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By Modelers... For Modelers
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By Modelers... For Modelers
Announcements
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I just wanted to post a brief update on the fact that IPMS/USA continues to provide two initiatives aimed at active, retired and disabled service members. These are as follows:
Disabled veterans – IPMS/USA will provide a free year’s membership to any disabled veteran of a US military branch in appreciation for their sacrifices in support of our country.
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President – John Noack
1st Vice President – David Morissette
2nd Vice President – Scott Hackney
Secretary – Joe Terry
Director of Local Chapters – Bob Delaney
Historian/Publications Director – Chris Bucholtz
Recruitment and Retention Secretary – David Knights -
Here is an updated PDF of the 2025 IPMS/USA National Convention Award Winners.
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Here is the PDF of the 2025 IPMS/USA National Convention Awards Ceremony.
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Chapter of the Year: Capital Area Models Society
Newsletter: Eastern Carolina Plastic Modelers
Website: Nate Jones Missouri Ozark Scale Modelers
Region Coordinator of the Year: JC Osbourne, R8
Member of the Year: Tim Burke, IPMS NENY
News
Upcoming Events
- Juniors - Category 0
- Tom Kolk Best Junior Award: Cael Cummings
- Aircraft - Category 1
- Ken Robert Best Aircraft Award: Jason Jennings
- Military Vehicles - Category 2
- Art Gerber Best Military Vehicle Award: Tony Zadro
- Figures - Category 3
- Scott Primeau Best Figure Award: Zachariah Becker
- Article: Reimagining the USS Arizona, 1916, by Gene Berger
- Ships - Category 4
- Samuel Parent Best Ship Award: Eugene Berger
- Automotive - Category 5
- John Zweber Best Automotive Award: B. Brooks
- Real Space and SciFi - Category 6
- Best Real Space & Sci Fi Award: David Carlton
- Gundam - Category 9
- Best Gundam Award: Ricky Hoskin
- Dioramas - Category 8
- Best Diorama Award: Barclay Caras
- Miscellaneous - Category 7
- Best Miscellaneous Award: Philip Hui
- Theme Awards
New Reviews
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by Gino Dykstra
January 11, 2026The Henschel Hs123 was developed from a 1933 requirement for a dive bomber by the then-emerging Luftwaffe. This aircraft was fairly advanced for its day, featuring an all-metal construction...
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by Chris Surber
January 9, 2026With 64 books to his credit, Dilip Sarkar is probably the most qualified individual in the world to write a book about the Battle of Britain as well as England’s premier fighter plane, the...
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by Keenan Chittester
January 9, 2026This was a kit I had been looking forward to and even had it in my shopping cart of one of the online retailers. So, I was pleasantly surprised to see this kit in the list of available review...
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by Andy Taylor
January 8, 2026From the seventh chapter subchapter, “The VRS and Terms of the Peace Treaty”,
more »On 14 December 1995, a peace agreement was signed in Paris. After three and a half years of war,...
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by Pablo Bauleo
January 6, 2026Kagero has started a new series known as “References for Modelers”. This issue is devoted to the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien
The references include several period pictures (black and white), some of...
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New Forum Posts
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January 10, 2026As a matching bookend to my Honest John, here's ROCO's Lacrosse missile and truck launcher. I disassembled it, cleaned it up, added some detail to the cab which you can't see of course... more » -
January 10, 2026Hi ! Here a projects I have completed a while back , if you like to view the complete WIP on these 2 project , just follow this link : https://photos.app.goo.gl/uWiK4i8ewp9aiciR7 Enjoy... more »
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January 9, 2026I started the 1/32 Fisher resin F9F-5 Panther last Sunday and finished it this evening. This was the starting point. The resin casting is VERY smooth, extremely nice, and the kit... more » -
January 6, 2026Good evening all, I picked this one up at a swap meet, at a price I couldn’t pass up. Academy did a great job on the details of this kit. Tons of options. The weapons, and wheels are Reskit.... more » -
January 4, 2026This gun was a beast, as a kit and in reality. Developed at the end of WW II, it nevertheless saw service in the US for a short time until it was overtaken by the first generation of SAMs. It could... more » -
January 3, 2026For my first build of 2026 I will be doing ICM’s 1/48 Russian U-2/Po-2 multi-purpose aircraft. This is a bi-plane that was initially used as a training aircraft and was also used as a liaison,... more »