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Models
Personally I went to the
Airbrushing Figures
seminar expecting it to be
more about painting mili-
tary figures (since that is
what most people focuson.) To my surprise, Mark
Krabbenhoft taught us
how to mix various flesh-
tones for larger,
more female and
more scantily
clad figures. I
stayed because I
am pretty sure I
can apply what I
learned to 1/35
scale, even
though it might
be difficult to
airbrush figures
that small.
The other semi-
nar I attended was put on
by Dem Brudders. Randy
and I actually learned a
few things from this
demo. Mainly dont ne-
glect your wife or she will
end up with some other
dude in a Jacuzzi. My
best tip from them
brothers was using a tiny
strip of tape to hold paper
as a mask if you dont
want to pull of the metal
finish or a decal you al-
Well, it is over. As I sit
and write this article I
reflect on the past four
days that took place in
Nebraska, and the memo-
ries and adventures many
of us shared.
This was the third IPMS
National convention I
attended, and my first
time entering
models. I did
not do too bad
taking one first
place and one
third place
award.
I arrived onThursday after-
noon. I brought
my wife and
our 2 year old
son out with
me. Needless to
say my vendor room trips
were cut short, and I
missed some really good
seminars and the Colo-
rado presentation for the
2013 Convention because
I was at the zoo.
My registration went
flawlessly. I received a
nice packet and a really
cool set of decals and
booklet. Then I went to
drop off my models.
Luckily all of my forms
were filled out in advance
except one. Entering my
models went very fast for
me. The guys at the entry
station (my name for the
desk they were sitting at)
really made it easy.
In fact the hard part of
my first day was lugging
around 20+ pounds of
models and a 30 pound 2
-year old while trying to
find where my models
went.
Friday I was able to at-
tend two seminars, one
on Airbrushing Flesh-
tones from Four Cultures
and the other onTrying
to Put Square Parts in
Round Holes? Practical
Tips to Help Build Better
Omaha 2011 IPMS Nationals Special Edition
High Plains Modelers
August 2011Volume 1, Issue 10
High Plains Gazette
Whats New ThisMonth:
IPMS Omaha Special Edition
Pablo the Cold Warrior Toms First Model (rebuilt)
Pictures and more Pictures
Jeffs Acceptance Speech
Inside this issue:
IPMS Omaha Review 1
Thank You Speech 2
Pablo the Cold Warrior 3
Tom buys a motorcycle 4
Pictures of Omaha HPM6
Pictures of Omaha HPM 7
IPMS Membership App 9
HPM in Omaha!
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ready laid down. I actu-
ally applied that tip today
to an F1 car I am working
on and it worked. Look
out Orlando!
Friday night for me was
the fun of judging. This
was my third time as a
judge! (Yes, I am now
certified.) I judged ar-
mor, mainly because I
want to build better ar-
mor and figured this
would be a good way to
learn how, and partly
because Bill Devins told
me he had plenty of air-
craft judges.
My crew was TJ, Tracy,
and an OJT, Greg. I hate
to say this but we were
the last judging team to
finish. We had a few
funny moments during
our judging this year. I
almost wrote the wordDragon as the builder
instead of the persons
real name. TJ joked, that
Dragon builds a lot of
kits. Still we were done
around 11:00 pm, not too
bad.
Saturday was all about
the awards banquet. I did
not get to attend since it
was a bit out of the pricerange for the whole fam-
ily to go. I sat in the over-
flow room. It was nice to
have the ceremony broad-
cast to us. I thought I had
a shot at a third, which I
got, but I did not expect
the first place award. (See
my story on page 5)
Our club took a photo of
our members in atten-
dance and then we said
goodbye to Omaha.
I personally want to
thank IPMS and the guys
in Nebraska (IPMS Fort
Crook and the other
IPMS chapters who
pitched in) for putting on
one hell of a show!
Omaha IPMS National Review cont.
the 2013IPMS
NationalConvention
wasawarded to
Colorado
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The awardsplaques for 1st,2nd and 3rd.
3 of us came home withfirst place awards, and a
second and a third as
well.
That is not a bad percent-
age considering there
were over 2,400 entries.
I think we took a count
and High Plains Modelers
entered a total of 30 mod-els and 5 of them won
awards.
There are pictures of
most of the models on
pages 6 and 7.
Not bad for a tiny little
club!
To steal from Meatloaf3 out of 5 aint bad.
In Omaha we had five
High Plains Modelers
(Jeff, Pablo, Tom, Gary
and Randy) enter the
IPMS National Contest.
In a stroke of luck, or
brilliance (take your pick)
IPMS High Plains in Omaha
3 out of 5 aint bad.
tee.
Now comes the fun part
of actually planning and
executing a show. We
have enough experience
in Colorado to come up
with something remark-
able and we are close
enough to almost every-
thing that it should be a
well attended event.
I just hope the Mayan
prediction of the apoca-
lypse happening in 2012
does not take place be-
cause I for one am going
to build something spe-
cial for Loveland!
In a strange turn of
events the 2013 IPMS
National Convention was
awarded to Colorado.
The CNCC did an out-
standing job of pitching
the qualities of Colorado
and the Embassy Suites
in Loveland to the Na-
tional Selection Commit-
IPMS 2013 will be in Loveland, CO
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he suspects that particu-
lar Mig-21 saw service in
Egypt.
He also shared with me
that when the museum
got the Mig-21, it camewithout landing gear. The
museum staff decided to
take on the challenge of
restoring it, even if no
landing gear was avail-
able.
A resourceful restoration
team member remem-
bered that the museums
F-105 had its landing gear
removed and placed instorage before being set
on exhibit on a pole by I-
80. They thought that the
F-105 landing gear could
either be modified or
temporarily used to jack
up the Mig-21, until a
proper landing gear were
to be acquired.
To everyones surprise,
the F-105 landing gearfitted the Mig-21 gear
wells and retraction
mechanism without the
need for any modifica-
tion. At that point the
team realized that they
had, most likely, run into
a spy-story.
What the team couldnt
be sure was if the Soviets
copied the F-105 landing
gear of if the Americans
copied the Mig-21 one. A
quick internet search re-
veals that the Mig-21 pro-
totype (Ye-4) made itsmaiden flight on June
1955 and that the F-105
prototype (YF-105) made
its maiden flight on Octo-
ber 1955.
Im not specialist in either
aircraft, but I suspect that
both aircraft continued
their development even
after entering production
and this interchangeableparts situation could
have gone either way,
given the parallel time-
frame for the develop-
ment of both aircraft.
Probably we will not
know until many years
from now what the spy-
story really was. But in
the time being, if you are
looking for missing land-ing gear on a scale model
of a Mig-21 you can use
the landing gear from an
F-105 from the spare box.
It should fit and looks like
the part. You can always
say that you saw it at the
museum!
By Pablo Bauleo
At the 2011 Nationals in
Omaha I visited the SAC
museum. One of the or-
ganized tours was called
A night at the museumand it featured open cock-
pits among other attrac-
tions.
One of the aircraft that
got most attention was
the Mig-21, currently un-
der restoration. I got to
climb on it and to feel its
cold and slightly dented
metallic skin with my
finger tips.
Beyond the rare opportu-
nity of being up close
and personal with a
piece of machinery devel-
oped by the Soviets at the
height of the cold war,
there was a more memo-
rable and unique experi-
ence: get to talk to a
member of the restora-
tion team.
After talking about the
aircraft performance and
future plans for restora-
tion, I had to ask what he
knew about the history of
that particular example.
He told me that the mu-
seum got it as a donation
from the USAF and that
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If it is worth anything I
left off two of my entries
as well so that it balances
out.
Still we had a great time
and your High Plains offi-
cers had a great lunch on
Friday at the Summer
Kitchen! That might be
our last lunch together as
officers with us all retir-
ing this year.
I know I left out some
pictures from Omaha,
and I also might have
some of your models
wrong. Hopefully I got
everything correct.
Apology in Advance
You can
always say
that you
saw it at
the mu-
seum!
Pablo tries to steal
a B-52.
F-105
Mig-21
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gory, and Bill Devins an-
nounced third place, then
second place, (neither of
which was me) then he an-
nounced first place and
while looking at the screen Isaw my diorama Death of
Blue Leader and he called
out my name. The only time
during the night I did not
clap for the winner. Not be-
cause of any sense of honor
or not wanting to show up
those who did not win, but
because I was honestly
stunned. I leaned over to a
distinguished gentleman
from Kentucky and quietlysaid, That was my dio-
rama.
I was very happy to win, and
a few categories later for
OOB Triathlon I won a third
Many times when an athlete
wins an award like an Olym-
pic medal, or a world cham-
pionship, they say later that
the reality of the victory
really didnt sink in until thenext day. I had that happen
to me in Omaha.
While sitting in the awards
overflow room, I watched as
two of my club members
(Tom Menert and Gary
Moore) took home first
place awards for their mod-
els. I was glad to see my fel-
low club members win. It
makes our club look good.
When it came to announcing
the Dioramas my heart
started to race, because I
was entered in Sci-Fi Dio-
ramas. There was the cate-
place award. It made me feel
good that the hard work and
improving my skills through
IPMS have finally paid off.
After the ceremony I went to
collect my models with eve-
ryone else. It was a mad
house in there. I met up with
the other members of my
club who attended and we
had a picture taken.
I went back to the hotel
room, laid down and fell
asleep. Standing by the ele-
vator the next morning wait-
ing to come down to break-
fast I had a big smile, and
my wife asked me simply,
What? I looked at her and
said, I won at an IPMS Na-
tional contest. It finally
sunk in.
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A beautiful thirdplace plaque!
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Uncle Vern, thisones for you!
I went back
to the hotel
room, laid
down and
fell asleep.
he was in charge of dio-ramas. Even though he
might not remember me he
taught me how to judge, and
in judging I have learned
what to do and not to do to
improve my skills.
My club members Gary,
Tony, Pablo, and Don. Gary
and Tony have been putting
up with my car building
questions for years. Thanksto them I grabbed a third in
Omaha with my Triathlon
which included a car. Pablo
for his masking clinic, Tony
for his salt weathering clinic
and Don for bringing these
three little bulldozers to a
monthly meeting which
Okay, so we dont get to givea speech for winning an
award at the IPMS National
Show. That is probably a
good thing. So who would I
have thanked? Well
First Dave Dardine. He is
the reason I became a local
club member and eventually
an IPMS member. His air-
planes are the reason I
wanted to improve my mod-eling skills. My goal has
been that someday Dave and
I have planes next to each
other and people cant tell
them apart.
Next Bill Devins, Bill is now
the National Aircraft Head
Judge but in Oklahoma City
made me go out and pick upa Komatsu to build. Without
these three guys showing me
these things my Triathlon
subject would not have
looked as good as it did.
Rob Fuller, who has kicked
my ass at so many local and
regional events for making
me work harder to become a
better modeler. Ironically I
thought it would be Robwho won at a National con-
test before me.
A great big thanks to Larry
Hersh for taking us to Okla-
homa City where I was in
awe at all the great models.
That was a great trip filled
with a lot of fun. I have been
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rama. (In Orange County
I judged Automotive and
in Omaha Armor, so
watch out Orlando and
Loveland for my next
builds!)
Finally to my late uncle
Vernon, who passed away
last month, for taking me
to my first model show
when I was a kid. He built
models and because of
him my dad had to buy
me models to build as
well. Uncle Vern, this
ones for you!
a member since 2003,
and in 2013 when the
convention literally will
be in my back yard I will
celebrate 10 years as an
IPMS member. In Okla-
homa City I was an OJTand judged Dioramas.
Now I am an award win-
ner for building a Dio-
Acceptance Speech (cont.)
S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 1
S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
BNB11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Pueblo Day atthe Museum
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
WingNutCon
25 26 27
HPM Meeting28 29 30
cluding that P-12E in Po-
land to buy a motorcycle
at that time. But because
it was the same model as
my first model it carries a
lot of meaning with it for
me.
The model has a small
engine inside that is con-
nected to a base I built for
it with a battery and a
switch inside it.
By Tom Menert
The 1/72 scale Matchbox
Boeing P-12E model I
displayed was the very
first model I had built in
Poland long time ago
when I started my model
building 'career'. I sold
my model collection in-
I Sold My Model Collection for a Motorcycle
Toms P-12E Model,
it took first place in
Omaha.
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Toms Castle
Randys Chopper
Pablos Autoblinda AB-41
Garys Barnyard Fun
Jeffs Dead Mans Hand
Pablos Isuzu
Randys Ford
Randys Tuner
Pablos Staff Car
Randys Jeep
Toms Sturmtiger
Randys Vette
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IPMS Omaha (High Plains Modelers Entries)
Photos by Jeff Brown
Gary Moore (1st Place)
Toms T-55Toms Sherman
Tom Menert (1st Place) Jeff Brown (1st Place)
Tom Menert (2nd Place) Jeff Brown (3rd Place)
Jeffs TIE Fighter
Jeffs Irony
Garys APC
Toms Storch
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I have a bunch of Mig
Productions items for
sale, all are brand new,
never opened. I am giving
a good discount on these,
and if they dont sell lo-
cally I will put them on
greEd Bay. The prices do
not include shipping.
*** Posting Ads are free
Classifieds and other Happenings
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For Sale or Trade:
Jeff Brown has items for
sale and trade, see ads
below and e-mail: jgdti-
I have added this new
section so you can show
photos of what you are
selling.
for High Plains Modelers
Members to post items for
sale or trade. If you are
not a member of the club
it cost $2 to post an ad
which goes towards our
annual club contest.
Trumpeter 1/32 Wildcat F4F-3.
These retail for around $75 this one
is still sealed in the shrink wrap. I
am asking $45 for it. (Shipping is
extra for those outside of Northern
Colorado.) Will trade for F$F-3
Late or F$F-4!
Only 364 days to go as I write this! We will begin having
monthly contest updates in the next issue.
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over 220 active US chap-
ters (including groups in
Canada and the Philip-
pines as well as one
"cyber-chapter" existing
entirely on the internet).
These chapters are organ-ized into 13 geographi-
cally-determined Re-
gions, overseen by Re-
gional Coordinators. The
IPMS/USA Executive
Board, made up of elected
and appointed members,
serves as the overall gov-
erning body for IPMS/
USA.
IPMS/USA produces theModelers' Journal, an all-
color magazine supplied
to our members 6 times
each year. Sample copies
of the Journal are avail-
able upon request, and
you'll find several cover
shots elsewhere in this
handout.
In addition, IPMS/USA
maintains one of the larg-
est and most-visited pub-
lic websites in the model-ing community
(www.ipmsusa.org).
Members and visitors can
view product reviews,
chapter and contest infor-
mation, see examples of
members' work, and view
images of contest, mu-
seum walkarounds, and
the like. A members-only
Forum allows discussion
of specific topics of inter-est amongst our member-
ship. The remainder of
the website is open to the
modeling public and sees
thousands of hits weekly.
From: www.ipmsusa.org
IPMS/USA is the United
States Branch of the In-
ternational Plastic Model-
ers' Society, whose roots
can be traced to the
startup of the first IPMS
National Branch duringthe 1960's in Great Brit-
ain. In 1964 a US-based
modeler applied for a
charter to start the US
Branch. In the ensuing 4
decades, IPMS/USA has
become a 5,000 member,
all-volunteer organization
dedicated to promoting
the modeling hobby while
providing a venue for
modelers to share their
skills in a social setting,
along with friendly but
spirited competition in
the form of local, re-
gional, and national con-
tests and conventions. As
this is written, there are
About IPMS/USA
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Meetings are the last Tuesday of the monthat The Ranch in Loveland. They start at7pm and end around 9pm.
Editor: Jeffrey Brown
President: Pablo BauleoVice President: Gary MooreTreasurer: Randy RobinsonSecretary: Jeff Brown Our club has plastic modelers from Northern Colorado,mainly
from the Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont area. We also have afew members from Wyoming.
Honestly, if you need an excuse to get away from the wife an kids afew days a month, join our club. Your skills will improve and youwill have a few laughs.
Stop by a meeting, the first one is free kid!
High Plains Modelers
Next Meeting August 30,2011. 7pm at The Ranch.
Website
http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/
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