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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IMPORTANT NOTE!
Fairfax H.S. will be closed for facilities maintenance June thru August
Please take note of alternate meeting location below
Next Regular Meeting - Program & Contest
We begin gathering at 6:30PM with attendees entering models in the monthly contest and purchasing raffle tickets. At 8PM, we have a short business meeting, followed by the raffle drawing, a program, and the announcement of contest results.
(1st Wednesday) June 1, 2022 at 7 - 10pm
3740 Old Lee Hwy., Fairfax, VA
Contest: Video models – any model of a vehicle found in an online video game series.
Star Trek online, Star Wars online, World of Tanks, World of Planes, World of Ships or any other online game.
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, June 15, 2022 at 7pm
Notification Link will be sent via the Google Group
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/northernvirginiamodelers
Let's see what you're working on or your latest builds
Send images to modlrfleck@yahoo.com
May 2022
Meeting Highlights
Best of Show
by Dale Hutchinson
Special
Star Wars
by Matt Lunn
Special (Virtual) Meeting with the UK Staffordshire/Moorlands Club
Saturday, May 7 @ 2pm (allows for the time difference from the UK)
(This special meeting is in place of the regular monthly Tips & Share meeting )
Contest Special: Star Wars at 45
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Special 1st - Mike Fleckenstein
X-Wing
Special 2nd - Vivian Watts
X-Wing
1/72 AC - Mike Fleckenstein
Beaufighter Mk.21
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Ships 2nd - Ken LasSala
Jolly Roger
Figures 1st - David Hoffman
Comrade in Arms
Ships 1st - John Lingwood (UK)
Berge Class Lifeboat
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Regular
Monthly Meetings
7pm - 9pm
2022
June 1 (1st Wednesday)
July 6 (1st Wednesday)
August 3 (1st Wednesday)
No in person meetings June - August due to facilities maintainence in school building.
Additional online Zoom meeting added on 1st Wednesday of these 3 months.
Upcoming Virtual
Tips & Share Meetings
7pm - 9pm
(Unless noted in RED)
2022
June 15 (Wednesday)
July 20 (Wednesday)
August 17 (Wednesday)
September 21 (Wednesday)
October 19 (Wednesday)
November 16 (Wednesday)
December 21 (Wednesday)
Upcoming Shows
Region 2 & National
(Click links for show websites)
IPMS USA National Convention 2022
July 20-23 2022
Omaha, NE
August 13, 2022
Salem Civic Center
Salem, VA
October 1, 2022
Myrtle Beach, SC
October 22, 2022
Level FD
Havre de Grace, MD
Club News
NoVA Modelers at Old Dominion Open 2022 in Richmond, VA
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 toasting our Sister Chapter, IPMS UK Staffordshire Moorlands in November 2019 at the UK annual Scale Model World.