Cincinnati Scale Modelers IPMS/USA Chapter IV / 26 CSM Debrief June 2015 www.cincyipms.com President: Dave Reed... davereed_314@yahoo.com Vice President: Dave Reeves.. roseannb26@gmail.com Secretary & Editor: Rob Schorry..... rschorry@cinci.rr.com Treasurer: Tom Owens towens@cinci.rr.com Membership: Ted Everett... ceverett@fuse.net Our next meeting will be on Sunday, June 7, 2015 from 2 4 PM at Lunken Airport in the Terminal Building. This coincides with Lunken Airport Days so folks can go see airplanes up close. No raffle this month, but if people want to bring a few models to populate the two tables we have on Saturday and Sunday then bring them. Security and safety of your creations is up to you. Don t leave anything overnight. Capisch? Sunday 2 4 will be our group chattin and yakkin time at Lunken. The club usually meets at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 4600 Erie Avenue, Madisonville, Ohio 45227 on the 1st Sunday of each month. Annual Cincinnati Scale Modelers membership fees are $15. You do not have to join the national organization to join our club. However, being a member of the IPMS/USA allows you to enter models into the national contest. Moving forward if you are not a CSM member, you will not receive our newsletter. IPMS/USA national membership fees are $25 a year and include the IPMS/USA Journal. www.ipmsusa.org for details. See Finances - The CSM is in a good financial state and Tom Owens, our Treasurer, has a detailed statement available if you wish to examine it in detail. VA project The Cincinnati Scale Modelers VA Support group (CSMVASG got a better acronym?) continues to staff model building sessions at the hospital in Clifton and at the TRAC in Clermont Cty. Volunteers work with veterans on the scale modeling hobby, helping them build, share stories, etc on the 1 st & 3 rd Tuesday of the month 9 11:30 at the VA hospital in Clifton. These members committed to attend on a regular basis: Barb & Tom Owens, Dave Reeves, and Eric Rosser. If anyone else can attend on a regular or ad-hoc basis, feel free to join them. For more info speak to one of our members. Wants & Disposals - If you have a want or a disposal, please call (513) 489-5387 or send email to: rschorry@cinci.rr.com Hello...looking for the horizontal stabilizer p/n D8, for a Hasegawa B727. Please reply to mobilone @fuse.net. Will pay fair price and postage to 45227. Thanks for any leads! - Bill O'Neil Interested in writing an article or taking photos? The CSM Debrief is looking for original info on models, workbench techniques, or Roadside Relics you may see. Send them to the editor for possible publication. The Debrief is available by post or email (to save postage, trees, and hassle, I 1
recommend email!). It is also posted each month on the CSM club website. We also have a Facebook page so search for Cincinnati Scale Modelers Some photos from the May meeting by Rob Schorry 2
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Cincinnati Scale Modelers Annual Contest and Swap Meet is scheduled for Saturday, October 10, 2015! Mark your calendars! Timetable of upcoming events in or near IPMS/USA Region IV. Start End Chapter City/Area 7/22/2015 7/25/2015 Capt Eddie Rickenbacker hosts the IPMS/USA 2015 National Convention Columbus, OH 9/19/2015 9/19/2015 Dayton Area Plastic Modelers Dayton, OH 9/19/2015 9/19/2015 Shenango Valley Area Scale Modelers Sharon, PA 10/10/2015 10/10/2015 Cincinnati Scale Modelers Cincinnati, OH 11/1/2015 11/1/2015 John H Glenn / Western Reserve Kirtland, OH Please try to keep your telephone and email up to date with the club. In case of severe weather or other reason, we will try to contact you if our monthly meeting is cancelled or postponed. Thank you! Kelly s Korner by Kelly Blankenship June 6 1944 - Allied forces launch operation Overlord, the invasion of Western Europe, landing troops by air and sea in Normandy, France. It is the largest invasion ever staged in the history of mankind. June 7 1942 - Japan seizes the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian Islands. June 14 1942 - German U-boats land four would be saboteurs on Long Island, New York along with four others near Jacksonville, Florida. They are quickly captured by the FBI. All are quickly tried, found guilty of espionage, and executed. June 22 1941 - Germany begins its surprise attack against the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa. www.robertsarmory.com/higgins-boat.htm 4
Lunken Airport Days June 6 &7 10:00-4:00 pm daily See what we do and why we love it! Corporate JETS AND AIRPLANES ON DISPLAY BOTH DAYs ON THE RAMP FREE ADMISSION AND FREE PARKING NEAR THE AIRPORT Color Guard ceremony and National Anthem LIVE each day at Noon. FREE HOT DOGS: First 1500 served each day noon FREE DRINKS: First 1500 served each day noon Airplane and Helicopter rides tickets sold on site -- $45 each The B -17 historic bomber, Aluminum Overcast on display and rides are available. Tickets available www.cincinnatiwarbirds.org or 513-241-1616. Rides are $425 per person ( terms available ). Ground tours in the afternoon Kid Station 10:00-4:00 daily, includes scavenger hunt, Head-set try on station, little pilot briefing on airport layout and pilot alphabet, many photo ops everywhere In the terminal - Miniature aircraft display, Cincinnati State Aviation School, Blue Marble Aviation Books Store and, 1/6 scale replica re- enactments, Miniature Train display with Lunken Airport featuring Larry Goodrich On the grass Helicopters, Big mess tent for shade and free lunch, Honor Flight booth, and many Vendors,, Mechanics interactive display by OATS, Cincinnati Warbirds, AirCare, Fire Trucks -- Cincinnati Crash Fire Rescue team all day each day Many Warbirds and planes on display all day on the ramp Sponsored by Ohio Aviation Technicians Society ( OATS), EAA Chapter 18 Cincinnati Warbirds and the Kroger Company. Helicopter rides sponsored by Vertical Advantage (513) 746-7994 = = = = = = = = The CSM has two tables reserved inside the Lunken Terminal Building on Saturday and Sunday. Anyone interested in hanging out there, talking up the club, displaying models, shooting the breeze, etc? Contact Eric Rosser erosser@zoomtown.com (513) 515-0646 or Dave Reed davereed_314@yahoo.com (513) 755-9303 5
CSM Debrief Cincinnati Scale Modelers Monthly Newsletter www.cincyipms.com June 2015 editorial address: 5675 Sovereign Drive Cincinnati, Oh 45241 6