January 7, 2018 at 11:17 am | Blog | No comment
Happy New Year! Hope all is well with you and your families.
The Houston Automotive Modelers Society’s first meeting of 2018 will take place at 7:00 this coming Friday (January 12) at our usual location of the Trini Mendenhall Community Center. We’ve got several things happening at this meeting.
First, dues are due. $20 for adults and $15 for anyone under the age of 18.
Second, it will be raffle night. All dues paying members may participate in our quarterly kit raffle. Hence, a good reason to pay your dues on Friday.
Third, we have big news in regards to our model car show this summer. Rob will have the details. (And don’t worry, its all good.)
And finally (at least as far as I know), I have a box of model cars in various stages of build to give away for free. Rick Cotton from IPMS-Houston acquired them somewhere is is giving them us (’cause he’s not a car guy).
January 2, 2018 at 5:08 pm | Blog | No comment
Below is our annual list of model shows & contests (mostly in Texas and Louisiana) that may be of interest to Houston area car modelers in 2018.
January 28; Lake Charles, LA
IPMS-SWAMP CALMEX
February 17; San Antonio, TX
IPMS-Alamo Squadron ModelFiesta
March 3; Farmers Branch, TX
IPMS-Metroplex Car Modelers’ Association Showdown
March 24; Bossier City, LA
IPMS-Red River Modelers RiverCon
April 7; Kenner, LA
IPMS-New Orleans Great South Tigerfest
April 28; Stafford, TX
IPMS-Houston Modelmania
June 2; Grapevine, TX
IPMS-North Central Texas Scalefest
June 21-23; Grapevine, TX
Squadron Eaglequest
July 21; Spring, TX
IPMS-HAMS Twelfth Annual Model Car Show and Contest
Our own show!
August 1-4; Phoenix, AZ
IPMS-USA National Convention
September 8; Arlington, TX
IPMS-Fort Worth Supercon
September 29; Covington, LA
IPMS-North Shore Scale Modelers AutumnCon
October 6; Austin, TX
IPMS-Austin Scale Modelers Society Capitol Classic
We will update this list as more info becomes available.