Hello All!!!
I am looking to get back into modeling and rememberd FSM from years ago so a google search later and here I am!!!
Shnake
Welcome back.
Thanks!
I’m going to be in your neck of the woods in Feb. We are dropping off our son at Fort Eustis in New Port News for his Advanced school.
Thats a long trip to drop him off for school. [:D]
Only pulling your leg, wrong Norfolk. Mine is the original one, Norfolk East Anglia UK. Its not the first time [;)]
Welcome back to the Forums Shnake! Glad to have you back with us!
Jim [cptn]
Welcome to the Forums!
Ah, a Landsmann! Welcome back! You’re not too far north of me, I’m in Bethlum.
I look forward to seeing your builds!
Best regards,
Brad
Hey Brad!
Just out of curiosity did you ever work for Verizon???
Welcome to FSM Forums.
Toshi
I’m in the Bethlehem area as well. Been thinking of starting a club where interested folks can get together, talk, show off builds, demonstrate techniques… maybe even do a build together.
I was a member of a group like that which met at the HobbyTown on MacArthur Rd; it was kinda fun. We even did their annual contest; I brought my light tent and camera and took snaps of all the entries. Then Jeff sold the business, retired to Costa Rica and I haven’t seen the guys since.
Any interest in something like that?
And hi Schnake! [:)]
Welcome to the forums! [B] [snWcm]
Say nahw vunce!
I belong to the DelVal Scale Modelers out of Philly, but I’d be interested in meeting with other locals up here.
About 10 years ago, maybe a little longer, there was a flyer on the counter at HobbyTown, announcing the start of a local modeling club, with a debut meeting to be held up at Trains & Lanes outside of Nazareth. I went up there on the designated evening, and no one ever showed up. I asked the guys at Trains & Lanes if they knew anything about it, and they said they never heard of it. That was the last I ever heard of any effort to start a club.
I remember seeing the guys who’d gather at HobbyTown, but I was only ever there to stop in and pick up supplies.
Yeah, it was over a year ago, maybe two now, that Jeff moved the store from the location across from the Lehigh Valley Mall, to the one up MacArthur Road. It’s not as visible, but the one girl who worked there said that the landlord at the other location priced them out of it. I got an email back in the fall, then, too, announcing a new owner.
I remember the contests, too. They haven’t had them for a number of years, which is a shame. I recall that they got sponsorship from some of the mainstream manufacturers–maybe it was Tamiya? They also used to solicit, or accept, models for display in the store. I always thought it was a great idea, because it’d encourage people to build–and buy their kits there in the store. But that was dropped, too, though I think I recall asking about it and they said there had been too much fuss from some of the modelers.
It’s a good idea, keep it informal, but ask someone like Hobbytown if they’d host having people come in and build. It seems to be common enough, from what I read in the various IPMS club newsletters, and from what I hear from my local buddies in DVSM.
Maybe even Yocco’s would agree to host a meetup…
Me? No, though they’re my phone provider. I work in IT, testing software. I like to see if I can break things.
We had a small club that met at Jeff’s until he retired. Maybe eight guys regularly. We had a contest with a few dozen entries back in April. I took first place in the Miscellaneous category! : )
And they still have a model display case, I may try to get my two measly builds in there.
I may try to get the band back together, it was fun. I’d like a club where we build stuff to share techniques rather than just talk and do show-and-shares.
Yeah, we solicit presentations from the members, demonstrations or seminars. A lot more of the knoweldge exchange occurs more as we mingle and look at each other’s models, though.
A couple of us have been talking about bringing works-in-progress along and working on them during the meeting, to see if we can get the ball rolling. I’ve read that some clubs do that as a matter of course, but most seem to do show-and-share.
A couple of us, though, have started getting together at one guy’s house or another, for a meet-up. Most recently, we got together on the Thursday after Christmas. It was only three of us, but we went from around noon till about 3 in the morning, mostly painting, but working on techniques, swapping stories, pounding some beers and having chili for supper. All the while, we had BBC/America’s “Star Trek” marathon playing in the background. A great time!
Now that sounds like a club! [:D]