John DeRosia sent me some great pictures covering the recent trip to the Paul Allen museum. Have a look! http://ipms-seattle.org/gallery/events/AllenMuseum-2019/folder1/
John DeRosia sent me some great pictures covering the recent trip to the Paul Allen museum. Have a look! http://ipms-seattle.org/gallery/events/AllenMuseum-2019/folder1/
Eric Christianson asked this question: Hi All – I have been looking at images of (Avro) Lancaster’s, and I noticed that there is no sign…
What do y’all use for taping canopies? I used to use Bare Metal Foil (BMF), but it has been sticking too hard and leaving adhesive…
1/25th Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Cradle and Tow Tractor By John DeRosia Bouy!!!!!! …..am I glad it is done finally!! – completed this Sunday May…
I have always loved the look of the Tiger Meet schemes used for the annual world air forces competition. I saw this kit and I…
Technology has so many positive attributes. Of course- to the model world- lots of ways to help projects from 3D printing to lights to making…
I wanted to do a Model T truck for a while. I saw this one and it said ‘build me’! It included a impressive sheet…
Here is another “toy to model” conversion. How about TTM? Cool – new acronym!!!! Anyway – needing to satisfy my Tonka Toy craving from an…
By John DeRosia Many many months ago (summer?) an email went around once again asking members of the Northwest Scale Modelers and Seattle IPMS members…
Just another topic going around. Seems weird sometimes to have little-itty-bitty scale vehicles almost cost more than the larger scale. Here are a few perspectives…
Another great question that was sent around to modeleres here in Sept/Oct 2017. What a wide range of great answers and thoughts. Enjoy!! Click on…
Here is a great collection from area modelers and friends around the globe of “what got us started in models?” Great to see the diversity…
The subject of the 100th anniversary of WWI came up in discussion, and this discussion lead to the generation of a list of recommended books…
Recently an email was sent around asking about the best way to handle painting a model in a natural metal scheme. The results of this…
by John DeRosia After the last model show hauling all of my ‘orange fleet’ around in an old existing cart- I decided it was time…
From: Jim Bates <rcaflawyerpilot@gmail.com> Subject: Scribing Date: March 16, 2017 at 12:05:02 PM PDT Hi all, One of the many skills I’m subpar at is…
So having the sinus stuff and taking medicines and taking naps (required) when you don’t feel good, I had the worst possible dream ever the…
I remember this neat set of ‘equipment’ used by the crew of the USS Enterprise when they first hit the market back in the early…
By John DeRosia, Seattle IPMS Member Note: You may click on the pictures for a larger view. I’m on a new venture in between all…
Dear folks, I got this from Paul Ludwig today: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Dxy4n0UT82o?rel=0 Cheers, Jim Schubert