Well, I am back in harness. First off, we had a very welcome return of Paul Flower to the club. Paul seems to concentrate on F1 cars. This is a subject dear to my heart but he does great things. He brought along a absolute gem. It was a ModelFactory Hiroboy 1/20th scale mixed media Mclaren M7A as raced by Denny Hulme. These kits are available to order only from Hiroboy UK and cost a lot of money - Paul admitted to £150 when he bought it some years ago but they are currently around the £250 mark. It is a mixed media kit in that it has parts made of white metal, resin and plastic so it requires skill and an adept hand with super glue to get it together let alone into the finish that Paul has achieved.
The Table
Bill Banks
Bill always gives me a "script" so here is his for this month's model.
"Lublin R -X!!! TER Polish Mirage model 1:48 Scale...Vintage...superglue essential!
Named after town of manufacture. Developed between 1933 and 1938. 288 produced. The float version served as survey and patrol aircraft for the Polish Navy in the Baltic. This was a a small fleet of 4 Destroyers 5 Submarines and various small vessels. The fleet limited by the depression years.
The Army version had double wheeled sprung undercarriage with leading wheel. All powered by Wright Whirlwind radial engines.
By 1938 were obsolete and replaced by more advanced fighters such as P11 but still no match for the German fighters. However they fought bravely with some success. Advent of the Russians made war on 2 fronts impossible.
The useful squadrons were dispersed to the countryside leaving obsolete machines on the tarmac.
The flying force fled to France England Finland and USA.
The Naval Force of 4 Destroyers escaped to Scapa Flow. ! submarine escaped to England without charts...4 were interred in the Baltic.All pilots and ships made a major contribution to the war effort."
David Pennington
David (me) brought along a 54mm white metal figure from Beneito-Hidalgo. This was a British Infantry Sergeant in the Zulu wars of 1879.
David told how difficult it was to get the model together as there are no instructions.
Gordon Fisher
Gordon brought along an Airfix 1/72nd scale Hunting Percival Jet Provost T4 - C flight, 79 Squadron No. 1 Tactical Weapons Unit at RAF Chivenor in 1989.
John Ovendon
John showed us a huge (!) Heller PzKfw III L. Why would anyone make a 1/16th scale tank? (Joke). He had made a really nice diorama base for it. Evidently, he is waiting for Alpine to bring out some 1/16th figures but he is concerned about the likely cost!
John Rose
He brought along a few of his "work in progress" PzKfw IV models. They are all 1/35th scale Dragon kits.
Lastly, he showed us a nice one, still Dragon, of course.
John Teagle
Well, John placed two models on the table and all he could tell us was the obvious. 1/48th scale F-16 and F-18. Manufacturer ?? Any more details ??? He says that he can't remember any details. Nice models, though.
Peter Carlo
Peter brought along a nice 1/48th scale Italeri S-3A Viking. His comment was
"nice kit - not much filler at all"Paul Flower
We haven't seen Paul for some time so it was good to see him again. I have already mentioned his model earlier but here are some photos. Check out the extreme detail.
Peter is on a bit of a roll with Japanese WWII/China aircraft in 1/72nd scale. This one is an AZ Model of a K130 "Ann" from the Japanese Air Force in China 1938.
Any Other Business
Not having had an AGM for a couple of year due to the pandemic and the member who ran them so efficiently (Arthur Banyard) being indisposed, we really had to have one. If you blinked, you would have missed it. No-one stood against the current place holders so Peter Terry and Peter Carlo were re-elected as Chairman and Treasurer. Peter Carlo gave us his Treasurer's report. The club has a good working cash balance of £1,551.23. The only real expenditure items are the rent of the hall which is paid annually and a payment of £50 to me, David Pennington, which I use towards my £600 p.a. broadband cost (due to the need to run a server 24/7).
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