The OCIPMS meeting for April found the club in a different meeting room at the Church. Everyone seemed to like the room, a little smaller but with good lighting and enough room for all the contest tables. Turnout was good and two new members joined the club this month. The discussion for the meeting was building kits that are outside […]
Read moreSean Fallesen presided over the meeting this month and we had a good turnout with over 30 members in attendance. The topic this Month was canopy polishing and masking presented by Gordon Zuther. Gordon demonstrated many products and processes used to create crystal clear canopies for your models. The contest theme for March was MULTI-ENGINE/WING- Planes with multiple engines or […]
Read moreThe February OCIPMS meeting started with a review of club business presented by David Frederick – followed by viewing and voting on the models that members brought in for the meeting. The monthly presentation was “vintage models” – how to collect them and determine their rarity and value. Foster Rash and Herb Deeks brought in some very rare and interesting […]
Read moreThe first meeting for the Orange County IPMS in 2024 was well attended. The contest theme was older kits from the 80’s or earlier and there were a lot of kits on the tables representing the theme. It was also the best of the best contest for the best Theme and best Judge’s choice from 2023. We had a […]
Read moreThe last meeting for OCIPMS in 2023 was the famous distressed kit auction. Members added to their stashes and the club added to the operating fund. Thanks to all the boxes of kits in Dave’s garage, there were a load of items for the members to bid on. The December contest theme was Douglas Aircraft and there were many examples […]
Read moreThe November OCIPMS meeting included a presentation on making models and Christmas ornaments from aluminum cans! David Fredrick kicked off the meeting announcing the award of Newsletter and website of the year. Great job OCIPMS! Bob Penikas did a comprehensive presentation on model making using paper templates and aluminum cans. The process of making usable sheets of aluminum from coke […]
Read moreThe 2023 OrangeCon winners photos are now posted Click here to view all the photos
Read moreThe October meeting was held a few weeks after OrangeCon, so the program for the night was a review of OrangeCon and a showing of slides of the 2023 winners. Sean reviewed the pictures of the award-winning models from 2023 OrangeCon. The theme for October was Sci-Fi and Fantasy. About 14 models were on the tables and quite […]
Read moreThe September OCIPMS meeting was well attended and lots of great models were on display for the swinging 60’s theme. President David Frederick addressed the club members with club news and introduced the speakers for the night. The program for September was figure painting and five club members with vast experience in figure painting presented techniques for obtaining great figure […]
Read moreAugust was another hot night, but the fans cooled off the club members and we had a good turnout for the Panzer Theme monthly contest. Sean Fallesen started the off the meeting with club news and an appeal for members to help out at OrangeCon and the trophy sponsorships. The monthly topic was paint chipping Techniques. Julian English presented slides […]
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