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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Christmas 2023
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Next Monthly (Virtual) Meeting
The virtual meetings enable folks who live too far away to attend meetings in person join in the fun!
3rd Wednesday
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
7pm - 9pm
Notification Link will be sent via the Google Group
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Let's see your latest builds and tell us about them
Send images to jon.etherton@outlook.com
Next (In Person) Monthly Meeting
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.
Contest: Sept 1939 - 85 years ago - WWII Begins - Early WWII (Build something from the beginning of WWII)
Program: Haagen Klaus - "The Lockheed P-38 Lightning: History, Variants, and Scale Modeling"
Fairfax High School
3501 Lion Run (Formerly Rebel Run), Fairfax, VA
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
7pm - 9pm
Group Build - Saturday, September 21 - 2 - 5:30 pm
West Springfield Government Center, 6140 Rolling Road, Springfield, VA 22152
Bring a kit and your tools. Enjoy hanging out with your fellow club members, working on a model, and talking about your work.
(No food or drink except water. No spraying solvent-based paints.)
Questions: jon.etherton@outlook.com
Quarterly (Virtual) Meeting with the UK Staffordshire/Moorlands Club
The virtual meetings enable folks who live too far away to attend meetings in person join in the fun!
Next Date TBD 2pm - 4pm
To allow for the time difference with our friends across the pond
Notification Link will be sent via the Google Group
(This special meeting is in place of the regular monthly Virtual meeting)
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Let's see your latest builds and tell us about them
Send images to jon.etherton@outlook.com
September 2024
Meeting Highlights
Best of Show
Alex Bernardo
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March 29 2025
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August, 6-9 2025
Hampton Roads, VA