September 1970

In this issue

Inside the September 1970 newsletter

The September quarterly opens with an IPMS/USA membership editorial, an evening meeting arrangement, a Campus Hobby Shop member discount, and plans for the Vancouver regional meeting. John Gray's scrapbook article explores colored tires on World War I aircraft, Nungesser's Nieuport 24bis, and the markings and armament of Georges Guynemer's combat aircraft. A report from the 1970 IPMS/USA National Convention in Wichita covers contest models, Cessna and McConnell Air Force Base tours, national business, proposed kits and decals, a Revell question session, and Atlanta's selection for 1971.

Technical coverage reviews Airmodel Dornier Do 17P and Do 217K conversions and FROG's 1/72 P-51A Mustang, then explains scratch-building rare aircraft with John Greer's 1/48 Bell XP-77 plans. Other pages compare Green Stuff and Green Magic fillers, turn spring clothespins into modeling clamps, explain Seattle's construction-finish-markings-detail contest system, and debate whether monthly judging helps the chapter. Marking references cover U.S. Navy aircraft, captured Bf 109 and Bf 110 variants, Israeli A-4s, and 3rd Attack Group A-20s; Doug Beagley closes with an A-20G/Boston Mk IV conversion.