The June meeting was the distressed kit auction – members brought in new kits, old slightly used kits, and heavily started kits for the bidders to go for. David started off the meeting with news about a venue change for OrangeCon – the Holiday Inn Buena Park (soon to be the DoubleTree by Hilton) Click here for information on the […]
Read moreThe May OCIPMS meeting was held at Brookhurst Hobbies – thanks to Brookhurst Hobbies for hosting and providing a discount to OCIMPS members for the night. David kicked off the meeting with the latest news and announcements including OCIPMS awards for Region VIII website of the year and Newsletter of the year! Tamiya USA did a very interesting presentation on […]
Read moreApril was a build night for the OC Club, and we had a strong turnout with over 25 members working on their latest builds. President David Frederick kicked off the meeting with club news and upcoming events, then the building began. The contest theme was – “OUT OF OUR PASTS – Any kit you remember building during your youth” Contest results: […]
Read moreThe March meeting was well attended, and a good number of models were on display. The monthly theme was “Lighting and Thunderbolts” (P-38’s and P-47’s). Contest results After the meeting kick off and voting for the monthly contest, we settled in for a detailed presentation by Nat Richards on the development and history of the P-47 starting with the early […]
Read moreThe February OCIPMS meeting was kicked off by President Dave Frederick reviewing up-coming events, club business, and open E-board positions Click here for the event calendar. The contest tables were filled with models displayed by club members and representing the monthly theme which was “Out of the Box” for February. Contest results: Monthly contest Entries -February 2022 The program for […]
Read moreThe IPMSOC club kicked off the new year with a great meeting and model contest. The contest theme was models with tribal names, attendance was a little light due to continued COVID concerns here in So Cal, but a lot of fine models were on display on the contest and display tables. We also held the “Best of” 2021 Theme […]
Read moreThe December OCIPMS meeting – was the famous distressed kit auction! The club did well and the members were able to load up on kits, accessories, and paint. The December model contest theme was winter white wash – contest results: Winners – December 2021 2021 was quite a year – we started with on-line Zoom meetings and in July […]
Read moreThe November OCIPMS meeting featured a slide show of the models from OrangeCon. The OrangeCon gallery is posted Here The November contest Theme was the “shelf of doom” – where many examples of models that had been rescued or remade from distressed kit purchases were displayed. Contest results: Contest Results- November 2021 Another great meeting for the OCIPMS – remember […]
Read moreOctober was a build night for the OCIPMS club. The members brought models they won at the OrangeCon raffle or have been working on in the past few weeks. Dave started off the meeting and got the group going on their builds Build night is a good time get some work done on those backlogged models and discuss building […]
Read moreThe September meeting was used to prepare for OrangeCon which will be held in two weeks on October 2nd. No contest this month, but several models were on display and some were used for judging training provided by our contest director Dan Mathews and helped by Mark Deliduka. Club members spent time discussing their roles at the contest and what […]
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