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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: Capitol 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
- A Bone To Pick - Building the Revell B1b in 1/48th scale, by Christian Hocherl
- Captain Miller's Last Stand - Inspired by the Movie "Saving Private Ryan", by Val Envo
- USS Hopewell - DD681 Fletcher Class Destroyer in 1/350 scale, by Ron Odell
- Resurrection! - A Saga of the Entex Pendle Princess, by Ken Friend
- Apache Longbow - Takom's 1/35th AH-64D, by Andre de Lamerens
- Serious About Show Cars - A Tom Daniel Car Collection, by Joe Porche
New Reviews
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by Paul Dunham
October 22, 2025ICM’s “Vehicles of the D.A.K.” kit includes three 1/35th scale German truck kits:
- S.E.Pkw. Kfz.70 with Zwillingssockel 36 (anti-aircraft truck)
- Le.gl.Einheits-Pkw (...
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by Frank Landrus
October 22, 2025I have to admit that I don’t have a copy of two earlier monographs on the Saab 105: Saab 105 by Sven Stridsberg and Emil Lindberg (2013), and Team 60 by the Swedish Aviation Historical Society....
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by Andy Taylor
October 21, 2025This is not an easy to digest book and doesn’t offer a modeler a lot of references, resources, or inspiration for modeling. Having said that, author Michael Fredholm von Essen, did an admirable...
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by Andy Taylor
October 21, 2025The book is a fascinating and remarkable insight into the brief, intense, and crucial Netherlands East Indies (NEI) campaign from the Japanese invasion in December 1941 through capitulation of the...
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by Bradley Moreland
October 21, 2025I have previously reviewed a few other ICM kits, and I would say that this one was perhaps the hardest kit I have attempted from them. Let me first say that this kit has the extremely high quality...
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New Forum Posts
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October 21, 2025DISCLAIMER: Nothing in my below post is meant to suggest that I hate extremely huge model subjects nor do I hate the people who build them nor do I hate seeing them at model contests. My only... more » -
October 19, 2025This is the 1/48 CollectAire resin F3D Skynight which I built as a Marine EF-10B. I bought the kit second handed with the fuselage already assembled. Unfortunately there were very large gaps (which I... more » -
October 18, 2025There is not enough pain in my life yet, so I'm looking for these kits to build. :) If you have either of these neat vacuform kits you'd like to part with, ping me at bucholtzc (at) aol (... more »
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October 9, 2025Finally decided to build another one of these. Built two back in 1981 or so. Didn't have a cool resin interior to use back then!! Used Starfighters interior along with their USMC decal set.... more » -
October 9, 2025The Moon Hopper was the flying lunar rover that appeared in the TV show UFO. The 1970-71 show was from Gerry Anderson who also created Capt. Scarlet and Space: 1999. The show just lasted one season... more »
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October 5, 2025This conversion was built using the old Cutting Edge resin set with a Monogram F-100D kit. It's not difficult with the conversion providing a new set of wings, vertical tail, one piece main gear... more »