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But isn’t that the function of a moderator?

Seems to me that making the text harder to read sorta defeats the purpose of printed matter. A proof print should have revealed this problem, something the new regime should have known.

Sounds to me like the Eboard took complete editorial control away from you. Speaking as a former editor myself, I would have resigned myself if I were to be editor in name only. So how does the Eboard intend to produce the Journal without a real editor? Do they intend to act as a “lowest common denominator editor by committee”? That’s absolutely the worst way to turn out a publication on time and the best way to ruin the quality of any publication, and it does not bode well for the future of the Journal. Thanks for your comments on this matter and thanks also for your work in making the Journal the excellent publication that it had become. Maintaining the standard you set is gonna be a hard act for the Eboard to follow.

Why not make the Facebook group a private one for active IPMS members ONLY?

Excellent post, Gil. I asked the same question on this forum and also tried to ask it on the IPMS/USA Facebook page. The Facebook page czar has so far deigned to allow my post, and there has been nothing but crickets from the Eboard on this forum. I’ve been an IPMS member since 1967, but if this silence and lack of transparency from the “leadership” of the Society continues, I will NOT be renewing my membership when it expires and will advise other modelers I know not to bother with renewing either or even joining in the first place. Michael McMurtrey IPMS/USA # 1746

Would someone on the Executive Board please enlighten us on the “changes behind the scenes” that caused Chris Bucholtz to resign the Journal editor position?

Story here: https://finescale.com/online-extras/2024/05/finescale-modeler-magazine-sold-to-firecrown-media

I’m told that some years ago, Sky and Telescope magazine published plans of the Palomar Observatory’s 200-inch Hale telescope for model makers. Does anyone have a copy to share?

Beautiful!

Title says it all.

Gobsmacked!

The bottom WAS gray. I have the FAA file on the airplane, which includes a maintenance report form that mentions it. It is also clearly visible in the TV show episodes. I assisted Squadron with the proper colors and markings of the airplane after they posted a preliminary box art showing incorrect colors. There is an acknowledgment to that effect in the instructions. Gil’s model is well done, but the N-numbers on the wings and tail should be black, in accordance with the CAA regulations of the day.

This always going to be a contentious issue, just as it has been long before the most recent judging controversy. I see no reason why a combination of G-S-B and 1-2-3 cannot be implemented, if the G-S-B system is as easy and fast to apply as some claim. After all entries have been assessed for their G-S-B classification, then judges can pick a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner in each category from the top-ranked G-S-B entries, using the same criteria as in the past. So it would be entirely possible for a category with a large number of entrie to have some Gold entries not receive even a 3rd place, or a 3rd place go to a Silver entry or even a Bronze in a category with few entries. If this combined judging system doesn’t please a majority of contestants, nothing will.

Jmarc, your models are simply superb! I hope to see them in person at a future U.S. National Convention/Contest! Come on down!

Part of the problem with the kit’s nose gear is that some of the design is fictional. I’m working on a detailed explanation and correction; stay tuned!

Amazing!

Front landing gear is too short. The airplane had a definite nose-high attitude when on the ground. Other than that, which is probably the fault of the kit, excellent model!

This discussion begs the question “Why is there no Vignettes category for Automotive entries?”

Excellent!

To a certain extent, yes. Would those non-members have a local show to attend, where they can buy those raffle tickets and shop for bargains and potentially win an award to take home and put on their mantel, without IPMS? Probably not!

The Executive Board must have seen a different President’s Message from the one that was in my copy of the Journal, for I don’t find anything offensive about it at all. I’ve been a member since 1967, and I’ve seen too many of the “trophy hounds” of which David speaks, as well as too many critics of IPMS on various on-line forums who do nothing but complain and obviously don’t know what they are talking about. I have personally responded to many such critics to address their misconceptions, but usually to no avail; it seems in most cases their minds are made up and there is no point confusing them with facts. So I completely understand David’s point. Further, I certainly didn’t see anything in David’s message remotely hostile toward or denigrating modelers who favor “newer, non-traditional modeling genres such as Gundam/Gunpla, Mecha, MaK, Anime and other Science Fiction subjects” as the Board’s report implies. I think the Board owes David an apology.

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Nice build. But it’s not “Northrup;” it’s “Northrop.”

Received today (Friday, April 28) the mis-sent items from Mr. Zeller. The space-time continuum has been restored and all is well.

Mr. Zeller and I both placed orders from the same UK seller at about the same time. Due to a screw-up by Royal Mail, he received my order and I received his. Upon learning of the problem, the seller sent us each other’s postal address so we could exchange the items as agreed. I mailed Mr. Zeller’s order to him on March 28, including a cover letter with my email address and phone number in case he needed to contact me. USPS postal tracking reports that the parcel was “delivered at the front door or porch at 4:04 pm on March 30, 2023 in ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87114.” However, as of today, April 19, I have neither heard from him nor received my items. If any IPMSers in the Albuquerque area know Mr. Zeller, I would appreciate it if you could contact him on my behalf and remind him to send my items to me. They are irreplaceable from any other source and were the last such items in the inventory of the seller. Thanks in advance.