Several NJIPMS members made it to the JerseyFestFair figure and sci-fi show last year and had a blast. It’s back again this year, the weekend before the Nationals. Link added to the Upcoming Events page.
August Meeting CANCELLED!
Due to the second Friday regular meeting date conflicting with the Nationals in Hampton, VA, we will NOT BE MEETING during August. For those coming to the convention, we’ll see you there. For everyone else, we’re on track for a regular meeting on September 12th, at the Knights of Columbus in Garwood.
Review of Glencoe Jupiter “C” Added
Check out the tale of Mike Terre’s battle with the 1/48th scale Jupiter “C” rocket, a reissue of an old kit by Glencoe, and have a chuckle or two reading. Added to the Reviews section HERE.
NJIPMS Summer Outing at Famous Daves’
New Photo Hosting Added
We’ve been going through the process of setting up a new photo hosting location for the club. When the old website went down and we set up the new one, we really had no idea how many hundreds, even thousands, of photos had accumulated over the years. While this website runs on WordPress and does beautifully handling that job, adding that many photos to the main database could possibly cause issues down the line, and would make data backups massive and ungainly.
We’re using ZenFolio for the large photo features, especially the MosquitoCon and other photo-intense features that we will have on the site. As of now, this and last year’s MosquitoCon photos are uploaded. As we finish tweaking the appearance of the site and adding new content, we will post here to let you know.
The main NJIPMS page at ZenFolio can be found here:
http://njipms.zenfolio.com/
June 2014 Meeting
It was all about Mustangs at this Friday’s meeting; cars, planes, anything with the name. Marc Rocca took away top honors with his 1/48th scale P-51 in Chinese markings.
Other items discussed included next Sunday’s outing at Famous Dave’s BBQ, the upcoming Nationals, and the future of NJIPMS continuing to meet at the Knights of Columbus. Next month’s meeting will still be at the Knights, but keep an eye on the website and the next newsletter for any changes to this.
And now some photos…
Flyhawk Model’s USS Ward (DD-139) Review Added
A really great new kit, the Flyhawk Model USS Ward is a marvel of modern engineering, and quite an accomplishment for Flyhawk Model’s only second injection styrene kit. A quick, out of the box, review has been posted HERE.
Aurora Jet Commander Review Added
Mike Terre gives us a look back at the Aurora Jet Commander kit. Review has been added to the Aircraft Reviews page HERE.
MosquitoCon “Best Of” Photos
Just finishing up processing all of the photos from MosquitoCon 23. We’re working out a good photo hosting solution (WordPress runs this website and it’s a beautiful web solution, but we want to keep the thousands of photos separate for ease and disaster recovery security), but until everything is online, here are the “Best Of” winners.
May Meeting and Other Updates
The May meeting was an open contest and pizza party to celebrate the conclusion of MosquitoCon. Besides a good turnout on the contest table, there were a lot of in-progress builds, and quite a few new kits in the box to drool over.
The meeting in June is at the same time and place, however that may very well be the last meeting at the Garwood Knights of Columbus. Details of a new venue will be discussed at the next meeting.
Also, the most recent newsletter has been uploaded to the Newsletter page.