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High Plains Gazette

Volume 1, Issue 10

August 2011

Omaha 2011 IPMS Nationals Special Edition

Well, it is over. As I sit and write this article I reflect on the past four days that took place in Nebraska, and the memories and adventures many of us shared. This was the third IPMS National convention I attended, and my first time entering models. I did not do too bad taking one first place and one third place award. I arrived on Thursday afternoon. I brought my wife and our 2 year old son out with me. Needless to say my vendor room trips were cut short, and I missed some really good seminars and the Colorado presentation for the 2013 Convention because I was at the zoo. My registration went flawlessly. I received a nice packet and a really cool set of decals and booklet. Then I went to drop off my models. Luckily all of my forms were filled out in advance except one. Entering my models went very fast for me. The guys at the entry station (my name for the desk they were sitting at) really made it easy. In fact the hard part of my first day was lugging
Models

Personally I went to the Airbrushing Figures seminar expecting it to be more about painting military figures (since that is what most people focus on.) To my surprise, Mark Krabbenhoft taught us how to mix various fleshtones for larger, more female and more scantily clad figures. I stayed because I am pretty sure I can apply what I learned to 1/35 scale, even though it might be difficult to airbrush figures that small. The other seminar I attended was put on by Dem Brudders. Randy and I actually learned a few things from this demo. Mainly dont neglect your wife or she will end up with some other dude in a Jacuzzi. My best tip from them brothers was using a tiny strip of tape to hold paper as a mask if you dont want to pull of the metal finish or a decal you al-

HPM in Omaha!

Inside this issue:

IPMS Omaha Review Thank You Speech Pablo the Cold Warrior Tom buys a motorcycle Pictures of Omaha HPM Pictures of Omaha HPM IPMS Membership App

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around 20+ pounds of models and a 30 pound 2 -year old while trying to find where my models went. Friday I was able to attend two seminars, one on Airbrushing Fleshtones from Four Cultures and the other on Trying to Put Square Parts in Round Holes? Practical Tips to Help Build Better

Whats New This Month:

IPMS Omaha Special Edition Pablo the Cold Warrior Toms First Model (rebuilt) Pictures and more Pictures Jeffs Acceptance Speech

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Omaha IPMS National Review cont.

ready laid down. I actually applied that tip today to an F1 car I am working on and it worked. Look out Orlando! Friday night for me was the fun of judging. This was my third time as a judge! (Yes, I am now certified.) I judged armor, mainly because I want to build better armor and figured this would be a good way to learn how, and partly because Bill Devins told me he had plenty of aircraft judges. My crew was TJ, Tracy, and an OJT, Greg. I hate to say this but we were the last judging team to finish. We had a few funny moments during our judging this year. I almost wrote the word Dragon as the builder instead of the persons real name. TJ joked, that Dragon builds a lot of kits. Still we were done around 11:00 pm, not too bad. Saturday was all about the awards banquet. I did not get to attend since it was a bit out of the price range for the whole family to go. I sat in the overflow room. It was nice to have the ceremony broadcast to us. I thought I had a shot at a third, which I got, but I did not expect the first place award. (See my story on page 5) Our club took a photo of our members in attendance and then we said goodbye to Omaha. I personally want to thank IPMS and the guys in Nebraska (IPMS Fort Crook and the other IPMS chapters who pitched in) for putting on one hell of a show!

The awards plaques for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

the 2013 IPMS National Convention was awarded to Colorado

IPMS 2013 will be in Loveland, CO

In a strange turn of events the 2013 IPMS National Convention was awarded to Colorado. The CNCC did an outstanding job of pitching the qualities of Colorado and the Embassy Suites in Loveland to the National Selection Committee. Now comes the fun part of actually planning and executing a show. We have enough experience in Colorado to come up with something remarkable and we are close enough to almost everything that it should be a well attended event. I just hope the Mayan prediction of the apocalypse happening in 2012 does not take place because I for one am going to build something special for Loveland!

IPMS High Plains in Omaha

To steal from Meatloaf 3 out of 5 aint bad. In Omaha we had five High Plains Modelers (Jeff, Pablo, Tom, Gary and Randy) enter the IPMS National Contest. In a stroke of luck, or brilliance (take your pick) 3 of us came home with first place awards, and a second and a third as well. That is not a bad percentage considering there were over 2,400 entries. I think we took a count and High Plains Modelers entered a total of 30 models and 5 of them won awards. There are pictures of most of the models on pages 6 and 7. Not bad for a tiny little club!

3 out of 5 aint bad.

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F-105 and Mig-21 Interchangeable Parts

By Pablo Bauleo At the 2011 Nationals in Omaha I visited the SAC museum. One of the organized tours was called A night at the museum and it featured open cockpits among other attractions. One of the aircraft that got most attention was the Mig-21, currently under restoration. I got to climb on it and to feel its cold and slightly dented metallic skin with my finger tips. Beyond the rare opportunity of being up close and personal with a piece of machinery developed by the Soviets at the height of the cold war, there was a more memorable and unique experience: get to talk to a member of the restoration team. After talking about the aircraft performance and future plans for restoration, I had to ask what he knew about the history of that particular example. He told me that the museum got it as a donation from the USAF and that he suspects that particular Mig-21 saw service in Egypt. He also shared with me that when the museum got the Mig-21, it came without landing gear. The museum staff decided to take on the challenge of restoring it, even if no landing gear was available. A resourceful restoration team member remembered that the museums F-105 had its landing gear removed and placed in storage before being set on exhibit on a pole by I80. They thought that the F-105 landing gear could either be modified or temporarily used to jack up the Mig-21, until a proper landing gear were to be acquired. To everyones surprise, the F-105 landing gear fitted the Mig-21 gear wells and retraction mechanism without the need for any modification. At that point the team realized that they had, most likely, run into a spy-story. What the team couldnt be sure was if the Soviets copied the F-105 landing gear of if the Americans copied the Mig-21 one. A quick internet search reveals that the Mig-21 prototype (Ye-4) made its maiden flight on June 1955 and that the F-105 prototype (YF-105) made its maiden flight on October 1955. Im not specialist in either aircraft, but I suspect that both aircraft continued their development even after entering production and this interchangeable parts situation could have gone either way, given the parallel timeframe for the development of both aircraft. Probably we will not know until many years from now what the spystory really was. But in the time being, if you are looking for missing landing gear on a scale model of a Mig-21 you can use the landing gear from an F-105 from the spare box. It should fit and looks like the part. You can always say that you saw it at the museum!

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F-105

You can always say that you saw it at the museum!

Mig-21

Apology in Advance
I know I left out some pictures from Omaha, and I also might have some of your models wrong. Hopefully I got everything correct. If it is worth anything I left off two of my entries as well so that it balances out. Still we had a great time and your High Plains officers had a great lunch on Friday at the Summer Kitchen! That might be our last lunch together as officers with us all retiring this year.

Pablo tries to steal a B-52.

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The Workbench from He!! (Special Edition)

Many times when an athlete wins an award like an Olympic medal, or a world championship, they say later that the reality of the victory really didnt sink in until the next day. I had that happen to me in Omaha. gory, and Bill Devins announced third place, then second place, (neither of which was me) then he announced first place and while looking at the screen I saw my diorama Death of Blue Leader and he called out my name. The only time during the night I did not clap for the winner. Not because of any sense of honor or not wanting to show up those who did not win, but because I was honestly stunned. I leaned over to a distinguished gentleman from Kentucky and quietly said, That was my diorama. I was very happy to win, and a few categories later for OOB Triathlon I won a third place award. It made me feel good that the hard work and improving my skills through IPMS have finally paid off. After the ceremony I went to collect my models with everyone else. It was a mad house in there. I met up with the other members of my club who attended and we had a picture taken. I went back to the hotel room, laid down and fell asleep. Standing by the elevator the next morning waiting to come down to breakfast I had a big smile, and my wife asked me simply, What? I looked at her and said, I won at an IPMS National contest. It finally sunk in.

A beautiful third place plaque!

While sitting in the awards overflow room, I watched as two of my club members (Tom Menert and Gary Moore) took home first place awards for their models. I was glad to see my fellow club members win. It makes our club look good. When it came to announcing the Dioramas my heart started to race, because I was entered in Sci-Fi Dioramas. There was the cate-

I went back to the hotel room, laid down and fell asleep.

Id Like To Thank The Academy...

Okay, so we dont get to give a speech for winning an award at the IPMS National Show. That is probably a good thing. So who would I have thanked? Well First Dave Dardine. He is the reason I became a local club member and eventually an IPMS member. His airplanes are the reason I wanted to improve my modeling skills. My goal has been that someday Dave and I have planes next to each other and people cant tell them apart. Next Bill Devins, Bill is now the National Aircraft Head Judge but in Oklahoma City he was in charge of dioramas. Even though he might not remember me he taught me how to judge, and in judging I have learned what to do and not to do to improve my skills. My club members Gary, Tony, Pablo, and Don. Gary and Tony have been putting up with my car building questions for years. Thanks to them I grabbed a third in Omaha with my Triathlon which included a car. Pablo for his masking clinic, Tony for his salt weathering clinic and Don for bringing these three little bulldozers to a monthly meeting which made me go out and pick up a Komatsu to build. Without these three guys showing me these things my Triathlon subject would not have looked as good as it did. Rob Fuller, who has kicked my ass at so many local and regional events for making me work harder to become a better modeler. Ironically I thought it would be Rob who won at a National contest before me. A great big thanks to Larry Hersh for taking us to Oklahoma City where I was in awe at all the great models. That was a great trip filled with a lot of fun. I have been

Uncle Vern, this ones for you!

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Acceptance Speech (cont.)

a member since 2003, and in 2013 when the convention literally will be in my back yard I will celebrate 10 years as an IPMS member. In Oklahoma City I was an OJT and judged Dioramas. Now I am an award winner for building a Diorama. (In Orange County I judged Automotive and in Omaha Armor, so watch out Orlando and Loveland for my next builds!) Finally to my late uncle Vernon, who passed away last month, for taking me to my first model show when I was a kid. He built models and because of him my dad had to buy me models to build as well. Uncle Vern, this ones for you!

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I Sold My Model Collection for a Motorcycle

By Tom Menert The 1/72 scale Matchbox Boeing P-12E model I displayed was the very first model I had built in Poland long time ago when I started my model building 'career'. I sold my model collection including that P-12E in Poland to buy a motorcycle at that time. But because it was the same model as my first model it carries a lot of meaning with it for me. The model has a small engine inside that is connected to a base I built for it with a battery and a switch inside it.

Toms P-12E Model, it took first place in Omaha.

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IPMS Nationals Omaha Special High Plains Modelers

Toms Castle

Garys Barnyard Fun

Randys Ford

Randys Chopper

Pablos Isuzu

Pablos Staff Car

Pablos Autoblinda AB-41

Randys Tuner

Toms Sturmtiger

Randys Vette

Randys Jeep Jeffs Dead Mans Hand

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IPMS Omaha (High Plains Modelers Entries) Photos by Jeff Brown

Gary Moore (1st Place)

Tom Menert (1st Place)

Jeff Brown (1st Place)

Garys APC

Tom Menert (2nd Place)

Jeff Brown (3rd Place)

Toms Sherman

Toms T-55

Jeffs TIE Fighter

Toms Storch

Jeffs Irony

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Classifieds and other Happenings

For Sale or Trade: Jeff Brown has items for sale and trade, see ads below and e-mail: jgdtiger007@yahoo.com I have added this new section so you can show photos of what you are selling. I have a bunch of Mig Productions items for sale, all are brand new, never opened. I am giving a good discount on these, and if they dont sell locally I will put them on greEd Bay. The prices do not include shipping. *** Posting Ads are free for High Plains Modelers Members to post items for sale or trade. If you are not a member of the club it cost $2 to post an ad which goes towards our annual club contest.

Trumpeter 1/32 Wildcat F4F-3. These retail for around $75 this one is still sealed in the shrink wrap. I am asking $45 for it. (Shipping is extra for those outside of Northern Colorado.) Will trade for F$F-3 Late or F$F-4!

Only 364 days to go as I write this! We will begin having monthly contest updates in the next issue. Website: www.ipms2012.org

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About IPMS/USA
IPMS/USA is the United States Branch of the International Plastic Modelers' Society, whose roots can be traced to the startup of the first IPMS National Branch during the 1960's in Great Britain. In 1964 a US-based modeler applied for a charter to start the US Branch. In the ensuing 4 decades, IPMS/USA has become a 5,000 member, all-volunteer organization dedicated to promoting the modeling hobby while providing a venue for modelers to share their skills in a social setting, along with friendly but spirited competition in the form of local, regional, and national contests and conventions. As this is written, there are over 220 active US chapters (including groups in Canada and the Philippines as well as one "cyber-chapter" existing entirely on the internet). These chapters are organized into 13 geographically-determined Regions, overseen by Regional Coordinators. The IPMS/USA Executive Board, made up of elected and appointed members, serves as the overall governing body for IPMS/ USA. IPMS/USA produces the Modelers' Journal, an allcolor magazine supplied to our members 6 times each year. Sample copies of the Journal are available upon request, and you'll find several cover shots elsewhere in this handout. In addition, IPMS/USA maintains one of the largest and most-visited public websites in the modeling community (www.ipmsusa.org). Members and visitors can view product reviews, chapter and contest information, see examples of members' work, and view images of contest, museum walkarounds, and the like. A members-only Forum allows discussion of specific topics of interest amongst our membership. The remainder of the website is open to the modeling public and sees thousands of hits weekly. From: www.ipmsusa.org

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High Plains Modelers

Meetings are the last Tuesday of the month at The Ranch in Loveland. They start at 7pm and end around 9pm. Editor: Jeffrey Brown jgdtiger007@yahoo.com President: Pablo Bauleo Vice President: Gary Moore Treasurer: Randy Robinson Secretary: Jeff Brown

Our club has plastic modelers from Northern Colorado, mainly from the Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont area. We also have a few members from Wyoming. Honestly, if you need an excuse to get away from the wife an kids a few days a month, join our club. Your skills will improve and you will have a few laughs. Stop by a meeting, the first one is free kid!

Website http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/

Next Meeting August 30, 2011. 7pm at The Ranch.

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Grand Junction Scale Modellers Society IDEAL SCALE MODELS ` Chuck Holte is sponsoring Best UAV! Hersh Consulting is sponsoring Best Armor!

Sidles Co. is sponsoring Best Automotive

Wyoming Mighty Mopar Club is sponsoring Best Mopar Subject

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