Good day gents.  The August meeting went very well with 24 folks in attendance.  Every one say hi to our new member Coby!   Coby brought a super sharp US WW2 destroyer to show.  Welcome to the Ravenhood Coby.

We had several other guests attend and I am sure we made a good impression and they will join the chapter at the next meeting. It is so great to see the chapter continue to grow and to add to the talent pool – especially with Warhammer subjects!

It was great seeing John attend-he brought a stunning Quarles truck that he intends to take to Nats.  Good luck John!   Equally great was Ross being there and seeing his car carrier with luxury sports cars on it.  That will be at the PennCon show in September.  Good luck Ross!

Tom Lacy is our project manager for Ravencon 2026.  He will be recruiting members to help with the show so raise your hand to help out when he reaches out to you.   Club members can compete in Ravencon but members can only enter one subject per category.  Lets be gracious hosts!

September is the auction month so bring that kit you never will get to and are willing to have it be sold to raise funds for the club. Randy’s never-used 3D printer will be raffled.  The model theme for September are The Big Wars – so bring models of anything built from 1914-18 or 1939-45 civilian or military.   Remember December is helicopter month and the best helo builder gets a cake!  October is airbrush demo lessons and November Todd is giving an update fiber lighting demo.

Keep building!

Chris

Happy 249th birthday to all!  The July meeting was very good.  Mark’s insights into this year’s and follow on Nationals were interesting.  Mark’s industry insights were very interesting as well!  Get whatever kit(s) you want now!!

The vignette theme was a big hit.  Bruce’s WW1 tank was superb. Pats early USN jets were fantastic. Pat is good at doing the uncommon aircraft subjects.   Big and lil Bob’s cars were zoom-zoom good.  Kj’s self made flat bed trailer was superb.  Amazing skill.

Thanks once again to Scott for another good lecture on dio construction.  The completed Sinclair dio is going to an eye catcher for sure.

See you all in August.

Chris

Good days gents. The June meeting was packed and highlighted by the attendance of a new member!  The Cold War theme of the models on display.  The A-37 and USN cruiser were very sharp looking as were all the models.  Jeff’s trucks are getting ever bigger in scope and complexity.  Keep it going Jeff!

The July meeting theme is vignette, so bring your model on a grassy field display base to show off.  The August meeting will be Foreigner 4 themed.  Basically any model tied to any foreign country.  Polish, South African, German, whatever.  For Todd, a sci fi kit represents a model from the 5th Dimension so that would work too!

Nationals is coming up and best of luck to those entering.  Randy is one. Our member at large John is also entering.  Mark will be there as a vendor and possibly entering and Scott will enter too!  The Ravenhood will be well represented by these superb builders.  

See you all in July!

Chris

The meeting went very well with about 16 members attending. It was a pleasure to honor Marcin for his award as Region 2 Member of the Year for 2024!   

Scott gave an in depth presentation on rust applications using a blend of techniques he knows and a new product from AK that produces a rough texture for a 3d rust effect.  Thanks Scott for a great demo.  I did a short presentation on how bases can set your model off better and make it stand up (literally) from the crowd. 

We got a new member too!  Welcome Mark and thanks for your service with the Coast Guard. 

The models on the table were fantastic. Todd’s scratchbuilt Star Wars ships were stunning and Tom is becoming quite the figure modeler!  Pat’s P-40 was super; what a great save by Pat!  Mark’s sports car looked like it was ready to race!  Good job by all. 

Remember that June is the Cold War era theme. Bring a model or figure from that time frame (1960-1990).  Thanks Pat for the theme idea!

Chris

What a great meeting!  Lots of attendees and great discussions.  It was fantastic to have Scott talk about his article in the IPMS Journal and to see the new and improved Woody’s Garage diorama.  Scott is the man!

Speaking of the man as well, congrats to Randy and Mark on their recent contest wins!  Way to go guys.

As discussed, send your ideas for the March 2026 contest.  I would like to get this finalized by the next meeting to afford everyone time to build.  The first rule of the March contest will be no entries for any model/dio/vignette that has won anything anywhere- – it has to be a new build!

Several of us will be at NOVA Apr 12. Wear your club shirts to all who are going so we can show our colors and club camaraderie.  

Thanks to Tom Lacy for bringing samples and talking about that new paint he discovered.  He is a master at finding new tools and talking about them each meeting.

Thanks to all who have joined Discord.  It has been a great way  to share and communicate ideas and techniques.  Good on Chad for setting that all up for us all.

So far this year we have not had any lectures/presentations on skills. We pride ourselves on being a teaching club so let’s remember to do this.   Send me your “wish list” of topics to hear and learn about or tell me you want to present on X topic.  

-Chris