The Leavenworth Model contest, hosted by the IPMS Prison City Modelers begins on Saturday, 5 October. The doors open at 9:00 to the general public, and registration ends at noon when we start judging. The awards ceremony begins at 3:00 p.m. sharp!

The vendor room is full, and we have a great collection of kits and modeling products for the raffle. The registration forms (you’ll need at least two– one for each model, one for the modeler) are on our contest page, as is the categories for the judging.

Hope to see you at the Heritage Center, 109 Delaware on Saturday.

Hello all, we are already through the first week of September.  The weather is beautiful, which means it is harder to get inside and finish those builds. 

Just a reminder, the annual Leavenworth model show and contest is now the first weekend of October.  That will be Saturday, October 5, 2024 and will be at the Heritage Center, 109 Delaware Street in downtown Leavenworth.  We were forced to move it later in the Autumn due to Camp Leavenworth, the town’s new annual festival that ended up coinciding with our contest weekend.  Unfortunately, the parking around the Heritage Center was all blocked off for the festival, so we deiced to move it a little later.

If you haven’t been to the IPMS Prison City Modeler’s contest, it is located downtown Leavenworth, the historic first city of Kansas.  Within walking distance of our venue to a carrousel museum, lots of good restaurants (Mexican, Thai, diners, sweet shops, and two new breweries which opened in the last two years). A little farther afield, less than two miles, is the Frontier Army Museum on Fort Leavenworth (open to the public; you’ll need to go to the visitor center to get a pass to the fort), Richard Allen Cultural Center, Leavenworth County Museum, and many more sites. Leavenworth was the birthplace of Buffalo Bill Cody, candidate Abraham Lincoln spoke here, and famous generals such as Eisenhower, Patton, Sherman (was a lawyer in town before the Civil War), MacArthur have all called Leavenworth home.  Come for the weekend.

The vendor room is full; please help us get the word out with the attached flyer.  Hope to see you in Leavenworth on October 5; doors open at 9:00 a.m.

Hello, the June chapter meeting will be on June 19 at 6:30 p.m. at our normal location, the Pilgrim Community Church, 500 Arch Street.

We will have our normal “Show What ya’ Brung,”, a demo by High Palmer(N scale railroads) and stimulating conversation! You won’t want to miss it.

If you haven’t heard, our 15th annual Leavenworth Model Show will be on October 5, 2024. We are in the same venue, the Heritage Center, right in the heart of downtown Leavenworth. We still have some vendor tables available, so email Mark to reserve yours.

The IPMS Prison City Modeler’s monthly meeting with be at 6:30 p.m. at the Pilgrim Community church, 500 Arch Street. We hope you can join us.

Bring you latest projects; it doesn’t matter what state– almost done, or you just opened the box.