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See how Dennis Ferriol builds his 1/48 scale C-47 Skytrain with super-details..Inside and Out!!!
Reviewing Tamiya's 1/32 ScaleF-15 Eagle by Tim Zarco
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Proudly Philippine Made!
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Doc Eric Valera's Huey Bell Cobra Marines Gunship - Low Viz Scheme
Fyzal Opada's Super-detailed M1126 Stryker
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Bringing History and Scale Models at MAGIS Academy by Jose Custodio Last February 2009, IPMS Manila set up
an exhibit at the MAGIS Academy located at Town and Country Village,
Cainta, Rizal that consisted of scale models and artifacts depicting the
Second World War and the EDSA 1 Revolution. It was a one week affair
that involved guided lectures of the exhibit that was set up in a
classroom and the faculty and students were amazed at all the scale
models, artifacts and photos exhibited. Of particular interest to them
were the dioramas depicting the surrender at the USS Missouri and also
the tanks and other equipment that many of the students were familiar
with due to the PSP game Call of Duty. The students learned a lot from
the explanations of the development of weapons using scale models as
learning tools and they also enjoyed hamming it up for the camera with
some of the displays that they could touch like the helmets. The school
administration was so enthusiastic about the exhibit concept that they
are willing to host another one later this year on Philippine and Korean
history using scale models and artifacts. There were around a hundred
scale models and a task force to set up the exhibit was composed of our
fellow members namely, Art Gavino, Jun Villalon, Noel Carpio, Eric
Valera, Dennis Ferriol, Tim Zarco, Jose Antonio Custodio and Luis
Ortega. Rhey Macarista of the AFP Museum helped in setting up the
captions and frames for the displays.
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In recognition of the
FILIPINO
MODELER
Chapter of the Year for 2007 Won by IPMS Manila
Awarded to IPMS Manila at the 2007 IPMS USA National Convention at Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Regional Chapter of the Year plaque Proudly won by IPMS Manila - two years in a row!!!
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Talk about "Promoting the Hobby" by: Noel Carpio
It was one hell of a summer and NO! - IPMS Manila was NOT entirely on sweet vacation. We spent the three full months of summer exhibiting our models from one mall to another. This was after exhibits at several places before the school-year ended! We first started at The Block in SM North Edsa and then transferred to SM North Annex and then transferred to SM Fairview Annex and then onto The Venue at Makati. Whew!! Thanks to Creatif, we were able to show people what scale modeling is - people from different walks of life! Creatif couldn't believe how scale models can catch the eyes and interest of men, women and children. It was exhausting at times but well worth all our efforts. The members actually wanted to build more and if you notice in our discussion forum, more and more members have been posting their works-in-progress. And there you feel it. The club at work. Not just in the late nights of the ingress or the egress but on their work benches. IPMS Manila keeps building models. That's what this hobby is for. Getting more people wanting to build more! And I am still at awe with what Doc Eric had planned for the rest of the year. It may not be gigantic exhibits or flashy dioramas. But with how he sounds, it will continue to be part of our objective - RE-INTRODUCING THE HOBBY TO EVERYBODY.
And before Doc Eric get's his hair on fire knowing that I am still working on my Super Sabre today, I better move on and continue building. 'Cause he wants me to build another ship project which he wants done by July 4, 2009!!! Argh!
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Monthly Club Meeting ================
IPMS Manila will hold its next club meeting on the 3rd Sunday of June 2009 at the A. Venue building, Makati Avenue, Makati City Bring a Kit to Build!!!
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Summer
is over and let's all welcome the rains. Yes, I could already hear my
fellow members say, "Oh man, it's raining! I can't paint my model!". 
