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Bare Metal Foil Demo

Bare Metal Foil demo Posted by Jeff Graham on Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Due to the increased concerns with the Coronavirus, we’ve had to cancel some events. We will continue to update this post as needed. Updated on 5/11/20 Monthly Club/Business Meeting Scheduled for: May 5, 2020 Status: CANCELLED 04/27/20 Informal Meeting at Bruce’s Scheduled for: May 19, 2020 Status: CANCELLED 04/27/20 Air Zoo Group Build Saturday’s Scheduled […]

KSM Group Build at the Air Zoo

The members of the Kalamazoo Scale Modelers (KSM) approved doing a group model build at the Air Zoo on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 12 noon to 4PM in the Sky Lounge in the East Campus (original building). This event is open to all members of KSM. We approved doing this through November […]

September Meeting Notes

Notes from the September 2019 meeting: Proposed new Build session/Outreach events. Bill Geresy has had casual discussions with the Kalamazoo Air Zoo about having a monthly build session at the museum. Four members expressed interest in participating. The club asked Bill to pursue more details. Treasurers report: August Balance $2,195.02 Expenses: $136.18 (Website renewal (2 […]

May 2019 Meeting Gadgets

At the May meeting a number of members shared modeling gadgets. Armor track link jig (Marc Grand) Paint Shaker and Vice (Steve Nelson) Model Building supplies in a portable case (Dan Fredricks) Compressor and Air Brush in a case (Dan Fredricks) Photo etch bending fixtures: (Paul Brown) Model Building supplies in a case (Paul Brown) […]

Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-A, 1:2500 scale by Martin Schultz

Here we go again. This time it’s the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A from the movie Star Trek VI: The Voyage Home. My kit came from the AMT 3 piece Enterprise Kit #6618 which contained the original series NCC-1701, the NCC-1701-A from the movies and the NCC-1701-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation TV show. You can […]

Kalamazoo Valley Museum Club Display

Thanks to the many members who were willing to loan model kits for the display we have a full display cabinet at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum in downtown Kalamazoo. The library created the placards on the wall which lists the descriptions of the models in the display provided by the members. The display is running […]

Porsche 935-78 Prototype

Porsche 935-78 Prototype, Entex #9502 1:28 scale This model represents the car as it was initially presented to the FIA for approval prior to racing for the first time. The low rear wing and fully enclosed door panels are the distinguishing features for this version. Later versions had partially enclosed doors to meet FIA requirements […]

Models for the Kalamazoo Valley Museum Display

Updated 8/10/18 Adding photos of our preliminary set ups. Updated 5/2/18. New set up date is September 7, 2018. Bring your models to the August meeting so we can plan the arrangement. Updated 4/24/18 Looking like this is delayed until September. Museum is purchasing a new display cabinet. At the March meeting […]

Meeting Topics for 2018

Here is a list of the meeting topics for our first Tuesday meetings in 2018 March – Tips and Tricks round table discussion, and further discussion about our upcoming display at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum April – Stan Build. Build and bring something that you bought at Stan Swonk’s estate sale. May – American Armor: […]