Seattle Area Meetup?

Looking forward to it!  

As far as sharing ideas...I'm a model ship information sponge!  Love to learn anything I can that will help me develop my skills!

I hope we meet up next Saturday......I'll show you my builds and we can share ideas......cool..see ya then.

Rob

Arnie-

I'm up north of Seattle, in Arlington, wa.

Glad you found a club!

Thanks to Tracy White, I found out about the Puget Sound Ship Modelers club in Seattle....they are meeting literally right next door to my work next month, so I'm going to check it out.  They build sailing ships.

The president of the club tells me that all their current members are working in wood, but plastic is welcome, so I'm excited to see what they're working on....probably bring one of my plastic ships, and maybe my unstarted ME Katy of Norfolk wood kit...I expect to try my hand with wood at some point, so it'll be cool to check out this club.

Now I'm not so excited about the IPMS meeting...I wish there were sailing ship modelers going to it...

I'll post my impression of the PSSM, and maybe anyone here who's interested would like to meet up at the PSSM sometime...some of us could infiltrate the wood builders!  haha

Hey David K;

I am in the same boat (so to speak) I am interested in period sailing ships, not steelers. I found a club here in Portland last nigh while googling. Looks like it might fit the bill. Can't remember if you are in the Portland area or not.

sites.google.com/.../nsomodelshipwrights

I'll try to get to the November or December Bellevue meet.

We're leaving early tomorrow for Eastern WA...be back Sunday.  I sent you a PM.

It'd be great if we could work something out, but it turns out Port Orchard is harder to get to than I thought!  Dangit!

I work in Seattle...but I think the ferry trip would be hard to pull off.

Bummer...

David...you get here and I will give you lots of other models too.  I won't be around this weekend......I'm leaving town Friday at 2;00 for Oregon...can you slip away Friday morning?  If not what day....I have to move all these models.

Rob

You Bet I'd Like It!

Rob, if you're offering it for free, can I call Dibs?  I can find a way out there to pick it up....

The De France is a 36" ship/galley.....you'd like I'm sure.

Hi...lets see.

I sold lots during the weekend..but still have these:

Aurora/Heller 1/75 La Re'ale De France Ship

Tamiya 1/35 Us halftrack w 81mm mortar

ESCT 1/24 Paratrooper landrover

Mitsuwa 1/20 Us Willys Jeep

Pioneer 2 1/72 Beechcraft AT-11

MRC 1/35 Bell 47D Mash helicopter

Revell 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator

Revell 1/48 B-25J Mitchell

Testers 1/35 Medical corp figures

Glencoe 1/48 Spirit Of St Louis

ESCI 1/72 Iowa Jima Marines figures

Pioneer 2 1/72 Hawker sea Fury

Condor 1/72 A4 V-2 rocket

Encore 1/24 Gatlin Gun

Revell 1/32 RF-$E Phantom 11

Tamiya 1/35 Jerry can set

Life Like 75mm WW1 artillary

Minicraft 1/200 Spruce Goose

Monogram 1/48 British SE 5A Byplane

Monogram 1/48 A-10 Thunderbolt 11

Revell 1/48 Mitsubishi zero

Tamiya 1/48 Mitsubishi zero

All Have some box damage do to poor storage..but the models and plans are all in original wrapping and are good.

Rob

We have a few sailing ship builders, but if that's your area of interest I would suggest another Seattle club - Puget Sound Ship Modelers. They're much smaller, but perhaps more up your alley:

threesheetsnw.com/.../puget-sound-ship-modelers

modelshipworld.com/index.php

so, now it sounds like most of the shipmodelers that go to the IPMS meetings are into military steel warships...I was hoping to see some sailing ships...I guess I was confused.  

unbuilt, eh?  What have you got?  If there's anything I might want to  put together, I could make a ferry trip across the water....

Smart move...labor intensive..but good move.

None of the models are built..they are still in the boxes(some with water damage), but still very build-able.  I can't make the meeting this go around...sorry.

Also, don't throw them in the garbage...there's no dignity in that.  I was thinking if I can't get rid of some of mine, I might put them in plastic totes, and bury them somewhere, like a treasure.  Maybe even draw a map on parchment!  Bury one on a beach with some metallic object with it, and when some metal-detecting treasure hunter comes by and hears a *PING*, he'll find a real surprise!  

Rob, I think the issue with being a modeler is that we have to find a place for our subjects when they're complete...not an easy task!  I have 3 at home, 1 at work, and 2 at the in-laws place!  And I'm about to finish another one!  I'm actually trying to find a home for a couple of them now, without much luck...I think your best bet is to find someone who doesn't build models themselves, that way they might actually have an available space at home!  haha

Or call a hobby shop...I'm sure you could donate some models for display?

Hey, are you coming to the IPMS Meeting next month?

OK..I'll post here...I have a dozen or more military models along with some ship models that I attempted to sell..but they are not moving.......so before I throw them away in the trash...who wants them....?

Just let me know and come and get them...freeeeeee......

Rob

Yes to all. There's usually 4-5 tables at the front for people to put stuff on for show and tell. You don't have to, there's also people doing limited work (no paint or noxious fumes, etc.) on the regular tables as well, and there's no pressure to show and tell. Put it there if you want others to look your stuff over. I usually bring in-progress builds because I seldom finish anything ;) Meeting is usually an hour or 90 minutes of open gab, then the official news updates and show and tell. Show & tell varies depending on how many kits show up and how talkative everyone is.

bring WIP to work on? or completed?

I'll be there for a short period of time at least.

If you can only  make one meeting, do the December one.

I guess they meet on the 2nd Saturday of each month, so it's something to keep in mind for anyone who might be planning a trip to the area sometime.  It's about an hour drive for me.  I'll be sure and post about my experience next month...GM, you should definitely update us if you happen to be coming up this way during a *2nd Saturday*...

Anyone else going to try to make it?  Rob?  Arnie, I know it's along trip for you, but let us know if you might be in the area sometime!

This would be fun to do, but September is too soon for me. Keep us all posted and maybe later this year I will be up that way.

I'll plan on going....maybe we can get at least a handful of ships out there...I'll probably bring a ship and a car or two.  

It's all on the link I posted - http://www.ipms-seattle.org/

If I post dates, someone who finds this thread a year from now may be confused, so it's just best to check the web site, which has the next two meeting dates posted as well as location, etc.

Could you post location, dates, times? Thanks.

It is indeed 90% planes and tanks, maybe more like 98%.  Each month, one or two or three people will bring a ship.  But we get to talk to people, and I think it works well.

Fred, I've known you were in the Seattle area and always wanted to meet you.  I look forward to the next time you can make it to the meeting in Bellevue.

Rick

I'm not sure I'll be back by the 14th, but I'll try to make it sometime during the winter.  I have actually been to one of the meetings in Bellevue, but it was 90% planes.  Not that there is anything wrong with that!

Fred

I'm one of those (fairly) regulars who build ships and go to the IPMS Seattle meetings.  I live in Bothell, just south of Everett and a 15 minute drive from the IPMS Seattle meetings in Seattle.  Click on the link that Tracy provided - and come by on Sept 14th.  There will probably be a few ship modelers there beside me.

Rick Heinbaugh

I'd rather spend my winters in Seattle than Colorado!

Have you tried the IPMS Seattle club meetings yet? I have conflicts with my research, but there are a couple of ship regulars who show up there. We tried having a ship builders BBQ a few years ago and got maybe 6-7 people to show up... there's a bunch in the area but they're spread out and getting schedules coordinated is difficult.