October 1994

In this issue

Inside the October 1994 newsletter

Kevin Callahan devotes most of the October 1994 issue to the results of an IPMS Seattle modelers survey. Aircraft accounts for 75.8 percent of respondents' primary interests, 1:72 narrowly leads 1:48 among aircraft scales, and World War II is the clear favorite period. Ships lead the secondary subjects, while members report completing about ten injection-molded kits a year.

The survey also measures the backlog behind those builds: respondents average 482 unbuilt kits and buy about 31 more each year. Members rate Hasegawa the best overall kitmaker, Monogram the best value, Rareplanes the leading vacuform producer, Czechmasters the top resin maker, and Huma the best short-run injection-molded brand. Closing notices announce an Aviation Usk contest and chili feed and move the IPMS Seattle Spring Show to March 11.