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At last, a new look for our website. I truly apologize to our members and viewers of this site for taking so long before a site looking this has materialized. As for many of our members and myself included, we have been having a challenge not building models but actually having the time to build them. That holds true with our website as well.Moving on, the club has been pretty active "internally". As President of this wonderful organization, I have focused the club's ...

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As consistently as he does it, Mike Jorge built this breath-taking 1/48 scale P51-D Mustang with Philippine Airforce markings custom-made by him.

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• IPMS Christmas Party!!!

• IPMS USA

• Group builds in garage?

• More need-to-knows..

Rule #1: Modeling must be fun.Rule #2: If Modeling ain't fun, look at Rule #1

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The 1/32 Skyraider is now released in the market and those Aircraft-freaks just can't wait to build one in 1/32 scale. From how we see it, its a need-to-have kit.

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Our Purpose.

By Modelers - For Modelers From the beginning, IPMS Manila was geared to helping modelers in and out of the organization enjoy the hobby. There is only one way to enjoy plastic scale modeling and that is that you learn to build fantastic models of your own.From a solitary workbench, we bring out the modeler and make him or her touch-base with others and share what they know. It is through this that we can enjoy this wonderful hobby. We want this hobby to go and survive through the generations to come and that' is what this club is all about.

Club Profile

We are a chapter of IPMS USAAs a chapter of IPMS USA, our club is bonded with modelers across continents. IPMS Manila was formed by three inspired scale modelers who wanted to help this hobby grow in the Philippines and make our country known in the international modeling arena.Just on its third year, IPMS Manila became Regional Chapter of the Year for Region 13 of IPMS USA. In 2009, the club won Chapter of the Year Truly a notable accomplishment for a small club like ours. Thanks to the contributions of our members, our club has grown in many ways.

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Duane's Big Bike.

Get a load of this build-up by Duane Calalo, one of our Junior members. He joined the club two years ago and now he's kickin' butts! Duane won 1st place during the Bike's Internal Contest winning over his very mentors!!! On display is his 1/12 Tamiya Yamaha YZF-R1 painted with custom color Polyurethane Auto Paint!

Doc's winning Huey

The moment Dr. Eric Valera placed his 1/35 Huey UH1-C on the display table, the rest of us already thought it would be a winner. As humble as this guy can get, he downplayed his project highlighting the challenges he went through. But hey, all that blood sweat and tears paid off!

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Colors of the Israeli F4

Building the F4 Phantom out of Hasegawa 1/48 kit is just simply enjoyable to the last sprue. This kit was made almost out of the box with some additions from the stash of excess parts and sprues (trash in short) to arrive with a replica of the IDAF's pride. Known for its beautiful colors, painting this model with the IDAF's camouflage scheme is a challege. But the result can blow you off and make your model stand out among the rest on your shelf.

Americana!!!

Dennis Ferriol's C47 Sky Train is detailed to the teeth. Will you see them all? Nope - most of them is inside the fuselage. But as Dennis tells his skeptics, " At least I know it's there". This aircraft ace built this baby with all the details one can think of for this plane. The outcome is simply impressive and the history it brings to the builder is overwhelming.

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New Builds and Reviews

Doc's Huey
Mike's P51-D PAF Mustang
IPMS 2012 Convention

Doc's Huey

1/35 Scale Huey UH1-C PAF

Building models is fun. But building one that represents a machine that is actually used by your own airforce turns me on! This is my first project that I built using custom made decals. With the help of my fellow members, I was able to capture what truly is a replica of the real thing.

Anybody can actually contest that a work is not accurate. I say "what the heck!". As long as the modeler has done all he can to make a work of art that will be done of his own effort, then that should be the best receipe to having fun at work. Looking at the nose art that my friend helped me produce was impressive enough. I might not have done this decal as well as he did. That to me is "work of art. Put them all together and you've got a chopper you will be proud of building.
The club got me into this and to be honest, I was kind of skeptic that I can build one myself. The lesson of the story? Challenge yourself! Get out of your comfort zone! You might surprise yourself that you were able to accomplish something that you have never expected before. Learn! - Eric Valera, MD

Mike's P51-D PAF Mustang

Shark of Zambales

One of the subject I liked most is the P51 D Mustang as I have done several. But the most that I liked is the The Shark of Zambales, a P51 D flown by Gen. Ben Ebuen, being a proud Zambaleno as Gen. Ebuen. Gen. Ebuen was a friend of my great-uncle. They both served under Pres. Ramon Magsaysay. Gen. Ebuen was chief of the Philippine Air Force while my great-uncle was chief of the Constabulary before becoming CSAFP. Unfortunately. Gen. Ebuen crashed on board the Douglas C-47 plane Mt. Pinatubo on March 17, 1957 on the slopes of Mt. Manunggal, Cebu, with the President on board killing all but one passenger.There are two P51 D subjects both with named Shark of Zambales, one with the article The in front, both of which were flown by Gen. Ebuen. One P51 Mustang has the PAF insignia with 4 red bands indicating that the plane was being flown by the Wing Commander. This plane was flown in a visit to Taiwan. The second version of the P51 has red thunderbolts across the fuselage by the PAF insignia with the article The prefixed on the planes name.Both models are 1/48 scale Tamiya kits. No hassles with these kits. The decals were not available for this scale so it had to be printed solely for this project.

IPMS 2012 Convention

For more information on the upcoming National Convention, click on the button below:

IPMS USA CONVENTION

Forums

Build. Post. Chat.

THE PROBOARDS FORUMGet into our Forum and chat with the community. There are a thousand and one things to share and talk about. This is the place for all who want to enjoy the hobby - member or not.Show your craft.Showing us your most recent projects or those which have sat on your shelves for years is welcome! Nobody is a Master Modeler in the forums. We all learn from each other. We all have to appreciate the effort one places on his project.The best way to do it is to upload your pics to a photo-hosting site and paste the link on the appropriate forum. From there, let's talk about it!!

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Club Info

Officers and Club Information Base

Email Address:

ipmsmanilamail_gmail.com

President: Noel Carpio

Vice President: Jun Villalon

Secretary: Mike Jorge

Treasurer: Lewis Ortega

Chapter Contact: Art Gavino

Club Meetings:

Every 3rd Sunday of the month

Group Builds:

Schedules to be announced

We wish to hear from you. Please write us.

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