June 2021 - Getting back into the swing.

 A quietish meeting with just 9 models on the table - with three from one member - and just nine people. It was good to see Jeff  Adams back. Jeff admitted that lockdown seemed to go on for ever and, like me, found the club a means of keeping going.

Ok back to modelling.

Peter Terry

Peter brought along a Petlyakov PE-2 which he had weathered using pastels and washes. This was from a Bilik boxing of an original Airfix kit.

John Ovenden 

John brought along a very nice winter diorama consisting of parts from a few manufacturers. In the middle there was an Airfix/Academy Pzkfw. V Panther Ausf. G. This was complimented by a Great North Road resin street and building with the human interest added by some Mini-Art German tank crew in winter Garb.

David Pennington

I showed my little 1-72nd scale Airfix Hurricane. I had watched a TV program on building a two-seater hurricane which inspired me to have a go at this small scale kit. The kit went together alright and was finished in early war 1939 French camouflage - i.e. the brown and green uppers with the black and white underneath. One silly thing. I keep the tailpans off the model until it is finished as I find that this makes it easier to mask the underneath painting.  When I came to fit them, I found that I had painted them the wrong colours so I had to get the airbrush out and repaint the black and white!

Colin Ovens

Colin brought along a nice little 1-72nd scaleAirfix Mk.1F Blenheim painted for 29 squadron. I seem to remember that he brought this as a W.I.P. some time ago so it is nice to see it finished.

Jeff Adams

It was good to see Jeff back but he had a little surprise for us. Instead of one of his immaculate Shermans, he brought along a Tiger I diorama comprising of a Tamiya kit and Tamiya/Italeri accessories. The surprise was that this diorama was built in 1979! I won't divulge how old that makes Jeff - grin.

Bill Banks

Once again, Bill was accompanied by his son from the USA - David - who seems to enjoy our little meets - at least he gets well stuck into conversations. Bill brought along some work in progress. This was a Trimpeter 1-72nd scale model of a Vickers Wellington and Bill had some interesting things to tell us about the plane and its service. It seems to have been the only bomber that served from the outbreak of the 2nd world war through to the final days. We look forward to seeing this finished.

Peter Carlo

Peter loves his big models and we had three choice examples on the table. The first was a Kinetic, bare metal, FJ-2 Fury. This was spectacularly well done. At this scale, every imperfection shows but this had none.

Next up was a 1-48 F-101 Voodoo in RCAF marking. This was from a Kittyhawk kit. Peter says that, if you take care and clean every part up, these models go together beautifully so - patience everyone!

Lastly, for tonight, he showed us a Trumpeter F-106A Delta Dart. 

This had a highly detailed weapons bay. 

He made similar comments about this one. You really should click on the photos and look at these in a larger format and you will be amazed at the quality.

Conclusion

There are some brilliant modellers in our little club and we should all be proud of what goes on our table. It is good to be back together again and I look forward to seeing you all once again on the 1st July.