166: May 2017 Meeting Minutes

We had a pretty good turnout...21 1/2 members brought 26 models, plus we had the F11C-2 display in case anyone missed it. Lots of rehashing how well it went at the NoVa Model Classic. A great time was had by all!

2018 Themes

Below are the voting results of the 2018 Theme ballots. We had 8 themes make the "top 7"; a roll call vote at the 18th May meeting of all members in attendance chose "Out of this World" as our 9th theme for 2018.  We already had "Great War in the Air" as a theme for February.

Some additional statistics:

• 64 ballots went out
• 24 total ballots were received with votes

Please note the month for the theme.  

December is the Christmas Party, October is the "Build the Same Kit", August is "Amnesty" and June is always "Anniversary".  June 2018 will mark 17 years for the club.

	Theme	Month
14	Delta Delta Delta - something with a delta wing; something used by Delta Force; the "D" model of anything	January
	The Great War in the Air - Revell 1/28 Scale Biplanes	February
13	Aces - Any subject associated with a famous (or not so famous) ace	March
12	Reel Models — Subjects that have appeared in a film or on television.	April
11	Star of David - Any Israeli subject	May
	Anniversary - 17th Anniversary of the Club!  Pizza and BYOB.	June
11	Turning the Tide - Any subject related to key turning points in major theaters of wars; Midway, Stalingrad, Gettysburg, El-Alamein, etc.	July
	Amnesty - Any project which didn't make the deadline for a previous theme month in any year.	August
11	The Great War - Any subject from 1914 - 1918.	September
9	Out of this world - real space or science fiction	October
9	BTSK - Revell 1/48 Stearman	November
	No Theme - Christmas Party	December
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9	Chicks dig weasels - Any wild weasel, iron hand or related subject
8	Hold your horses - Any subject named after a horse (P-51 Mustang, Ford Mustang, Bronco, etc); or any horse themed artwork (Norfolk Southern, nose art, etc).
8	Hooked - Any subject that “got you hooked”; car, motorcycle, aircraft, tank, ship, boat, person…
8	X factor - something experimental; x-plane or equivalent used for research, not a prototype for a production system
7	Old School Demos - Any demo team subject that is pre-Hornets and pre-Fighting Falcons.
6	Junkyard Dogs - Any subject abandoned or in the boneyard; or rebuild a kit that’s from your junk pile.
6	Breaking the barrier - Any subject that was designed to break the sound barrier, or was the FIRST to do so in its class.
5	League of Nations - The New NATO - Any subject from a country that as joined NATO since the fall of the Soviet Union
4	Gentlemen, start your engines!  - Any racing subject, real or imagined.
4	King Kong — 1/72 Revell Kaydet in black/white markings for 1933 diorama
3	Hail to the Chief - Any subject related to a President (USS Harry S Truman, GHW Bush’s TBM Avenger, JFK’s Lincoln, Air Force One, Navy One, etc)
2	Team Building - Two or more members team up to build a model or diorama
1	Aim High Alongapo - Any Philippine Air Force subject
0	Two Tickets to Paradise - Any subject that takes you to your place of paradise; train, plane, automobile, scooter, skateboard…

For the BTSK voting:

Votes	Kit
9	BTSK - Revell 1/48 Stearman
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5	BTSK - Airfix 1/72 Hurricane
4	BTSK - Monogram 1/72 P-6E
4	BTSK - Revell 1/72 Sherman
2	BTSK - Eduard 1/72 MiG-15 kit, any boxing.

For both lists...everything below the yellow line will go into the 2019 ballot.

VF-1B Display at the NOVA Model Classic

 

165: April 2017 Show and Tell