Galleries

Photo galleries on a variety of subjects, contributed by club members.

Pelikan Meeting S&T – June 7, 2016

Posted by on Jun 25, 2016 | 1 comment

Bandai AT-ST in 1:48 by Robert Marquinez
Airfix 1:48 Spitfire PR. XIX by FFL Karl Pople
Karl’s Spitfire
Hobby Boss 1:72 A6M5a Zero by FFL Karl Pople
Academy 1:35 M7 Priest by Robert Marquinez
Karl’s Zero
Academy 1:35 M2 Bradley, OOB by Jesus (J.J.) Ramos
Jesus’s Bradley
Interior of Jesus’s Bradley
Close-up Robert’s Priest
Robert’s Priest
Prez Mike hanson’s amazing collection of REAL Apollo Saturn V vehicle parts
SFE 1:32 Marine band 1891 OOB by George Hecht – Model is 75 years old.
Robert’s AT-ST
Airfix 1:76 M4A3 by Terry Kirkpatrick
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Pelikan Meeting S&T – May 3, 2016

Posted by on Jun 25, 2016 | Comments Off on Pelikan Meeting S&T – May 3, 2016

Gulfstream 1:350 Type IXc German Sub by George Feher
Tamiya 1:48 He129a OOB by George Brown
Britains 1:32 Nile Gunboat Circa 1885 OOB by George Hecht
No data slip
No data slip
Trumpeter 1/3 scale M16-A2 by Ozzie Leandri
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Pelikan Meeting S&T – April 5, 2016

Posted by on Apr 21, 2016 | Comments Off on Pelikan Meeting S&T – April 5, 2016

Robert Marquinez’s nice 1:35 scale resin U.S. Marine machine gunner from Assault Models done up in acrylics.
Randy Cooper’s weirdest acquisition.
Rob Nagin wonders if this boat will fit in his bathtub.
Randy Cooper’s ultra-cool Mars Hopper kit.
Andy mason put this 1:48 ESCI A4E into flight mode.
Robert marquinez goes ultra-small with this 1:72 Dragon Sdkfz 251c Halftrack.
Big Al goes nautical with these 1:35 crewmen for his next dio.
Not to be left behind, Randy also brought in this time traveling device.
The innards of Randy’s Hopper, looking aft.
Jesus Ramos does up a nice 1:144 727-200 from Minicraft OOTB done up in Air PR Livery.
The innards of Randy’s Hopper, looking forward.
Philanthropist George Hecht offers up his latest project to help the youth of China – a 1:72 U.S. Navy Fletcher class destroyer from Hobbico – no screws needed!.
George Brown’s nice construct of the 1:48 Revell Stearman.
Dave Fredrickson’s promotional display antique Connie model.
Mike Garofolo’s cool T-72 Crab Anti-Mine vehicle project.
Big George Hecht and his huge destroyer.
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Star Wars Exhibit

Posted by on Apr 12, 2016 | Comments Off on Star Wars Exhibit

There’s a really nice Star Wars exhibit at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, that shows off a few of the shooting models from the early films and maquette models from the later films (these were models used for reference for the computer-build digital models).  Additionally, there were some of the props from the latest ‘The Force Awakens’ movie.

When you look at the photos of the older shooting models, see how many parts you can see from model kits, like landing gear, machine guns, transmissions, etc.  Often used in very unique ways.  I could have looked at these things for hours!

Some of them are a bit dark; apologies, as I only had my cell phone camera.  Next time I go I’ll try to remember take a better camera.

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Fantasy of Flight

Posted by on Feb 16, 2016 | Comments Off on Fantasy of Flight

Fantasy of Flight in Lakeland is open on a limited basis each weekend.  Rather than the full museum, they’ve got one hangar open with a variety of aircraft and vehicles on display.  There are abbreviated tours, and when we were there they were offering flights in a couple biplanes.

The future looks bright if they can deliver on what they want to do.  Based on conversations with some of the staff, the goal is to significantly expand the facility, with hangars devoted to specific time periods, and a centralized area that will have rides and activities.  They’re striving to make it more family-friendly, so the target audience won’t simply be airheads like all of us but have activities for significant others and the kids.  Kermit Weeks has a lot of interesting aircraft in his collection, so I wish them all the luck and hope they can get started soon.

These photos were taken in December 2015 and show all of the aircraft on display in the single hangar.

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Pelikan Meeting S&T – February 2, 2016

Posted by on Feb 16, 2016 | Comments Off on Pelikan Meeting S&T – February 2, 2016

A nicely done 1:48 LaGG-3 from ICM by Tom Milne.
Bill Malick’s cool dio featuring a 1:35 Dragon Tiger I with Friul track links.
This scene in depravity and ultra human cruelty brought o you by the disturbed mind of Bart Cusumano via Phoenix Miniatures 54 mm white metal figures.
Mike Garofolo continues his massive ability to build armor with this very nice 1:35 Leclerc UN tank in Lebanon using the Tamiya kit.
Mike G continues on with this in-progress, massive Russian T-14 tank using the Takom kit in 1:35.
For the hat trick, Mike G brought in this in-progress French AMX 10RC in 1:35 from the Tiger Model kit.
Continuing his humanitarian works with the struggling and poor children of communist China, George Hecht showed this ultra-cool Merit 1:16 Sherman tank.
Former Prez Dave Fredrickson’s very well done 1:48 Tamiya F-16 CJ – an OOB effort.
The assembled flock of Pelikans for the February meeting.
Treasurer Rob Nagin (L) and Prez Mike Hanson do the honors.
Georege Fehrer goes the nautical road again with this cool German U-Boat by Gulfstream Models – a 1:350 resin kit.
In order to support his opthamologist’s children’s college tuition fund, George Fehrer is also working on this 1:350 Schnellboot by Bronko.
Guy Borgeson’s very nice pair of 1:76 Panzer II’s by Revell Germany and Skytrex.
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