Meeting Reminders: 2016 Meeting Dates: February 22, March 21, April 18

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1 The Instruction Sheet I.P.M.S. / Granite State Modelers Club Nashua, New Hampshire Newsletter: February, ipmsgsmc@gmail.com Facebook: IPMS/Granite State Modelers Club GSMC/IPMS meets the third Monday night (4 th Monday in Jan & Feb) of each month from 7 to 9 PM at the Nashua Public Library, 2 Court Street Nashua, New Hampshire. Visitors are welcome to attend. Monthly show and tell pictures are posted on our website. Website maintained by Brandon Clifton. Club Officers: President: Mac Johnston ( ) macatflandersandpatch@hotmail.com Vice President: Keith Touchette ( ) touchettekr@gmail.com Secretary/Chapter Contact: Rodney Currier ( ) nickmatt2@roadrunner.com Treasurer: Edward Mele IV ( ) emeleiv@gmail.com Meeting Reminders: 2016 Meeting Dates: February 22, March 21, April 18 Business Report The first item of business brought up for discussion was buying a trophy pack for Noreastcon. The motion was brought up, seconded, and passed with little discussion. We left the choice of category up to the host chapter. Last year we announced that in order to stimulate building by members and more show and tell models, a reward of a $25 gift certificate to Hobby Emporium would be given out to the member who brought in the most newly completed models for show and tell in I went through all of the year s newsletters and the lucky recipient was John Walker with a total of 14 completed models. Close behind was Paul Lessard with 11. John took his reward with a smile, and immediately gave it to a junior member to use! Talk about supporting our junior modelers! We next discussed our theme for Granitecon. We had four ideas to vote on. The first was the 1960 s anything made in the 1960 s. The second was cross dressers anything built by one country but used by another. The third was concepts and experimental, including prototypes. The fourth was past and present where a model had to be built exactly like a photograph of the original subject. After a round of voting, we decided on the 1960 s as our theme this year. Members were reminded that the Railroad show at the Big E in Springfield, MA was being held January st this year. The show has four buildings of railroad stuff on display. Paul, Guy, and Pete talked it up, saying there was something there for everyone. I m sure we will have a couple of reports on this show at this month s meeting. Moving on to the next railroad show after that, Hooksett on April 24 th, we asked for volunteers to put on a make and take there. It appears we have enough volunteers to help and bring models for display, so we will be there from 10 AM to 3 PM. We will finalize our plans at the March meeting. We had eleven members bring in models for our pass the stash building project. Models were numbered and passed out, with finished projects due at our August meeting. You can build your kit any way you wish, and a $25 gift certificate will be awarded for the most popular entry. This is a long way in the future, but we have been contacted about getting together with a couple of other clubs to possibly host a Noreastcon event a few years down the road. This possibility was mentioned to the executive board a year and a half ago, and has not gone any farther than a couple of preliminary informal discussions with the club that has a facility in mind. No panicking yet! It has been mentioned that both Downeastcon and Valleycon are on the same date this year. This doesn t usually happen. Members will have to choose which show to attend this year. See you Monday night.

2 Participating Hobby Shops These are the hobby shops that support us and our efforts year after year. They give club members discounts, provide donations for club contests, and stock the supplies and new kits we crave. Please support them, too! Hobby Emporium ( ) 440 Middlesex Rd Tyngsboro, MA The Spare Time Shop ( ) 222 E. Main St Marlboro, MA North East Trains Model Center ( ) 18 Main Street Peabody, MA Hobbys N Stuff ( ) 1 Glen Rd Plaza West Lebanon, NH Hobbies With A Twist, LLC ( ) 1 Depot St Concord, NH Elite Hobbies ( ) 90 Washington St Unit 334 Dover, NH Local Upcoming Events of Interest April 3, 2016: Valleycon 26 Wings and Wheels Knights of Columbus Chicopee, MA April 3, 2016: Downeastcon Southern Maine Scale Modelers Thornton Academy Saco, Maine April 7-9, 2016: AMPS International Convention Sumter County Civic Center Sumter, SC April 10, 2016: BuffCon 33 Cheektowega, NY April 23, 2016: CAN/AM Con 16 Holiday Inn Plattsburgh, NY April 29-30,2016: Noreastcon 45 Museum of American Armor Old Bethpage, NY August 3-6, 2016: IPMS/USA National Convention Columbia MetropolitanConvention Center Columbia, South Carolina Sept 11, 2016: Patcon IPMS Patriot Elks Hall Hudson, MA October 16, 2016: Granitecon XXIV Nashua Elks Club 120 DW Highway Nashua, NH January Raffle Winners

3 January Show and Tell Photos Pete Davis said he had to rework every piece of his 1/35 th Kenetic M-ATV to get things to fit properly. Tyler Ingalls 1/144 th Bandai Zero Hondo Gundam warrior. Tyler Ingalls 1/144 th Bandai Danazine, built out of the box. John Rauscher s PK Pro Figure Holder

4 John Rauscher s General battery operated motor tool. John Rauscher s Hobby Zone Paint Rack. Paul Lessard built this 1/87 th Varney New Haven Railroad AAR Boxcar out of the box. Edward Mele has been building a lot of impressive paper models lately. This is his 1/144 th Scissor & Plane B-47 Stratojet.

5 John Walker used an MR Conversion kit along with a 1/35 th Tamiya model to build this Flammpanzer B-2 (f) Chuck Converse modeled his 1/72 nd Airfix Grumman J2F Duck Amphibian after a picture in a magazine about a Pearl Harbor survivor. Guy Lessard built his 1/87 th Walthers SN-1 Switching Engine out of the box and installed a DCC so it runs on his layout.

6 Jack Sutcliff s 1/48 th Eduard Rumpler Observation plane. Jack Sutcliff s 1/48 th Monogram A-10 Warthog, built out of the box.