Northern Virginia Modelers

2024

​

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: Chris Derks - working with Photo Etch

​

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) 

Sherman Tank, 1968 Mustang, P-52, Gundam