Northern Virginia Modelers
By Modelers, For Modelers
IPMS Region 2 Chapter of the Year
1990, 1997 and 2013
IPMS/USA Mike Rastiello Chapter of the Year
1990 and 2013
IPMS Region 2 Newsletter of the Year
2015
IPMS Region 2 Website of the Year
2015, 2017 & 2021
IPMS/USA Ralph Forehand Website of the Year
2017
IPMS R2 Newsletter of the Year
2020
Since 1984
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Meeting Information
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Next Regular Meeting - Program & Contest
These meetings will follow the normal monthly format of a short Business Meeting, followed by a Program, Contest & Raffle
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 7pm
Contest: It's Halloween – Any monster or horror kit
Program: TBD
Masks MUST be worn for entry into Fairfax High School
(This is a regulation of Fairfax County Schools, NOT NoVA Modelers)
Upcoming Regular Meeting Dates
2021:Nov.3 (1st Wed.) , Dec.8 (2nd Wed.)
2022: Jan.5 (1st Wed.), Feb.1 (1st Tues.), Mar.2 (1st Wed.), Apr.6 (1st Wed.), May 10(2nd Tues.) Jun.8 (2nd Wed.)
May meeting TBD
* Dates subject to change
Tips & Share meetings will continue in the Virtual format to allow our out of area members to participate
Next Tips & Share (Virtual) Meeting
These meetings will be more informal get togethers, much like chatting with your fellow modelers before the start of a monthly meeting.
The Tips & Share session will also enable folks who live too far away to attend meetings in person join in the fun!
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7pm
Notification Link will be sent via the Google Group
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Upcoming Virtual Tips & Share Meeting Dates
3rd Wednesday of each month at 7pm
(Unless noted in Red)
2021: Oct.20, Nov.17, Dec. 15
Next combined (Virtual) Meeting with the UK Staffordshire/Moorlands Club
Now that NoVA Modelers club is back to in person monthly meetings we don't want to forget our British friends from the
IPMS UK Staffordshire Moorlands club.
The format will be Quarterly Virtual meetings scheduled on a weekend date at 2pm (allows for the time difference from the UK)
The meetings will feature a contest and the subject will be attendees describing the techniques they used to create their entry.
Date will be posted here for January 2022
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Watch this space for future meeting dates
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October 2021
Meeting Highlights
Best of Show
Scott Bricker's Bellanca
Upcoming Events
Click links for show websites
November 13-14, 2021
Telford, UK
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Richmond Raceway Complex
Henrico Hall
600 East Laburnum Richmond, VA
January 28-29, 2022
Chatanooga Convention Center
Chattanooga, TN
April 7- 9, 2022
Newport News, VA
Northern Virginia Model Classic 2022
April 16, 2022
Fairfax, VA
IPMS USA National Convention 2022
July 20-23 2022
Omaha, NE
Club News
Getting Back to Normal!
After an 18 month hiatus we're finally getting back to shows again. Great to see old friends!
NoVA Modelers at Penncon 2021 in Gettysburg PA
NoVA Modelers - Out & About
NoVA Modelers at the R12 show in Columbia, SC.
(l-r) Jim Rotramel, Tom Henderson, Mike Fleckenstein, Bob Wells, Mark Tutton, Mike Poreda, Mike Johnson
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.