During our last meeting Hugh Letterly gave us a very good and easy to understand discussion on color theory.  Understanding colors and the relations they have to each other will make us better modelers.

Hugh discussed the different theories and concentrated on the Munsell Color System.  After going through this I feel confident I can do a better job mixing colors and know what to expect when I'm done.

Look for a follow up discussion of FS and Naval Colors from Sam at an upcoming meeting.

John brought his 1/700 Flyhawk model of the Wickes Class destroyer, USS Ward.  This is a wonderful kit that includes everything you could need to build this model as either super detailed or wherever you feel with your skill level.  It's a tiny model packed with detail and very affordable.

I brought a model kit of a 1/350 USN WWII Sub Chaser from L'Arsenal.  This is a new release and what a gem it is.  This model represents one of the SC-497 series o which 438 were built in WWII.  They were modified in different configurations as well.

Navsource has a very good reference for Sub Chaser and Patrol Craft.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/01idx.htm

A few of us are off to the IPMS National Convention in Columbia, SC.  We're also going to take a field trip to Patriots Point to see some wonderful museum ships, not to mention a very impressive Vietnam exhibit.  We'll be sure to do a recap of the convention and the field trip.  

Next meeting we'll have a play with some water color pencils (not to be confused with color pencils) as another way of weathering our ships.  These pencils literally turn into paint with water.  This ties in nicely with Hugh's discussion of color.

See you all next time