This Meeting Wednesday, June 6 th...is a THEME NIGHT!

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1 June 2018 Time for Another THEME NIGHT! This Meeting Wednesday, June 6 th...is a THEME NIGHT! #1. The Russians are coming. #2. Monster Trucks and other Big Trucks. Next Meeting Wednesday July 4 th Spare Parts is a monthly publication of the Saskatoon Chapter of the International Plastic Modellers Society (IPMS). Articles and comments should be submitted to Mike Reid, Editor, 41 Moncton Place, Saskatoon, SK S7H 4M6 or by at minreid@shaw.ca Scale Modellers Association of Saskatoon

2 THE EXECUTIVE PAGE PROGRAMME FOR THE JUNE MEETING 6:30 pm Socializing, bring and build, etc. 7:30 pm Business Agenda (no reason not to continue building at the same time). Visitors & Introductions. Old Business: Bridgecon report; Comments on Mini Maker Faire; Any futher suggestions for Sunday Build locations during the summer. New Business: Sign up for Saturday workshops. Juniors. Treasurer s Report. Models on the Display Tables EVENTS CALENDAR June 6 th : Club Meeting Theme Night. #1: The Russians Are Coming. #2: Monster Trucks and Other Big Trucks. June 9 th : Workshops at Greg Burke s place. July 4 th : Club Night and review of the Target Groups projects. July 21 st : Workshops at Greg Burke s place. August 1 st : Club meeting. August 19 th : SMAS BBQ hosted by Sue and John Giesy. COMMENTARY When we decided to participate in the Mini Maker Faire, nobody was quite sure what to expect. As it was, Colin Kunkel took on the job of coordinator to arrange things with the organizers. It looked as though things were going to be a tight fit with only a limited amount of space available. On the morning of the Faire the situation changed as the organizers had a couple of no-shows and so gave us an extra 10 feet of room. SMAS also had some no-shows which meant that those of us who were there had all sorts of room for both building and displaying. Unfortunately we had not taken a whole lot of finished models. In fact all of Wes Braid s truck fleet was still parked in Tessier. In mentioning no-shows from the club, we have to ask people that have their name down, but are unable to attend for any reason, to please let the coordinator know ahead of time. That will allow for adjustments to be made where necessary. Saturday, June 9 th will be the first Workshop of 2018 hosted by Greg Burke. The intention is to have both morning and afternoon sessions, with a BBQ at lunchtime. Probably painting will be the major focus, especially air brushing. Things are changing constantly when it comes to paints in the industry the manufacturers and applicators prefer to use the term coating rather than painting. To my mind the latest and greatest acrylic house paints are the equal of most hobby paints. It sounds odd to talk about old technology from the last century but that is really what it is. The idea that pigments for hobby paints have to be ground way finer is almost certainly obsolete. As far as I know current acrylic paints are totally made from liquid resins, including liquid dyes, so no grinding is involved. Whatever the reason there is much greater choice than there ever was previously. - Mike Reid SMAS WEBSITE Need to find SMAS newsletter back issues? Check us out! You can find them at: CLUB MEMBER DISCOUNTS Ph: info@expresshobbies.com Web: th Street East Saskatoon, SK S7K 0S9 10% Ph: mailorder@group2hobbies.com Web: P.O. Box 339, 279 Bellamy Avenue Birch Hills, SK S0J 0G0 10% Ph: (306) jp.hobby@shaw.ca th Street West Prince Albert, SK S6V 3G3 10% 2

3 PAINT PALLETTE Found a couple of potentially useful metallic, acrylic paints in one of the Martha Stewart ranges carried by Michael s Crafts. The range is called Home Décor intended for both indoor and outdoor use. The two I tried are called BLACKENED IRON and OIL RUBBED BRONZE. Rather oddly the Blackened Iron looks more like a coppery/bronze than anything. Shown in Photo 1 are jet nozzles painted with Blackened Iron. By itself the paint is quite shiny so these nozzles were treated with acrylic flat coat. In fact a better approach would be to add some Tamiya FLAT BASE to reduce the shine. Then in Photo 2 is Oil Rubbed Bronze just brush painted onto the inside of a vacuform fuselage under construction (it was just a convenient place to try it). I know some people do not want to get into mixing their paint colours, but to me it is just a part of the hobby. Anyone that builds Tamiya car kits will be familiar with having to mix paints, simply because the Tamiya paint range is limited. In this case adding Oil Rubbed Bronze to some Martha Stewart metallic Pure Platinum produced an impressive steel colour. In Photo 3 it was brush painted onto cast resin items, part of an ANIGRAND kit. No preparation of the parts was done so that is why the surface looks a bit rough in places. But at 1/72 nd scale inside an engine cowling the roughness will never be noticed. Photo 1 - Mike Reid Photo 2 Photo 3 3

4 STUFF ON THE TABLES On the Tables in May - Photos courtesy of Colin Kunkel Various models were on display in January. Here is a breakdown of them: Photo Builder Scale Model Kit Additional Information 1 Bob Roberts?? Vickers Wellington???? Card model Very poor fitting parts 2 Robert Aaberg 35 th King Tiger?? 3 Robert Aaberg 35 th Tiger 1?? 4 Robert Aaberg 35 th Gun carrying tank Scratch built Mk. 1 tank Took 8 months to build 5 Wayne Welker 144 th Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter K Hobby Craft Nice Kits good detail for Mikoyan Mig-29 Fighting Falcon Dragon scale Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker Trumpeter Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback Trumpeter 6 Colin Kunkel 48 th CF-188A Hornet Kinetic 2017 Demonstrator 7 Wes Braid 25 th 1958 Ford Edsel AMT Box stock except for wiring 8 Reilly, Barry Ambler 48 th CF-188A Hornet???? 1994 Demonstrator in D-Day markings 9 Reilly, Barry Ambler 72 nd CF-188A Hornet???? 2015 Demonstrator in Battle of Britain colours 10 Chris Parsons 32nd OV-10 Bronco Hawk 11 Chris Parsons Various Figures 12 Ray Moskowec 72 nd Lockheed CF-104??? 441 Squadron CAF - Mike Reid Photo 2 Photo 1 Photo 4 Photo 3...Continued on page 5 4

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6 PEEK IN THE BOX...OR TWO! I ve attached a few pictures of my latest acquisitions, which were ordered from Scratchaeronautics the first month of January and arrived on the 10 th of May. I read a bad trader alert on a modelling forum about this company (a one man show) for not delivering an order. Upon reading that complaint I panicked a bit and gave the manufacturer an . It was replied to promptly and informatively where he told me he makes the kits upon receipt of an order receipt, so he stocks nothing pre-made. He told me he would get on my order as soon as he could. He works for a living and does this as a sideline. If I could remember the forum I read that complaint on I would do my best to enlighten the complainant. In any case, here are some pictures of the Scatchaeronautic Resin kits of the CASA C-296 and CASA C-235. Pictures 1 through 7 are the C-235, while the remaining pictures are the C-295. He also makes and supplies markings for various air forces, with stenciling and a clear sheet to cut for the windows. The resin is for the most part clean and with no large bubble trouble. Being a garage kit it is not Photo 1 Photo 3 Photo 2 completely free of bubbles but, (in my opinion) it is perfectly acceptable and very well done. Included is a close-up of the kit s flight deck components, instrument panel, side panels etc. to show the detail included there...i am excited about beginning work on these models. Photo 4 - Chris Parsons Photo 5...Continued on page 7 6

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8 SHOPPING CART - A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK More correctly that should read New Putty in the Store. Recently released by Squadron Signal it received a rave review from Ken Kolenovsky at the last Sunday Build. It cures to a very hard surface which sands well. Not only that but it will take a certain amount of moulding in thin layers. It was used to build up the inside of a vacuform engine cowling which I had opened up too much. Usually a repair such as that I would attempt with Milliput, even though such small amounts of two-part epoxy putty can be difficult to mix exactly. So far the Squadron putty looks as though it will be just the ticket. As noted with the additional pic, the putty comes in white and green too. - Mike Reid Ray Moskowec - President Ph: ttmoskowec@hotmail.com SMAS Executive Mike Reid - Vice-President Ph: minreid@shaw.ca Mike Reid - Newsletter Editor Ph: minreid@shaw.ca Rick Hales - Treasurer Ph: richale@sasktel.net Printing Courtesy of New Address! Millar Avenue Saskatoon, SK Canada SMAS meets on the first Wednesday of each month at the Parkridge Centre, 110 Gropper Crescent, Saskatoon (off Fairlight Drive), officially starting at 7:00 p.m. Any suitable material received for the newsletter on the Sunday before the meeting, stands a very good chance of being printed for that issue. 8