The New Jersey Historical Miniature Associates have their 2013 show on September 8th, 2013, in Wayne, New Jersey. More information can be found on their website HERE.
IPMS-USA Nationals, 2014, Website Online
The website for the 2014 IPMS USA Nationals in Hampton, Virginia, is now live. Information on the venue, contest, and links to hotels are all posted. Check it out!
August 2013 Meeting: Pearl Harbor Night
We had good attendance at the August meeting for Pearl Harbor night. The entries skewed heavily in the favor of the Japanese with multiple Zeros, Vals, etc. on the table, and only two U.S. subjects (U.S.S. Arizona and a hula girl). Art Doran, the sponsor of the contest, awarded the prize for the Air category to Pat O’Connor for his 1/48th scale Val dive bomber, and Jerry Rinaldi took the award in Land and Sea for his hula girl figure.
The next meeting is in September on Friday the 13th. There will be a grill set up in the parking lot for a cook out, and the eboard will be cooking for the club members.
August Newsletter and Review Added
The August 2013 edition of the MosquitoGram has been completed and uploaded to the Newsletter page. Also, taken from that issue, is a review of the Nichimo “Kate” torpedo bomber, by our own Art Doran.
As mentioned in the newsletter, next month is the Jersey Fest Fair show. It’s a large science fiction only exhibit, Friday September 13th through Sunday the 15th. Several club members plan on attending and taking along some shiny sci-fi hardware for the show.
All MosquitoCon 22 Winners Posted
All category winners for MosquitoCon 22 have now been uploaded. Click HERE for the entire list.
July 2013 Meeting Photos
The July meeting was all about the quarter midget race car builds. Several other nice in-progress and finished kits of the air and sea variety also graced the tables. Photos below.
August is Pearl Harbor night. Aircraft, ships, Japanese and American. Bring what you’ve got!
More MosquitoCon 22 Winners Added, more reviews uploaded.
Added winners for categories 21 through 27 to the MosquitonCon 22 Winners page. More will be added as soon as possible. We realize it’s taking a long time to get this information up and we apologize, but sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day.
More reviews have been added to the site as well, the most recent is Martin Quinn’s review of the 1/350th scale IJN Tone, by Tamiya.
Finally, the July 2013 issue of the MosquitoGram has been added to the Newsletter page. We could use some reviews of kits, tools, museums, etc. Send ’em in!
Website Updates
We continue to add the old website data to the this new location. Sometimes it’s as easy as a cut-and-paste, other times it takes more work. It’s all going up as we have time. Check the sub-pages under Reviews for what’s been added.
Club Party: Sunday, June 23rd at Famous Dave’s
Any questions about the event, let us know.
June 2013 Meeting Photos
The June 2013 meeting went off without a hitch. North Africa Night saw a limited turn out, but the quality of the work more than made up for the lack of entries. The meeting portion of the night saw mention of the Quarter Midget racecar group build for next month, and the discussion of the next group build, which may be 1/350th scale destroyers or other small escorts (the new 1/350th scale Flower class corvettes look very nice, and are inexpensive).
Below is a slideshow of the entries on the table, and other kits brought along to showcase the in-progress on some. *NOTE*: One of the photos features nudity. If small scale representations of naked flesh offend you, then look away.