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Our club meetings are held on the first Monday of each month. We meet from 7pm to 9pm at Fundemonium in Rohnert Park. Our general format is a brief business overview for the attendees followed by Show ‘n’ Tell. When members are finished discussing their models, we have a demonstration/presentation and a door prize giveaway to round out the evening. The executive branch holds the club business meeting during the hour before the regular meeting, at 6pm. All are welcome to attend our club meetings, and everyone is highly encouraged to bring any completed projects or anything in progress.

Fundemonium is located in the Expressway Center located at 579 Rohnert Park Expy, Rohnert Park, CA 94928

2024 Meetings
    Presentation Contest
January   Survey Results N\A
February   Canopies with Jack N\A
March   Sprue Rigging with Mike N\A
April   Tools & Supplies To Make Scale Modeling Easier with James N\A
May   Salt Weathering N\A
June   Open Judging Clinic TAMIYA KITS
July   Panel Lining with TBC N\A
August   Cutting Machine with James N\A
September   TBA N\A
October   TBA N\A
November   TBA N\A
December   TBA TBD

That’s a wrap, folks!

Evolution 2024 is in the books!

First, we’d like to thank all of the outstanding people who supported our first foray into the Open Judging System. Thank you to all of the judges who volunteered their time to learn and execute a new system. Your help was truly appreciated. Thanks to all of the volunteers who helped setup and run this party. Thanks to all of the attendees and contestants – without you we couldn’t call it a model show. Thanks to the vendors who showed up to sell their wares. And thanks to everyone who stepped up at the last minute to get the show on the road, so to speak.

There were 80 contestants who put 325 models on the tables. That’s 50 models over what we had last year! Certainly a high-water mark in recent memory for us. The open judging went very smoothly overall. The bulk of the judging was done by 1:00pm, and the balance of the time was spent determining the Best Of’s from the Gold medal winners. Of course, there were a few hiccups, and they will be addressed by next year. From what we’ve been hearing among the modelers in attendance and the spectators, we got favorable reviews.

So, thank you from us to everyone who helped and supported the show. We’ll see you in 2025!

The contest form is here!

I know everyone is waiting for the arrival of The Form. It’s now here for your perusal. Just download, fill out, and bring it with you on Saturday morning. The doc contains a list of the categories on the second page. I’ve listed the categories below for the window shoppers…

Categories:
1 Aircraft/Spacecraft (Military and Civilian)
2 Automotive and Motorcycles
3 Armor (all military vehicles)
4 Figures (Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Historical)
5 Diorama
6 Miscellaneous (vignette, etc.)
7 Ships
8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy
9 Gundam
10 Junior (12-17 years of age)
11 Kids (under 12 years of age)

Remember, the doors open at 9am, and registration runs until 12pm.

If you’re bringing more than eight models, thanks! Just use two forms in that case. As always, do not fill out the shaded areas on the form – we’ll take care of that.

2024 Model Registration Form

Build Nite!

Hello,

Another month has passed and a build night is coming this Friday, August 13th, from 6-9PM. Of course, we’re having it at Fundemonium, in the Expressway Center, 579 Rohnert Park Expy, Rohnert Park, CA 94928.

For those who missed the last meeting we will be having Discord Build nights coming soon. Discord works much like a Zoom meeting with audio and video, so we can build from our benches and engage with each other via the Discord server. A future email will include a Discord invite and a date and time for the first virtual build night.

Look forward to seeing you at Build night!

Dean , The Prez

Model meeting! 08/05/2024

Greetings,

Our next monthly meeting is August 5th at Fundemonium (579 Rohnert Park Expressway, Rohnert Park). Regular meeting is from 7-9PM with the business meeting beforehand starting at 6:30PM.
We will have a show and tell session, raffle and a “tips and Tricks” session with our new club Secretary James Morando.
Last month the club voted for our new IPMS Santa Rosa Board members. The new Board is:
Dean Wallace, President
Ray Kummer, Vice President
Chris Zanella, Treasurer
James Morando, Secretary

I would like to thank Dev Sodagar(president), Greg Reynolds(treasurer) and Jack Riggar(secretary) for their time as IPMS SR board members. Your dedication, experience and knowledge has been greatly appreciated.

The Scale Model Show: Evolution!

The Scale Model Show returns in 2024 with The Scale Model Show: Evolution!

The nitty gritty:

Theme: Evolution
Date: October 12th, 2024
Location: The Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5401 Snyder Ln, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm

Information/Vending: showcoordinator@ipmssantarosa.org

We are moving to an open system for judging! The judging guidelines and rules can be found at the following links:

The Judging Guide The Judging Rules

More details to follow…

Meetings of 2023

Our club meetings are held on the first Monday of each month. We meet from 7pm to 9pm at Fundemonium in Rohnert Park. Our general format is a brief business overview for the attendees followed by Show ‘n’ Tell. When members are finished discussing their models, we have a demonstration/presentation and a door prize giveaway to round out the evening. The executive branch holds the club business meeting during the hour before the regular meeting, at 6pm. All are welcome to attend our club meetings, and everyone is highly encouraged to bring any completed projects or anything in progress.

Fundemonium is located in the Expressway Center located at 579 Rohnert Park Expy, Rohnert Park, CA 94928

2023 Meetings
  Theme Presentation Quarterly Contest
January New Scribing with Randy N\A
February Oldest Model Wood Grain with Jack N\A
March Ugliest Model <skipped> Gunpla\Mecha
April Worst Model Faces with Dev N\A
May Most Colorful IPMS Judging Clinic N\A
June Shiniest Model Static Grass with Bob Random Raffle Category
July Patriotic Ambulance Kits with Mark N\A
August Hottest Model Sludge Washes with Jack N\A
September Learned A Lot TBA Figure Painting
October What Have you been working on? Making Water with Bob N\A
November What Have you been working on? TBA N\A
December What Have you been working on? TBA Christmas Mayhem

Meeting! 06/05/2023

Our next meeting will be on June 5th, 2023 at 7:00pm. We’re now holding the business meetings prior to the meeting at 6:00pm. We meet at Fundemonium: Expressway Center, 579 Rohnert Park Expy, Rohnert Park, CA 94928

We will be discussing the recent Show at the meeting. All the usual stuff, what worked, what didn’t, how much moolah we got…

This month will also be the second quarterly contest of 2023! Now is your chance to reclaim that five bucks you lost to Tom Bolah. If you’re not sure what that means, you need to attend this meeting, and bring your quarterly contest entry. As always gift certificates will be awarded for first, second, and third place.

Our theme this month is your Shiniest Model. So bring in those shiny models to show off – the shinier, the better. We’ll provide the sunglasses (if the budget allows it)… We also strongly encourage you to bring the latest and greatest project on your bench. It doesn’t have to be complete – works in progress are great! This month’s demonstration is title “Static Grass with Bob”, demonstrated by the inimitable Bob Sabia.

Meeting! 03/07/2023

Alrighty, time to get things squared away for our next meeting. Let’s get the formalities out of the way… 

Monday, March 7th, at 7:00pm at Fundemonium. For those who don’t know, Fundemonium is located in the Expressway Center, 579 Rohnert Park Expy, Rohnert Park, CA 94928. Our business meetings take place one hour prior to the club meeting. So, get there at 6:00pm and have a say in the club’s goings on.

This month’s theme is “Your Ugliest Model.” Bring in those unsightly projects, finished or underway, and tell your story! This month is also our Q1 Quarterly Contest, “Gunpla/Mecha.” So, bring in your finished gunpla and/or mecha projects this quarter for fun and prizes. Remember, your quarterly entry must have been built, or a majority of the work done, in this quarter. We will also have a drawing for the Q2 Quarterly Contest, more on that below.

Our own Mr. President, Dev Sodagar, will be performing a demonstration of figure face painting. He’ll be getting us ready for our Q3 Quarterly Contest.

Now, more about the Q2 contest. We’re calling this contest “Random Raffle,” and the idea is to build something that you wouldn’t normally build. Your moving out of your comfort zone. First, some ground rules… There is a $5 ‘buy in’ for this contest. You will need to put $5 into the pot in order to draw a category. This is to encourage people to actually submit something for the category they drew. If you enter something for your category at the Q2 contest in June, you get the $5 back regardless of how well you do. If you don’t enter anything, that’s cool – the $5 will go into the club funds. The categories that we will be drawing from are listed below. There will two tickets of each of these categories in the raffle tumbler to draw.

Q2 Categories:

  • Miscellaneous
  • Single & Multi Engine Jet
  • Single & Multi Engine Prop
  • Bi-Plane
  • Civilian Aircraft
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Military Vehicles – Soft Skinned
  • Armoured Fighting Vehicles
  • Towed/Tracked Artillery
  • Ships Powered – All types
  • Ships Sailing – All types
  • Submarines
  • Automotive – All types
  • Space Vehicles Sci-fi & Fantasy
  • Space Vehicles and Missles – Real
  • Figures – Real and Historical
  • Figures – Sci Fi and Fantasy
  • Gundam & Articulated Mecha

Meeting! 02/06/2023

Our next meeting will be on Monday, February 6th, 2023 at 7:00pm. We’re now holding the business meetings prior to the meeting at 6:00pm. We meet at Fundemonium: Expressway Center, 579 Rohnert Park Expy, Rohnert Park, CA 94928

Our theme this month is “Yout Oldest Model”. So dust off those ancient relics and bring them in to show off – finshed or in-progress, it doesn’t matter. If it’s old enough, we’ll all marvel at it with a gleam in our eyes. Except for the younger members, they’ll just look at us weird. This month’s demonstration is provided by Jack Riggar and covers painting a wood grain surface.