Stephen Keogh has kindly passed on images of his collection of finely built and finished Wildcats and Martlets, plus an interesting article explaining the collection and his experience with these kits. Click here to see the full article.
November Meeting Update
Its all over for another year and it went without a hitch. As usual members brought along new kits for discussion, models builds in progress and enjoyed a social chat in between formalities. Planning has already started for 2017 including a start of year outing at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook as well as various comps that will be on during the year.
I can say from experience that running a club can be a bit challenging at times and that the duties of the committee do take up some extra time and commitment, but the rewards are well worth it. One thing I can say is that if it wasn’t for all the early work performed by Martin Reid and Laurence Farrugia then Warbirds wouldn’t be the club it is today. Others have contributed along the way including myself and the new committee members Mike Dawkins, Rene De Koning and John Svendsen. Having said that all the good work that the above members have contributed to the club would not have been possible, had it not been for the overwhelming support and involvement of all members.
2016 was a great year and a fun one with my only criticism being that we only meet once a month. Its great to be around a nice bunch of guys sharing the hobby that we love so much, so I would like to thank everyone for making the club the success that it is.
Merry Xmas and have a great New Year and may you get lots of kits to build from Santa.
Finally here’s a few pics of what went on at today’s meeting!
Next Meeting Sunday 6th November
Our next meeting will be the last for 2016 before the xmas break and will draw to a close a fantastic year.
We will be continuing with our new informal format which has received some great feedback, so we aim to keep heading in that direction.
Dont forget to bring along something to build, show or demonstrate, and perhaps leave the meeting with some extra info or ideas for a fresh project.
See you all there
Michael Tabone
Secretary
New Video Page
We have added a new page to showcase our club related videos, so check out our first video on decanting spray pack paint.
We hope to add to this page at regular intervals to coincide with our meeting schedule, so remember to check it out with every visit.
October Meeting Update
Another meeting done and dusted with the format change marked down as a success. The general feel of moving from a formatted agenda to a more free moving one has proved to be the right mix and my be just what we needed. We had a general chat about this, and the consensus was that the meeting should be flexible with the option of fine tuning as we go. A few of us brought along some kits to build, we had a collection of pre loved kits that were for sale, as well as a demonstration on decanting spray paint from a rattle can into a paint pot.
The formalities were occupied with a small 15-20 segment at the beginning, with an open forum topic of ‘building for yourself or for the club’ and a ‘whats on the table’ segment in the middle, plus a wind up towards the end with the demonstration. In between the formal parts we built our kits and had general chats, with the whole format being really engaging, with plenty of time to cover what we need to as a club and to include all the more fun bits.
This was a great meeting and will no doubt form a template for future meetings.
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- Rene ‘Build A Bitch’ Winner
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- The golden prize for Rene
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- On the table 1
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- On the table 2
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- On the table 3
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- On the table 4
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- On the table 5
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- On the table 6
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- On the table 7
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- Decant 1
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- Decant 2
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- Decant 3
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- Decant 4
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- Decant 5
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- General Chat
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- Member build 1
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- Member build 2
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- Member build 3
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- Member build 4
Next Meeting Sunday 2nd October
Dont forget that our next meeting is on this Sunday so bring along anything you want to build or show. We will also be experimenting with the format a little to create a more relaxed feel to the meetings.
Rene De Konig will be awarded his winning trophy for his entry to the past event of Build A Bitch. Later in the meeting Rene will also take us through a demo on ‘How to Decant Spray Packs’ for airbrushing.
We will also be seeking member nominations for the ‘Gunna-Build’ in an effort to get members to build that kit that has been sitting in the stash as one of those must builds – but never got around to it!
And as a separate segment we will present an open forum on ‘Club Builds vs Personal Builds’
It will be another fun day so look forward to seeing you all there.
Next Meeting Sunday 11th September
This is a meeting reminder for Sunday the 11th and is a rescheduled meeting given that last Sunday was Fathers Day, and would have been a clash of loyalties. Some people might say that family come first, but we know the truth because just quietly we all know plastic rules! Just in case you picked up a model for Fathers Day please bring it along or at the very least bring yourself to join in the fun with our show and tell and whats new segments.
See you all there!
Michael Tabone
warbirdsamg.com 