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Clifford Bossie

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returns 12/31/2012

Expertise

Model aircraft and aviation History and photography, Naval history and ship models, maritime and ships in general, Scratch building of models, Some military history

Experience in the area

I have built models for the better part of thirty five years, have taken photographs of U.S. military aircraft and ships for about twenty five years and am currently scratch building a 1/72 nd scale model of the USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80).

Organizations

Local IPMS

Publications

IPMS journal and local IPMS publication. Photos and drawing in Koku Fan, Deatil and Scale, et al.

What do you like about this subject?

I enjoy the challenge of tracking down esoteric information, locating information on topics of my interest and corresponding with others of similiar interests.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

A great amount of both.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Many descriptions of well recorded subjects and events lack accuracy!

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Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	P	Comments
Jack	02/10/11	9	10	10	Thanks Cliff for your response. I went .....
phillip	12/26/10	10	10	10	Thanks!
Eric	11/14/10	10	10	10
Kenneth	09/17/10	10	10	10	Thanks for the great reply!
Kenneth	08/14/10	10	10	10	I want to thank you for the .....

Recent Answers from Clifford Bossie

2011-02-05 Model building schools:

Jack, There are no schools that I am aware per se. Some model clubs have tutorials, but one of the best sources of information is the magazine Fine Scale Modeler http://www.finescale.com/ . Kalbach

2010-12-24 50s vintage plastic model:

Phillip, The value of the kit will be reduced considerably without the box. To me a kit is something to be built and a box is not important, but to a collector it is very important and collectors are

2010-10-19 Model car/military model building groups?:

Tony, What I suggest is to go through this list and find the closest one. I am not suere of your location, so I do not know what will best fit. Of course this list is only IPMS chartered clubs and

2010-09-15 Model Military Weight Designation:

That is an excellent question, but actually a tough one to answer. For tanks the classification as to "light", "medium" and "heavy" has as much to do with mission as it did with actual weight. Light

2010-08-13 Photo-Etched Parts:

I went to the official website for Ace and found a photo of the PE tracks: http://www.acemodel.com.ua/pages/models/part/demag_tracks.jpg And also a copy of the instructions for assembly: http://www

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