May 2010 Newsletter

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Squadron Alert!

The official newsletter of IPMS Eagle Squadron
http://www.ipmseaglesquadron.org

Next Meeting

Sunday, May 16, 2010, 1:30 PM
Classroom 126A, Engineering Tech Building, Wake Technical Community College


Last Month's Meeting Highlights

   William Reece conducted an excellent demonstration on how to apply a wash.


This Month's Meeting

Group exercise: everyone is asked to bring the worst completed model in your collection. The more wretched your work, the better.  When we've done this in the past, it has been a lot of fun, so please be ready to laugh and share in the foibles of modeling innocence.


Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Tour

   Thanks to Lt. Colonel Scott Teel and Ronnie Murray, Eagle Squadron was hosted to a red carpet tour of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base on May 13.  In addition to Ronnie, IPMS Eagle Squadron was represented by Tony Leger, Bill Leary, Ben Brown, Steve Cappelson, and Lee Kolosna.  The Tuskegee Airmen were there as well, led by our good friend Leonard "Hawk" Hunter and four of fellow Airmen.  We presented the commander of the Fourth Wing with the models of the Revell F-15E that we built for display at RDUCON 2008.  Tony threw in an additional F-105 and F-117, and Ben added a Tamiya 1/32 scale Strike Eagle to the cache of models that we contributed to the wing.  They will be displayed in various buildings around the base.
   After the presentation ceremony with the commander, we got to spend time with the Wing historian, got a tour of the ordnance hangar, experience an up-close and personal view at the flight line, and capped it all off with a rousing session from the F-15E flight demonstration team, courtesy of Major Mike "Cash" Maeder and Capt. John "Gizmo" Cox.  Bill Leary presented his model of the demonstration aircraft to Cash and Gizmo and the ground crew.
   It was truly a special event and a feather in the cap of IPMS Eagle Squadron.  Thanks again to Ronnie for the arrangements and the relationships that made this happen.









Future Meeting Calendar


•   Sunday, June 13 – Informal model build session

•   Sunday, July 18 – Informal model build session

•   Sunday, August 15 -- Informal model build session

•   Sunday, September 19 -- Demonstration: Natural Metal Finishes, by Clyde Mills

•   Sunday, October 17 -- Swap shop

•   Sunday, November 21 -- Lecture: The F-16, by Mike Kopack

•   Sunday, December 19 -- Year in review, Most Improved Modeler Award, Holiday gift exchange, Officer elections for 2011.


Local Contest and Event Outlook


   Saturday, May 22.  Contest, hosted by IPMS Northern Virginia.  Fairfax, VA
   Saturday, June 12.  Contest, hosted by IPMS Spartanburg.  Spartanburg, SC
   Saturday, June 25.  Contest, hosted by IPMS Marietta.  Marietta, GA
   Saturday, July 10.  Contest, hosted by IPMS Eastern Carolina.  New Bern, NC
   Saturday, August 14.  Contest, hosted by IPMS Roanoke Valley, Roanoke, VA
   Saturday, September 18.  Contest, hosted by Piedmont Scale Modelers, Spartanburg, SC
   Saturday, October 16.  Region 2 contest, hosted by IPMS Richmond.  Fredericksburg, VA