Greetings,
Meeting location:  Rockler Woodworking in the basement, 2553 S Colorado Blvd #108, Denver, CO  80222
Time:  10:00

In our next meeting we're going to mess around with a couple of different ways to handle rigging.

• Victor is going to demonstrate how he rigs his wonderful ships with fishing line as well as how he colors it.   
• I've been experimenting with straightened tungsten wire.  It holds a lot of promise for it's ability to hold a natural drape.  For example from the top of a mast to the bow of the ship.  Because it's sturdy some modelers actually rig their ship with this material and then paint it along with the rest of the model.  
• I will also demonstrate Lycra rigging line.  The material I'm going to use is from Last Cavalry and produced by Uschi van der Rosten.  I think they actually call it Rig That Thing.  An example of this material is in the video I published further down in the blog.  I think the value of this product might be in plastic masts that tend to be a little soft in nature.  So we'll give this a try and see how it works out.
• Finally we'll try some stretched sprue.  I've gotten better at this and wanted to show you how I go about doing it.  Along with the stretched sprue we'll light up some incense  and pretend it's the 60's again!  Not really.  We'll use burning incense to show how to tighten up stretched sprue and fishing lines.  

Victor will also bring an example of a rigged ship for further discussion.

When I arrived home today I got notice that the scrapers I showed at the last meeting have arrived at the post office.  I will be bringing those for anyone who wishes to buy one.  $5.00 per package is about right.  Each package contains two of the same scrapers.  I should have three different styles.  I cleaned out Hobby Link Japan.  This is an example of one of three styles.  

It's that time of year again for me.  The annual Easter Build that I participate in at Flory Models.  This year I will be building the Fujimi Chibi-Maru Akagi DX which contains a wood deck and photo etch parts.  I also purchased some aircraft with clear canopies!  I'll bring this for show and tell.  These are fun quick builds which are ideal for a break between more intense projects.

This leads into the idea that Blake laid out for us which is to build something from the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.  This is the 75th anniversary.  I'm going to take a shot at the USS Arizona tied up along side the USS Vestal on December 6, 1941 which was just another working day at Pearl Harbor.  I'll build her in 1/700 scale.  Maybe if I start now I'll have it done by the anniversary!  I was inspired by this picture.  Can anyone tell us what's wrong with this scene painted by Robert Taylor?  Sam pointed it out to me.

Ben told me he might build an F4F Wildcat.  Anyone else thought about or decided what they're going to do?

I'm working with Blake this week to finalize the art work for the embroidered polo shirts and hope to have some more details at the meeting.  We will need to purchase at least 6 shirts to complete the order.

As always please bring any new kits, tools, finished builds, ideas for future meetings, or otherwise to share with us at the meeting.