ASM 2019 Meeting Pictures
and Major Events
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Summary of ASM Model Displays in 2019
ASM Model Display at the South Broadway Library and Cultural Center Feb 1-27, 2019
ASM Make N Take at the South Broadway Library and Cultural Center Feb 9, 2019
ASM Model Display at the Kirtland AFB Air and Space Fiesta Air Show May 18, 2019
ASM Model Display at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History July 15 - Sep 14, 2019
2019 New Mexico State Fair Contest and Model Display Sep 5-15, 2019
ASM Model Display at the 2019 Air Force Ball Sep 21, 2019
ASM Builds Model for 2019 Folds of Honor Event Sep 23, 2019
Pictures by Joe Walters, Frank Randall, and Mike Blohm
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Meeting Pictures
"75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge"
Special (Non-Points) Contest
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Best of Show Winners from
December's "75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge" Special Contest |
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Best of Show Basic |
Best of Show Intermediate |
Best of Show Masters |
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Brandon Brown | Dave Tingley | Scott Jaworski |
M4A3E8 Sherman | Panther G | SdKfz. 251/17 2cm Diorama |
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Winners from the 2019 ASM Models of the Year Showdown |
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Meeting Pictures
Discussion on 2020 ASM Contest Schedule
Winners: B-24J - Dave Vickers Smerch - James Medina Porsche 356C - Tim Wood
E-Board Challenge Build
Drawing and Results
Contenders: Mike Blohm, Tony Humphries, Scott Jaworski, Frank Randall and John Tate
Winner - Scott Jaworski
Awards from Previous Meetings
October's "Enter the Dragon" Theme (Points) Contest
November's "Open" Theme (Points) Contest
Awards for Tonight's Meeting
ASM E-Board "Nobody Ever Expects It" Award
"Open"
Theme (Points) Contest
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Best of Show and People's Choice Winners from November's "Open" Theme Contest |
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Meeting Pictures
Awards for Tonight's Meeting
"Open" Theme (Points) Contest
"Enter the Dragon"
Theme (Points) Contest
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Best of Show and People's Choice Winners from October's "Enter the Dragon" Theme Contest |
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Meeting Pictures
"2019 IPMS/USA Nationals Report" Presentation by Dave Straub
Awards for Tonight's Meeting
"Enter the Dragon" Theme (Points) Contest
Click here for October Contest Results
Click here for October Model Pictures
ASM Swap Meet
With No Contest or Sponsored Contest
Meeting Pictures
"1939 - 80th Anniversary of the Beginning of World War II"
Special (Non-Points) Contest
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Best of Show Winners from
August's "1939 - 80th Anniversary of the Beginning of World War II" Special Contest |
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Best of Show Basic |
Best of Show Intermediate |
Best of Show Masters |
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John Wyer | Bob Henderson | John Tate |
B-17B Flying Fortress | Panzer 38(t) | Soviet BA-6 Armored Car |
Meeting Pictures
"Rigging World War I Models" Clinic by Bob Henderson
Awards from Previous Meetings
July's "Man In Space" Theme (Points) Contest
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August Contest Results
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"Man In Space"
Theme (Points) Contest
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Best of Show and People's Choice Winners from July's "Man In Space" Theme Contest and "Supersonic" Sponsored Contest Hosted by Patrick Dick |
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Meeting Pictures
Awards for Tonight's Meeting
"Man In Space Theme (Points) Contest
"Best Supersonic" Sponsored
Contest
Hosted by Patrick Dick
Awards from Previous Meetings
June's "D-Day 75th Anniversary" Special (Non-Points) Contest
May's "Automotive" Theme (Points) Contest
Click here for July Contest Results
Click here for July Model Pictures
75th Anniversary of D-Day Invasion
Special (Non-Points) Contest
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Best of Show Winners from
June's "75th Anniversary of D-Day Invasion" Special Contest |
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Best of Show Intermediate |
Best of Show Masters |
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Rob Whitlock | Scott Jaworski |
British Centaur IV | British Churchill Mk III Type D AVRE Carpet Layer (Bobbin) Tank |
Meeting Pictures
Awards from Previous Meetings
May's "Automotive" Theme (Points) Contest
Click here for June Contest Results
Click here for June Model Pictures
"Automotive"
Theme (Points) Contest
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Best of Show and People's Choice Winners from May's "Automotive" Theme Contest |
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Meeting Pictures
"Dallas Air Show" Presentation
Awards for Tonight's Meeting
May's "Automotive" Theme (Points) Contest
Awards from Previous Meetings
April's "Fabulous Fifties" Special Contest
March's "Open" Theme (Points) Contest
Click here for May Model Pictures
Click here for May Contest Results
"Fabulous Fifties"
Special (Non-Points) Contest
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Best of Show Winners from
April's "Fabulous Fifties" Special Contest |
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Best of Show Intermediate |
Best of Show Masters |
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Bob Henderson | John Tate |
1956 Ford F-100 Pickup | French M-8 Armored Car - Indochina 1951 |
Meeting Pictures
"Wings of Freedom Tour" Presentation by Josh Pals
Awards from Previous Meetings
December's "Pearl Harbor Plus 7" Special Contest
March's "Open" Theme (Points) Contest
Click here for April Contest Results
Click here for April Model Pictures
"Open"
Theme (Points) Contest
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Best of Show and People's Choice Winners from March's "Open" Theme Contest |
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Meeting Pictures
Awards from Tonight's "Open" Contest Meeting
Awards from Previous Meetings
"Frickin' Laser Beams" Sponsored Contest (January)
Hosted by Patrick Dick
Click here for March Contest Results
Click here for March Model Pictures
ASM Swap Meet
With No Contest or Sponsored Contest
Meeting Pictures
Awards from Previous Meetings
ASM 2018 Modelers of the Year
ASM 2018 Models of the Year
January's "Sci-Fi, Real Space, Science and Fantasy" Special Contest
Just Staff's Picks from Moe Blalters "Sci-Fi, Real Space, Science and Fantasy" Special Contest
Moe Blalters
Sci-Fi, Real Space, Science & Fantasy"
Special (Non-Points) Contest
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Best Entry Winners from the January 2019 "Sci-Fi, Real Space, Science & Fantasy" Special Contest and "Frickin' Laser Beams" Sponsored Contest Hosted by Patrick Dick |
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Just Staff's Most Favorite Awards
for the Moe Blalters Contest
Meeting Pictures
Awards from December's "Pearl Harbor Plus 7" Special Contest
Awards from Previous Contests
"Open" Contest (November)
"Challenge Build" Sponsored Contest (November) - Hosted by Brian Peck
"Frickin' Laser Beams" - Hosted by Patrick Dick
"Adversaries II (Part Deux)" Sponsored Contest (December) - Hosted by Mike and Matt Blohm
Click here for
January Contest Results
This article is a summary of the five model
displays conducted by ASM during 2019, and a thank you to everyone that
participated in the displays and/or contributed models. Our goals with the
displays were to promote the hobby of scale modeling, to let the public know
that
Our first 2019 display
was at the
Our second display was
at the Kirtland Air Force Base "Air and Space Fiesta" airshow on May 18. We
had five tables with 77 models at the event. The theme was the "History of
the USAF" with some Real Space and Theoretical Space thrown in due to the
theme of the air show. We were located in the center of the Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and Space Pavilion hangar, and the
estimated crowd that flowed through the hangar that day was 30,000 people.
Airshows are where we get max exposure of the hobby, and the people really
loved the models.
Our next model display supported the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon
Landing event at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. The
museum was running the film "The Day We Walked on the Moon" three times on
Saturday, July 20, simultaneously with other Smithsonian-related museums
across
Our annual model display
at the 2019 New Mexico State Fair on September 5 - 15 had the theme "1939 -
80th Anniversary of the Beginning Of World War II." We filled one case with
36 models. The conflicts of 1939 covered by the display included the
Invasion of
The final 2019 model display was at the 2019 Air Force Ball held at Kirtland Air Force Base on September 21. The event celebrated the 72nd birthday of the USAF as well as the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. ASM had two large tables totaling 76 models with one containing 45 "History of the USAF" models from the Korean War through the present, and the second containing 31 "D-Day landing" models.
ASM did not conduct a model display this year at
the Folds of Honor New Mexico's "Red, White, and Blue Celebration Dinner"
fund-raising event on September 23. The 2019 event was held at a small venue
and they did not have space for our normal display. ASM did contribute a
1/48-scale A-10 Thunderbolt model for the auction, which sold for
$150, and they appreciated that very much. They do want ASM to put on a
display at their 2020 event. So please work on some models that could be
used in that display. We currently need modern armor and naval subjects
(ships and submarines).
ASM Builds Model
for 2019 Folds of Honor Event
The Albuquerque Scale
Modelers club provided a 1/48 scale A-10A Thunderbolt II "Warthog" model for
the auction at the Folds of Honor New
The model was built as an A-10A of the 78th
Fighter Squadron "Flying Tigers" of the 23rd Fighter Group while assigned to
the 332nd Air Expeditionary Group at
The kit was built out of
the box other than the decals. It is an older kit with raised panel lines,
and a lot of fit problems that required sanding. The
1/48 scale kit is pretty huge. I usually build 1/72 scale aircraft,
and the A-10 was bigger than a B-17 model in 1/72. It probably had
more parts. too. To avoid it being a tail-sitter, I loaded the front of the
fuselage below the cockpit with modeling clay holding a lot of fish
sinkers--as much as I thought the narrow nose gear would hold. To my dismay,
the model sat back on its tail after I had everything put together. The kit
does come with a clear plastic "support stand" that I had not wanted to use,
but did use in the end. It is way back by the tail and is pretty
unnoticeable. I used a whole lot of Master Model Light Ghost Gray (FS36375)
and Dark Ghost Gray (FS36320) to paint it. What I really would have liked
was a decal or a template for the fake canopy on the underside of the nose
that is in Gunship Gray (FS36118). I ended up drawing the outline of that in
pencil and then painting it on. I was surprised at how well that came out.
Building the ordnance took a long time. I built six CBU-71 canisters (that
is the closest thing the pieces match to), four AGM-65 Mavericks and two
LAU-88 triple rail launchers, and an ALQ-119 ECM pod. Getting all those
attached to the pylons was a major pain.
The base for the model
is a large 18 x 20 picture frame. I inserted a thick grey-colored mat under
the glass that looked like an aircraft parking ramp, and had a 3 x 4 inch
metal plate built with the appropriate wording about the model. That plate
and a smaller plate stating "Model by Albuquerque Scale Modelers" were then
attached by double-sided tape onto the glass.
The A-10 model sold for $150 in the auction. The
winner donated it to the nine-year-old son of one of the scholarship
recipients at the dinner. The boy is a special needs child who is "all about
airplanes." So the model is going to a good home. The 2020 Folds of
Honor event will be held at a larger venue, and they do want ASM to put on a
large model display for that event. So start building for that!
The ASM model display at
the 2019 Air Force Ball went very well. The event, held on Saturday,
September 21, at Kirtland AFB, celebrated the 72nd birthday of the USAF as
well as the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. ASM had
planned to have three tables in three different rooms on which to display
models, but we ended up with just two. One was in the main room where the
festivities took place. It was decorated in a USO theme with lots of
camouflage netting and we set up 31 D-Day-related models there. The other
table was located in the entryway into the club where the attendees checked
in. We ended up closely-packing 45 models on that table, covering the Korean
War,
Lots of people stopped by and asked questions
about the models and we were thanked for putting on the display. Ken Piniak
wore a World War II tanker uniform complete with pistol and submachine gun,
so he got lots of questions. Thanks to the following ASM members for setting
up and manning the tables during the event: Josh Pals, Frank Randall, Ken
Piniak, and Matt and Mike Blohm. Thanks also to John Tate for dropping by
with his models and helping with the set up. Thanks to the following people
who loaned models for the display: Glenn Bingham, Tony Humphries, Keith
Liotta, Larry Glenn, Steve Brodeur, Jim Medina, Len Faulconer, Dave Tingley,
John Tate, Josh Pals, Frank Randall, Ken Piniak, and Mike Blohm.
2019 New Mexico State Fair Model Contest
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Creative Arts - Division 13
Models Military, Science Fiction & Others
Sections 471 474Sponsored by
Albuquerque Scale Modelers Club
Click here for the 2019 NM State Fair Contest Results Webpage
Registration of Model Entries: 19-20 August 2019
Judging of Model Entries: 27 August 2019
ASM's "1939" Display at the 2019
This article provides a look at ASM's model
display at the 2019 New Mexico State Fair that occurred on September 5-15,
2019. The display's theme was
"1939 - 80th Anniversary of the Beginning Of World War II."
The conflicts of 1939 covered by the display included the Invasion of
Poland (
The display had a total
of 36 models ranging from 1/72 scale to 1/16 scale.
The models were grouped by conflicts and participating nations.
Large scale and small scale models were mostly on separate shelves
with flags showing their nationality.
Aircraft took up the top two shelves and armor went on the floor of
the case. Four of the display
models were also model contest entries (identified by orange tags in the
pictures). The display included
subjects in each nation's inventories at the time of the conflict, and not
necessarily subjects that saw actual combat.
The Invasion of Poland section had the most models--32 total--with 22
aircraft and 10 armored vehicles and figures.
1-3. Views of the display case, with 36 total models.
4. Historical info
and maps for Invasion of Poland and the Winter War
9.
Ray Blohm
11.
Sino-Japanese War - Polikarpov I-16 Rata (
Bf 109E (
12.
15.
ASM Model Display Supports Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Anniversary Event
at the
The
Albuquerque Scale Modelers (ASM) club provided a model display to support a
50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing event at the National Museum
of Nuclear Science and History.
The museum was running the film "The Day We Walked on the Moon" three times
on Saturday, July 20th, simultaneously with other Smithsonian-related
museums across
We had five vertically-standing rockets that would have been nice to display, including three from the July 12th "Man In Space" contest, but unfortunately the display case provided to ASM would not accommodate those taller models. The Space Shuttle Challenger with boosters and central tank was displayed laying on its "belly" instead of standing up on the crawler-transporter, to provide a complete set of all the NASA manned space programs. We had a short time to pull this all together but it turned out very nice. Jim Walther, the museum director, mentioned to me that "it was good to have models from the model club back in the museum again." Hopefully ASM will be able to support future museum programs as well. Because the display lacked an Apollo command module, the "Apollo 11 Lunar Approach" model was started on Saturday, July 13th and the build "raced" Apollo 11 to the moon. The model was completed and delivered to the museum on Friday, July 19th as the real Apollo 11 went into orbit around the Moon, fifty years ago. More on that build in a future article. Thanks to the following ASM members for loaning models for the display: Steve Brodeur (LM), Ken Piniak (LRV and MMU), Frank Randall (X-15 and Gemini), and Mike Blohm (remaining models). The model display will run at the museum until approximately August 1st.
ASM Model Display at the Kirtland AFB Air and Space Fiesta Air Show
The Albuquerque Scale
Modelers (ASM) conducted a model display at the Air and Space Fiesta Air
Show at Kirtland Air Force Base on Saturday, May 18. Our goals were to
promote the hobby of scale modeling with a display of USAF and space-related
models that fit the theme of the air show, and to let the public know that
Albuquerque did have an active model
club and to perhaps gain some new members. I think that we put on a
great display and successfully met those goals.
We had a very primo spot
for our display near the center of the Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Math (STEM) and Space Pavilion
hangar. Whereas we thought we were going to be allowed only two
tables for the display due to space limitations,
we ended up with room for five. We had brought some spare tables, and
they also had one spare for us to use. We had brought a lot of models,
thinking we would have to pare down based on what would fit. With the five
tables we ended up using them all and had 77 total models in the display.
From left to right around our horseshoe setup (see pictures), we had
sections on the USAF in the Korean War, the "What is Scale Modeling" P-51Ds
vignette in five different scales, the Viet Nam War, USAF helicopters, New
Mexico Air National Guard aircraft, the bombers and aircraft of the
Strategic Air Command, the Military Airlift Command/Air Mobility Command,
the Air Defense Command, and the aircraft in Desert Storm through the
current operations in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq. Finally, there was a
section with Real Space and Theoretical Space models. Some attendees did
inquire about models of World War II aircraft. One thing I had thought about
bringing was a 1/72-scale B-17 and a B-24 to talk about Kirtland's past role
as a bomber training base during World War II. Unfortunately I left those at
home, thinking that we would not have space. So we will need to look at
making sure to bring those next time around.
We were there at 8:00 to
set up, so we were well ahead of the folks coming on base for the air show.
We heard later that there was a big traffic jam with very long waits. We had
a continual crowd of lookers all day long, and had lots of questions and
comments on the models. Based upon comments that I heard, people's favorite
aircraft was the F-4 Phantom followed by the A-10 Warthog. A lot of folks
mentioned that they had previously built models and wanted to know where
they could get kits to get back into the hobby. We pointed them at our
favorite neighborhood hobby shop. We passed out a lot of ASM handouts and
perhaps we will get some new members. We did get a lot of thank yous for
putting on the display. One of the USAF members supporting our hangar came
by as we were packing up and told us that there were more than 40,000
attendees at the air show, and that about 32,000 people had visited the STEM
and Space Pavillion. There were a lot of cool interactive-type displays in
our hangar, plus shade. So I guess ASM and the hobby of scale modeling did
get some good exposure with the public during this air show.
Thanks to all who contributed models and to those
who set up and manned the display. Model loaners included Victor Maestas,
Keith Liotta, Ken Piniak, Jack Garriss, Larry Glenn, David DeYoung, Josh
Pals, Bob Henderson, Frank Randall, Mike Blohm, and the Defense Nuclear
Weapons School Museum. Manning the display were Josh Pals, Ken Piniak, Larry
Glenn, Jeff Frickstad, Ken Piniak, and Matt and Mike Blohm.
ASM Model Display at Albuquerque South Broadway Cultural Center
The Albuquerque Scale
Modelers (ASM) model club conducted a month-long model display at the
ASM conducted a Make N Take at the Library on
Saturday, February 9th as part of the month-long display.
Seven kids took part in the model-building and had a great time.
At the end of their builds they were flying them around the library.
See second set of pictures below.
The kit built by the kids was the Revell Snap Tite F-14 Tomcat in
1/72 scale. Our thanks to Hobby
Proz for helping with the cost of the kits.
Five ASM members supported the Make N Take:
Josh Pals, Tony Humphries, Ken Piniak, Bob Henderson, and Mike Blohm.
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