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Aircraft Top Entries At Region IV Show
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Continue reading →: Aircraft Top Entries At Region IV ShowAircraft saw the most entries but a ship took Best in Show at the IPMS/US Region IV show last month, club member Hyeon-Jung “HJ” Yun told the club in his presentation on the competition at the April CAMS meeting. The show had 458 entries (HJ counted them himself), of which…
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H.J. Yun brings home third in 1/72 aircraft from regionals
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Continue reading →: H.J. Yun brings home third in 1/72 aircraft from regionalsHyeon-jung (HJ) Yun earned third place in 1/72 aircraft for his MIG 23 at the 2024 IPMS Region IV competition over the weekend. HJ said about half the competitors in the Dayton, Ohio, event were aircraft. “All entries were stunning,” HJ said. “I’m just a guy from a small town…
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CAMS gets local news coverage
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Continue reading →: CAMS gets local news coverageThe Capital Area Modelers Society got some broader exposure this week thanks to coverage from WLNS on its Wednesday newscast. Thanks to reporter Keaten Franklin for reaching out and for a great story. Credit to Keaten, too, for the attached photos he took at the meeting he covered. The story…
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Chris Long takes second in box stock at Midwest Freeze Frame
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Continue reading →: Chris Long takes second in box stock at Midwest Freeze FrameChris Long, CAMS’ treasurer, picked up second place in the box stock category for his Mustang convertible at the 2024 Midwest Freeze Frame, the national convention for the United States Scale Model Association. Chris, along with club member Chris Klaver, had several entries among the more than 800 kits on…
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Continue reading →: Kit Review: Takom’s Panzer III Ausf.N mit Schürzen in 1:35th scaleBy Tony Faust Recently, I purchased the Takom Tiger I Zimmerit Big Box, which includes 3 Tiger One kits for just $99 dollars. At prices like that, who can’t afford to build Tigers? However, before starting to build one of the new Tigers, I thought it might be a good…
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President Dick Davenport Takes a Break from Aircraft
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Continue reading →: President Dick Davenport Takes a Break from AircraftSometimes I need to take a break from building aircraft. Either the detail work is tiring or I’m waiting for paint to dry. When that’s the case, I sometimes turn to building a Gundam. This is the third one I’ve actually spent time to do a do a good job. …
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Progress on Dick Davenport’s Occidental T-6G
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Continue reading →: Progress on Dick Davenport’s Occidental T-6GI’m working on a 1/48th T-6G by Ocidental. This kit has gone together fairly well, with no major problems. I’ve supplemented the interior with a set of 3-D decals from Quinta Studios. I primed it with Rust-Oleum Ultra Cover Flat Whit Primer decanted and applied with my airbrush. Then I…
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Hensler Takes Best-In-Class
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Continue reading →: Hensler Takes Best-In-ClassCAMS member Bill Hensler won Best-in-Class for ships with his HMS King George V at the Mid-Michigan Model Makers’ 4M Model Mayhem show. Bill was among six CAMS members with entries in the show. Everyone came away with at least a bronze award on at least one of the kits…
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Shadow Box Kit
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Continue reading →: Shadow Box KitYou don’t have to fully build a kit to show it off. Member Mike Hood shared this idea for displaying a kit painted buy unassembled in a shadow box. Another way to explore modeling.
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