The meeting of March 11th, 2016 brought Nostalgia Night, hosted by Mike Terre and Dan Spera. Lots of old school kits and tools and paints were out on the tables. Several members also spoke of what they’d brought, be it the first kit they ever built, a gift from someone, or how a particular kit brought back specific memories.
MosquitoCon 25 business was discussed. Everything is on track for the show. See everyone on April 2nd!
Tonight there have been more updates to the site, including a list of sponsors of the show, added to the main MosquitoCon 25 page.
A list of MosquitoCon 25 Contest Trophy Sponsors has also been added to the website. Check out the Trophy Sponsorships MosquitoCon 25 page for the lists of sponsored categories, and those categories still available for purchase.
The March 2016 MosquitoGram has been uploaded, and can be downloaded from the Newsletter page.
MosquitoCon show information is being added continually to the MosquitoCon 25 page. Recently added items include the show’s Contest Categories and the Contest Rules.
The February 2016 issue of the MosquitoGram has been uploaded to the Newsletter page.
Also added to the Upcoming Events page is a link to the Old Dominion Open, a show later this month down Virginia way.
The first meeting of 2016 is in the books. Due to a delay in the Phantom group build completion, and likely post-holiday recovery, there was a light turnout on the contest table. Several Phantoms in progress did make a showing, however. John finished up his tree making tutorial, and many things MosquitoCon were discussed.
Next month’s meeting is on Friday the 12th of February. Have those Phantoms completed, and Big Bill will be giving a tutorial on quick and dirty LED lighting for models.
A new year, a new issue of the newsletter. The January 2016 MosquitoGram has been added to the website on the Newsletter page. Contents include photos from last month’s year-end party, including some excellent models that showed up for the Model of the Year contest. Also inside are updates on MosquitoCon, iHobby, and upcoming contest and seminar nights.
Added to the Newsletter page.
The New Jersey IPMS 2015 year came to a close on December 12th, with the annual party. Good food and good company were in abundance, as well as a great selection of the first-place winners from this year’s modeling contests.
We start of January with the F-4 Phantom group build completion, so if you took a kit please do all you can to make sure it’s finished by January’s meeting, and if not, bring along what you do have done.
Also for the January meeting, the tree building demonstration will continue. If you haven’t taken part yet, please feel free to join in, as the process will be described from the start, so everyone can catch-up.
The newsletter for December 2015 has been added to the Newsletter page. You can download it directly from there.
Other website updates are ongoing, not the least of which being the addition of information for all things MosquitoCon 25. Check back often for the flyer, dates and times, etc.
A little tardy in getting the photos uploaded from last month’s meeting, but here they are. We had a fantastic turnout for #13 Night. The rules were that the subject had to encompass the number 13 in some way, and you guys got really creative: we had aircraft from VF-13, a Zero that’s serial number added up to 13, a 2013 car, and a diorama with a house address of 13 on the tiny mailbox door.
Photos are below. December’s meeting is on the 11th, and we’ll be celebrating the holiday season with our annual party. See everyone there.
As part of remembering Wally Velechko’s life, there is a guestbook online where friends and family can sign in and say a few words for the family. Please click the below link if you’d like to pay your respects:
http://www.legacy.com/guestbooks/northjersey/walter-velechko-condolences/176306634?&eid=sp_gbapprove