Last Monday night (14 September), I completed work on my latest scale model, a 1:46 scale P-39 Airacobra from a kit by Atlantis Models (https://atlantis-models.com/). I finished assembly with the pitot tube on the left wing, and replacing two machine gun barrels on the right wing that broke off during painting.
The next night, after work, I came to Affton Elks Lodge 2635 (https://www.elks.org/lodges/home.cfm?LodgeNumber=2635) for this month's IPMS/Gateway (https://sites.google.com/view/ipmsgatewaychapter/home) (https://www.facebook.com/IPMSGateway) meeting. The third of four model contests for Modeler of the Year was held. I entered my P-39 in the Aircraft category. It was one of three entries in that category, and it took Third Place. I have no complaint about it, since it clearly was inferior to the other two entries in that category. (While placing it on the contest table, the left exhaust stack came off. I tried to reattach it with super glue, but the glue was bad so I had to leave it alone.)
It was a good meeting, with Show & Tell of several items, and Rick Keasey's talk about his experiences as a KC-135 navigator during Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM in 1990-91.
I posted some pictures of my model on several Facebook scale modeling groups, and got some good comments about it. It's a decent kit to build, and if you're not really concerned with fit and accuracy, it is a fun kit to assemble and finish.
Later.
