Adam reports that we have booked the Carling Heights Community Centre for Saturday, October 2, 2010. The fees will be a little more this year, but we should be OK in the budget. The next step is booking infrastructure such as tables, PA system, etc. Vendors and sponsors will be contacted.
It was voted that Club Elections will be at the January Meeting. All positions will be for two years, but the President’s office will be staggered from that of Vice=President and Secretary. To do this, in January we will elect a President for 2 years and a VP and Sec. for one year.
The 2009 Year Builds will need to be finished by the January Meeting. A prize of $25.00 will be randomly chosen from the completed models (those already presented need not be brought again).
The 2010 Year Builds should be done for the 2010 Show and shown at the Show to qualify.
A request from the RCR Museum for assistance in a diorama contest was distributed. Adam will contact them to see if something can be done as an adjunct to the 2010 show.
Steve reports that there may be a dues increase for next year, depending on Members numbers and will report further in December.
A reminder that December will be Pizza-Jeopardy Night and there will be 3 $15.00 prizes for the winning team. Lets’s get a big turnout for this night, and remember to bring your $30.00 for dues – anyone paying at the December Meeting will not be subject to any dues increase in 2010.

Just a friendly reminder of the IPMS London meeting Wednesday Nov. 11th at the Kinsmen Arena Room #2 located at 20 Granville Ave.

It’s DVD night.

1:144th KAWANISHI H6K1 “MAVIS” & H6K5-L TRANSPORT

Review by: Doug Booth

These two kits are the same sprues in different boxes with different decal sheets for the appropriate aircraft depicted. The box art is very well done and the molding of the parts is superb. The 1:144th version is a tremendous advance over the admittedly much more elderly 1:72nd offering from the 1960s by Hasegawa. The panel lines are recessed, accurately placed and subtly done. The fuselage interior halves have recessed pressings that are to be removed for the chosen subject. The clear tree carries turrets, windows and portholes for the bomber/reccon and the military transport version.

Here lies one of the few flaws in the kit. If you wish to build the civilian airline (H6K2-L)flying boats represented by the decal sheet, you must add 4 more portholes forward of those provided, on each side, the 2 below the engines slightly higher between the mainplane struts. For the military transport, the ports provided are correct (This version being designated H6K4.). The gun turrets fit well and require only armament made from hypodermic needle barrels with shaped plastic butts. Rigging was done with stretched sprue. The only parts requiring fabrication were the twin struts running between the horizontal stabilizers and the main braces (clearly shown on the box art) and the exhaust stub outlets. These latter were made from small pieces of Evergreen plastic tubing.

If I were to build more of this kit, I think that I would attempt to re-position the control surfaces. I’m hoping Trumpeter does further subjects along these lines, such as a Short “Sunderland”, Martin “Mariner” or even a Short “Singapore III”.

Pros: Molding well-engineered, smooth assembly, clean & flash-free. Interesting, slightly esoteric subject. Excellent-quality decals. Precise instructions.

Cons: Missing tail assembly bracing struts and exhaust stubs. (Relatively petty)

References: Profile # 233.
AEROPLANE, April 2004.
Koku – Fan ’75, # 10.
Air International, Vol. XXI, # 6.
Scale Modeler, Vol. V, # 8.

If any club members wish to car pool from London (or close by) to Ajax, please contact Don McCall.