New Photo Hosting Added

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We’ve been going through the process of setting up a new photo hosting location for the club. When the old website went down and we set up the new one, we really had no idea how many hundreds, even thousands, of photos had accumulated over the years. While this website runs on WordPress and does beautifully handling that job, adding that many photos to the main database could possibly cause issues down the line, and would make data backups massive and ungainly.

We’re using ZenFolio for the large photo features, especially the MosquitoCon and other photo-intense features that we will have on the site. As of now, this and last year’s MosquitoCon photos are uploaded. As we finish tweaking the appearance of the site and adding new content, we will post here to let you know.

The main NJIPMS page at ZenFolio can be found here:

http://njipms.zenfolio.com/

 

June 2014 Meeting

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It was all about Mustangs at this Friday’s meeting; cars, planes, anything with the name. Marc Rocca took away top honors with his 1/48th scale P-51 in Chinese markings.

Other items discussed included next Sunday’s outing at Famous Dave’s BBQ, the upcoming Nationals, and the future of NJIPMS continuing to meet at the Knights of Columbus. Next month’s meeting will still be at the Knights, but keep an eye on the website and the next newsletter for any changes to this.

And now some photos…

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MosquitoCon “Best Of” Photos

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Just finishing up processing all of the photos from MosquitoCon 23. We’re working out a good photo hosting solution (WordPress runs this website and it’s a beautiful web solution, but we want to keep the thousands of photos separate for ease and disaster recovery security), but until everything is online, here are the “Best Of” winners.

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May Meeting and Other Updates

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IMG_0264The May meeting was an open contest and pizza party to celebrate the conclusion of MosquitoCon.  Besides a good turnout on the contest table, there were a lot of in-progress builds, and quite a few new kits in the box to drool over.

The meeting in June is at the same time and place, however that may very well be the last meeting at the Garwood Knights of Columbus. Details of a new venue will be discussed at the next meeting.

Also, the most recent newsletter has been uploaded to the Newsletter page.

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MosquitoCon 23 is in the Books!

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IMG_9766Some quick numbers:

  • 94 model registrants
  • 352 models entered
  • 357 walk-in spectators

The numbers were down slightly this year, as the AMPS show was on the same date in Virginia, and it showed in the armor categories, but other categories made up the difference. We had one of the largest ship turnouts in recent memory.

Best Aircraft, Best WWI Subject, and Best of Show went to Adrian Davies with his 1/32nd scale FE-2b from a Wingnut Wings kit. Photos of Adrian’s build are shown here. The other Best Of and all of the show entrants will be posted as soon as I can sort through the photos (it takes some time to sort and rename over 400 photos!)

Club Members: This months meeting on April 11th has been CANCELLED due to a scheduling conflict that the Knights of Columbus just informed us of. We’re on for meeting next month on May 9th.

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MosquitoCon 23 is a GO.

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Just a last-minute note to let everyone know that MosquitoCon 23 is as ready as it’s ever gonna be, and we’re all set to open the doors at the Wayne PAL at 9 a.m. this coming Saturday, April 5th. For information on entry fees, rules, contest categories, etc., check out the MosquitoCon 23 page.

There’s still time to sponsor IMG_8671a trophy package if you wish. Check out the Trophy Sponsorship page for information on how to do so, and for a list of who has already sponsored, and what categories are still available. Sponsor in the name of your club, organization, or business and we’ll give you a link on the Trophy Sponsorship page, and mention you during the awards ceremony.

See everyone on Saturday!