March 2022 Club Meeting

 March 22, 2022 Meeting

Here are the model entries from this meeting. Quite a productive group this time!

    Dave's 1/72 Revell Tiger I

    Vickie's LEGO House 

    Andrew's 1/1000 Klingon D5 Battlecruiser 

    Grant's 1/6 Buffalo Soldier

    Tony's 1/48 A-Wing Starfighter

    Mark's 1/48 Tiger I in desert colors

    Pat's 1/35 Takom WWI British Mark I tank with Tamiya figures

    Samuel's 1/72 airplanes: Airfix  Messerschmitt Bf-109G, Hasegawa Hurricane IIc, Airfix Tiger Moth

    Andrew's 1/35 Revell Sherman with stowage from Valuegear

    Ernan's 1/72 MRC Mouse tank

    Chad's 1/48 Tamiya Bulldozer 

    Gary's 1/43 Cobra car

 

    George's Model of the Month: 1/35 Tamiya Panzer IVG (Afrika Korps)

    Pablo's 1/48 Hobby Boss Messerschmitt BF-109G2

    Tomasz's 1/72 Italieri Messerschmitt Me-323 Gigant

    Jon's 1/72 AMT YF-12A Interceptor

    Dennis's 1/24 AMT 1969 Ford Torino (with the engine light on)

    Dennis's 4"x4" entry diorama for the CoMMieS contest

February 2022 Club Meeting and Other Information

 February 2022 Meeting Minutes 

Members Present: 18 
Models: 16 

Treasure: $5,424.18 

Old Business: 

• July 9th 7am-2pm NCMCC car show at Loveland Sports Complex. The club will judge and award winners of model contest entries. Dennis Book will be contact for the project 

• Nationals July 20-23 in Omaha quick head count of around 8+ members plan to attend. 

• HPM Contest - Early October if possible. Themes to come. Michael is contest chairman for 2022 (Thank you Michael!) New Business: 

• Two new model car contests coming up: - March 12-13 Scale Model Contest - National Western Complex (tri state auto show) - April 23 - Rumble in the Rockies - Hobby Town, Westminster 

• Possible Sponsorship of Nationals. Motion carried $110 to $90 depending in availability 

• Club Entry at Nationals - Possible themes: Covid, High Plains, Colorado 

• Tomasz mentioned possible loss of availability of models from Russian & Ukraine - Email with information and vendors was sent to club members. (See more information in Other Information section below)

• March Presentation - Airbrush cleaning by Larry

• Possible presentation by George on dioramas in June

February Model Entries:

Gary's 

Grant's

Tomasz's 1/35 Tamiya Panzer IV H Early Version 

Patrick's 1/35 RFM T-34/85

Jon's 

 

Model of the Month: Rainbow Airplane by Vickie

Larry's new Infinity professional airbrush

February Demo: Water and Rocks by Dennis & Robert

Preferred Online Hobby Stores

In these times of social distancing, curbside pickup and online ordering, below is a list of online stores that High Plains Modelers have had a good experience with.

 

1. Sprue Brothers - www.spruebrothers.com

2. Squadron - www.squadron.com

3. Hobby Link Japan - www.hlj.com

4. Freetime Hobbies - www.freetimehobbies.com

5. Amazon - www.amazon.com

6. Victory Models - www.victorymodels.com

7. Kit Linx - www.kitlinx.com

8. Unique Master Models - www.umm-usa.com

9. AMMO by MiG - www.migjimenez.com/en/

10. Eduard - www.eduard.com