2018 Plastic Surgeon's Club meetings

[Iron Mike]

Way to go, Roscoe!



Joe has that typically German expression when confronted with Russian armor.

:drinks

 

[JamesOLeary]

Those meetings look like fun...and they are held in a hobby shop! Cool!

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
James

 

[lupanzer]

Congratulations to all envolved!...very cool

Luiz

 

[Rhino]

31 May 2018 Meeting post,
Lets begin with a walk-around of something you don't see just everyday.

Ronnie Schultz' 1/1 scale 1937 GMC Paddy Wagon. Mounted on an '80's era Jeep Wagonneer 4X4 Frame.
One of our Members quipped "That makes Her a Fiat!"
I'll never tell WHO!
I thought it was cool, Ron gave me permission to play with the vintage Lady. Uncharacteristically, I chose not to.

 

[Rhino]

Ron makes 1/25 scale cars too! AMT's 1958 Impala, with a custom roof. See the sun visors? Right where they should be! :v

Perspective shot. Ron, Aimee & Don. See why this photo is fun?

Don Barry's 1/24 Hasegawa VW 23-window Bus. (Don't count! there is actually only 21 winders in Her!)
The doors do open, but on this classic Hasegawa kit, there is little detail on the inside of the doors. AI-Yah!!
Still Very shiny & purty!!

More wheels. Trennis Stevens tells all out the Ford GT he made during a Club Make & Take event.
"IT's a Model, NOT a TOY!" :smack It's them little fellers you gotta watch out for.

TY Stevens 1/35 scale Dragon Maus. Some dickweed sold a shorted 1/35 Maus kit to Junior modeler.
No drive or idler sprockets in it! :stinker
No wonder Ty's having a hard time with his tracks.

 

[Rhino]

Ty telling us about his Maus. I like models. My innate curiousity makes me want to turn them over & peek inside.
The 1/35 Dragon Maus is a hollow Turd. NOTHING on the inside. Zip! Zero! Squat!
Ty's having a good time with it. That's what matters most!

Papa Nathan Stevens builds "Man Scale" 1/72 Armor. He tells us how these little Hungarian made kits are actually very nice. A teensy Tank model, in a HUMONGOUS box. I could find no fault with Nate's technique for Link & Length tank tracks. Putting it mildly, He just doesn't care much for them.
What does a Hungarian Tank model say after Supper?
"BUuuRRRPPP!"

In my career as a Plastic Surgeon, I had never seen the top of Ray Powers head. He says he grows hair to piss-off bald people. (IT isn't working on ME!)

Ray is building a DML 1/35 Tiger I "Smart Kit", with Fruilie metal tracks. After trying to interpret the challenging instructions Ray believes there isn't one "Smart" thing about this model.
This will be Tiger tank #131. Ray even modeled the damage at the base of the gun barrel to make his Tiger as accurate as possible. There IS internal detail in Ray's Tiger. I like when there is Stuff inside!
HINT! Ray puts his Fruil metal tracks together with staples. (NO! He doesn't use a staple gun! SILLY!) :tomato

Nate Stevens wants us all to know about the interior detail on the IBC Swedish Stridsvagen too! Young Nathan is blossoming into a fine accomplice in Model Maniac silliness!

 

[Rhino]

Francisco is building 2 1/48 scale Battle of Britain airplane models. The Spitfire MkI is a Tamiya kit. The Hurricane Mk.I is a "Fake Tamiya" (Italeri) kit.

All Y'all have seen Egg-Kagi's shakedown cruise before. I liked the way the lights in Hobbytown reflected off my fake ocean in front of the wave.
Hint!: if you form the clear resin bow wave into a certain shape, to illustrate a slower speed through the water, and then take it out into Iowa summer temps, the clear resin "remembers" and springs back to it's original shape, making it appear as if She was up to 90 Knots. :hmmm :idonno
I'm unsure how to fix this.
MORE GROG!! :drunk

Here's something I was curious about.

I have learned Gundams have "Pilots" I wanted to learn how big, in scale the Pilot might be.
Mystery solved!! :yipee

We call it a "Club Meeting". Not truly a fib. However, mostly it's a group of Guys with the same hobby, getting together every couple of weeks to razz one another, joke, interrupt, make shameless well-timed movie quips, and screw-off for a couple of hours. Then, return to "Real Life". ZORN! What a World!

Thanks for looking in! Have fun! Buy something you will NEVER Need!
:salute
ldguy

 

[moon puppy]

Nice report Chris. Love the expression young Mr. Stevens face, we have a modeler for life there.

 

[Iron Mike]

Better count those windows again, there's 23. :coolio Hint, the wing windows count...

Looking good to all the Surgeons! Miss youse mugs.

:drinks

 

[Rhino]

12 July Surgeon's club meeting! :yipee

First, for no good reason at all, Francisco Melendez 1/35 KT. 506 Abt. in the Ardennes. Francisco's figure painting had come a long way. The Infantry are wearing Falling Rain patterned uniforms. The King Tiger crew are in Pea Pattern camo. Francisco hand painted all the uniforms!

 

[Rhino]

Nathan & Ty Stevens came along. Nate's building 1/72 Model Collect paper Panzers. If I remember correctly, these are both E.50's Popularized by the World of Tanks game. Camouflage them any way you want! They never existed! Have some Panzer fun! I wouldn't expect the intakes & carbs to fit an E.50, in any scale.

Plastic Surgeon's stalwart Tom Hiatt was in town for the BMW Motorcycle rally. He made the meeting, much to the delight of long-time Plastic Surgeon's members. Always good to see Tom. He moved to Chicago-land some time ago!

Ron Schultz usually has something interesting to share. He placed well in the Good-Guy's model car contest, and came home with a resin-cast 1/25 GMC Futurliner body. The '69 Pontiac Gran Prix body was neat too!
It was hotter than snake's ass in wagon rut for Good Guy's this season. Right up until the Fairgrounds flash-flooded. (Made a clean spot, Now we have to wash the whole thing :facepalm )

From the deepest of storied Model archeives, appears a model many of us remember well.
Tom Bly's 1/48 Saab AJ-37 Viggen in her hand masked, airbrushed Swedish splinter camouflage pattern. I seem to recall this is the classic Esci or Heller kit. Special thanks to Don Barry for unearthing the ol' Lady and carrying Her along. Joe Lotz knows the Viggen well and filled in blanks about Swedish aircraft capabilities.
I imagine Viggen was a cast-iron b tch to catch in a turning fight.
There is some discussion about a table at our next contest, to show the workmanship of our honored members that have "Gone West". I have a few of Tom's and Chuck's models.
Why Not?
Thanks for looking in and sharing our Club's fun!

 

[Iron Mike]

WOW! A pair of Tom's at the same meeting! :frantic Good to see Mr Hiett again and cheers to our dear departed Mr Bly! :drinks

Looks like a swell time was had, damn, how I wish I could have made it! B)

PS, The east side can always stand a good flushing now and again!

 

[moon puppy]

That hauler is neat! Wonder if any of those things are still around.

 

[Rhino]

Ron said that GM built 12 (?!) Futurliners and they were made to carry special displays to the world fair, Smithsonian and other long-hair venues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwoUCNFpfkI
See?!?
The resin body can be found at car shows and on on-line auction sites.

 

[Rhino]

I haven't been to a club meeting in while.
Francisco shared a few photos from the 23 August meeting.

Nate Stevens trying to fit into the Gundam motif of recent meetings.

Mark Stocker built him a Unimog German Army truck.

Thanks for looking in!

 

[lupanzer]

Very nice meeting!...interesting models!

Luiz.

 

[phantom II]

Always some interesting modeling going on here

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Rhino]

Thursday, 7 September 2018 Meeting!

Surgeon's Stalwart, Webb Groos, on the mend from a traumatic back surgery has returned to the Meeting! :yipee

Two new things happened this Eve. USCGC Point Welcome WPB-82329 in her 1/350 finished guise has come to visit.
In an unexpected display of courage & boldness, My Teresa choose to test her mettle in the arena of Model Maniacs too!

After my 6-week summer hiatus from meetings, I was cheered to find so many of my Fellows on hand!

 

[Rhino]

Ray Powers built Tamiya's new 1/48 Me109-G6. There are dinky magnets holding the prop & cowling panels on! How cool is that!? Ray liked the new kits poseable flaps, slats & fresh new detail!

AAHH-Chooo! Gesundheit, Gustav!!

Nate Stevens, in an uncharacteristic move for a "Scale-snob" is working on Monogram's 1/48 B-17G. She'll be Little Patches in the fullness of time!

 

[Rhino]

Kevin came by tonight. He built a Gundam to go along with our other Gumdam modelers. Too bad President Barry missed this meeting.

Bill & son Zack came as well! Bill's AFV Club gun truck came out dandy, inspite fo being a fiddgety model to make. Meng Kids B-17G's are always fun!

A candid pose from our Web-mistress! :stinker

Joe's Bundeswehr M-47G and 1/48 RAF Ventura in progress.
I'm just not certain about that German Green. :hmmm