Greetings modelers!

Model Tables from the June club meeting:

Samantha Hanna starts us off this month with her first place category winner at Noreastcon last month, the Games Workshop "Skeleton Army". She used the Citadel line of paints and washes to complete them - way to go, Sam!

She is also working on her Games Workshop army with the "Flesh Eater", again using the Citadel lines of paints and washes.

Nigel Usiak finished his Metal Earth Drum Kit, inspired by his taking private drum lessons for the past five years and playing them in the school band. Nigel did not use any paint, preferring to leave them in the natural metal finish out of the box.

Al Germann continues to work on his "Rainforest Ferrari". Al picked this kit up from a BuffCon vendor and it was missing parts. Inspiration kicked in and he is portraying it abandoned in a rainforest, complete with scratches, flaked/missing paint and rust. He's now working on the vegetation, which he purchased from a vendor at Noreastcon.

Derek Keenan brought in his Flintstone's "Flintmobile". He used craft acrylics for the paint and highlighted it with the drybrushing technique.

Clint Keidel's "love of Corsairs" inspired him to work on the Tamiya 1/32nd scale kit of the F4U-1 "Birdcage" Corsair. He's used Rustoleum Red Oxide for the "pink" primer and Tamiya and Model Master paints for other areas. He's using the Eduard photoetch cockpit detail set and cloth seat belts.

Jason Ignatjew's 1957 "Suddenly Go" Plymouth was finished in Krylon's Sunflower Yellow and the 1958 AMT Ford Convertible was painted with Hobbycraft Periwinkle.

Dick Schulenberg's 1/128th (box scale) scale Revell Constellation Airliner was built "wheels up" as a display model for a friend of his. All painting was done with rattle cans, starting with Tamiya White Primer over which Tamiya Silver Leaf was used. He added no weathering as he wanted it "as clean as I can make it". Dick explains that the kit shows it's age (it's the 1986 re-issue of the 1956 original) as there are lots of lumps where the mold was modified to eliminate separate windows and doors, so there was much filling and sanding to do. He added aftermarket decals.

Paul Hines "Art Studio" continues to churn out work. This month it's a PT-17 Stearman from 1943 and a US Coast Guard "Jayhawk" Rescue Helicopter.

Dave Armitage finished up some HO scale buildings made up of wood and plastic he relates as a pleasant diversion from plastic. He used acrylic paint for the finish and has added barrels and figures to them. The wood floors were "grained" with a saw blade and the roofs were weathered with washes.

Dave also showed us his ICM kit of a GAZ AA Fire Truck.

And, 1/6th scale WWI Aircraft Machine Guns.

And lastly, a diorama entitled "Bodie, California". He used acrylic craft paint for a majority of the painting and added ground work from gravel, dirt and cat litter. Dave says that this scene is "macabre. The box was home made, the lights and wiring done as work progressed." He obtained the black light from American Science and Surplus.

There were a few other items on the tables.

Here are the mug shots of our "Tony Bartozek I'm Not A Modeling Loser" challenge:

Finally, some around-the-room photos.

Thanks to Bob Conshafter for handling the tables, and to Bill Borkowski for the photography.