As usual, I’m writing in an inappropriate category, but I’m just comfortable on this side of the room. (Funny how you feel like you have befriended people you only know through a wire.)
The question is, is IPMS still active? Do they still make neat little products, like decal sheets, and remember those little finely etched Mustang parts that were in some sort of backing that had to be soaked in acetone to release the parts? No sprue. Why wasn’t that idea picked up by PE makers? Made for very thin, delicate parts that didn’t “leap” when cut. Anyway, how can I contact them if I want to join again?
I let all my memberships – IPMS, Aviation/Space Writers Assn., Dramatists Guild, Mickey Mouse Club – lapse when I had the insane idea to retire from journalism at 37, move to NYC, write books and plays, make models, and starve. Boy, I sure miss having women around to make the important decisions for me, leaving me time to just be brilliant.[;)]
IPMS is alive & in business. Their current address is: IPMS/USA, PO Box 2475, North Canton, Ohio, 44720-0475. You can find them on the web at ipmsusa.org.
They’re still around I’m a member of ipms Livonia MI good bunch of guys check out our website http://www.ipmslivonia.org/ipms/
And this is the National page.
Who is going to Phoniex?? Ya, know that National Convention… Because Im coming…
Tom,
There is a local branch in Brookly that you can check out
http://hometown.aol.com/BPMSClub/ should give you the contact info.
If you are looking to rejoin the National Organization, do it today.
Dues are going up $5 on July 1st. There is a membership application on the National site and you can pay with a credit card. http://www.ipmsusa.org/MemberServices/memberservices.htm
You can put my number in the referred by if you want #8739.
Welcome back to the fold (hopefully).
John,
I will be down there in August (doesn’t look like much of a commute for you [:)].
We have a poll going in another area here. Come on over and you can see at least some of the guys who are going.
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19714
And those spiffy little PE sets were made by Fotocut, who is still around if I’m not mistaken. I don’t think Fred has a website though.