Thank You! - HobbyTown USA

NOVEMBER 2010
The November meeting of
the Winnebago Auto
Modelers will be held on
Tuesday November 9th, at
7:00 PM, at Hobbytown USA
in Oshkosh. Meeting agenda
will include a club roundtable
discussion of projects, and
last minute planning and
discussion regarding the
Saturday, November 13th
Hobbytown Model Contest
that we will again be helping
Bob set up, manage and tear
down. As always member
participation is appreciated!
Thank You!
Thanks to those who read our
newsletter each month. Thanks
this month also go out to
Hobbytown USA in Oshkosh for
their support of our club, and
the Auto Modelers Group (AMG)
of Wisconsin, RI Bong Chapter
IPMS , IPMS/GTR Auto Modelers
and the Hoosier Model Car
Association (HMCA) for their
electronic newsletters. If you
are reading this, and have a
club newsletter that is not listed
here, we would be happy to
send you ours each month, in
return for your newsletter, just
let us know!
VOLUME 6
ISSUE 02
Winnebago Auto Modelers October Meeting Notes
The October meeting of the Winnebago Area Modelers was held on Tuesday, October
12th at Hobbytown USA in Oshkosh. Members present were Greg, Don, Matt, Rob and
Dave “the
Bookworm”. Our
Display case in
Hobbytown USA of
Oshkosh was
changed prior to the
meeting, we still have
some of our
members’ large scale
builds on display,
along with other
models built by our
members. The
bulletin board above
our display case
always has the latest
club newsletter on
display, thanks to Bill,
as well as photos
from our club
activities. Club
meeting activities
were a bit different,
as no completed or in
progress models were
on display, but there
was plenty of “look
what followed me
home from Toledo”
items for members to
check out, including:
Replicas and
Miniatures of
Maryland’s Lake style
header set for V8’s,
Modelhaus’s new
“artillery” wheel and
tire set, photo etch
detail set for a Ferrari
250 Testarosa, and
some art prints
scored by Don at
Road America. There were also some books and periodicals of car nature to peruse.
Support Your Local Hobby Shop!
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 13th, 2010
Oshkosh Hobbytown USA Annual
Fall Plastic Model Contest
Featuring the “Modern Musclecar
Meltdown” Challenge.
www.hobbytownoshkosh.com
December 12th , 2010
Milwaukee Miniature Motors
Swap Meet and Model Car
Contest Waukesha Expo Center.
See website at
www.milwaukeeminiaturemotors
.com or call Joan Dunn at 262646-4114 for more info.
D9’s Excellent Adventure
It has been a busy year for the scratchbuilt 1/25 th scale CAT 950 wheeled loader built by D9 Dave.
This collection of Evergreen & Plastruct styrene, K&S aluminum, billet aluminum, some AMT tires, a
parts box steering wheel, Tamiya thin styrene cement, and ALPS printed decals from hand drawn
artwork should be ready for an oil change, after making two trips to Milwaukee, a trip to Wausau
and out and back to Toledo. On its latest road trip, to the 2010 Jim Turek Classic Model Show in
Milwaukee on Saturday, October 30th. The 950
was awarded 3rd place in miscellaneous class,
and also picked up the Wayne Grinnell Best of
Show Award, a ham from Pecatonica Farms,
hence the “Ham Show” nickname that this
contest has been given through the years.
Dave’s Cat also dragged home some Lumber
from Wausau, the weekend after the NNL in
Toledo. Congrats, Dave!
April 9th, 2011 Auto Modelers
Group of Wisconsin (AMG) 19th
annual Milwaukee NNL. This
year’s theme is “Auction
Vehicles” Excellence Center,
Waukesha, WI Info contact
Scott Koch
scottiek1@charter.net
May 7th, 2011 Mad City
Modelers Contest, Madison, WI
Contact Kerry Fisk for info, 608438-1842
August 3-6, 2011 IPMS USA
National Convention / Model
Contest, Omaha, Nebraska
www.ipmsusa2011.org
If you know of any upcoming events
that you would like to see posted
here, or if you would like to correct a
posting already listed, please let me
know, Thanks!
Random Notes From the Hobby
- Model Roundup www.modelroundup.com has re-vamped their website with a classy “retro” look.
-ihobby expo 2010 was held in Chicago the weekend before Halloween, no real earth shattering
news broke at the expo, expect some classics to hit the shelves, some with new or long lost extra
parts. A 1/12th scale Mustang kit of the popular new body style is in the works, and re-releases of
kits such as the Double T kit with a stock height “Tall T” body among them.
-Moebius Models www.moebiusmodels.com has added an online store to make their kits more
accessible to hobbists. You can now pre-order the 1953 Hudson Hornet kit, the 1955 Chrysler C300
kit, the 2010 International Lonestar kit, and the long believed to be lost Vampirella figure kit
originally released by Aurora.
Up to no good in Toledo!