The 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 moreNote from President David Frederick: The coronavirus is surging again and state and local guidelines and restrictions on indoor events such as our meetings seem to be changing almost daily. Our main concern is the safety of our members. So, if you plan to attend our meeting BRING A MASK to ensure your own safety and the safety of others attending the […]
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 moreOrangeCon 2021-Winners gallery: Ships: Submarines: Allied Tanks: Axis Tanks: Tanks – Patton: Tanks – Non Patton: Artillery & Open Top Self-Propelled Guns: Wheeled, Half Track, Tracked, Armored Vehicles: Wheeled, Half Track, Tracked, Un-Armored Vehicles: Medium Scale Military Vehicles Allied All types: Medium Scale Military Vehicles Axis All types: Small Scale Military Vehicles All types: Small Scale Military Vehicles (All types, […]
Read moreChanghuei Yang’s incredible scratch built Star Wars Sphyrna-class Hammerhead Corvette won Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy model and Best of show at the 2021 OrangeCon model contest.
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 moreOrangeCon 2021 contest results: 2021 OrangeCon winners list To view pictures of the winning models click Here
Read moreOrangeCon 2021 was held on Saturday, October 2nd starting at 9:00 with model registration, and completing with awards at 4:00 The final numbers are now in – there were 114 entrants and 570 models on display. With 54 categories available (including splits), there were 156 OrangeCon medallions handed out along with 9 special awards Click here for the list of OrangeCon […]
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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