The Romsey Modeller - Romsey Modellers

CONTENTS
March 2013 ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
This Month ......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Contents ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
Club News ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
February’s Club Meeting .................................................................................................................................... 5
Trumpeter 1/72 Fairey Gannet Mk1 by Tony Adams ......................................................................................... 6
Ebbro 1/20 th 1970 Lotus 72C Part 2 by Paul Adams ......................................................................................... 12
Not so Grand Designs by Russell Eden ............................................................................................................. 15
Angel Interceptor, Airfix 1/72 nd Scale by Pat Camp ......................................................................................... 18
Letters .............................................................................................................................................................. 21
Club Diary ......................................................................................................................................................... 22
Contact Info ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
CLUB NEWS
FEBRUARY CLUB MEETING‐ AGM
At our last meeting we held our annual general meeting – here are the key points
• Election on Club officers – Confirmed
o Club Secretary, Tony Adams
o Competition Secretary, Sean Summers (despite me forgetting to mention him –sorry Sean)
o Club Treasurer/Show Liaison, Steve Edwards
o Webmaster/ Magazine Editor, Tony Adams
o Assistant Webmaster, Dale Koppi
o Website Content, Russell Howard
o Show Project Leader, Paul Adams
• Club Funds
o In Steve’s absence we didn’t have exact figures but we are in a reasonably healthy state, no
increase in subs is required. We will spend some cash in the near future on the club’s show
stand.
• Telford 2013
o We will attend Telford ( club IPMS return has now been completed), we are expecting to
have several members attend the full weekend with other making day trips.
• Club Show 2014
o The proposal is to arrange a smallish show in 2014. Paul is going to take the lead in
organising this. The date may co inside with the Romsey Arts Festival. Ideally we would like it
to be held in Romsey, investigations are ongoing to find a venue.
• Competitions
o For the annual competition, a Sci‐Fi/ fantasy/Real Space class will be introduced.
Miscellaneous to be retained, but ‘I’ve Started’ is to be scrapped as it’s run its course. This
action is to prevent fantasy models competing in ‘real’ classes. There is likely to be a best
WWI model prize but this will not be a separate category.
o This years build a model in a day competition will be a group build of the same model (
aircraft or AFV )
• Club Activities
o We will continue to provide demos of techniques , a group build of a single model has been
suggested as a good means of achieving this
o A visit to Boscombe Down museum is to be arranged
o A number of members are attending the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday 12 th July
• We completed a contact list survey , at the time of writing we have 38 active club members
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