Tacoma Green Dragons

Minutes of the meeting of the Tacoma Green Dragons, Les Sundt Memorial Chapter IPMS, held on

28 May, 2009

 

  OPENING: President George Haase opened the meeting at 7:26 with 17 members and 1 guest present.  Bruce Furry was the welcomed guest and we hope to see more of him in the future.             

 

  TREASURER’S REPORT:  We currently have about $580.00 in the Treasury with several members paying dues.   

 

  MINUTES:  The minutes were available with newsletters from other clubs.     

 

  OLD BUSINESS:   No old Business was discussed.       

 

  NEW BUSINESS:  The following plan is established:  JUN-Anthony Froh, JUL-Build, AUG-Jim, SEP-Raffle/SwapMeet, OCT-Build/Elections, NOV-Thanksgiving, DEC-Randy.  Also, on 23 July we are doing a Make-N-Take with the Pierce County Cub Scouts.  I would appreciate as many volunteers as possible.  Upcoming meeting dates are:  18 June, 30 July, 27 August, and 24 September.  All dates are at the Parkland Library Distribution Center.   

 

 LECTURE/DEMO:  Will Thorson gave a great demo on weathering both metal and plastic tracks.  Particular emphasis was on the use of pigments for replication of dirt.      

   

SHOW and TELL:  

Rob Neuharth

1/35 Dragon – Allied Assault Monte Cassino figures

Joel Morris

1/48 Tamiya – P51D

1/24 Tamiya – 1966 VW Bug “1300”

Randy Colvin

1/35 Dragon – M4A1 76mm Sherman

1/35 Dragon – Stug 42 10.5cm

1/35 CyberHobby – SD.Kfz 234/3 (IPMS Review kit)

Tony Granata

1/48 Italeri – F-5E

1/72 Trumpeter – Su-15TM Flagon

Jim Walker         

1/48 Airfix – Spitfire Vc/Seafire IIIc Nice kit with beautiful markings.

Ralph Andreason

1/72 Italeri – AU-1

1/72 Johan – F4U-1A currently under construction

1/72 Hawk/Airfix – F3A currently under construction

Lamar Fenstermaker

1/72 Fantastic Plastic – Advanced Aerial Fire Support System.  Resin kit of proposed aircraft

1/35 Pit Road – B4 Russian M1832 203mm howitzer

1/35 Trumpeter – M198 155mm US early howitzer

Uni AIM Products – Real rust which is powdered rust suspended in alcohol

Rob Otero

1/18 Ultimate Soldier – TBF-3 being converted to early TBF-1 (Battle Of Midway)

1/32 Dragon – BF-110C-7 new kit

Keith Marshall

1/32 Revell – Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper new edition

Herbert Ward

7in Polar Lights – Robby The Robot

Rick Coombs

1/35 Dragon – Hummel progression 

 

CLOSING

The meeting ended at about 9:31 with the usual suspects heading over to Shari’s and the rest of us heading home.      

      

Mark Aldrich

Secretary