SAPMA (South Australian Plastic Modellers Association)

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Volume 9, Issue 1, February 2002

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2002 S.A. Scale Model Expo
This years Expo will be held on the weekend of October 26-27.
The Armour Sig display theme for 2002 will be : "Warfare in the East" This can include armour produced by any countries of eastern Europe and beyond. This can include China, Japan, Australia, NZ, Korea and Vietnam (a few US vehicles from these theatres would be OK). Once again a good showing of figures (any era) from these areas would be welcomed. Remember display items are FREE to enter. See Clive Paling for details.
The theme display for the Aircraft SIG will be : F-4 Phantom All air forces, all countries, all scales as long as they flew the F-4 Phantom. See John Kerr or Graeme Bawhey for details.
So if you have models that fit into these themes (and that shouldn't be too hard!) please bring them along to the Expo and give us, and the general public, a chance to see them.

Annual Membership Fees
Membership Fees are due by the March meeting. The fees are $30 for Adults and $15 for Juniors (under 15 years).

These are the results of the January Show & Tell compiled by Peter Murrie. Any errors are due to me for which I apologise in advance.

Welcome to the February edition of the SAPMAIL, the first for 2002. I hope that you all had a great Xmas and New Year.

So, what's been happening since last year? I've finally finished putting up all of the images from the 2001 Expo on the Sapma website. If any of the models are yours then let me know and I'll credit them to you. I've also got around to starting my own Gallery page with a few armour models and a figure.

Next, my computer crashed on me with the result that I lost most of my email address book. If you haven't received any website update notices from me for a while then let me know so I can add you to the list. Also, if you have changed your email address then let me know so I can update your details, otherwise your mail will bounce. Speaking of things going haywire, the Sapma Bulletin Board suffered a glitch or two. The board got spammed with a junk posting and in getting rid of it something went wrong. For some reason you could make a new post but the new posts were not being displayed. We've fixed that up but if you made a post in the late Dec- mid Jan period then you may want to see if your post has been put back up.

In this month's Sapmail Alan Thorpe takes us through his build of the Heller Ligier and makes an awesome result from a pretty ordinary kit and John Kerr updates us on the restructure of the categories for the 2002 Model Expo.

So you want to submit an article, ad in the Classifieds or an item for the Bulletin Board? They can be submitted on disc as a Word or Text file. Hand or type written articles are no problem. Email submissions are also not a problem. If you have any questions call me on 8374 2743 or email : mgp@ihug.com.au

You don't need to be Bryce Courtney to submit an article. If you've just finished building a kit then jot down some notes about it ie parts fit, ease of construction, decal quality and so on.

Equally as good are In-Box Reviews. If you've just bought a kit or aftermarket item then feel free to share your thoughts on it.

General types of articles, some interesting information about a plane or tank or car you'd like to share, your favourite websites and so on will also be cheerfully accepted. Don't be afraid! I promise not to laugh at you. Honest!