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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3501 Lion Run (Formerly Rebel Run), Fairfax, VA
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Contest Themes & Programs
2023
October
Contest: They Also Served - Any military support vehicle - ie. fuel truck, portable kitchen wagon, Engineering vehicle, etc
Program: Sci-Fi Modeling and Beyond! A Show Report from WonderFest 2023, presented by Brian Nicklas. The largest sci-fi, horror, and fantasy scale modeling show in the United States is held every year in Louisville, Kentucky. Club member Brian Nicklas attended the most recent WonderFest in 2023, and here, he shares highlights which include work by some of the most talented scale modelers in the world.
November
Contest: Turkeys - Any vehicle that did not meet expectations either in real life or kit form
Program: TBD
December Annual Holiday Party, Blind Gift Exchange, Food
Contest: Build the Same Subject (BTSS) - Aircraft -Lancaster or MiG-25 any scale
Military Vehicle - M-18 Hellcat
Civilian Vehicle - Land Rover
Sci-Fi – Vessels from the StarBlazers TV series
2024
January
Contest: - Best of 2023
Program: TBD
February
Contest: Feb 15, 2004 - 20 years ago - 46th Daytona 500: Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins exactly 6 years to the day after his father Dale Earnhardt Sr. won his first and only Daytona 500 in 1998 Build any race cars any era and any type (Formula 1, NASCAR, street racers, etc)
Program: TBD
March
Contest: Build anything that is overly colorful
Program: TBD
April
Contest: Apr 1, 1954 - 70 years ago - 1st US Army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, NC Whirlybirds - Build any variant of helicopter from the VS-300 forward.
Program: TBD
May
Contest: May 1, 1949 - 75 years ago - Batman first appears in Detective Comics (Model something inspired by super heroes or comics figures or vehicles)
Program: TBD
June
Contest: June 6, 1944 - 80 years ago - D-Day (build something which took place in Operatuon Overlord)
Program: TBD
July
Contest: July 16, 1969 - 55 years ag - First man on the moon (Build something space related)
Program: TBD
August
Contest: Aug 3, 1954 - 70 years ago - 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown (Build a VTOL)
Program: TBD
September
Contest: Sept 1, 1939 - 85 years ago - WWII Begins - Early WWII (Build something from the beginning of WWII)
Program: TBD
October
Contest: Oct 1, 1924 - 100 years ago - 1st Dutch airliner, the Fokker F.VII takes off from Amsterdam for Batavia, Java (Build any airliner , any time frame, country, and scale).
Program: TBD
November
Contest: Nov 9, 1989 - 35 years ago - Fall of Berlin Wall (Build any vehicle from the end of the Cold War)
Program: TBD
December
Annual Holiday Party, Blind Gift Exchange, Food
Contest: Build the Same Subject (BTSS) TBD
Contest & Activities subject to change
Read the Annual BTSS Rules here