[Lefty Hartnett]

I was at a garage sale with my wife, standing around bored.

I happened to look in a box.

There were dozens and dozens (maybe over 100) copies of "International Plastic Modelers Society Quarterly"--mostly from the 1970s and 1980s.

The lady said her dead husband used to build plastic models.

I got the whole box for $2.

Has anybody ever heard of this mag?

No advertisements, all black and white.

There are literally 100s of articles and schematics depicting historical paint schemes: really really detailed. And it seems like these guys really did their research.

Just browsing through them I found dozens of future projects that I know have never been skinned.

Just blind Irish luck. And only $2.

[nzwilliam]

Awwe man! Talk about lucky! I'll be keeping an eye out for your future skins thats for sure :wink:

[ArcticViper]

Best news all month for me! *checks calender* doh...

Best news all quarter then! :lol:

Looking forward to see them :wink:

Cheers
Arctic

[max_thehitman]

OH! hock: That is a great find. Excellent buy.
I will be looking forward to seeing some scans of the mags if possible.
Congrats!

[No.5 Studly]

You Lucky Sod. A Great Publication

[KG64_Cnopicilin]

Wow, what a find!

[Guest]

I was at a garage sale with my wife, standing around bored.

That happens to me all the time !! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Very nice finding! But, I hope you know that by telling us this you've just committed yourself to a long life a slavery: now you have to deliver us ALL those schemes in skins :wink: hehehe

[Phas3e]

Sounds very interesting I wouldnt mind seeing the results or even a few scans :mrgreen:

[Ironwrench]

The IPMS is a longstanding group of modelers who use plastic kits for subjects. (http://www.ipmsusa.org/) But that is just the beginning. The members I have known who specialize in aircraft, do a painstaking amount of research on their subjects. They will typically take an inaccurate molding, like say Revell's Me-262, and then extensively revamp it to make an accurate representation. These guys are both artist and historians yet few recognize them as such. Most people consider plastic models to be children's toys, but IPMS members typically take them to museum quality status. Their dioramas are especially interesting. Here are a few examples of the type of work they do.