In June 2016, Squadron hosted the 25th annual EagleQuest model contest and get together in Grapevine, Texas. The event included seminars, warehouse shopping, and a peer-judged contest featuring 311 models across every genre from 116 entrants.
FSM senior editor Aaron Skinner jetted to Dallas for the event and took a bunch of photos. We couldn't fit them all in the magazine, so enjoy these extras.
Preparations are under way for the 2017 event slated for June 16-17 at the Embassy Suites Dallas DFW Airport North. More info:
www.squadroneaglequest.comBrian Peck, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Brian added custom turnbuckles and rigging to Wingnut Wings 1/32 scale Albatros D.Va. The biplane was painted with Tamiya spray-can lacquers and acrylics, the lightly weathered with artist's oils to represent a fighter flown by Michael Sigmann with Jasta 78b in April 1918.
Bill Higgins, Henderson, Nevada
Bill turned Tamiya’s 1/35 scale French UE armored carrier into a trophy hunter by loading it with carpet and furniture from MiniArt as well as several items from his spares box. He painted the diminutive vehicle with Tamiya paints and weathered with artist's oil washes and powdered pigments.
Rick Linkous, Rogers, Arkansas
Tamiya’s 1/35 scale M20 armored car received stowage courtesy of Italeri. Rick painted the World War II vehicle with Testors Model Master enamels, then weathered it with post-shading, artist's oil washes, Tamiya weathering powders, and Mud-in-a-Pot from Reality in Scale.
Richard Kern, Magnolia, Texas
Richard converted Monogram’s 1/48 scale Harrier II into an AV-8B Plus with a modified nose and dorsal fin; Black Box resin improved the cockpit. After pre-shading, he airbrused the camouflage freehand. Light sanding highlighted the raised panels lines.
John Bowery, Denton, Texas
John painted Pegaso’s 75mm Black Prince with Winsor & Newton oils over acrylic base coats.
Jeff Wallen, Tucson, Arizona
Jeff dressed Tamiya’s 1/12 scale Yamaha YZR-M1 in a colorful Fortuna Spiderman livery worn on a bike raced by Marco Melandri. The parts were painted with Tamiya spray-can red and blue over white primer.
Ed Grune, Mansfield, Texas
To improve a Shapeways 3-D printed 1/148 scale Defender 250 Rigid Inflatable Boat, Ed replaced the antenna and flagstaff with wire. Hawk Graphics decals turned it into a U.S. Coast Guard fast response boat; polyester fiberfill provide the bow wave and wake.
Dennis Rossko, Carrollton, Texas
Dennis built Moebius’ 1/350 scale Colonial One from Battlestar Galactica out of the box to represent the presidential transport about two years after the fall of Caprica. After airbrushing the body white and blue for the body, he hand-brushed the rest with of the livery with Testors acrylics and Model Master and Alclad II metallic lacquers.
Dekker Zimmerman, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Dekker scratchbuilt new landing gear for Special Hobby’s 1/32 scale Polikarpov I-16. He painted the Spanish markings with Tamiya and Testors acrylics.