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2015
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2017
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2020
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Fairfax High School
3501 Lion Run (Formerly Rebel Run), Fairfax, VA
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Contest Themes & Programs
2024
November
Contest: Nov 1989 - 35 years ago - Fall of Berlin Wall (Build any vehicle from the end of the Cold War)
Program: Vince Mankowski - “Building and Painting Scale Dinosaurs”
December
Annual Holiday Party, Blind Gift Exchange, Food
Contest: Build the Same Subject (BTSS) Sherman Tank, 1968 Mustang, P-52, Gundam
2025
January
Contest: Best of 2024
Program: TBD
February
Contest: PACIFIC THEATER (Raising of the flag at Iwo Jima 1945) - Build anything that was used in the Pacific during WWII
Program: TBD
March
Contest: VIETNAM WAR (US begins major combat operations in Vietnam 1965) - Build anything from Vietnam War
Program: TBD
April
Contest: TAMIYA KIT (Tamiya launches its first model kit in 1965) Build something from Tamiya
Program: TBD
May
Contest: Rolling Thunder - Build any type of 2 wheeled vehicle
Program: TBD
June
Contest: KOREAN WAR (Beginning of the Korean War 1950)- Build anything that saw service in the Korean War
Program: TBD
July
Contest: BATTLE OF BRITAIN (Battle of Britain begins 1940) - Build anything that flew during the Battle of Britain
Program: TBD
August
Contest: Record Holder - 70th anniversary of the Guinness Book of World Records
Program: TBD
September
Contest: MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS (Iran- Iraq War begins 1980) - Build anything that operated in the Middle East from 1948- Present
Program: TBD
October
Contest: Orange and Black - build anything that is predominately Orange or Black
Program: TBD
November
Contest: Ahoy Matey - Any boat, ship, or submarine from any time period.
Program: TBD
December
Annual Holiday Party, Blind Gift Exchange, Food
Contest: Build the Same Subject (BTSS) - TBD
Aircraft - 1/48 Hasagawa A-4M Skyhawk
Armor - 1/48 Tamiya Tiger I
Sci-fi - Star Wars Bandai Y-Wing 005
Gundum - TBD
Automotive - TBD
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