MosquitoCon, Last Minute, By the Numbers

Posted on April 2, 2015 by New Jersey IPMS

MosquitoconComposite3 Here’s a list of last minute information for all of those attending (or thinking of attending) MosquitoCon 24, this coming Saturday the 4th of April.

1. Doors open at 9 a.m. Check this website for information on fees, directions to the show venue at the Wayne, NJ, Police Athletic League (PAL). Also, cut down on your registration time by downloading and filling out the Contest Registration Form before you arrive.

2. The vendors are booked and ready to sell. The main vendor room is sold out. Be sure to check out the vendors in the main contest room as well.

3. For those that wish to help with judging, you will, as always, be fed. The judges meeting will be held around 11:30 a.m. Listen and look for announcements on where to meet for the meeting and lunch.

4. The Make-N-Take will start at 1 p.m. Listen and look for specifics.

5. We have only ONE remaining trophy packages that has yet to be sponsored. Interested in having your name or business linked to on this website and mentioned at the show? Check the Trophy Sponsorship page and Contact Us if you would like to sponsor a trophy package for $35 per category.

That’s all from here. If you have any questions, ask us. We’ll be live updating the Facebook page during the day of the show.

MosquitoCon 24 Information Added

Posted on March 14, 2015 by New Jersey IPMS

We continue to add more information for MosquitoCon 24 to the website. We’ve added the list of vendors that have donated to the show raffle, and updated the list of trophy sponsors. There are still trophy packages left to sponsor, just $35 for a mention on this website, a link to your own website, and mention at the show’s awards ceremony. Contact Us if you would like to purchase a sponsorship.

Continue to check back over the next few days for a list of the vendors attending, and any further information that comes in.

Trophy Sponsors Needed

Posted on March 8, 2015 by New Jersey IPMS

If you or your organization would like to sponsor a trophy package for MosquitoCon 24, head over to the Trophy Sponsorship page and pick a category and let us know. Packages are only $35 per category sponsored, and it gets you free press here on the website and during the day of the show.

March Meeting Notice: One Week Earlier!

Posted on February 17, 2015 by New Jersey IPMS

All NJIPMS members, please be aware that due to a scheduling conflict with the hall, we will be meeting one week earlier. March 6th will be the meeting date. That is almost one month to the day before MosquitoCon, so have any last minute questions ready, and decide where you want to volunteer during the day of the show.

MosquitoCon 24 Contest Entry Forms Added

Posted on February 16, 2015 by New Jersey IPMS

The contest entry forms have been added to the MosquitoCon 24 page. Download it and fill it out before arriving at the show to cut down on your time in line.

MosquitoCon 24 Information Added

Posted on February 15, 2015 by New Jersey IPMS

A new flyer with the contest categories has been added to the MosquitoCon 24 information page. Also information pages have been linked that have the contest rules and the contest categories. Once available, the registration for and the trophy package sponsors will be added.

February Meeting

Posted on February 13, 2015 by New Jersey IPMS

Friday the 13th turned out pretty well for the club meeting. The long anticipated Tin Can Group Build wrapped up, with Marc Rocca taking top honors for his destroyer build. Marc also demonstrated using EZ Line as a super-fine rigging material by showing how to strip it down to smaller individual fibers. There was also a find display of other kits on the table, everything from Century Series fighters to in-progress plank-on-frame sailing ships.

NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS: The March meeting will be a week earlier, on March 6th. There is a conflict with our usual meeting date.

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Hydrofoil Exhibit

Posted on February 6, 2015 by New Jersey IPMS

Added a few photos of the Hydrofoil Exhibit that will be at the National Museum of the United States Navy to the Features page. Thanks to Michael Dobrzelecki for the photos, and good job on the exhibit.

You can find the feature HERE.

AHOFCON1 Plastic Model Swap Meet, March 15th

Posted on February 5, 2015 by New Jersey IPMS

Mike Terre sent in information from a mailing he received for AHOFCON 1, the first annual Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey’s plastic model kit swap meet. The event will be Sunday, February the 15th, at the Teterboro Airport.

A copy of the mailer, and a link to the event information on the Fine Scale Modeler website have been added to the Upcoming Events page.

Workshop at the February Meeting

Posted on January 29, 2015 by New Jersey IPMS

Marc Rocca will present a workshop on the oil paint dot filter technique at the February meeting. You can see the technique in-progress to the left on his current build, a Type XXVII/B “Seehund” Midget Sub, Bronco 1/35th scale. (He’s also doing an online build of this subject on the Modelwarships.com website HERE)

Marc will also touch on rigging, using a new method to make finer strands of the popular rubberized EZ-Line.