IPMS/Techmages - Adventures in Imaginative Scale Modeling

Models By IPMS/Techmages Members

March, 2007 Meeting

^Ed created mini amo cans in scale with a mini tank, he molded & cast them up	^ Tony's Vinyl MadCat detailing
^ Jon's Kit bash hover munitions truck

Hope to see everyone in Madison WI for the Mad City Modelers show- if not we will see you at the Club meeting (on 4/14/07).

	12:00-4:30PM Sparky's Basement Techmage Group Project Buildday
	5:21-7:21PM Hoffman Estates' Blackhawk Recreation Center Techmage monthly meeting:
From the President (Fireside Chat)
		We had another good turnout, with 15 members attending this meeting.
		A big thank you to Neil Prentice for bringing his R/C Helicopter to the meeting. It was a lot of fun trying to fly the thing inside, and no one was injured!
		Congratulations to Ed Taylor who is getting married in April. We hope this does not keep you from attending future meetings.
		Best wishes to Neil Butler who has been in the hospital. We wish him the best for a speedy recovery.

Attendees:
		Jon Kunatz, Terry 'Ter_or,' Tony Augustin, Larry J. 'scifi58' and wife Cynthia, Neil 'Mechmoneky,' Joe 'Sparky,' Larry 'lds20,' John 'Onezero,' James 'ambassador_londo,' Ken 'Valkyrie,' Chad 'ChadR', Ed 'Tayed-Gachi,' Art Krull, Mike Muscarello, and Bob 'bobber.'
Club Business
	Ongoing:
		We are still in the design stage for a new T-shirt for the group. John Lester is still waiting for design ideas for "Techmages- Heavy Industries". Please E-mail John if an idea.
	Road Trips:
		Our first road trip of 2007. We did a show of hands. It looks like we have 8-9 group members interested in going to Mad City Modelers show 4/21/07 in Madison WI.
	Dues/ Collections:
		Joe Suttie (Treasurer) reports we are on target and that all members who owe dues have been emailed.
	Group projects/ Build days:
		The Mech Bay Project group met 3/10/07 prior to the 5:30 meeting. The project is progressing well with a completion date set for 5/26/07 (Wonderfest).&bnsp; The group plans to meet every other weekend until the deadline. Please look at Joe's site for the latest info. John Lester has generously offered to print up the decals for the project. Thanks John Next build day (a double day) is scheduled for Saturday April 7th and 8th at Joe's house. There's a %50 chance of another premeeting buildday on the 14th as-well.
	Greeblie roundup:
		Please be sure to contact Joe Suttie if interested in purchasing from the Great Greeblie Master. Please keep the good stuff coming Joe.
Upcoming shows/ Events:
	4/21/2007		Mad City Modelers 12^th 12th Annual Contest; Madison, WI Great raffle and a chance to see the Great Zog.
	5/5/2007		IPMS Duneland Show; Portage, Indiana
	5/26/2007		18^th Annual Wonderfest (Memorial Day Weekend roadtrip); Louisville, Kentucky Live Web updating for this Wonderfest is scheduled
	6/8/2007		IPMS Region 5 Convention; Ottawa. IL
	Editor's Note: Events marked in Bold are 'traditionally' attended by Techmages, contact the officer's about carpooling if you'd like too
Introduction of new members:
		No new members at the March meeting.
Awards:
		Big box kit goes to Neil for bringing in a piece of luggage that was the 1/350th Battlehsip Yamato
Kit Reviews:
		None.
Announcements for Next Meeting:
	Location:
		Next meeting will be held at the Blackhawk Center on 4/14/2007. There's a %50 chance of another premeeting build day.
	Demo:
		Tentative Informal demo set up for April meeting. John, will show us how to use a photo tent to take snappy pictures of our models. Please bring something you are proud of. Thanks John.
Onto the meeting:
	Demo / Speaker:
		Neil Prentice was scheduled for a demo on figure painting. Due to technical difficulties, Neil was unable to do his demo. Hopefully we can reschedule in the near future.
	Show and Tell 3-10-2007:
	Jon Kunatz:
		Jon was able to get some more work done on his vehcile for the Mech Bay porject
			1) ¹/₃₅ scale Mech Bay Hover Tractor. This is a scratch built/ kit bash.
			2) ¹/₃₅ scale Battle Mech Shadow Cat which is a 100% scratch built project
	Terry 'Ter_or':
			1) ¹/₄₈ scale F9F Panther by Trumpeter.
			2) Minbari Miniatures - Terry brought in miniatures to show off new painting techniques. Great job.
			3) ¹/₇₂ scale F-302; Terry is currently reworking wing joints/ other corrections.
	Tony Agustin:
		Tony was able to bring in several projects:
			1) ¹/₄ scale Cutey Honey from Volks
			2) ¹/₃ scale Angelie Jolie in resin.
			3) A set of action figures (TachiKomans) from the Stand Alone Complex TV series
			4) The Vinyl Mad Cat, with much more detailing
	Larry J. 'scifi58' and wife Cynthia:
		Larry 'sci-fi58' brought in:
			¹/₃₅ scale Mech (Bushwacker). 100% scratch built. Larry showed off the detailed plating work he is doing.
	Neil 'mechmonkey':
			1) ¹/₃₅₀ scale Yamato from Bandai
			2) Air hogs Havoc Heli (RC Copter).
	Joe 'Sparky':
		Joe had an Arm/ Welder/ Crane he banged out for the MALP vehicle, all the parts for the arms came from an exisisting GGRU sheet, the Legs Sheet.
			1) Updates re: the masters he has for molding and for the Mech Bay project
			2) Arm/ Welder/ Crane he put together for the MALP vehicle. Good job Joe!
	Larry 'LDS20':
		2 scratchbash vehicles for the Mech Bay project:
			1) ¹/₃₅ scale Hover platform; support vehicle for the current Mech Bay project
			2) ¹/₃₅ SCALE MALP for the Mech Bay project; another support vehicle. Joe will be casting for purchase
	Ed 'Tayed-Gachi':
		Ed had some tiny accurate amo cans he scratched, and cast for the AS-90
			1) AS-90 from Trumpeter ¹/₇₂ scale. Update given on this build
	John 'Onzero':
		Lots of projects in the works:
			1) Games workshop Basilisk artillery tank, with lots of greeblies added
			2) Fine Molds' R3C-O Seaplane from Porco rosso, ¹/₄₈ scale
			3) ¹/₁₀₀ Coznio Zero and Black Tiger kits from Bandai
			4) Time slip Creation's "Film Canister Ship" ready for paint BattleStar Galactica Mining ship seen in both series)
			5) Fastforward's "ESS Arrow" starship, also ready for paint
	Ken 'Valkyrie':
		Ken's started casting for SSM!
			1) ¹/₄₀₀₀ scale Black Pxius
			2) ¹/₇₂ scale Sky hopper casts (Star Wars)
	Chad 'ChadR':
			1) ¹/₄₈ scale Special Hobby F2G Corsair with after market resin and vac formed parts.
			2) ¹/₇₂ scale Corsair for comparison
			3) ¹/₂₄ scale De Elegent Kenworth T 2000 Resin Conversion kit
	Arthur Krull:
		Art brought some RTV putty (Looked like Smooth-ons Poyo putty) to try to get some molds of the Movie area bridge, sensor dome, and impulse engines, the putty couldn't pickup the details fully.
			1) ¹/₄₈ scale Re-entry glier from Small Artwork (resin kit).
			2) ¹/₄₈ scale SF Trainer decals from SMS.
			3) ¹/₄₈ scale Mercury decals from SMS.
	Mike Muscarello:
			1) Enterprise "B".
			2) Enterprise "E", kitbash.
			3) Oragor (Flying Dargon) mini with plane and base
	Other members present:
Thanks to everyone for coming!!
Larry 'LDS20', President

Techmages March Meeting:

Image: Larry's clan

Image: The big kit of the day draws a cluster

Testing some fast set putty RTV:

Image: Art needs some conversion parts

There's A giant Battleship Yamato in the house:

Image: It draws a crowd

Image: Assembly instructions are art work

Image: This thing is a suit case onto itself

Ed's finishing up his ¹/₇₂ AS-90 tank:

Image: Mini tank

Image: Home made amo cans, cast up

Mikes Godzilla style Dragon mini:

Image: Flying dragon cut a snack

Image: The base is an active volcano

Tony's get a big kit, I think its from Dude where's my car:

Image: Daddy wants to ride that ride too

Image: Hollow cast Tomb raider

Image: Pretty good Angelie Jolie

Image: Mmm short shorts

Image: Molded in hand pistols

Cute Honey sculpt Tony got at last year's Wonderfest:

Image: Cute Honey

Image: Great sculpt on the head

Image: He hair mold must be wild

Image: Bust

Image: Mmm TLC?

A complete set of the [retired] Tachicomas from the Ghost in the Shell TV series:

Image: Civilian Tachicomas

Chad got in a De Elegent Kenworth T 2000 Resin Conversion kit:

Image: Main cab

Chad Picked up a Special Hobby F2G Corsair kit:

Image: Advanced Corsair kit and smaller scale kit parts

Ken's anime kit, Black Pxius:

Image: Kens got an weird anime ship kit

Gamer's Workshop opened up near John, Basilisk artillery tank:

Image: Modified imperial artillery

Image: Many more parts for the tank

SM's new Livery Ship in scale witht he TOS Battleship Galactica:

Image: Big kit

SM's ESS Arrow:

Image: ESS Arrow

Terry's projects:

Image: Terry's painting another set of B5 Wars Minbari war cruisers

F-302 master clenaup:

Image: Terry's cleanign up an F-302 master for SM

Image: Main body and wings

¹/₃₅ Mech Bay Updates:
VMC:

Image: VMC getting over hulled

Image: Tony's Progress on the VMC

Image: Lower torso details

Image: The MALP arm replacing the VMC's button gribbly

Image: Waste discharge tube maybe?

Image: VMC top

Image: Side details

Image: Spide's view of the VMC

Image: View of the VMC from the upper platform

Larry lds20's MALP:

Image: An Arm attachment was worked out at today's buildday

Image: The VMC has a wedgey the MALP's helping with it

Larry 'scifi58' P-2-S BushWhacker:

Image: Intakes added, the printed on designs are lost in the conversion

Image: Nose details, was to be the amo compartment

Image: Clearcast cockpit pieces

Jon's Munitions Truck and trailer:

Image: Nose details

Image: Rear gate Gribblized

Image: Deck gribblized

Image: Belly details

Image: Trailer slab

Jon's P-2-S ShadowCat:

Image: Gaming mini reference

Image: More sub-assemblies for the ShadowCat

Image: Another look at the parts

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