Next Meeting: October 9, 2017

The next meeting of IPMS Richmond will be

Monday, October 9, 2017

6:30 p.m.

Smoketree Community Center

11100 Smoketree Drive

North Chesterfield, VA 23236

This will be a "movie and build night" so be sure to bring your current project to work-on while you watch a movie!

The October edition of our newsletter, "Spare Parts," may be accessed from the link at the top of the page.

October 7: IPMS Hampton Roads Kit Swap Meet

New IPMS Region 2 Chapter

The following message was received from Tim Ward:

To all members of IPMS Region 2:

Please join me in welcoming IPMS Lehigh Valley to IPMS Region 2.  Club President and Chapter Contact John Mattaboni has received official notification from John Noack, Director of Local Chapters, that their club is now a chartered member of IPMS.

John and his new club will be meeting at the A.C. Moore Center in Allentown, PA twice monthly.

More details to come.

We look forward to working with John and his club members to make IPMS Region 2 even better.

Look forward to seeing you in the near future at the next show.

Tim Ward

R-2 Coordinator

HobbyTown USA Fall Model Contest

HobbyTown will hold their fall contest on October 21, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at all five Virginia locations. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

Looking for an interesting project? How about this for a Picture in Time Category?

This has to be the most unlikely "hot rod" a motor pool ever put together. 

 Good description and conclusions by posters to the site.  One suggests:

" my opinion is that they had reversed the drive train. Rear axle under the engine and the front diff was placed where the rear axle was originally attached. The crew compartment was reversed. the driver is now over the front axle and sat on the right side."

For more info click this link to G503 Military Vehicle Forum.

Korean War Armored Jeep with 3 machine guns and a Recoilless Rifle

Review Alclad Klear Kote and Kit World Decals

Not Exactly Plastic Model related but interesting to think about these.

From a quick search of Google looking at mechanical/science magazine covers from the 20's-40's.

  How many of these anticipated inventions actually made it? More than you might think.

Click on the Facebook link below  to scroll through a album of inventions from the "future".  

Face Book pictures 

Next Meeting: September 11, 2017

The next meeting of IPMS Richmond will be

Monday, September 11, 2017

6:30 p.m.

Smoketree Community Center

11100 Smoketree Drive

North Chesterfield, VA 23236

Be sure to bring all your finished and in-progress models for Show-and-Tell . . . let us see what you've been working on!