Febuary Meeting

We have kicked off the new club year with the AGM last night. The committee was elected and we now steam full ahead into the special year that is 2014.
Committee Members are:
Andrew Perren - President
Mic Bradshaw - Vice President
Jason Steinwedel - Treasurer
Mike Rennie - Secretary
Laurence Farrugia - Committee person.

We have 2 positions currently vacant, so if you have some free time and would like to help out please feel free to contact Andrew.

We had a very good turn out last night and the models on the table were excellent, showing people had been busy over the last couple of months since end of year.

Wings and Tracks was announced, and this sees us return to Ashburton Library in April for this event, we have a pending announcement for a new venue for the Swap and Sell which we hope will be a lot better than previous venues. Andrew also announced that the club display build weekend has been relocated and rescheduled due to availability of the "special" kits. We will announce further news here.

The whole committee is looking forward to the coming year, where the club will be celebrating it's 50th anniversary with numerous events for members.

Here are some photos of the models on the tables and congrats to Andrew P for his model of the month Mig29.

Prospective member Nick had this very nice Porter on the table...

Rene had his Choctaw on display....

Uncle Les had these upsized space marines to show off...

Graham and Alex had Harrier fever...

and Laurence is still working on his devils chariot....

But to my mind the best piece of the night was Faz's car awesome work and detailing. Looks almost real.

Until the next post happy modelling.

Welcome to 2014

We start the new year for club meetings tonight with a return to our old meeting address at the Ashburton Library, 152 High St Ashburton.
Meeting time as usual at 7.45pm. It is a casual evening, so bring your models and come along for a yarn and a catch up.
Look forward to seeing you there.

Final post for 2013.

Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy new year to all.
This year was a great year for our club. 2014 promises to be even bigger and  better, being our 50th anniversary.
Our club ended the year on a great note with the annual end of year competition and dinner. We also got some great news and will be moving back to our meeting rooms at Ashburton Library in 2014. Something to look forward to.
Below I have added some pictures from the EoY comp and dinner.

Congratulations to Laurence Farrugia for winning model of the year with his SM81.

IPMS Club News.

Tuesday saw the running of the annual IPMS Trivia night. Congrats to the winning team - Michael L, Alex R and David C. They took home a massive prize bundle of modeling goodies this year including some excellent books. Look forward to them running the evening now next year....

We have some news from VHC.

Pre Christmas Thankyou and Celebration from Vic Hobby Centre

VHC will be extending it's hours on Friday 6th December until 9pm, putting on nibbles and slashing prices store wide as a way of saying thanks to all their customers for the support during 2013.

 For further details, contact Gino at VHC on 03 9650 4817.

 

Finally some news on the meeting front: We are in the process of booking the venue for next year. Hopefully we will be returning to our old meeting venue at Ashburton. More news as it develops.

Don't forget EOY Dinner and Competition on the 7th December at Ashburton Primary School, Ashburton.
The day kicks off at about 12pm. The competition portion of the day is free to all members and lunch of hot dogs and soft drinks is provided. A great way to catch up with fellow members and to get a good close look at their models.

The dinner part of the day kicks off at 6.30pm with pre dinner drinks and nibblies, followed by a presentation night and sit down catered dinner.
Mic B will be MC for the night, and as usual he has lots of fun activities planned. With this is also our world famous kit raffle and door prize give away.
Price for the dinner is $35 per person. Bring you partners and have a great night. Drinks are BYO.

We will see you there.

Bayonet Model Competition.

Saturday 9th November is the annual Bayonet Model Comp and display at the B24 Liberator in Werribee.
Competition, display and traders on site all proceeds to the aircraft restoration fund. Always a great day. Doors open at 9am for entries. See you there...

Dont forget Trivia nite is coming. Heaps of prizes, lots of laughs. Form a team and come in to participate.

Mic B

Eagles Day 2013 - Cancelled

A quick note for members that Eagles Day Model Competition in Melbourne run by Axis Eagles will not be held this year due to the sudden illness of the main organiser Keith Gaff.

On behalf of all IPMS members we wish Keith a speedy recovery.  

Andrew Perren.

September meeting models

Here are the 3 top placing models for the September meeting. 1st place Jason with his Merlin. 2nd place Andrew with his Huey and in 3rd Simon with his T34.