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for us the living, rather,to be dedicated here tothe unfinished work

which they who foughthere have thus far sonobly advanced. It israther for us to be herededicated to the great

task remaining beforeusthat from these hon-ored dead we take in-creased devotion to thatcause for which theygave the last full meas-ure of devotionthat wehere highly resolve thatthese dead shall nothave died in vainthatthis nation, under God,shall have a new birth offreedomand that gov-

ernment of the people,by the people, for thepeople, shall not perishfrom the earth.

By A. Lincoln

Well we had a meeting inOctober. I never receivedthe notes or report so wehave this blank space. For

your enjoyment I will re-cite the Gettysburg Ad-

dress:

Four score and sevenyears ago our fathersbrought forth on thiscontinent a new nation,conceived in liberty, anddedicated to the propo-sition that all men arecreated equal.

Now we are engaged in agreat civil war, testing

whether that nation, orany nation, so conceivedand so dedicated, canlong endure. We are met

on a great battle-field ofthat war. We have cometo dedicate a portion ofthat field, as a final rest-ing place for those whohere gave their lives thatthat nation might live. Itis altogether fitting and

proper that we shoulddo this.

But, in a larger sense, wecan not dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.The brave men, livingand dead, who struggledhere, have consecratedit, far above our poorpower to add or detract.The world will little

note, nor long remem-ber what we say here,but it can never forgetwhat they did here. It is

October Meeting Notes

Christmas Party and Officer Elections

Men have feelings too.

For example, we feel

hungry.

By Jeff Brown, joke

courtesy of Michael

Adams

Wow, Christmas time is

here already. Our party is

booked for Tuesday De-

cember 18th at 6:00 pm

at the Golden Corral in

Loveland. It is located at

1360 Sculptor Drive,

Loveland and their

phone number is: (970)461-3000.

November is also Officer

Election month, and the

last month to bring a kit

for the Show and Tell.

So, if we stick to trends all

of the current officers will

be re-elected.

I would run for Presidentbut, like Mitt Romney, I

never seem to get enough

votes. I figure why risk it

and hurt my own feelings.

Besides I have it on good

authority that the club

would rather go under

than let me lead. Ha ha!!

High Plains Modelers

November 2012Volume 2, Issue 3

High Plains Gazette

Whats New ThisMonth:

Hobby or Game?

October Model Gallery IPMS National Update

Photos, Photos and More Pho-tos

Inside this issue:

October Meeting Notes 1

Christmas Party 1

The Carpet Monster 2

IPMS National Update 3

Book Review by Pablo3

November Calendar 4

IPMS Membership App 8

Tiger tanks still look cool.

Region X Newsletter of the Year 2011


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By Jeff Brown

(Editor)

Every month I put to-

gether the newsletter, and

usually only Pablo and I

write the articles. George

will occasionally send in a

build that he puts to-

gether, but for the most

part it is just the two of us

who write articles.

So I get e-mails time to

time requesting certain

topics to be covered.

These usually come from

guys in other IPMS clubs

who like my sense of hu-

mor and think I can do

justice to this crazy game

we call model building.

Wait, did he just call

model building a (gasp)

GAME? Well, competitive

model building which is

what many if not most of

us do, is more like a game

than a hobby.

So what is a hobby? Well

according to my diction-

ary a hobby is defined as

an activity or interest

pursued for pleasure and

not as an occupation. It is

also a migratory old

world falcon. (Thus the F-

16 theme for this month.)

Is what we do a hobby? I

guess sometimes working

on a model relaxes us, but

most of the time it is frus-

trating. Small photo

etched parts that dont go

on right. Pieces that the

carpet eats. Paint that

orange peels. Clear coats

that dont go on smooth.

Decals that silver. Decals

that crack, decals that

wont lay down no matter

how much softener you

use. A seam that wont go

away no matter how

many times the puttygoes on. A seam that goes

away and takes other de-

tail with it.

Do these problems sound

relaxing to you?

So what is a game? Well a

game, once again accord-ing to the dictionary, is an

activity which provides

entertainment or amuse-

ment. It is also a competi-

tive activity or sport

which players contend

with each other according

to a set of rules.

Hmmm. That sounds

more like what most of us

do. I hear grumblings, buthow many times have you

abandoned a model on

the workbench because

something went wrong?

How many of you car

builders sand and polish

and sand again and again

to get the surface just

right? How many of you

plane builders make sure

the center seam is gone

(except on a 109) and

make sure the barrels are

drilled and the wings areeven? Armor guys (while

there is more room to

hide flaws with dirt and

mud and stowage) still

have to make sure the

wheels are all aligned and

the tracks are even. Wait

is that a seam on the bar-

rel? Youre out!

Okay, so here is the point

of my ramblings, if youenter contests, and build

for contests, this is a

game. If however you slap

models together to hide

in your room and stay

away from the wife and

kids then maybe it is a

hobby.

If this were just a hobby I

would finish my Spitfire.

My poor Spitfire.

The Carpet Monster: Editors Opinion

Do these

problemssound

relaxing to

you?

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Volume 2, Issue 3

WWII Propaganda at its

finest. Stolen by Bill Maher

for the cover of his book.

Please donate today!

Pappy says keep building

em

The Japanese have always

been a fan of giant mon-sters. Even in World War II.


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The most

pleasant sur-

prise of this

book is the in-

clusion of non-

USAF training

F-16s

August 14-17, 2013 at the Em-

bassy Suites in Loveland, Colo-

rado.

The Viper Story, Part II

paragraph.

Among different squadronsand wings features in thebook are the weapons schoolat Nellis, Nevada; the Ag-

gressor squadrons including those beautifulArctic camouflaged Vipers-,the 56th Fighter Wing atLuke, Arizona and sometraining squadrons fromdifferent Air NationalGuards wings.

The most pleasant surpriseof this book is the inclusionof non-USAF training F-16s,like the ones from Nether-lands, United Emirate Arab,etc. Pilots and ground per-sonnel from those air forcesreceive training with theUSAF. Their respective air

forces have airplanes de-ployed in the US for train-ing. Interestingly enough

By Pablo Bauleo

This book covers the F-16used as a platforms forweapon testing, flight train-ing and for adversary train-

ing. The book covers differ-ent wings and squadrons,including details of the sylla-bus that pilots undertake aspart of their training or theday-to-day operations ofdifferent weapon test units.Be aware that not every pic-ture has a caption, butrather a group of picturesdepict different aspects de-scribed in an accompanying

some of those airplanes dis-play their country nationalmarkings, while havingUSAF tail numbers. Thatmakes those airframes veryunique and incredible

tempting for the modeler.

I have to say that seeing al-most 400 full color picturesof those Vipers is inspira-tional. This book is an excel-lent reference resource. Rec-ommended to modelers andaviation aficionados.

I would like to thank ReidAir Publishing for the reviewsample.

Review: The Viper Story Part II: Test andTraining F-16s

I have to say that

seeing almost 400

full color pictures

of those Vipers is

inspirational.

posted in November, to beWe have posted general in-

formation about our antici-

pated tours, since we're still

negotiating to schedule a

few of them. Our general

schedule of events is posted,

and it will be updated asneeded with information

about seminars and tours.

We do not yet have detailed

information available about

Registration fees or Spon-

sorship rates; that will be

made publicly available at

the same time as the Nov-

Dec issue of theIPMS/USA

Journal. Also, updates on

the Contest Categories and

Contest Rules will be posted

in November, once we get alist of any changes from

IPMS/USA's National Con-

test Committee.

Stay tuned for more updates

in the months to come.

IPMS 2013 National Contest Update

IPMS Golden Anniversary

Aggressor Vipers Landing Vipers


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Volume 2, Issue 3

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31

December 20 12

Build N Bull

Christmas

Party

Christmas

New Years Eve

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

January 20 1 3

HPM Meeting

Build N Bull

New Years Day


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Photo of the Month for October

High Plains Gazette

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An F-16 on the flight line at Buckley AFB

(Photo Used with Permission from the Colorado Air National Guard)


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Volume 2, Issue 3

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Model of the Month for October

The Best of Show Junior from the HobbytownUSA Contest


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November Model Gallery

Photos by Jeff Brown

High Plains Gazette

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Randys Dragster

Garys Sub

Chriss TruckToms Tank

Daves Sub Toms Wildcat

Daves Dora Randys Roadster Jeffs Snowspeeder


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Volume 2, Issue 3

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over 220 active US chap-

ters (including groups in

Canada and the Philip-

pines as well as one

"cyber-chapter" existing

entirely on the internet).

These chapters are organ-

ized into 13 geographi-

cally-determined Re-

gions, overseen by Re-

gional Coordinators. The

IPMS/USA Executive

Board, made up of elected

and appointed members,

serves as the overall gov-

erning body for IPMS/

USA.

IPMS/USA produces the

Modelers' Journal, an all-

color magazine supplied

to our members 6 times

each year. Sample copies

of the Journal are avail-

able upon request, and

you'll find several cover

shots elsewhere in this

handout.

In addition, IPMS/USA

maintains one of the larg-

est and most-visited pub-

lic websites in the model-ing community

(www.ipmsusa.org).

Members and visitors can

view product reviews,

chapter and contest infor-

mation, see examples of

members' work, and view

images of contest, mu-

seum walkarounds, and

the like. A members-only

Forum allows discussion

of specific topics of inter-

est amongst our member-

ship. The remainder of

the website is open to the

modeling public and sees

thousands of hits weekly.

From: www.ipmsusa.org

IPMS/USA is the United

States Branch of the In-

ternational Plastic Model-

ers' Society, whose roots

can be traced to the

startup of the first IPMS

National Branch during

the 1960's in Great Brit-

ain. In 1964 a US-based

modeler applied for a

charter to start the US

Branch. In the ensuing 4

decades, IPMS/USA has

become a 5,000 member,

all-volunteer organization

dedicated to promoting

the modeling hobby while

providing a venue formodelers to share their

skills in a social setting,

along with friendly but

spirited competition in

the form of local, re-

gional, and national con-

tests and conventions. As

this is written, there are

About IPMS/USA


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Meetings are the last Tuesday of the monthat The Ranch in Loveland. They start at7pm and end around 9pm.

Editor: Jeffrey Brown

[email protected]

President: Larry HershVice President: Michael AdamsTreasurer: Randy RobinsonSecretary: Marc Lyons Our club has plastic modelers from Northern Colorado,mainly

from the Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont area. We also have afew members from Wyoming.

Honestly, if you need an excuse to get away from the wife an kids afew days a month, join our club. Your skills will improve and youwill have a few laughs.

Stop by a meeting, the first one is free kid!

High Plains Modelers

Next Meeting October 30,2012. 7pm at The Ranch.

Website

http://ipmshpm.blogspot.com/

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Classifieds and other Happenings

For Sale or Trade: .

*** Posting Ads are free

for High Plains Modelers

Members to post items for

sale or trade. If you are

not a member of the club

it cost $2 to post an ad

which goes towards our

annual club contest.

Trumpeter 1/32 Wildcat F4F-3.

These retail for around $75 this one

is still sealed in the shrink wrap. I

am asking $45 for it. (Shipping is

extra for those outside of Northern

Colorado.) Will trade too, just ask

me for a list of wants!

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