June 2012 Eagle Squadron Newsletter

[Lee_K]

Squadron Alert!

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

Next Meeting

     Sunday, June 10, 2012, 1:30 PM
     Classroom 126A, Engineering Tech Building, Wake Technical Community College


Last Month's Meeting

      Mike Carruthers did a nice demonstration on restoring panel lines, something of great interest to all modelers, no matter what their subject interest.


This Month's Meeting

      Our summer schedule starts with an informal model build session.  There will be no formal agenda, so bring a model kit and some tools and sit down with your Eagle Squadron buddies for a couple of hours and use the time to cleanup some parts, or remove some masking, or gluing a few assemblies together.  Our formal meeting schedule resumes in September.


Club Build Projects

     The club has two group projects underway:
Curt Bandle/Mike Mittenzwei build – completed models obtained from either Curt or Mike's collections are being presented for inspection at the September meeting.  These same models will be displayed at the Fayetteville contest in November as our group entry.
USO Black Tie Event – like last year, Jon Emery is coordinating the donation of models for both the silent auction and the service award given to one deserving member of each branch of the military at the USO gala event in October.  Jon is eliciting contributions for a Marine, Army, Navy, and Air Force subject, plus additional models to be auctioned away in a silent auction.  Please look in your collections and consider either contributing an already built model or starting a new one for this worthwhile cause.


Future Meeting Calendar


•   Sunday, July 15 – Informal model building session
•   Sunday, August 19 – Informal model building session
•   Sunday, September 16 – Group Build: Curt Bandle / Mike Mittenzwei results
•   Sunday, October 21 – Demonstration: Painting figures, by Lee Griffin
•   Sunday, November 18 – Demonstration: navigation and landing lights, by Woody Griffin
•   Sunday, December 16 – Officer elections, Holiday gift exchange, Most Improved Modeler award, Model year in review


Local Contest and Event Outlook


   Saturday, June 9.  Contest, hosted by IPMS Spartanburg.  Spartanburg, SC
   Saturday, July 14, Contest, hosted by IPMS Roanoke Valley.  Roanoke, VA
   Saturday, September 15.  Contest, hosted by IPMS Piedmont Scale Modelers.  Duncan, SC
   Saturday, September 22.  Contest, hosted by IPMS Foothills.  Morganton, NC
   Saturday, November 10.  Contest, hosted by IPMS Lafayette.  Fayetteville, NC