Here is the hot scoop on new releases and model related stuff.

6/30/08

Well the monthly meeting had a big crowd and lots of great ideas.

We also had a demo on applying Zimmerit and creature textures in clay.

Thanks to all who stayed late. New kit review on review page also.

Here are the results of the second quarterly contest:

Aircraft- 1st , P-51D Jeff Conrad

              2nd, "Black Bunny 737" Jeff Conrad

              3rd, F4E,  Yours truly

Sci-Fi- 1st, Ultra man Dio Bob Benko

            2nd, Super deform Gundam, Jared Conrad

            3rd, Cylon Raider Ship- Jared Conrad

Armor- 1st, DUKW, Pete Dunn

            2nd, LCVP, Pete Dunn

            3rd, Mk IV WWI tank, Jared Conrad

Auto- 1st, '49 Merc, Gary Rellaford

          2nd '36 coupe, Gary Rellaford

6/17/08

New news letter published.

6/14/08

New models on the gallery page.

Contest results on the category page

6/4/08

PPMX this weekend! BRING IT!

5/28/08

New sponsors on the categories page.

Maps and directions on the show page for the Pikes Peak Model Expo.

The show is getting close!

5/27/08

The Peterson Air Museum tour was great and we all had fun in the sun.

Here are just some of the photos taken.

The group photo with a new friend Mr. Schaffer (I hope I got that right), he flew B-17's and Warning Stars/Constellations!

Just like the one we were on!

New sponsors on the PPMX pages!

5/15/08

MotY points have been up dated. New sponsors and stuff on the PPMX page.

Peterson Museum tour this Saturday.

There is a list of hotels and food on the PPMX schedule page.

5/10/08

Bunch of new vendors and sponsors so visit the category page on the show link.

5/7/08

New sponsor for the show - Albuquerque Scale Modelers! Thanks!

5/1/08

Sneak peak of the Trumpeter 1/35th Soviet 203mm gun. Ooooooo!

Another web record for May with 3,420 visits, 160,233 hits!

4/28/08

April news letter now up. Thanks Matt!

4/24/08

Added a gallery for the Hobby Town show 2008 on the events page. Thanks to

all who participated! Great meeting last night and what a demo! thanks matt for the demo on casting parts.

And the awards for the first 2008 Quarterly contest. congrats to all!

4/11/08

We have a new vendor for the PPMX! Rare Plane Detective will be joining us

with 4 tables so start saving your bucks to find that model you always wanted.

We have new sponsors for the show and the moty points are now updated.

The Hobby Town shoe is tomorrow so bring it!

4/4/08

Some of us made a trek to Denver for the Denver IPMS kit auction.

Chuck Matt and i made quite a haul. some will be showing up in the

Raffle box at the next meeting so be there!

4/3/08

A new raffle item to raise money for the PPMX 2 on June 7th.

This item is the Hasegawa 1/350th scale Nagato Japanese battleship.

It is huge and had a retail of almost $200!

The tickets are $5 each and the drawing will be held June 7th at the Pikes Peak

Model Expo in Pueblo Colorado.

You need not be present to win. Please send to 106 Holly St.

Colorado Springs, Co 80904. and we will send you the ticket.

All proceeds will got to the show. Thanks and good luck.

4/2/08

New addition to the gallery page.

3/31/08

New kit on review page.

We shattered our stats on our web site last month! March hits 150,994 and visits 3,303

compares to last months record of 117,768 hits and 2,956 visits. The sky is the limit! 

Good day all,

I am pleased to announce, after an unexpected delay, that the winner of the

Dragon Kettenkrad Raffle was Frank Randall of Albuquerque Scale Modelers.

I will get in touch with Frank to settle the delivery details. If he isn’t in a hurry,

I can bring it to him at ASM’s May meeting as I will be in NM that weekend.

Thanks to all who participated and supported PPMX ‘08

Tom Grossman

C/IPMS Chairman of Special Projects

3/27/08

We had a large crowd at the meeting in March,25+!

Thanks to all who made it and to all the newcomers. The Bring a friend worked.

Thanks to all who participated in the quarterly contest as there was lots of awesome models!

The rules were no sweeps (one award per person per category) and judged on IPMS standards.

The Moty points are updated also and the awards will be given out at the next meeting.

If you cant make it let me know with your address and I will mail it to you. Photos soon.

drum roll please:

CONTEST RESULTS 26 March 2008

 Aircraft

                 1^st            Chris Savaglio                                      1/24 Hansa Brandenburg D1

                2^nd           Dekker Zimmerman                           1/32 Hasegawa Tony

                3^rd           Steve Luvane                                       1/48 Eduard K115 Tsurrgi

 Automobiles

                 1^st            Jeff Conrad                                          1/25 72 Torino NASCAR stock car

                2^nd           Dan Archibeque                                   1/25 Dave Marcis STG Lumina NASCAR stock car

                3^rd           Tom Grossman                                    1/24 “Rose” converted ‘53 Chevrolet

 Military

                 1^st            Scott Stathis                                         1/72 DML Kingtiger

                2^nd           Tom Grossman                                    1/35 “Poison Dart” BMD-1

                3^rd           Jim Mesco                                             1/35 Emhar 18 pounder gun

 Miscellaneous

                 1^st            Tom Grossman                                    1/1 Grey Wag Tail

 Sci-Fi

                 1^st            Tom Grossman                                    Earth Defense Force (EDF) Patrol Cruiser

                2^nd           Rob Schmidt                                        1/72 B-wing Starwars fighter

 JUNIORS

 Dinosaurs

                 1^st            Kyla Carpenter                                    Brontosaurus

 Total Entries                         29

Total contestants                 11

3/16/08

Well we drove we ate and we went broke!

The Centennial sponsored field trip to Denver was a success!

We had 6 who could make it and we first hit Colpar Hobbies where most of

us left with a goodie bag and one of us left with a 6' long WWI  1/1 scale propeller!

We then went on a quest to find the mythical Denver Sherman tank and found it!

It was in pristine condition but unfortunately on of our group failed to get out of its way.

Sherman mini walk around:

Sherman with nuts on top:

Time to enjoy the MRE's:

Group photo:

We toped the day off with a stop at Aberdeen book store for some not so light reading.

Thanks to those who went and I am looking forward to the Peterson field trip!

3/10/08

Okay hate me if you will, but you won't be seeing this one at a meeting as it is going to its new owner hopefully on the 22nd. Her brother was the flight engineer for this plane. She never knew what happened to him in the war, only that he didn't make it home. (Plane was lostover the Baltic 9 April 44) WOR did some research, found him and his plane, sent me the info and I got to do the build. Made my own nose art, which didn't come out too bad for a first try along with the other markings. The sister who is 82 now, has never seen this before, so I am pretty excited about delivering it to her. They actually wanted to pay me for this.....couldn't do it. Just knowing I gave her some bit of closure is payment enough. I'm making a base for it this week. Without further ado, here's Lonesome Polecat.

Matt~

2/28/08

Great meeting all!

New newsletter posted.

Moty points updated.

New members on the members page!

Toms awesome Para-film demo.

2/26/08

Meeting tomorrow same cop station same cop time.

The subject will be hearts and arrows so please bring something to discuss.

We will also have the sign-up sheet for the hobby shop/ book store tour

for the 15th of next month. Be sure to get a seat.

New reviews on the review page with a part 1 build up.

Moty points updated so be sure to read the rules and participate.

Now that Matts got a new job we all have a shot at the build points!

It's not to late to join the club so be a part of the fun.

2/18/08

Meteor productions closing production. :(

Nuremburg Toy fair over and a few new goodies on the way.

Including a DML 1/32nd Bf-110 and new Hasegawa 1/24th Testa Rossa.

The Italeri 1/35th S-Boot might have laser cut wood decks also!

1/30/08

Updates on the gallery page, members and events pages.

Trumpeter has there Feb. release of the 1/32nd bearcat sprue shots on there web site. Here are a few.

1/29/08

Big update on the review page.

1/24/08

Great meeting last night! We have about 17 new members so far.

Be sure to vote at the winter model daze contest at Complete hobbies!

New newsletter on newsletter page.

Photos from the Jan meeting:

1/17/08

We had a road trip to the Wings Over the Rockies air museum this week for Pizza and a tour of the B-1 cockpit.

The B-1 at the museum was a treat to see as it is the 3rd prototype and had special features.

We had some pizza then a VERY informative "briefing" on the B-1 program then got to climb up into

the cockpit. It was quite small for such a big aircraft. Below are some photos. Yes that is Steve and Matt.

There is a model show coming Feb 17th at the Auto show so dust off your car model.

For more info hit this web site www.pro-promotions.com

1/3/08

Hasegawa has a new tool of a 1/48th scale J-39 Draken due in May. Photo here.

Happy new year!

New item on the newsletter page.

12/26/07

New demo on the tips page on Zimmerit.

New photos in the gallery.

New year on the horizon.

12/18/07

Christmas has come early....test shots of Trumpeters 1/32nd F-8 crusader. Photos at IPMS Philippines on the links page.

Dragons 1/35th scale flak panzer gepard soon to be released. Here.

12/15/07

A big THANKS to all who came to the club X-mas party as it was a cold one. A good time was had by all and

A special thanks goes out to Ken for getting us the private room so we could get rowdy!

The food was served by our gracious restaurant staffer and the awards were given out.

Modeler of the year went to Rob Schmitt for his constant help with events and submissions to the club website.

Member of the year went to Tom Grossman for his monumental efforts to get the PPMX sponsors to give money and raffle kits.

Both had done so much that this list would be endless. Congrats!

The 2008 executive board was announced and is as folows:

President - Dekker Zimmerman

Vice President - Matt Quiroz

Sec/treasurer - Rob Schmitt

Contest coordinator - Dan Archibeque

Special projects coordinator - Tom Grossman

A 2008 club schedule was given out and can be found here on the web.

There was a free drawing for a big prize and Bob Bunch won a Revell 1/72nd scale German U-boat.

Funny how our ship guy won a ship.

There was the final model contest of the year "the best of the best" with results to be posted soon.

The model photos did not turn out unfortunately but photos of the party are posted here.    1  2  3  4  5  6  7

The gift exchange started with the wives/girls and had very little stealing. Such nice ladies.

The boyz had a few steals but no knock down, drag outs and I got the stuffed pig ha ha I win!

The best news of all was no one needed a jump start after the dinner.

Hope to see you all at the January meeting and happy holidays to all.

12/7/07

We will be sponsoring a best detail award at Completes winter model daze and a $25.00 gift cert.

We also will be sponsoring a best 32 ford award of $10.00 gift cert. So bring something down.

Remembering Pearl today.

12/3/07

New release from Hasegawa. 1/32nd scale F-5N Sundowners due in Feb. Here.

11/30/07

X-mas party info on the events page.

Star Fest is up in soon so get those sci-fi kits done!

Complete game and hobbies Winter model daze is soon so please participate.

Restyle of the site soon for 08'

11/26/07

We have a new region 10 club! Lets all welcome IPMS CoMMiES! More competition at the group builds.

We are chartered for 08' and are ready for next year. One more meeting then the x-mas party!

Added more info to the links page and the kit review page.

Looking for your vote on kit of the year so e-mail it to me.

11/13/07

Just announced: Lion Roar 1/35th Nebelwerfer, a multi media kit due soon. Here.

Our group builds are now go! See the events page.

11/12/07

Looks like a troop from our club visited Phoenix and showed them what-up. Here are the results:

Kirk, 2 firsts, 1 second and best a/c

Sean, 5 awards total, including, best OOB, a first and three seconds.

Matt, a first, and two seconds

Awesome!

Rob Schmitt has given us a report from the Ihobby expo in Chicago. Here.

Thanks Rob!

Looks like we will have a club showing at this years NDK anime show later this year so It is time to build something different!

Tom Grossman will have details at the next meeting and maybe a blog on the website for you all.

I will be posting a "research paper" on Zimmerit for tanks a bit later so stay tuned.

Our friends over at IPMS Philippines have test shots of the new trumpeter 1/48th scale C-47. Here.

11/1/07

A hero passes:

Paul Tibbets, the commander of operation silver-plate and pilot of the B-29 the Enola Gay Passed away today at 92.

The B-29 Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima August 6th 1945.

Tibbets quote " No one had ever done it before and no one has done it again" 

Thank you for your service Mr. Tibbets.

10/27/07

Our newest club member. Congrats Rodger.

10/22/07

Wow new news from our friends at IPMS Philippines of a Tamiya 1/48th Storch. But the big news is it has multiple color injection on one sprue!

This technique has been used in Bandai "gundam" robots for years and now is making its way to aircraft kits.

Slide molding and now this! The future looks awesome for us modelers. LINK HERE.

Meeting on the 24th will include officer nominations and a demo on sanding techniques as well as the monthly contest.

10/11/07

Some good news from the hobby show in Japan:

Dragon has announced a 1/35th Tiger I with zimmerit. No release date yet but photo here.

Trumpeter has some new kits also:

1/48th scale C-47A, 1/350th scale French Richelieu battle ship, 1/32nd Su-30SKK double seat and

a 1/35th scale E-100 tank with turret. The good stuff keeps coming! 

There will also be a huge Sea view sub from the t.v. series coming soon.

10/08/07

Next meeting will have the sci-fi horror theme.

Lots of new reviews over at our friends site IPMS Philippines on the links page.

Officer nominations at the next meeting also. So step up...YO!

New models on the gallery page. Send some of you own and I will post them!

Finished Kilo class sub build up in kit review section.

9/30/07

The Auction was a great success! Thanks to all that attended and a special thanks to

Dan for auctioneering and Dave for keeping track of it all. 

Colorado Springs results of the Wing nut con. Some photos here.

Ken- 1/100 Me 109 3rd

Chris- Lloyd CV 1st and Best of Show, Nieuport 3rd

Billy- Iraqi Mirage 2nd, P-51 3rd

Dekker- Bf-109 1st, P-47 1st, Me-262 2nd, A4 3rd

Kevin D. P-39 2nd

Brandon Mires- 1/144 MH-60 2nd

Chuck- X-15 1st

Matt- US Spitfire 2nd

9/24/07

The moty points have been tabulated and a surprise. See the points page.

The Wing Nut Con was invaded by us Springs guys and we took no prisoners! Except for the captured awards! Here.

Results will be posted soon.

Lots of new test shots at the IPMS Philippines web site so go to the links page and surf em'.

Looks like a big show in Salt lake city in 08 next year so hit the region 10 site also.

The nats lost a few awards to our own Dekker Zimmerman with a 2nd in modern subs (kilo class sub), 2nd in humor and

a 3rd in 1/32 pacific props (P-47D). Yes the same sub that is on the kit review page.

9/16/07

New link to our clubs Yahoo chat site on links page. Use it or loose it

Check out this future release from Lion Roar. Here

Looking for ideas for the next years contest. E-mail me.

Looks like a big show next year in Utah and it might be the regional 10 show. Check it out on the region 10 site.

9/12/07

The kit auction will be this months meeting so bring to sell or cash to buy!

Everyone who attends will also have a surprise.

7/24/07

IPMS 07 update. Saw the 1/32nd X-15 and it looks awesome! Dragon has released a 1/32th king tiger with Zimerit molded right in.

Here are some photos from the show here.

7/19/07

The 2007 IPMS Nationals is this week! I will have updates from L.A. so stay tuned. Lots of new

stuff to post also.

7/30/07

Results of the Summer Model Daze at Complete Games and Hobbies. Thanks for al the support. Here.

7/9/07

New info on the tips and hints page.

6/9/07

Show photos up on the show page!

5/31/07

Well the show is over and I have been sick for the following week so I am just getting to the update.

I have some photos of the show but could use more before I post them so send them HERE.

Thanks to EVERYONE who helped out or participated in the show we could not have done it without you.

Thanks to the dealers who made the trek to our show your support was great.

Stay tuned for more info as it comes.  

5/18/07

Showtime Tomorrow!

Some news from the shizuoka show in Japan:

Hasegawa 1/32nd Ki-64 Hein. photo here and here.

Fine molds 1/48th X-wing. Here and here.

5/6/07

Hobbico acquires Revell/Monogram. But not Revell Germany.

5/5/07

Wow a kit out of nowhere. There is a new company , Kinetic, in the market and one of the first releases is a 1/32nd F-86!

They even have a test shot already! Check it out on Cybermodelers web site. Here.

4/26/07

New sponsors for the show! A decal vendor will be here also - Warbird Decals! We are in the last turn folks. Lots of stuff for the raffle.

The club entry in the show is "Heavy armor" all types and eras even Sci-fi! So bring it! We have display only tables also so bring it!

Help out and sponsor a category, it's only $35.00.

In other news the 1/32nd Hasegawa P-47 will hit the streets in about a week. Wooo Hooo. 

4/20/07

Finally an update. The category page has been updated with some changes. We still need more sponsors, business or personal.

We still need judges, volunteers and people to put on 30 min. demos during the show. Please let me know soon.

3/28/07

Feb contest photos are up. Results soon. Here.

3/27/07

New photo on the gallery page.

See everyone at tomorrows meeting.

3/23/07

Events page updated.

New Trumpeter and Tamiya test shots on IPMS Philippines web site.

3/22/07

There will be a standard at all of the meetings to have a display only area for models so if you do not have

one that fits the theme bring it anyway.

We have a new page called "Hot shots" this will feature a new photo about every day so check back often.

Lion Roar has a photo-etch update/replacement for the Dragon 1/35 M2. Here.

Now if only there was a use for all the parts that get replaced.  

3/16/07

Volunteer page added.

IPMS Craig Hewitt of AZ has sponsored  Best Space/Sci-fi. Thank you IPMS Craig Hewitt!

3/15/07

Members page is updated with a list of all you Centennialians. 21+!

We should have a few new members at the next meeting also.

New show schedule up and info soon.

3/5/07

MotY points are up.

The meeting has been postponed to 3/7/07 and will be at the Stetson Hills Station just for this meeting. 

3/2/07

Due to the snow the Feb. meeting has been postponed to Mar. 7th. Same bat time same bat station.

The photo booth will be set up so bring it! The monthly contest is still T.V. and movies.

IPMS Philippines Has some new test shots, Trumpeter and Tamiya, on there web page so go to our links page to get there.

Another awesome Dragon release for Apr. A Sd.Kfz.251/17 ausf. C. Here.

2/27/07

This months contest is Movies and T.V. and next months here.

MotY points will be up soon. Remember the points go only to paid membership so please join if you have not.

If we have miss-calculated let me know and we will go over your tally.

2/20/07

New photos on the gallery page.

Hasegawa to release aluminum gun barrels for its 1/32nd scale P-47. Here.

Trumpeter to release 1/200 scale U.S.S. Arizona new tool!

2/10/07

Complete Games and Hobbies has a display case waiting for us to fill this month. This is not a contest so anything is fine. Thanks!

BIG update on all pages!

2/2/07

New sponsor for the contest on the category list.

Get Well Jim!

(P.S. be sure to get some scalpel blades while you are there) Ha ha.

Results of the Complete Games and Hobbies in the case contest: