Mini-Topics: Discussion on FB recently about whether 3D printed subjects are actually models. I’ve responded as a judge - print lines are the same as gaps between parts and other things you need to clean up. Plenty of resin cast subjects are a single piece. You still need to clean up and paint them.

Thoughts on IPMS National Membership - the gang discusses their own experiences with IPMS ahead of the interview with Rob Booth who sets us straight on the future of IPMS USA!

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SCALE INSIDER

Anthony Interviews Rob Booth / Secretary IPMS USA Part 1

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WHAT’S ON THE BENCH + WHAT ARE WE READING

Stuart - Not much, I haven’t decided what the next big project is going to be, so I’m going through some stuff on the shelf of shame. Working on the 1/144 Bandai Tie Fighter. Priming first, followed by 1st coat of paint on the solar panels.

Geoff - Same. Lots of real-life stuff getting in the way of building. Helping my brother build a shady pergola area on his boat dock and racing RC speedboats over drinks! Still sanding and filling and sanding the Delta 2 Savoia Marchetti S55X - a real bear!

Terry - Cleaning up the shelf queen Harlock’s Arcadia (Green), now that I’ve figured out how to do some painting. Cleaning up the Aldrin Class and more importantly Catalyst Creations’ Space Academy Seeker kit - a big 3D print we’re selling. It’s well printed but needs cleanup like all 3D prints. Meanwhile, a few weeks after losing our 13-year-old Remy, we now have a puppy. Toshi is about 3.5 weeks old so I have not been getting much modeling work done.

Anthony - Hangar Queen Blitz Continues! HG GP03, touching the HG Stark Jegan, breaking the barrier on painting figures for my MIFV build. Vac-forming MHM Cat’s Eye Canopies for members of Macrossworld.com. I’m buying one of Sean’s 3D printers, so that journey will begin!

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WHAT WE’RE READING:

Terry: Clean Sweep, Tom Cleaver: the story of the VIII Air Force Clean Sweep: VIII Fighter Command against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45 eBook : McKelvey Cleaver, Thomas, Anderson, Clarence E. "Bud": Kindle Store

Fae Wars, J.F. Holmes. Light reading about a Fae invasion of modern Earth. The books are pretty short but entertaining.

Anthony: David Parker’s Crew School - A comprehensive figure painting reference.

Geoff - “Over the Edge of the World” by Laurence Bergreen - the story of Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe - fascinating, and I definitely wouldn’t have survived!

“The Body - A Guide for Occupants” by Bill Bryson

Stuart - Just started The Victorian Internet - Tom Standage

Finished Shattered Sword by Thomas Mckelvey Cleaver

To sleep in a sea of stars by

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THINGS WE’VE SEEN

1701-G - Statement from Round2Models

Terry’s Mustang on Modeling Madness

1/72nd Valkyrie from Jasmine Model

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THE LAST WORD

SMP Ep. 121 is also sponsored by Return To Kit Form (R2KF). Check out their web store!