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
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Fairfax High School
3501 Lion Run (Formerly Rebel Run), Fairfax, VA
Masks MUST be worn for entry into Fairfax High School
This a regulation of Fairfax Country Schools, NOT NoVA Modelers
Upcoming
Northern Virginia Modelers
Meetings & Schedule
2021
December 8
Contest: BTSS – Aircraft: Bf 109
Armor: Merkava
Sci-Fi: Battlestar Galactica Vipers
Vehicles: American Muscle Cars 1965-1972
Program: Annual Holiday Party - This year, the party will be a pot luck although the chapter club will provide some sandwiches, soft drinks, and bottled water. This will be a family event so significant others and children are more than welcome (don’t forget their masks). Everyone attending is asked to bring a food item, preferably a covered dish, but please, don’t everyone bring desserts. Also, we’ll have our traditional gift exchange. If you would like to participate, bring a wrapped kit to put on the table. Please, make it something that you would like to receive as a gift.
2022
January 5
Contest: Best of 2021
Program: TBD
February 1
Contest: Gunships and Gun Trucks. Any vehicle that provides close support to the troops, think AC-47, AC-119, AC-130 or anti aircraft trucks.
Program: TBD
March 2
Contest: Know YourKaiju Japanese Movie Monsters past and present. Presented by Tim Hosek
Program: TBD
April 6
Contest: Korea – Vehicles or figures from the Korean War. (Bring what you built for Model Classic. It can still be entered there!)
Program: TBD
May 10
Contest: Star Wars at 45
Program: TBD
June 8
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.
Program: TBD
July
Contest: What Could Have Been – any vehicle that was under development and then got cancelled for any reason. e.g. CF-105, TSR-2, XB-70, other vehicles cancelled before they went into full production..
Program: TBD
August
Contest: Need for Speed – Bring in any vehicle whose max speed was super fast For Airplanes Mach 2+, Cars 200+mph, etc. Can also be vehicles whose speed set records for its respective decade.
Program: TBD
September
Contest: U.S. Air Force at 75. Bring in any USAF vehicles from 1947 to current.
Program: TBD
October
Contest: Piggyback – Bring in any vehicle that could be piggybacked onto another vehicle, e.g. Mistel, SR-71/D-21, Shuttle/747, etc.
Program: TBD
November
Contest: Family portrait. Bring in a collection of the same family of vehicles perhaps in different markings or variants. e.g. Spitfires, A-4s, F-4s, B-17s, Sherman tanks, etc.
Program: TBD
December
Contest: BTSS –Beaufighter, M1A-2 Abrams
Program: Annual Holiday Party
Contest & program subject to change
Read the Annual BTSS Rules here