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Exciting News from our Sister club in the UK!
Here are the winning entries. Thanks to our friends in our sister club in the UK, Staffordshire Moorlands Scale Modelers, for inviting us to share in the fun.
Each person was allowed to submit 2 entries for models that were built during the past year. There were 3 categories, Aircraft, Military Vehicles & Figures
Here are the winning entries
Figures
Retreat from Moscow
David Hoffman (NoVA Modelers)
Military Vehicles
1/35 Scammel Tractor
Robert Mountford (IPMS UK)
Aircraft
1/48 Macchi 202
Kevin Daly (NoVA Modelers)
Meeting Information
Impact of the Corona Virus (COVID-19)on our monthly meetings
Fairfax High School will remain closed to community use until further notice. Since this is a very fluid situation, we have no estimate at present of when when our monthly meetings will resume. In addition to being posted on this site, everyone enrolled in our Google Group Forum will receive instant updates of the latest developments.
Until we can meet again in person your E-board has developed a procedure for virtual meetings using the online Zoom platform and a virtual contest using Google Forms. If you are enrolled in our Google Groups Forum you will receive notifications on dates, times and links to access the meetings & contest. Monthly club newsletters and other important information are also available through the forum.
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Two Great Ways to Participate!
Since we are not able to meet in person due to the Covid19 pandemic, these monthly virtual sessions will allow members to participate in club activities until we can meet in person once again
Next (Virtual) Meeting - Program & Contest
These meetings will follow the normal monthly format of a short business meeting, followed by a program and monthly (virtual) contest results
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 7pm
Contest: Main Character – Any specific vehicle or figure prominently featured in a memoir or other literary work. e.g. “The Ruptured Duck” from Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, The Spirit of St. Louis, Apollo 11 from Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey, King Richard I: The Autobiography of America's Greatest Auto Racer. – The book must be displayed with the model. (courtesy of Jon Etherton)
Program: “Decal Design and Manufacture.” presented by Mr. Marek Bodacek, BOA Decals of Czechoslovakia http://www.boadecals.com
Upcoming Virtual Meeting Dates
1st Wednesday of each month at 7pm *
2021: May 5, Jun.2, Jul.7, Aug.4, Sep.1, Oct.6, Nov.3, Dec. 1
* Dates subject to change
Notification Links will be sent via the Google Group
(Virtual) Tips & Share Meetings
These meetings will be more informal get togethers, much like chatting with your fellow modelers before the start of a monthly meeting
Since we are not able to meet in person due to the Covid19 pandemic, these monthly virtual sessions will allow members to share ideas and show their in progress projects in a less formal setting than the normal 1st Wed. of the month meetings
Of course the normal 1st Wed. of the month meeting featuring a Contest & Program will continue as usual
Next (Virtual) Tips & Share Meeting
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 7pm
Featuring a discussion of seam filling and sanding techniques
Upcoming Virtual Tips & Share Dates
3rd Wednesday of each month at 7pm *
2021: Apr.21, May 19, Jun.16, Jul.21, Aug.18, Sep.15, Oct.20, Nov.17, Dec. 15
* Dates subject to change
Notification Links will be sent via the Google Group
April 2021
Meeting Highlights
April 2021 Virtual Meeting Contest Highlights
Best of Show
Jose Ruiz Lopez's (Spain)
ID4 Attacker
Special - Classics
Peter Espada's "Beatnik Bandit"
Upcoming Events
April 29-May 1, 2021
Newport News, VA
Cancelled due to Covid19 Pandemic (New Date for 2022 below)
June 18-19, 2021
Roanoke, VA
Cancelled due to Covid19 Pandemic
June 19, 2021
South Carolina National Guard Armory
1225 Bluff Rd.
Columbia, SC
Rescheduled
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Wayne PAL Hall
PAL Drive
Wayne, NJ
August 18-21
Las Vegas, NV
Penncon 2021
Date & Details Coming Soon
November 13-14, 2021
Telford, UK
Northern Virginia Model Classic 2021
Date TBD
Fairfax, VA
Postponed due to Covid19 Pandemic
April 7- 9, 2022
Newport News, VA
Club News
We haven't been able to attend shows and events lately due to the Covid19 pandemic but here are some images from 2019 to keep us smiling until we can meet again in person!
NoVA Modelers - Out & About
NoVA Modelers crossed the pond in November 2019 for the UK annual Scale Model World.
(l-r) Jim Rotramel, Barbara Barb, Carol Fleckenstein, Tim Barb, Charlie Dykas, Chris Nicoll, Jon Etherton, Tom Henderson & Mike Fleckenstein.
NoVA Modelers toasting our Sister Chapter, IPMS UK Staffordshire Moorlands in November 2019 at the UK annual Scale Model World.
NoVA Modelers was well represented at the 2019 National Convention in Chattanooga, TN.
Several of our members who attended but were not available for the group photo included Curtis & Shirley Clinton, Jon Etherton, Aris Pappas, Walter and Gail Schlueter, Jerry Lawson, Grant Berry, Nelson Kee, Keith Hudson, Haagen Klaus and Barbara Barb.
We did well in the competition with Nelson Kee, Haagen Klaus, Pat Brown, Alex Bernardo, Keith Hudson, Sunil Gupta, Mike Fleckenstein, Jose Luis Lopez, Sherman Collings, Tom Faletti & Mark Tutton taking home awards.