We meet at once a month at Fairfax High School, 3501 Rebel Run in Fairfax, Virginia. Dates of the meetings are at the discretion of Fairfax High School so be sure to keep an eye on the club we page and the latest Newsletter for the latest information. At any time during the year, if the school is closed for any reason (inclement weather etc.), our meetings are also canceled. Always check the Fairfax County Public Schools website to check for any closings.
Meeting cancellations will also be announced on this web page and the NoVA Modelers Google Group Forum
Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and are concluded by 10:00 p.m. Contact any of our club officers for more information.
Fairfax High School
3501 Rebel Run, Fairfax, VA
Upcoming
Northern Virginia Modelers
Meetings & Schedule
2020
January 7 Meeting Cancelled due to weather event
Program: Aaron Hamilton - Armor in the Battle of Berlin - Club member Aaron Hamilton will provide an overview of German and Soviet armor that took part in the Battle of Berlin. Drawing on a decade of research, he will utilize a number of previously unpublished, and some color photos, to show the variants and markings used by both sides.
Contest: Best of 2019.
February 11
Program: Vince Mankowski - Dioramas Part 2 - A continuation of Vince's 2019 presentation, Vince will discuss how to plan, lay out, balance, and compose settings for our models and some simple techniques for groundwork and bases.
Contest: I see Red – any vehicle colored red or which major parts are in any shade of the color red.
March 3
Program: Jon Guttman - Latin American Flyboys of World War I - Their names don’t resound quite as much as those of Manfred von Richthofen, Georges Guynemer or Jimmy McCudden, but a large contingent of volunteer airmen from Central and South America made varying marks in the French air service during the first great air war. No all were Hispanic—Argentine ace Bernard Artigau was of Basque birth, Géronimo Wilmart de Glymes was of Belgian descent and Peru’s prewar pioneer flier Juan Belovucic was of Serbian background. Some, like Artigau and Vicente Almandos Almonacid, returned home to help develop aviation in Argentina, or Santiago Campuzano García and Francisco Terry Sanchez likewise in Cuba. The vast majority of them entered the French air service via the Foreign Legion, though Venezuela has the unique distinction of siring an airman on each side: French bombardier Mario Velázquez Machado and fighter pilot Carlos Meyer Baldó, who scored four victories with Jagdgeschwader I, the Red Baron’s Flying Circus. All made some contribution and a few inevitably gave their lives.
Contest: Hot Damn, It’s Gundam – Any Gundam robot (this will serve as a test to see what the club interest is. MC19 may have had a big turnout but what will the club do.)
April 1
Program: Charles Fralick - Submarines of the World; Design and Operations - Chuck will cover various submarine classes and their roles in submarine warfare.
Contest: Korean War- Any vehicle from any nation involved in the Korean War
May 6
Program: Steve Suddaby - From Venice to Edinburgh: Aerial Bombing in 1916. - This is a continuation of Steve's presentation in January 2019, in which he gave an overview of WWI aerial bombing from 1914 through 1915. It will cover Austrian naval flying boats attacking Venice, German Zeppelins raiding Edinburgh, and everything in between.
Contest: Birds of a Feather – Any vehicle named for any type of bird or avian creature – e.g. Albatross, Eagle, Falcon, Kingfisher, Gulf Hawk
June 10
Program: Dick Hague - Dick’s Tricks Part 2 - A continuation of last year's presentation - 70 years of correcting mistakes and sometimes finishing models!
Contest: Pin-Ups – Any historically accurate artwork on a vehicle. Any time frame. This can include Air-A-Cutie, The Dragon and his Tail, Miss Galore, etc.
July Date TBD
Program: Charley Gosse – The Gun in the Exhibit – A WWI German I.M.G. 08 aircraft machine gun, a postcard of a French National Hero, and a challenge within the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum. Charley will lead us through a detective story to unravel events that occurred over 100 years ago.
Contest: - UK TV - Any vehicle created in the United Kingdom for a TV series or movie.
August Date TBD
Program: Mike Fleckenstein – Photographing Models -Mike shows us how to pose our models for publishing in books, magazines and online; using lighting components to get even exposure and color and how to control depth of field for sharp images front to back.
Contest: The Heat is on – Any vehicle used in Earth’s desert conflicts.
September Date TBD
Program: Dana Bell- Subject TBD
Contest: Upcycling – Create a vehicle of any type from any household material that you would normally recycle
October Date TBD
Program: Haagen Klaus -The Age of the Super Hornet: A Historical and Scale Modeling Overview of the F/A-18E/F in U.S. Navy Service.
The first two decades of the 21st century saw most of the U.S. Navy's diverse range of carrier-based naval aircraft replaced by the F/A-18 Super Hornet. The presentation reviews the key events in the development, flight test, ongoing operational lifetime, and future of the versatile F/A-18E and F/A-18F. Throughout the talk, key features of the Block I and Block II aircraft will also be examined with an eye to the scale modeler.
Contest: X-craft – Any vehicle considered experimental
November Date TBD
Program: John Figueroa - Basic LED Lighting - John will go through the basics of LED types, LED biasing, LED wiring, and basic soldering techniques. Also covered will be how to develop a lighting plan for your project.
Contest: Unmanned and underway – Any drone vehicle – e.g. X-47 UCAV, Predator, Reaper, self driving cars, Firebee drones, QF-4s, etc.
December Date TBD
Annual Holiday Party - Wrapped Kit Swap, Member of the Year Award, Group Photo
Contest: BTSS - A4 Skyhawk, PxKpfw VI Tiger tank, Star Wars X-Wing