SEPTEMBER 2014 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT I can t believe another month has passed by already.and with the summer hiatus behind us as a club, business is picking up again. September tends to be a busy month for the club each year, this one being no exception; with Build a Model in a Day, the IPMS Farnborough show, 2 club nights and the planned Duxford museum visit. Last month I confirmed the visit of Clive Rustin to the club (admittedly a little early, sorry!) this week to present his experiences in the RAF. I can confirm he will be attending having read a recent email exchange. It s certainly not a night to miss. I ve been fortunate to had time to work on the club group build project these past few weeks (my article is further on in this issue) which, as a car modeller, has given me an opportunity to get my hands on an aircraft model - and what fun it s been. The Revell kit is a peach and promises to be a fantastic sight once complete. We have a 1/72 version of the 219 donated by Pat Camp a few years ago, so we can display both together next year. Taking of Pat, and if you haven t heard already, our former leader will be returning to work in the UK later this year and he s promised to attend club meetings and shows as work permits. Pat is a fantastic modeller with a wealth of knowledge, enthusiasm and knowhow from which we can all benefit. I m looking forward to seeing the work he s completed while in France and of course it will be great to welcome him back into the club and its activities once again. As ever, Tony is in constant search for articles for the magazine, so if you have any projects on the go or complete that club members would like to see, why not snap a few pictures and add some words and get yourself published! If you re not too confident in writing about your work or taking pictures, Tony and I can always offer some help and guidance. Happy Modelling. Paul Adams Club President This is the newsletter of Romsey Modellers a group of plastic modellers based in Southern Hampshire. We cater for all modelling genres and skill levels from beginners to well seasoned gurus. We meet on the 1 st and 3 rd Wednesdays of the month from 8pm to 10pm in Ampfield, Hampshire, where we often run workshops and club competitions but more importantly have a good chat about our hobby. We also attend most of the local model shows, where we exhibit our member s completed projects. We have an open door policy so if you want to sample how we can help you get more out of your hobby or just come and have a friendly discussion (tea and biscuits provided) please feel free to turn up see the last page for details or visit our web site www.romseymodellers.co.uk
CONTENTS September 2014... 2 Contents... 3 Club News... 3 Club Polo Shirts... 4 Visit to the Bournemouth Air Show by Tony Adams... 5 Build a Model in a Day 2014 by Tony Adams... 7 CarFest 2014 by Tony Adams... 10 1/48 Dust Tactics Jagdluther part 3 by Russell Eden... 11 Club Build Revell Heinkel 219 by Paul Adams... 16 Club Diary 2014... 18 Contact Info... 18 Articles and news are always welcome for inclusion in this magazine. Note all views and information thus expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the editor or the club as a whole. Copyright: Romsey Modellers 2014 CLUB NEWS FARNBOROUGH MODEL SHOW On Saturday 20 th September Romsey Modellers will be exhibiting at IPMS Farnborough s annual model show at: Kings International College, Watchetts Drive, Camberley GU15 2PQ The club has its normal 12 ft of table space, we will be looking for volunteers to man the table during our club meeting on Wednesday. The show hosts a good range of exhibitors and traders along with what normally is an excellent raffle, not to mention the roast pork butties, so if you haven t managed to get there before it s well worth the trip up the M3. For more details including the list of exhibitors and traders see http://www.ipmsfarnborough.co.uk/index.php?id=modelfest DUXFORD TRIP On Sunday 28 th September we are organising a trip to Imperial War Museum Duxford. Entry is 17.50 each. Let us know if you want to come and we will arrange car pooling. It should be a great day out. Details of the museum can be found at http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford SCALE MODEL WORLD 2014 We will be exhibiting at Scalemodel world (Telford) on 8/9 th November. Paul, Tony and Sean will be maning the stand ( with assistance of the Southampton guys), hopefully we will also have some day visitors. As per last year we are hoping to take a selection of our member models, so please let us know what you are willing to lend us, so we can organise the display. 3
CLUB POLO SHIRTS A final reminder that we need your orderd for the club polo shirt to be place at Wednesday s club meeting. A reminder of the details: The club will subsidise the cost of the shirts meaning we can offer them at 15 each. Minimum order quantity for each shirt option is 10. Design One Design Two The men s size guide for these shirts are as follows; MENS ADULT SIZES Adult Size Small Medium Large XL 2XL 3XL 4XL 5XL To Fit Chest 34"-36" 37"-39" 40"-42" 43"-45" 46"-48" 49"-51" 52"-54" 55"-57" Actual Chest 40" 43" 46" 49" 52" 55" 58" 61" Please select your size carefully as these bespoke items are non returnable. We hope to have these shirts delivered to members ready for use at the Autumn Yeovilton model show, October. 4
VISIT TO THE BOURNEMOUTH AIR SHOW BY TONY ADAMS Steve and I visited Bournemouth Air Festival on Sunday 31 st August. When we set off the sky was generally overcast and we were worried that the cloud base would restrict the flying. However our fears were totally unfounded as the sun broke through and we experienced a wonderful sunny day (however having neglected to bring any sun screen my nose become as red as Rudolf s!) We used the park and ride and in no time had encamped on the cliff overlooking the beach, a vantage point that gave us an eye line view to the aircraft. Unfortunately we were informed that the Canadian Lancaster wasn t flying due to an engine fault, Steve was particular disappointed ( I had managed to see her the week before at CarFest)., however due the generosity of a local businessman who stumped up some cash the Vulcan would make an unscheduled appearance. The display started with the Red Arrows, who due to the imminent arrival of a pilot s baby was flown with 8 aircraft - we were surprised that they decided to fly with the starboard aircraft missing which did unbalance the display somewhat. Next up was the Blades, who Steve and I thought put on a more impressive display than the Arrows. The Navy / Marines put on a counter piracy demonstration involving a Merlin, Lynx and landing on the beach ( which we couldn t see from our vantage point). The BBMF were next with the Lancaster and a Mk IX Spit followed by their Dakota ( note to self buy the new Airfix kit). The Navy s helicopter display team were next with a Lynx and Wildcat ( we struggled to spot the difference), then a Merlin followed by the ever impressive Chinook. The RAF then took over with the Tucano and Tutor (couldn t get excited by them) before the air was rent by the Vulcan which did a good 10 minute display of awesome power. Next was the B-17 Sally B (one day I would love to see it fly with the BBMF Lanc) before the Sea Vixen now in original Royal Navy colours (much better than the Red Bull Livery) started a three ship flight of Avon powered RAF aircraft with the Hunter (Miss Demeanour) and the Canberra. Finally an RAF Typhoon stormed across the sky to mark the end of a very entertaining display. We did have a bit of a nightmare journey home after an accident closed the A31, so we were forced to take the back roads through the forests (via a very nice pub). 5
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BUILD A MODEL IN A DAY 2014 BY TONY ADAMS I have literally just got back from our build a model in a day and I am absolutely cream crakered. We started as every in relaxed mood at 9am, with plenty of banter flying around. I had picked a model from my stash ( Dornier DoX 1/144 flying boat) thinking it looked fairly straight forward, as I got into it is was clear is was anything but I thought there was no chance of completing it. As time wore on the banter grew less as concentration (panic in my case ) set in. Simon Manning popped in and proved to be a useful tea lady, keeping us all going. There was some great work being done, Sean having a relativity straight forward model was well ahead by lunchtime, but decaling issues soon started to slow him down. I kept alternating between thinking I could get my kit completed and stating there was no F ing chance. The last hour was maniac, I haven t painted and decaled so fast since I was 8. I finished getting the props on with 10 seconds to spare as the fat lady ( well Sean) sang at 4:30 While we only had 6 members along the quality of what the end product was very impressive, all six models were finished and it was very difficult to put any of them above another let alone find a winner as the judging below shows. In the end Nick s DUCK was voted the winner, we all had an brilliant day. Next year please consider coming along it would be great to have a few more members present. As Steve said it s not about the competition, it s about having a full day to enjoy our hobby with friends (without the wife?).. Entrant Title 1st (3pt) 2nd (2pts) 3rd (1pt) Total Place Nick DUCK II II I 11 1 st Steve Skeleton II 6 3rd Sean Prost I IIII II 5 5th Will ME109 I I I 1 6th Tony DO-X III III 7 2nd John MG Ma I I I 6 4th 7
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CARFEST 2014 BY TONY ADAMS I was lucky enough to get tickets for Carfest, a 3 day festival organised by Chris Evans in support of Children in Need. It takes place at Laverstock farm near Basingstoke which is owned by former F1 driver Jodie Schechter. The event consists of some wonderful cars which undertake a hill climb, lots of great food, some superb bands ( Texas, Kaiser Chiefs, 10cc, Bellowhead, Eraser to name a few) and an airshow ( which is why I writing about it here) and lots of alcohol! it s the idea festival for a middle aged git like me. The highlight of the airshow was the appearance of the two Lancasters, which was a fantastic sight. We were also treated to an evening display by the Red Arrows in which with the setting sun really contributed to the best display I have seen them fly. This was a great weekend here are a few photos: 10
1/48 DUST TACTICS JAGDLUTHER PART 3 BY RUSSELL EDEN PAINTING, DECALING AND DETAILING Once the separate parts were assembled it was time for a coat of primer with good old Halfords grey. The interior was painted next the hull got a coat of German interior cream, the seat, panzer grey with brown leather detailing. I did a bit of chipping on the hull paint and added a soft tone wash for a bit of dirt and rust. Shame you won t see most of it but I ll know it s there. I glued the hull together after this and sprayed the exterior Humbrol Desert Yellow. Once dry I gave it a coat of Halfords gloss clear. I thought about masking and spraying the camo on it but with a small selection of camo decal leftover from other vehicles I opted for the decalling route. Not the easiest option with all those rivets but we shall see what happens. I find camo decaling rather therapeutic most folk think I m insane or some rivet counters think it s cheating sorry it s just another art form to me. I assembled my weapons of choice along with numerous markings from my spares collection. Dust tactics do some great decal sets and are very reasonably priced - 5 a sheet plus 3 postage I even ordered their new kill markings sheet. 11
I used a selection from all 3 of the available decals sheets and with careful placement, copious amounts of Microsol and hairdryer usage the camo was on. I painted and decalled one of the shurzen and ammo containers to look like they came from a different vehicle for a bit of variety. Not an uncommon practice later in the war. With the camo sorted it was time for the markings. After much deliberation I decided on 003 and Wolf, with white crosses and numerous kill markings. For detailing I added some warning decals from Dust and a German sci-fi fighter plane. 12
With all the decaling done I gave it a coat of gloss and started the oil wash. I tried something new the oil blending wash. This consists of randomly applied dots of different coloured oils placed all over the bits to be painted like so - Once applied they are mixed and thinned using downwards strokes. To do this use a flat brush with a fair amount of thinners. The oils will blend and subtly streak and stain the surface giving a modulation effect. I have seen this used with great effect and although mine needed a bit of adjustment mainly with dark colours to give more shadow around the rivets I think it came out ok. There are plenty of online instructions for this if you fancy giving it a go. Once dry it got a coat of matt coat and a light dry brush of bleached bone. 13
I then beat the cr*p out of it using foam and a fine brush I did all the chipping with my usual SS camo blackbrown and to this I added a few rush streaks using inks and oils. These take a bit of practice but dabbing a tiny amount of ink or oil to the top of the dent/ding/scrape you then draw a brush down through the ink/oil and it should leave a small streak more paint = bigger streak this can be done several times with different rust colours to age the streaks. It s all about practice. Fresh dents and very worn areas were finished with a graphite pencil. Other details included painting the hydraulics silver, cabling blue/grey and adding a fine pinwash to add depth to some of the detailing. Once complete I added some stowage, and mounted it to a resin cast 120mm oval base with the commander. I painted him on a painting course. Hard work but the best figure I have done to date. Overall a great kit with loads of scope for modifying and painting it is future WW2 after all 14
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CLUB BUILD REVELL HEINKEL 219 BY PAUL ADAMS With Tony s excellent job on the fuselage and interior parts of the model virtually complete, 6 weeks ago I was handed the reins of the club project with the task of getting the wings assembled and fitting a set of ailerons. The parts were kindly separated and bagged for me and with a set of downloaded instructions from the Revell website, I was ready to go. In 1/32 nd scale the wings alone are quite a good size, so workspace on the bench was taken up very quickly once the parts were laid out. The fit was generally very good, though I noticed some warping on the port side wing resulting in a gap that would need careful management when the glue was going on. I cleaned up the attachment points and roughed up the surfaces for a better bond between the parts. Some internal airframe structure was glued into place first (pardon my ignorance as to what they are called!!) after some cleaning up to remove a little flash (I ve not written that for a long time!) and test fitting they were fixed into place with liquid glue and clamped down to dry overnight. The first stages of the wing assembly...the clips were necessary to keep the surfaces together. The next morning the bond was checked and a little glue floated in to ensure there were no gaps. I sanded the outer visible joint a little to clean things up a bit. I then test fitted the other half of each wing to ensure nothing would prevent the halves from being mated together. Once more using liquid glue and using a similar technique to that demonstrated by Tony on the fuselage halves, liquid glue was liberally employed to attach the parts. I used several strips of Tamiya tape to hold things in place and then clamps on the tape (that prevents the clamps slipping off) to help counter the warped areas and really seal everything together. The excess glue seeps out a little and helps form a plastic filler that s easy to sand flush later. I left both wings to dry overnight. Upon inspection, there was a little filler required here and there, so Mr Surfacer was run into some of the small gaps and sanded off later. This does affect the local panel lines which will be re-scribed once the airframe is complete. Eight clamps (well clothpegs!) help bond the surfaces and prevent any movement during the drying process... 16
Another gluing exercise was needed to fit into to place the sides of the engine cowling that I couldn t glue before as I didn t have enough clamps! These bits were part of the lower wing halves and were warped. Moving to the ailerons, I had just one pair to tackle and I noticed early on that each had a small moulded-in pin missing which I initially though I d accidently cut off when cleaning them up, but given the size they were supposed to be, I thought otherwise. I drilled into each flap and fitted some 1mm plastic rod which would be cut to size later. A bit more gluing needed to attach the outer parts of the cowling. These are largely hidden with the flaps on... The flaps were glued in place over the small (and weak) pivot points and set at a slight angle to suggest they are at rest. With the fuselage at home I test fitted the wings which went in place with only some minor adjustments. I can report they fit very well and will be permanently attached once Tony has constructed and painted the interior of the engine cowlings, which I did some preliminary work on before handing the kit back over. A small problem to fix...1mm rod will help attached these to the wings... In all, this project is coming together very well and should provide plenty of more opportunities for club night workshops over the next few months. Among other topics, we plan to look at how to finish the airframe ready for priming and paint, and then achieving the camouflage scheme, decal and weathering. The flap sits in place like this...the surplus rod will be trimmed once it's glued into place... 17
CLUB DIARY 2014 September 17 th October 1 st October 15 th November 5 th November 19 th December 3 rd December 17 th Club Night Club Night Extra Club Night Club Night Extra Annual Competition Club Night Extra Xmas Night September 20 th September 28 th October 11 th October 25 th IPMS Farnborough Show Duxford visit Bovington Show Yeovilton Autumn Show November 8 th / 9 th November 30 th Scale ModelWorld 2014 Middle Wallop Show Next Meeting: Wednesday September 17 th (8pm to 10pm) Ampfield Village Hall Morleys Lane Romsey Hampshire SO51 9BJ Thank you to this month s contributors to this publication Tony Adams Russell Eden Paul Adams CONTACT INFO Web Site wwww.romseymodellers.co.uk email info@romseymodellers.co.uk Club President Paul Adams Club Secretary Tony Adams Tel: 01794 519153 Magazine Editor Tony Adams Tel: 07736555664 email: tony@romseymodellers.co.uk Treasurer Steve Edwards Competition Secretary Sean Summers 18