December 1980

In this issue

Inside the December 1980 newsletter

December combines the delayed November contest with the Model of the Year vote and lists every eligible award-winning model and builder. Matt Hargreaves is scheduled to demonstrate rescribing panel lines, with possible slides from the CAN-AM and Portland military-figure convention. The annual chapter election is described with characteristic humor, and a notice advertises remaining reprints of the 1971 Seattle Chapter Quarterly.

The technical feature reviews ESCI's related 1/48 Mirage IIIE/S/O/EE and Mirage 5BA kits in depth, examining the cockpit, canopy, fuselage alignment, intakes, exhaust, landing gear, wing detail, stores, decals, and version-specific parts. Product listings from Triple Alliance, Campus Hobbies, and American Eagles record late-1980 releases including Airfix's Lancaster and Mosquito, Monogram and Testors jets, armor, ships, decals, and reference books.