Reposting John’s email –

Hi, guys,
Just a reminder that the next SoCal AMPS meeting is this Saturday, 7/11/20.
Due to the continued restrictions on social gatherings due to the coronavirus this meeting will also be an online Zoom meeting.

SoCal AMPS Virtual Online Zoom Meeting
Saturday
7/11/20
7:00 – 9:00 PM NOTE: Time change from our regular in person meeting time
Application: Zoom

NOTE: Konrad/Lori Schreier or Jim Wechsler will send out a separate Meeting Invitation email with the meeting link, access code and password.

Agenda:
(1) AMPS and SoCal AMPS update
(2) Model Paints general discussion
(3) New Stuff
(4) Show and Tell
(5) Next Meetings

As discussed at our last meeting, we decided to have the Model Paints discussion that was originally planned for our 6/10/20 meeting.
If you are interested in participating here are some of the questions we will be discussing:

(1) How many bottles of commercial model paint do you have?
(2) How many bottles of self-mixed custom color model paint do you have?
(3) How many bottles of left over thinned model paint (for airbrushing) do you have?
(4) How many brands of model paint do you have? (example: Model Master Enamel and Model Master Acrylic would count as 2 brands)
(5) What is your favorite paint for airbrushing and hand painting?
(6) What is your LEAST favorite paint for airbrushing and hand painting?
(7) What individual paint color do you have the most of?
(8) What is your favorite individual paint color? (example: I have never found an adequate replacement for my favorite good old Humbrol Enamel Track Color)
(9) What is the oldest bottle of usable paint that you still have? (anyone still have any of those Testors small square bottles with the 12 cent price tag?)
(10) Do you have any favorite paint techniques, tips or tools you would like to share with the group?

IMPORTANT:
TO ACCESS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING YOU MUST:
(1) HAVE AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE (COMUTER/DESKTOP/LAPTOP/TABLET/PHONE/ETC.) WITH VIDEO AND AUDIO CAPABILITY.
(2) DOWLOAD THE ZOOM ONLINE MEETING APPLICATION AT https://zoom.us/ TO THAT DEVICE BEFORE THE MEETING.
This is FREE and should only take a few minutes to do.
(3) Receive a Meeting Invite email from Konrad/Lori Schreier or Jim Wechsler with the meeting link, access code number and password.

Club Website Online Build Contest:
Subject: Halftracks
Please post photos of your IN-PROCESS and COMPLETED entries online on the SoCal AMPS social media sites listed below by 7/31/20.
The winners will be announced at our club meeting on 8/8/20.
The winners will receive a Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificates.

Club Group Build: Patton Tank Family
Any experimental or production versions of the M26, M46, M47, M48 and M60 tank family or related vehicles.
Completed models are due at our July 2021 club meeting in preparation for display at the 2021 IPMS Nationals in Las Vegas.

Two Patton Group Build Status files, a Model Sort and a Name Sort, were attached to the 6/10/20 Meeting notice email.
If you want to make any changes, additions, corrections or updates either email me or provide them at our next meeting.

Stay connected with fellow SoCal AMPS modelers on Social Media:
Website: socalamps.org
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/21007030912816

Upcoming SoCal AMPS Virtual Online Zoom Activities:
Saturday 7/25/20 7:00 – 9:00 PM theme: to be decided at our 7/11/20 meeting

Stay safe, stay well and stay connected.

See you online.

Reposting John’s email-

Hi, guys,

Just a reminder that the next SoCal AMPS meeting is this Saturday, 6/13/20.
Due to the continued restrictions on social gatherings due to the coronavirus this meeting will also be an online Zoom meeting.

SoCal AMPS Virtual Online Zoom Meeting
Saturday
6/13/20
7:00 – 9:00 PM NOTE: Time change from our regular meeting time
Application: Zoom

NOTE: Konrad/Lori Schreier will send out a separate Meeting Invitation email with the meeting link, access code and password.

Agenda:
(1) AMPS and SoCal AMPS update
(2) Patton Group Build update (Note: see 2 attachments for Patton Group Build status)
(3) Model Paints general discussion
(4) New Stuff
(5) Show and Tell
(6) Next Meetings
(7) Door Prize Drawing ($25 matching Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificate provided by SoCal AMPS)

During our recent online Zoom meeting many of you guys tune in from your hobby rooms or hobby work benches. I’ve noticed that many of you are surrounded by bottles of model paints, lots and lots of bottles of model paints. So it seems like a good time to get into a general discussion on the the subject of Model Paints and in the process hopefully determine what the “normal” paint stash size is for this group.

If you would like to participate in this discussion HERE IS YOUR HOMEWORK ASIGNMENT.
PLEASE BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AT THE MEETING:

(1) How many bottles of commercial model paint do you have?
(2) How many bottles of self-mixed custom color model paint do you have?
(3) How many bottles of left over thinned model paint (for airbrushing) do you have?
(4) How many brands of model paint do you have? (example: Model Master Enamel and Model Master Acrylic would count as 2 brands)
(5) What is your favorite paint for airbrushing and hand painting?
(6) What is your LEAST favorite paint for airbrushing and hand painting?
(7) What is your favorite individual paint color? (example: I have never found an adequate replacement for my favorite good old Humbrol Enamel Track Color)
(8) What is the oldest bottle of usable paint that you still have? (anyone still have any Testors small square bottles with the 12 cent price tag?)
(9) Do you have any favorite paint techniques, tips or tools you would like to share with the group?

IMPORTANT:
TO ACCESS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING YOU MUST:
(1) HAVE AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE (COMUTER/DESKTOP/LAPTOP/TABLET/PHONE/ETC.) WITH VIDEO AND AUDIO CAPABILITY.
(2) DOWLOAD THE ZOOM ONLINE MEETING APPLICATION AT https://zoom.us/ TO THAT DEVICE BEFORE THE MEETING.
This is FREE and should only take a few minutes to do.
(3) Receive a Meeting Invite email from Konrad/Lori Schreier with the meeting link, access code number and password.

Club Website Online Build Contest:
Subject: Halftracks
Please post photos of your IN-PROCESS and COMPLETED entries online on the SoCal AMPS social media sites listed below by 7/31/20.
The winners will be announced at our club meeting on 8/8/20.
The winners will receive a Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificates.

Club Group Build: Patton Tank Family
Any experimental or production versions of the M26, M46, M47, M48 and M60 tank family or related vehicles.
Completed models are due at our July 2021 club meeting in preparation for display at the 2021 IPMS Nationals.

Attached at the end of this email are 2 files regarding Patton Group Build status based on inputs I have received to date.
(1) Pattons-Name Sort lists status based on the alphabetical listing of club members who indicated an interest in participating.
(2) Pattons-Version Sort lists status based on listing of Patton vehicle versions
Model Status is indicated by the letters P = Planned, S = Started and C = Complete.
If you want to make additions, corrections or updates updates either email me or provide them at our next meeting.

Stay connected with fellow SoCal AMPS modelers on Social Media:
Website: socalamps.org
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/21007030912816

Upcoming SoCal AMPS Virtual Online Zoom Activities:
Saturday 6/27/20 7:00 – 9:00 PM theme: Shelf Queen Models

Stay safe, stay well and stay connected.

See you online.

Reposting John’s email-

Hi, guys,
Just a reminder that the May SoCal AMPS Update meeting will again be a virtual online Zoom meeting this Saturday, 5/23/20.

SoCal AMPS Virtual Online Zoom Meeting
Saturday
5/23/20
7:00 – 9:00 PM NOTE: Time change from our regular meeting time
Application: Zoom

NOTE: Konrad/Lori Schreier will send out a separate Meeting Invitation email with the meeting link, access code and password.

Agenda:
(1) AMPS and SoCal AMPS update
(2) New Stuff
(3) Show and Tell
(4) Next Meetings
(5) Door Prize Drawing ($25 matching Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificate provided by SoCal AMPS)

The majority of the time will be spent on Show and Tell, allowing each club member to spend a few minutes to talk about how they’re doing, what they’re building or reading, their new purchases, favorite websites, offer modeling tips or request any modeling help needed.

IMPORTANT:
TO ACCESS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING YOU MUST:
(1) HAVE AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE (COMUTER/DESKTOP/LAPTOP/TABLET/PHONE/ETC.) WITH VIDEO AND AUDIO CAPABILITY.
(2) DOWLOAD THE ZOOM ONLINE MEETING APPLICATION AT https://zoom.us/ TO THAT DEVICE BEFORE THE MEETING. This is FREE and should only take a few minutes to do.
(3) Receive a Meeting Invite email from Konrad/Lori Schreier with the meeting link, access code number and password.

Club Website Online Build Contest:
Subject: Halftracks
Please post photos of your IN-PROCESS and COMPLETED entries online on the SoCal AMPS social media sites listed below by 7/31/20.
The winners will be announced at our club meeting on 8/8/20.
The winners will receive a Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificates.

Club Group Build: Patton Tank Family
Any experimental or production versions of the M26, M46, M47, M48 and M60 tank family or related vehicles.
Completed models are due at our July 2021 club meeting in preparation for display at the 2021 IPMS Nationals.

SPECIAL REQUEST: It’s time to get serious about our Patton Group Build project for the 2021 IPMS Nationals.
As a first step we need to know where we currently stand with the individual model builds for the Group Build to prevent duplication.
So, please email me what you have either already built or plan to build for the Group Build.
We need 4 pieces of information from you for EACH build:
(1) Name of build: example: M60A1
(2) Country of use: example: US
(3) Color Scheme: example: MERDC winter verdant (Note: Many Patton tank versions can be completed in a number of color schemes)
(4) Build Status: examples: Planned or Started or Complete
From your inputs I’ll compile a master status list.

Stay connected with fellow SoCal AMPS modelers on Social Media:
Website: socalamps.org
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/21007030912816

Upcoming SoCal AMPS Virtual Online Zoom Activities:
Saturday 5/30/20 1:00 – 5:00 PM SoCal AMPS Zoom Virtual Online Patton Group Build

Stay safe, stay well and stay connected.

See you online.

John

Repost of John’s email

Hi, guys,
Due to the continued problem with the Coronavirus and various levels of government restrictions on public gatherings our May meeting will again be a virtual online Zoom meeting.

SoCal AMPS Virtual Online Zoom Meeting
Saturday
5/9/20
7:00 – 9:00 PM NOTE: Time change from our regular meeting time
Application: Zoom

NOTE: Konrad/Lori Schreier will send out a separate Meeting Invitation email with the meeting link, access code and password.

Agenda:
(1) AMPS and SoCal AMPS update
(2) Show and Tell
(3) Next Meetings

The first item should take just a few minutes.
The overwhelming majority of the time will be spent on Show and Tell, allowing each club member to spend a few minutes to talk about how they’re doing, what they’re building or reading, their new purchases, favorite websites, modeling tips or modeling help needed.

IMPORTANT:
TO ACCESS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING YOU MUST:
(1) HAVE AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE (COMUTER/DESKTOP/LAPTOP/TABLET/PHONE/ETC.) WITH VIDEO AND AUDIO CAPABILITY.
(2) DOWLOAD THE ZOOM ONLINE MEETING APPLICATION AT https://zoom.us/ TO THAT DEVICE BEFORE THE MEETING. This is FREE and should only take a few minutes to do.
(3) Receive a Meeting Invite email from Konrad/Lori Schreier with the meeting link, access code number and password.

Club Website Online Build Contest:
Subject: Halftracks
Please post photos of your IN-PROCESS and COMPLETED entries online on the SoCal AMPS social media sites listed below by 7/31/20.
The winners will be announced at our club meeting on 8/8/20.
The winners will receive a Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificates.

Club Group Build: Patton Tank Family
Any experimental or production versions of the M26, M46, M47, M48 and M60 tank family or related vehicles.
Completed models are due at our July 2021 club meeting in preparation for display at the 2021 IPMS Nationals

Stay connected with fellow SoCal AMPS modelers on Social Media:
Website: socalamps.org
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/21007030912816

Upcoming SoCal AMPS Virtual Online Zoom Activities:
Saturday 5/23/20 7:00 – 9:00 PM SoCal AMPS Zoom Update meeting
Saturday 5/30/20 1:00 – 5:00 PM SoCal AMPS Zoom Virtual Online Patton Group Build

Stay safe, stay well and stay connected.

See you online.

John

Reposting John’s message

Hi, guys,
Just a short update on the status of the new SoCal AMPS Zoom Virtual Online meetings and a reminder to Save the Date for our upcoming online meetings.
I apologize being late in sending this out, it should have been out last Monday or Tuesday.

The first SoCal AMPS Zoom Virtual Online meeting was held on Saturday,4/11/20, and was a resounding success.
Thank you to Konrad and Lori Schreier for hosting the meeting.
28 guys were in attendance including Jake Holshuh on vacation in Arizona, Carlos Cisneros, who recently moved to Phoenix, AZ, and Joe Bevans in Brazil.
Only one guy suffered technical audio problems and one other guy couldn’t connect due to computer problems on his end.
The meeting lasted a little longer than planned going about two and half hours.
The majority of the meeting was spent on member’s Show and Tell where each of the guys were able to share how they were doing, their new purchases, what they have been reading and what they were modeling.
It was a good way to stay connected with fellow modelers.
Everyone enjoyed the meeting and all wanted to make them more frequent.

A few things were decided at the meeting:

Since the Stay in Place order is in effect at least through 5/15/20, our May SoCal AMPS meeting will be a Zoom online meeting.

We will increase the frequency of our SoCal AMPS Zoom online meetings to twice a month during April and May.
The second meeting will take place on the 4th Saturday of the month.

The standard Zoom meeting times are changed to 7:00 – 9:00 PM.

We will be holding a special Zoom online 4 Hour Build Contest on Saturday, 5/2/20, from 11:0 AM to 4:00 PM.
Brookhurst Hobby credits of $25, $15 and $10, provided by SoCal AMPS, will be awarded to our first 3 place contest winners.
Winners will be selected by a vote of the participants.

As an incentives to attend our Zoom meetings:
Each meeting will have a door prize drawing.
The winner will receive a $25 Brookhurst Hobby matching credit provided by SoCal AMPS.

Additionally, Brookhurst Hobbies will be providing a special, limited time offer at each meeting. This offer will be limited only to those who attend the meeting.

PLEASE SAVE THE DATES:
So, here’s our schedule for the months of April and May:
Saturday 4/25/20 7:00 – 9:00 PM SoCal AMPS Zoom Online Update Meeting
Saturday 5/2/20 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM SoCal AMPS Zoom Online 4 Hour Build Contest
Saturday 5/9/20 7:00 – 9:00 PM SoCal AMPS Zoom Online Monthly Meeting
Saturday 5/16/20 7:00 – 9:00 PM SoCal AMPS Zoom Online Update Meeting

IMPORTANT: AS A REMINDER, TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE UPCOMING SOCAL AMPS ZOOM ONLINE MEETINGS YOU MUST:
(1) HAVE AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE (COMUTER/DESKTOP/LAPTOP/TABLET/PHONE/ETC.) WITH VIDEO AND AUDIO CAPABILITY.
(2) DOWLOAD THE ZOOM ONLINE MEETING APPLICATION AT https://zoom.us/ TO THAT DEVICE BEFORE THE MEETING.
This is FREE and should only take a few minutes to do
(3) RECEIVE AN INVITATION TO MEETING EMAIL FROM KONRAD/LORI SCHREIER WITH THE MEETING ACCESS LINKS AND CODES.
This will be sent to everyone on our SoCal AMPS Meeting Notice distribution list before each meeting.

If you do not want to receive emails regarding these upcoming SoCal AMPS Zoom Online meeting, please reply directly back to this email (NOT REPLY ALL)
and say ”Please delete me from all SoCal AMPS Zoom Online meeting emails.”
You will be deleted from SoCal AMPS Zoom Online Meeting emails but will still be retained on the regular SoCal AMPS distribution list.

If you do not want to receive ANY further emails regarding SoCal AMPS, please reply directly back to this email (NOT REPLY ALL)
and say “Please delete me from all future SoCal AMPS emails.”
You will be deleted from the SoCal AMPS distribution list and will not receive ANY further emails from SoCal AMPS.

Thank you all for participating.

Stay well, stay safe, stay connected.

See you at the next online meeting.

John