203: July 2021 Monthly Meeting Minutes & Show and Tell

15 July 2021

The Southern Maryland Scale Modelers met at High Tide Games at 7pm.  24 modelers were present and 31 models were on the tables!

We confirmed internally that Richmond IPMS Old Dominion Open is on 26 February 2022 and Northern Virginia IPMS NOVA Model Classic will be on 16 April 2022.  Time to start planning next year's show season!

We also discussed a display at the St Mary's County Fair -- Dan Y. will coordinate as usual.

And we had a moment of silence for yet another iconic model shop closing -- Denby Hobbies will be closing in April -- always a great stop when in the Norfolk area.

The theme was Dogfight Doubles, and we had quite a few on the tables. Show & Tell pictures:

2022 Themes

Theme voting results are in!

Below is the list by month, get your kits and start modeling.

Month	Theme
January	Make Tim happy — any 1:72 Spitfire
February	Whirlybird — any helocopter military or civilian
March	Deuces Wild — any subject WITH two; engines, wheels, people, wings [biplanes] etc.
April	Here kitty kitty — any aircraft or vehicle with cat in it (tomcat, hellcat, tiger, etc)
May	The Expanse — Any sci-fi related subject
June	Anniversary - 20th Anniversary of the Club!
July	Drive Fast, Take chances! — 1/24 or 1/25 cars
August	Amnesty - Any project which didn't make the deadline for a previous theme month in any year.
September	Achtung Stuka! — Any stuka any scale or markings
October	Torpedo away — any torpedo bomber or ASW aircraft/ship
November	BTSK - Eduard 1/48 Hellcat
December	No Theme - Christmas Party

2022 Theme Voting has begun!

I've created the survey for choosing the themes for 2022. 

Follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8BND656 for the Theme Survey for 2022. 

As a reminder, this is for 2022, not for 2021. The 2021 Themes are unchanged. 

I'll close the voting just before the July meeting (scheduled for 7/15) so I can get the results out for that meeting.

201: May 2021 Monthly Meeting Minutes & Show and Tell

27 May 2021

Okay, technically our first real meeting since the pandemic began and hoo boy did we had a lot of COVID builds to bring!

22 Modelers met at our new meeting location at High Tide Games (thanks Rebecca!) and there were

  67 models on the tables!

As a group we brought our first COVID Theme Build -- 357th FG Mustangs in 1/48.  The monthly theme was Desert Storm 30th Anniversary.  Whitey's S-3B with folded wings got the most votes -- so he got the bragging rights and some new #11 blades and sanding sticks for his efforts.

Time for some pictures:

Let's Talk Models! #44

May 6th.

Modelers: 16

Models: 22

Link to LTM #44 Video

We chatted about adding a 1/24 (or 1/25) scale group build.  This is in the Theme nominations for 2022 but we can always do whatever we want so whether this makes the list for 2022 is up to the members.

Link to the product discussed -- Incredible White Mask Liquid Frisket which Collin swears is a great masking fluid.

Pandemic Group Builds

May 1st

So over the last year we came up with four group builds (or themes) that some of us decided to do in addition to the list here on the site:

• 1/48 Scale Mustangs of the 357th -- Bene has a stack of decals and we build a P-51B/C/D with the yellow and red checkers on the noses.
• 1/48 Scale Bf-109 without German markings -- Any kit, any variant, but no Luftwaffe markings.
• 1/48 Scale Spitfires that are not British -- Any kit, any variant, but no RAF or FAA markings.  
• 1/700 Battleships -- Deviating from the trend above, we decided to go small.  Any kit, any battleship or battlecruiser from any period.  Waterline or full hull is choice of the modeler.

Hopefully we can get everyone together at once to show these off well before a show.  I'd like some photos to post here.

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
Add the below to the 2019 Theme Ballot
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
Add the below to the 2019 Theme Ballot
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.

165: April 2017 Show and Tell