Next meeting, 18 Jan at 7:00 p.m.

Posted on January 16, 2012 by admin

Our January meeting is right around the corner on Wednesday, 18 January at 7:00 pm at the Leavenworth Public Library. Congratulations to the new club officers– president Ron Reynolds, vice president Shane Curtis, treasurer JW Dirske, and secretary Mark Gerges. Joining the board is a new position– newsletter editor Gary Ruhnke.

Thanks go to last year’s board, particularly outgoing president Ed Burgess and vp Rick Brownlee. Ed was the president for the past two years, and gave the club some continuity as we grew as well as a dry sense of humor.

The 18 January meeting will have the normal “Show What ya’ Brung” as well as a demo on the hairspray technique for chipping paint on heavily weathered models. We hope you can make it.

Meeting 16 November

Posted on November 15, 2011 by admin

Hello all, just a reminder that our monthly meeting will be held on 16 November at 7:00 p.m. at the Leavenworth Public Library. Bring what you are working on; the only major piece of business is the nominations are open for the club board and voting will be at the December meeting. Hope to see you there!

Thanks for coming to the contest!

Posted on September 27, 2011 by admin

The special theme award for the best Desert Storm subject being presented to Scott Johnson for this 1:35 Iraqi T-55.

It was a beautiful fall day in downtown Leavenworth, and we had a good turn out of models and modelers from across the region come to the show. The header across the page shows the USS Massachusetts, the Judges’ choice for Best in Show. Check back in the next few days as we add photos and captions of the winners in the various categories. Save the date– we have the venue (Heritage Center again) and IPMS just approved our 2012 show date– Saturday, 22 September. See you at the regional shows coming up in the next few weeks.

Thanks again to all the modelers who came out, vendors who filled our vendor room, and member of other clubs who volunteered to help judge. We couldn’t have done it without you all.

IPMS Prison City Modelers

Tommorrow is the day!

Posted on September 23, 2011 by admin

Hope to see you all in Leavenworth for the model contest. The venue is looking good, and we’ve expanded into a separate vendor’s room due to the turn-out. Doors will open at 0900 for registration, and to save time you can fill out your forms tonight (go to the contest pages for the blank forms).
Parking will be a little tight in front of the building due to a bicycle race in town this weekend, but there is plenty of parking a block west and around back (south side) of the Heritage Center. There will even be a live band next door beginning at 1:00 p.m. (due to the bike race, not us!). Hope to see you in Leavenworth enjoying this beautiful fall weather.

Upcoming meeting, 17 August

Posted on August 13, 2011 by admin

Hello all, just a reminder that we’ll have our monthly meeting on Wednesday, 17 August at 7:00 p.m. at the Leavenworth Public Library. Discussion will include bragging from Rick on the Nationals, a vacuform demo from Andy, and seeing that we are only a little more than a month away from our contest, some final coordination and planning to make sure all goes smoothly.

Andy Prawitz's scratch built wings for an early seaplane.

Hope to see you all there– bring anything you are working on.

We’re back!

Posted on July 23, 2011 by admin

IPMS Prison City Modelers are back! You’ll notice a new website (without much content right now) but keep checking back over the next few days for more information on our 24 September 2011 contest. Until then, finish your projects- the Nationals are just around the corner.

Our next meeting is 17 August at the Leavenworth Public Library. We’ll be discussing the upcoming contest in September, as well as having a technique demo and “show what ya’ brung” to show off what we are working on. Modelers of all ages are welcome. Hopefully we’ll have some trophies and war stories from the Nationals to share too!