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SFM News Letter
January 2007
by: David P. Andersen |
See You at Our Next
Meeting! |
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The next meeting
of The Scale Flyers of Minnesota will be Friday, January 26,
2007
7:00 p.m. at the American Legion Post, 6501 Portland, Richfield.
East entrance, downstairs. Guests are always welcome. Come early and
dine in the restaurant. Meetings will be held on the last Friday of
every month thru March.
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First
Annual Dinner for Scale Flyers of Minnesota, IMAA Chapter 46
and SMMAC will be held at the Bloomington Outback Steak House
(12th Ave. S and 494) 1/20/07.
January 20, 6:00 P.M.
Only $15 per person. Cash bar. Couples, Family and Friends
are invited.
For reservations,
contact Cal Branton at
BRANTONCFB@msn.com |
31st
Annual TCRC Auction Saturday Feb 10, 2007.
Everybody is welcome to
attend, St Peter's Church at 6720 Nicollet Avenue,
Richfield MN. Registration opens at 8AM. Auction starts
at 10AM. Admission $3 includes bidders card. More details
TCRConline
TCRC will retain a
commission fee for each item sold. The commission is a
minimum of $5 or 10% of the item sale price whichever is
greater. Please note that the $5 minimum is a change from
previous auctions. |
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At Our Last Meeting... |
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John Baligrodzki announced
that our Scale Masters Qualifier will be held at
Anoka County RC on either July 25 or August 4. The
name will change to, perhaps, “10,000 Lakes Scale
Classic.” This one-day event features Fun Scale,
Expert and Team. |
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| Roy Maynard
presented his
Aerotech Ki 84, Frank. He opened the cowl
flaps and added a baffle for increased cooling.
ProMark
paint masks and
KlassKote epoxy paint. KlassKote has
Federal Standard paint chips on file for custom mixing—just
specify the FS number. Aileron taping of primer. Soft
edges masked with Lowell’s
SoftEdge foam tape. Scale paint
weathering (Japanese paint tended to flake off) effected by
painting PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) with a tiny brush over
silver base coat, then ripped off with 3M Super Strength
Packaging Tape after spray-painting color, leaving
chipped-like effect. Roy discussed airbrushed markings and
using HVLP spray guns, e.g., much less overspray. Roy gave
away a Craftsman 6” disk sander. |
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Eric Malkerson
gave away latex foam and tape hinges. Thanx, Eric.
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Dave Andersen
gave a dull talk on enlarging plans. |
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Wayne Siewert described the construction
of special landing gear struts for his Porsche Mooney project.
Water jet cut parts of steel with bronze bushings. Other parts from
McMaster Car in
Chicago has “everything and anything.” Struts removable in the
field because" If it can go wrong in competition, it will.” Scale
overlapped doors sequenced by using springs of different tension.
Field trials found the need for brakes. |
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Dave Andersen found an article that showed
the more scientific model builders of the 40's here in Minnesota
were called "Dope Fiends" Checkout his other finds as well you Dope
Fiend. |
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| Bernie Kobilka
described the repair of Spacewalker #14 for Scott Russell.
Damaged when a cell phone fell out of his shirt pocket.
Beautiful Butyrate dope finish of 14 coats. |
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Phil Schwartz
distributed CDs of the 2006 Owatonna Warbird Fly-In. 1-1/2
hours of excellent still photos and videos. |
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Bruce Anthony showed some AF
and AAF books including a 1943 Spotters Guide covered with
German parachute silk. Interesting book does not show
number of guns in a Defiant (classified at the time) and the
outline of a FW 190D was not well known. He is willing to
donate these valuable books to a library if the SFM starts
one. Hmmm. Thanks, Bruce. |
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| Dave Schwantz did the first
session on 1/13/07 at Crosspoint Church in Bloomington,
France Ave. and 98th St, and covered choosing a kit, tools
and supplies including turbine jet models. Put on by
TCRC. |
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2007 MEMBERSHIP
APPLICATION—SCALE FLYERS OF MINNESOTA, INC. |
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$15 annual dues. Please make checks payable to Scale Flyers
of Minnesota |
Send Checks to:
Mark Prokop
1655 Sherwood Way
Eagan, MN 55122. |
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Membership in the
Scale Flyers of Minnesota is a pretty good deal, don’cha
know. |
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"Simple is more useful
and
the more useful is
simpler" |
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