An ODO Wrap-up by Nick Strocchia

A big thanks to Nick Strocchia for his recap of how the Gundam community appreciated the 2020 Old Dominion Open and how they're making inroads with IPMS. 

We're glad you liked our show and look forward to seeing all 0f you (and more!) in 2021!

https://www.youtube.com/watch…

May 11 Meeting to be Held via JITSI

Since we will not be able to meet in-person for our May 11 meeting, we have decided to hold a video meeting via Jitsi. This will be much different from the Facebook Live meeting last month and has benefits along with a few negatives. The first negative is that many of the club members probably don’t have the Jitsi meeting app on their phones, tablets, or laptop/computers. So this will be a new process. The good news is that many of the AMPSCV members have been using this app and successfully conducted their April meeting by Jitsi. The next good news is that it is pretty easy to get up and running. Linked below is a document with instructions for downloading and using Jitsi. However, here are the basic steps:

1. Download the Jitsi app (www.jitsi.org)
2. At 6:30 p.m., enter the meeting by typing "ipmsrichmond" in the Meeting box. There is no password.
3. Either watch or participate.

Our meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and for the first half-hour we will simply chit-chat and work out any installation or usability bugs. At 7:00 p.m. we will begin the actual meeting with whatever club business there is followed by the main event of Show and Tell. I know everyone has quite a few quarantine projects so please share them with us!

By the way, the "ipmsrichmond" meeting room is always open, so you can certainly log in earlier to meet others or just try it out.

At the April AMPSCV meeting, people showed off their WIPs and completed kits. Some folks just watched and did not use their camera. All of this is up to the users and what they want to use or what they have. You don’t need a camera or microphone to just watch the meeting but you can’t participate.

Click here for the Jitsi instructions

Quarantine Gallery for Spare Parts

IPMS Richmond chapter meetings are a "no-go" through at least May but "Spare Parts" will still be published. As a consequence of no meetings, there will be no images for the multi-page "Show & Tell" gallery.

Please consider photographing your recently completed or in-progress projects and forwarding your images to Mark Elder, the editor of SP, at mark701@comcast.net. 

Almost all smart phones take decent photos, so please just push the background clutter aside and produce some photos for Spare Parts to replace the usual Show & Tell gallery.  Who knows, you may get the hang of it and consider adding text for a kit review after things get back to normal?

Along with your photo(s), please submit the kit subject, scale, and kit manufacturer. And, of course, you will be credited.

Please send to Mark Elder at mark701@gmail.com . . . deadline is May 4!

Quarantine Projects

Please send jpg photos of your "Quarantine Projects" to ipmsrichmond@gmail.com for posting here so we all can see what you've been up to! Click on photos for larger versions.

First up is Steve Fitton:

Hasegawa 1/72 scale Corsair; VF-17 markings from Tamiya kit; Mission Models paint

Gene Rasmussen's Titanic:

Trumpeter 1/200 scale HMS Titanic; primered hull

Ashley Abernathy's in-progress vignette:

Bronco 1/35 KFZ13 German scout car from 1939

April 2020 Spare Parts

The April 2020 issue of Spare Parts is now available at the Spare Parts tab above. Enjoy!

Calendar Updated

Please check our calendar at the tab above for updated cancelations and postponements as many have changed in just the past week. 

If you are aware of any that should be revised, please send to ipmsrichmond@gmail.com

IPMS Richmond Meetings Canceled Until Further Notice

Given the current health situation, Smoketree has closed their Community Building until further notice. Accordingly, all IPMS Richmond meetings are likewise canceled.

The Smoketree manager is aware of our meeting dates of the second Monday and will notify us just as soon as they are able to reopen.