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Model Table Round-up from the August meeting

Thanks to Dave Clark for handling the table formalities.

Samantha Hanna's contest entry is the Hobby Boss 1/35th scale French VBL Armored Car kit. She used Tamiya acrylic paints and finished it with a Citadel wash and weathering powders for a dust effect.

Todd Habscheid's challenge entry is "Hordes" figure. Todd used Citadel paints for it and added a wood chip painted to look like a rock slate.

Tom Brown, Sr.'s entry is a bust of a US Marine Corps drill sergeant called, "Pull It". Tom explained that while he was painting it, it kept reminding him of his senior drill instructor at boot camp and it kept "staring at him" and he felt the urge to start doing push-ups. He then decided to immortalize him by making it a monument instead. He painted the figure Tamiya Bronze.

Bob Collignon's entry was a nearly completed German Type II submarine from 1936 by Mirage in 1/350th scale. Bob added detail parts out of plastic and photoetch brass. He related that it's the most difficult kit he's built to date; parts are too small for his vision, parts didn't fit well and the PE brass was too fragile for the scale. He did use Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics for the finish.

Bob also brought in a Polar Lights 1/12th scale kit of "The Munsters" from the 1960's television show. The box was autographed by the actor Al Lewis who played "Grandpa Munster" on the show.

Gene Paveljack's contest entry is the Tamiya SU-76M Soviet SPG from WWII. Gene used Modelcolor Olive Drab over a Vallejo matt primer. He also applied rust, chipping and dry brushing weathering effects.

Cindy Klukowski's "A Fun Day At The Lake" diorama is progressing. She's added figures from Woodland Scenics and added a moonshine still for a "down home" effect. She explains that she's going to add more foliage and perhaps a rail track along the back of the cabin.

Paul Hines is adding to his expanding painting collection. This month, it's different styles of hot rods. The first is a 1970's style three window coupe in yellow with alloy wheels. The second is a blown coupe with large rimmed tires on the red rod showing the dragster influence. Lastly, the chopped and channeled gold rod is an example of hot rod creativity - one-of-a-kind.

Tom Faith's challenge entry is the Testor's RSO (Ost) in 1/35th scale. Tom scratchbuilt the cargo box out of scale lumber, used Fruil tracks, replaced the kit windows and used photoetch details by Aber. He used paints by Floquil and Tamiya with washes from Army Painter. Tom's inspiration was that his wife saw it on on Pinterest and thought it was "cute".

Larry Osolkowski's contest entry is a Minicraft 1/144th DC-3 done in early American Airlines livery. Larry had issues with the old kit decals, but worked around them with Microscale liquid decal film and painted areas to match the decals that didn't survive. The model is finished in Alclad Aluminum with Alclad Aqua Clear topcoat.

Larry had a few other items for our perusal: an array of plastic spoons with a range of Alclad finishes; a product he found online called Versimold, which can be formed into any shape and heated to produce a rubber part; and a kit he picked up on eBay of a 1/43rd BMW M1 Procar race car.

Tony Gliszczynski's entry is the Revell 2014 Ford Mustang GT. He finished the model with Testor's One Coat "Crazy Green" followed by "Wet Look Clear". He used aftermarket Cobra Jet decals from the drag car set and he found it necessary to radius the wheel openings.

Joe Szczygielski finished his M198 US Army Howitzer. Joe added weld beads and finished it with a mix of Tamiya Deck Tan and Desert Yellow.

Mike McElhaney brought in his current work-in-progress, the Tamiya Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) truck and a whole slew of stowage by Value Gear. Mike explained that he scratchbuilt tow shackles, rifle holders, tie-down rings and a variety of other bits.

Mike also brought in examples of his preserved plants he uses for his dioramas. He basically takes plant leaves and preserves them with a glycerine-based solution.

Clint Keidel's challenge entry is the Tamiya 1/35th scale M5A1 "Stuart" light tank from WWII. He used a variety of paints from Vallejo, Tamiya, Modelmaster, AK Interactive, et. al. to finish it. He did modify the machine gun barrels to give it a more authentic look.

Eric Hillebrand finished his entry, the Tamiya 1/35 M-8 Greyhound US Army Scout Car. Eric built it as it came from the box and used Model Master and Tamiya paints for the finish. Weathering was accomplished by using the "dot filter" technique and pastel powders for dust.

Frank Blonski's entry is the A37/A Dragonfly. He used Tamiya greens, browns and greys to complete the paint work. After a bit of difficulty with dropping it, touching wet decals and losing the pitot tube, he got it sorted in the end.

Justen Hanna's finished model is the Hanriot HD1 in 1/48th scale. The silver dope was replicated using Tamiya rattle can color and Vallejo acrylics and artist's oils for the rest. The kit was built out-of-box with the exception of adding the flying wires. Justen did notice when the build was over that there were alignment issues with the kit and had to do the rigging all over again, which still didn't solve the problem.

Mike Hall built Takom's 1/35th WWI Whippet Tank and painted it with Tamiya and Mig paints.

Phillip Harrington explains he's new to modeling and brought in a M1 tank and Hummer infantry vehicle. Phillip adds that no paints were used, nor was any weathering applied.

Jacob Gadek completed his entry, the Polar Lights 1/8th scale "Hunchback". Jacob used Vallejo acrylics and Mig acrylic metalizers for the basic paint work. The pedestal was painted in a variety of grey shades and finished with a brown wash.

Mark Gadek finished his Eduard YAK-3 Profipak kit in 1/48th scale. Mark says it's a straightforward build, but had a little difficulty with the engine collar. He used PollyScale Russian colors for the paint and finished it with pin washes by Tamiya. He used decals depicting Polish Air Force units from 1945-1946.

Renaldo Hanna's entry are Dragon's set of German WWII Panzergrenadiers in 1/35th scale. Red related that "one guy couldn't stand properly" and the guns won't fit in their hands. He refused to divulge the paints he used stating, "that's classified".

Jim Greenfield's completed project is the Azur BA64 on tracks and skis in 1/35th scale. He scratchbuilt an engine and modified the turret machine gun. Paints used to finish it were from Humbrol, Gunze Sanyo and Citadel with drybrushing techniques used for weathering. He also said that this is his first attempt at creating "snow".

Mark Budniewski knocked-off the AMT Corvair kit in time for the contest. Mark did some extensive conversion work by removing the seats and floor and building it up on the chassis. Side panels were built from scratch and the exterior trim was removed to back date it to a 1966 variant. He finished the paintwork using Testor's spray lacquer Classic White and Nassau Blue.

Jeff Usiak's interest in the Western Desert Campaign in North Africa during WWII inspired him to build and finish Tamiya's 1/35th scale Matilda British Army tank. Paints by Tamiya and Vallejo were used for the colors and acrylic washes and oil pastels for the weathering.

Nigel Usiak built The Robot from the television show "Lost In Space". Model Master light grey, silver, dark grey, black and red were used to finish it and he gave it an acrylic wash to finish it. He had a slight "burp" in the build when he thought a clear plastic chest plate would stay in place, but it did fall out.

Nick Carluccio's "Hogan' Heroes Jeep" was his completed entry for this contest. Nick explained that he first tried to paint it pink, but it wouldn't lay down correctly. He stripped that off and repainted it "hunter green".

John Zaranek's entry is the Revell 1/35th scale British Army "Scorpion" light reconnaissance tank. John built it straight from the box, but scratchbuilt a turret stowage box cover with metal foil from a wine bottle, added comm wire to the turret reel and electric cables for the head lamps from electronic solder. The model was painted with Tamiya acrylics in the standard green/black British Army camo pattern and weathered by spraying earth colors thinned down via the airbrush. Rain marks were accomplished using AK Interactive's line of weathering products. Weathering powders using pastel chalks were applied to the running gear to replicate a dusty effect.

There were a number of other items on the tables.

Here is the happy "Sprue Balls" team that won the Tim Hortons Challenge.

And here is the unfortunate "Acrylate Acolytes" team that lost.

Finally, some around-the-room shots.

Thanks to Larry Osolkowski for the photography.