The next IPMS Ft. Crook Chapter meeting will be Wednesday February 13th at 7 PM at a new location. This will be at Confluence Bookstore in Bellevue. Confluence Bookstore is located Cornhusker Road and Fort Crook Road. The exact address is 505 Cornhusker Road. See the map attached to the email to help you out.

Why the change? Thunder Alley is hosting a National PBA tournament this week. They need the meeting rooms. So we opted for the bookstore that Tom Long found for us. Neil Bable reserved the room for us. Thanks guys. We are going to be in the 2nd story meeting (conference room). It looks like a pretty classy place.

The theme for this month's contest is "Then and Now" hosted by Mike Whye and Roger Sams. Bring in your latest model you have completed and your oldest completed model.

In keeping with the theme, Tom Long will be showing us how models have changed. He will be bringing in some old kits and compare them with newer kits. Not only has the level and fidelity of detail changed in kits, but so has the molding process. In the 60s into the 70s, it was common to have flash on sprues of models. It was not until the early 70s, when we were all amazed at the flash-free models from Tamiya and Hasegawa.

We will also be having a demo by Neil Bable. Neil will be demonstrating how to make nice white paint finishes. Neil, who dabbles in airliners, will show us his tricks.

If you have not checked out our website, please do so. Don Joy has done some great work on the website recently. Also, information and forms for the Regional Contest are posted there as well.

So, we look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday night. Even if you don't have a completed model, bring in something you are working on.

That's all for now.
Brian S