Hello!
It’s that time of year when the model contest and show calendar starts to ramp up for us at FSM. As much as we like traveling to shows and taking photos of models, we can’t make it to every scale modeling event, but we do our best to get to a number of them. This year, you can find FSM at:
Mad City Modelers, Madison, WI, March 7
HeritageCon, Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada, March 29
AMPS, South Bend, IN, April 17-18
WrightCon, Dayton, OH, April 25
NNL Milwaukee, Franklin, WI, May 2
NNL North, Inver Grove Heights, MN, May 17
WonderFest, Louisville, KY, May 30-31
NimCon, McHenry, IL, June 13
IPMS/USA, Fort Wayne, IN, August 5-8
Midwest Scale Madness, Fort Atkinson, WI, September 12
NordicCon, Inver Grove Heights, MN, September 26
MMSI, Schaumburg, IL, October 17
ACME Southern Nationals, Cartersville, GA, October 24
If you find yourself at any of these events, make sure to come over and say hi! Also, if you enter models in the contest or place them on the table at an NNL, make sure to frequently check back to see if we’ve tagged of yours to photograph.
Also, we’ve started a new section in the magazine called One Great Model. We’ll choose models at the shows we attend for to include across the center spread of the magazine that will include closeups of detail, more information about you, the builder, and additional context about your model, why you built it, and techniques you used. You can see the first One Great Model in the upcoming May/June 2026 FSM.
I’ll update this schedule if there are any changes. And if you have any questions about FSM attending shows, fire away.
Thanks!
TK