Demos Demos…we want them. The Huzzah Hobbies guys want them—especially since a lot of these skills are transferable. And we want to do them—there are a lot of tips and techniques all of us have accumulated over the years. We had one in the works for this month, but some home issues overcame our first…
NoVa IPMS Model Classic and Kitty Hawk/Panda Well…our friends at NoVa IPMS had a great turnout this year for Model Classic—the best I can remember for years. The tables were full of models and the halls were full of vendors. And there were some truly outstanding models on display—friends of Piper Hobby will certainly remember…
Shizuoka! Here are some of the big news out of the upcoming Shizuoka show. Liberally poached from HLJ.com. For the BMW fans in the group (that would be me), Hasegawa is releasing a 1/32 BMW 2002tii…and the destroyer Yugumo in Midway fit in 1/700. Fine Molds is releasing a number of Japanese armored vehicles—both WW…
Spring is coming, and that means it is time for the Model Classic. It will be on Saturday, April 29th, at Fairfax High School (like always), and the theme this year is the 70th Anniversary of the United States Air Force. The web address is: http://www.novaipms.org/html/mc12.html. This year, Joe Lortie and Glen Coleman will…
The folks who are starting up a new aviation museum in Frederick, Maryland—the Ensign Dean R. VanKirk Aviation Heritage Museum—were an awful lot of help to Donna as she was shutting down. A lot of the shelves, some of the built models, and some cabinetry will be used there to display artifacts in the museum. …
This month we’ll have a few items of news and notes, starting with the new locations for the meetings, Huzzah Hobbies in Ashburn. It certainly will be a different experience from Piper Hobby, as among other things there is actual space and tables for meetings. We’ll be able to do a little bit more in…