova
Honorable Mention: Brian Aldredge, ’68 Camaro
C-3: Custom Auto
Sponsored by IPMS-MOSS Branson
1st place: Jerry Mounce, ’50 Ford Custom
2nd place: Brian Aldridge, ’64 Impala
C-4: Curbside
1st place: Charlie Carle, ’57 Ford
2nd place: Jerry Mounce, Fireball 500
3rd place: David Johnson, 2015 Mustang
C-5: Motorcycles
No entries
C-6: Competition
Sponsored by IPMS- KC Slammers
1st place: Dan Cozine, 2013 pro-stock Camaro
2nd place: Paul Kester, Audi Rio TDI
3rd place: David Johnson, Dodge Dakota pro-stock pick-up
Honorable Mention: Jeff Christensen, 2001 Taurus NASCAR
C-7: Miscellaneous
1st place: Dan Cozine, Monsters Dragula
2nd place: Charlie Carle, Ecto-1
3rd place: Ed Burgess, ’29 Model A Woody
D: FIGURES D-1: Humans (Mounted or Unmounted), 54mm and Smaller
1st place: Gary Ruhnke, English Archer 54mm
2nd place: Bob Rielly, US Paratrooper
3rd place: Ed Burgess, Seated man in yellow boots
D-2: Humans (Mounted or Unmounted), Larger than 54mm
1st place: Gary Ruhnke, Napoleonic Rifleman
2nd place: Brooks Lyles, Rifleman, Hall’s Battalion
3rd place: Chriss Harper, Cowboy
Honorable Menition: Bob Rielly, US Marine
D-3: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Monsters
1st place: Gary Rhunke, Capricorn Zodiac Warrior
2nd place: Paul Kester, Flash Gordon
3rd place: Matt Jacobsen, Darwin from SeaQuest
Honorable Mention: Rick Cockrum, The Relic
D-4: Busts
1st place: Paul Sarbacker, Hindenburg
2nd place: Chriss Harper, Dog Soldier
3rd place: Bob Rielly, US Ranger
E: SPACE AND SCI-FI E-1a: contest split: Space and Sci-Fi, all scales, 12” long or less
1st place: Alan Milsap, TIE Fighter
2nd place: Matt Jacobson, Aerial H/K police vehicle
3rd place: Steve Rosario, USS Enterprise NCC-1701
E-1b: contest split: Space and Sci-Fi, all scales, greater than 12” long
1st place: Jason Jones, USS Enterprise (Star Trek TMD)
2nd place: Matt Jacobson, Red 5- X wing design
3rd place: Ed Burgess, Voyager 1
F: NAVAL F-1: 1/350 Scale and Larger
1st place: Richard Sliwka, USS PCS-1386 subchaser
2nd place: Hugh Palmer, BB63 USS Missouri
3rd place: John T Casey, M.T.M Barchino Speedboat
F-2: 1/351 Scale and Smaller
1st place: Richard Sliwka, USS Mahan
2nd place: Rodney Shackelford, Soviet Typhoon class submarine
3rd place: Alan Millsap, Japanese cruiser Mikuma
G: DIORAMAS G-1: Small Composition Dioramas
Sponsored by IPMS MOSS, Branson, MO
1st place: Paul Reeb, British Paratroopers
2nd place: Gary Ruhnke, German sniper.
3rd place: Bob Rielly, US Marine
G-2: Large Composition Dioramas
1st place: Mark Gerges, SU-100 with assault infantry
H: JUNIORS (Age 17 and under) 1st place: Shelby Christianson, 1956 Ford F-100
2nd place: Garret Matcheck, BF109E
3rd place: Curtis Barrow, Back to the Future
Honorable mention: Paul Curtis, M-56 Scorpion
Honorable mention: Kristen Smith, Ford Raptor
J: Miscellaneous 1st place: Ed Burgess, Spark mine roller
2nd place: Art Miller, USAF service cart
3rd place: Matt Jacobson, Battlestar Galactica Viper
Best of Show Aircraft Sponsored by Great Planes Distribution
Kelly Quirk, F-16C Arctic Bandit
Best of Show Military Vehicles Sponsored by IPMS MOSS, Branson
Art Miller, M4 Sherman
Best of Show Automotive Sponsored by Revell
Dan Cozine, ’36 Chevy Coupe
Best of Show Ships Sponsored by Testors
Richard Sliwka, USS PCS-1386 Subchaser
Best of Show Figures Sponsored by the Kennedy Family in memory of Edmund Kennedy
Gary Ruhnke, English Archer
People’s Choice Award Jason Jones, USS Enterprise
Best Theme Award– Communist Bloc Party Rodney Shackelford, Soviet Typhoon class submarine
Judges Grand Award Kelly Quirk, F-16C Arctic Bandit
Judges’ Raffle Beginning in 2015, the IPMS Prison City Modelers decided to enter all out of chapter judges who assist us in judging
our contest into a raffle for a gift certificate to Sprue Brothers, Liberty, MO. This year’s winning judge was:
Matt Jacobson
We would like to thank all the others who assisted in the judging.