Greetings all,
Don Kibbe from the RC group told me about a couple of shows that aired on Wednesday which I forgot to tell you about.  I apologize for not getting the word out.  The good news is that you can view them at the PBS Passport if you are a member or you can view the recent Yamato release here though this link

PBS Yamato

The second was on German Navy in WWII but I can't get that one without joining RMPBS Passport. If you're a member go give it a look.  There are also other free videos of interest available to view from their web site.

Dave

It was good to see everybody on Saturday.  Thanks for attending!  

First a couple of announcements...

Reminder that we are moving to the first Monday of the month beginning with Saturday, May 5th.  Same location and time.

also...

Hugh may need to find a new home for his model shop.  Colpar may be booting Hugh out.  It's not cast in resin?  But he'll know in a couple of weeks.  Hugh asked if anyone knows of a low cost location where he could move his shop if necessary.  Tough in today's market but if anyone has any ideas please let Hugh know.

Another meeting with lots of interesting stuff...

I delivered a review of Revell Germany's 1/72 PT-109.  I brought my out of the box old school kit as a comparison.  I thought the feedback about the interiors was interesting.  I'm curious to see how it builds up.  You can see a complete review at this site.

Revell Germany PT-109

Brian shared with us his 1/350 3D printed model equipment set including the Tilly.  It took a few attempts for Shapeways to get the Tilly crane section.  That's something I know several of us have struggled with at Shapeways.

John shared with us some more 3D printed 1/700 ships.  These are unique subjects that we may never see kits on.  They possess remarkable detail.  Also included were some box cars which looked very nice.

John brought his Flyhawk 1/700 HMS Hermes.  I think we were all amazed with the photo etch wing struts on the bi-planes covering the deck.  John warned us on how fragile the crane was on this kit.  She's not quite finished and I'm hoping John brings the finished version back for a visit.

The Beasley effect kicked in when Jerry brought shared with us some glue paddles he purchased from upstairs.  Here's a video of the Rockler Glue Paddles.  

Jerry also brought sanding swabs which are very handy.  Another great find was the sponge sanding blocks 1000, 1500 and 2000 grit.  

Something that could be very handy for washing small parts in an ultrasonic cleaner is the team infuser.  

Last Jerry found some great books from AK on Metallics as well as Flesh & Skin. 

Ship club time already!

Meeting place:
rockler Woodworking (basement)
2553 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 108
Denver, Colorado  80222
Date:  3/24/2018

I received the Revell Germany new tool 1/72 PT-109 and posted a review about the kit on the PT Boat Forum.  I'm going to bring the kit and discuss the experience of posting a kit review.

Roger notified us that the Paul Allen's team has found the USS Juneau CL-52 and on St. Patrick's day.  Significant because the Juneau is the final resting place of the five Sullivan brothers.  Here's a video documenting the find.  Listen to the conversation about the debris field.

This coming on the heels of finding the Lexington.

If you do a search on YouTube you'll find a lot of video on both finds.  

I'm anxious to hear what you're all working on.  With Easter coming on I'm busily working away on my annual egg ships.  I probably won't have those ready until the following meeting but looking forward to showing them to you.

John DuGene is organizing a trip to Colorado Springs on April 28th to visit two aviation museums.  From John "The Peterson AFB Museum: https://petemuseum.org, and the National Museum of WW2 Aviation: http://www.worldwariiaviation.org.  Any and all are welcome to join in - family, friends, etc.  The intent is to be at Peterson about when they open at 9am, break for lunch, then head over to the WW2 Museum for the afternoon.  I'm coordinating with Peterson for base entry; the museum is free, and again for the WW2 museum.  As well, when we get closer, I'll try to get folks together for car pools.  It's another "save-the-date" notice but with a definite program in mind.  Feel free to contact me if anyone is interested and I'll stay in touch on the arrangements."

This sounds like a great opportunity and trip!  If you're interested please reach out to John.  

As always please bring....
Your questions
Your new acquisitions of kits and tools
Your finished models

Looking forward to seeing you all

Somehow I lost my photo for one of the kits that Bill brought to our meeting.

TLAR Models Kit No. 617, Vietnam era gunboat.  TLAR puts out a number of small 1/700 resin kits with very unique subjects.  Notice their tag line "The Esoteric from the Eccentric".  I'm curious to see how Bill gets on with this one.