Category Archives: Club Information

Farewell to Bill Brickhouse
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I have known Bill for many, many years, sharing time at Tidewater and HRSM club meetings, at get-togethers such as John Kelly’s St. Patrick’s Day parties, club socials like the annual summer picnics and for drives to modeling shows and … Full Article→

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Farewell to John Nugent
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John and his bonnie lass Ann have been attending HRSM club meetings for many, many years.  His obvious joy was in history and modeling was a tool he used to illustrate the events and lessons from the past.  His passion … Full Article→

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2013 ‘Old Dominion Open’ Contest in Richmond
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  Update as of 6 March, 2013: Well, it was another great show hosted by our Richmond modeling brethren.  Jerry Quick of the TAMS club posted a bunch of images in his FOTKI album, found HERE, while our own Dennis … Full Article→

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HRSM Website Statistics since Inception
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Attached is a .pdf file with our website statistics.  Pretty darn impressive for a little modelers group!   BTW, these stats ignore Robert Beach and Myself since we are always in here editing and such. Analytics HRSM Audience Overview 20120401-20130103 Your … Full Article→

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Passing of Michael T. Eberhardt, LCDR, USCG (ret.) 1945-2012
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As most members already know, our friend and clubmate Mike Eberhardt passed away November 6th at his home at the age of 67.   This is a shock to all who knew Mike and our club will be poorer for his … Full Article→

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Support the Troops – with models?
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2014.01.01:  Donations program established @ Hampton, Virginia VA Hospital – website. 2012.08.01: New pictures on the IPMS/USA website.   I recently found that IPMS/USA has an organized program aimed at getting modeling supplies to forward deployed troops.  This makes sense, … Full Article→

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Virginia Shootout 2012
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Well, the show at the Roanoke Civic Center was a success; RVIPMS reported approximately 350 entries were on the tables such that several categories had to be split.  Particularly impressive was the number (and quality) of the Junior entries.  The … Full Article→

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Scale Plastic Modeling Hour Radio Show
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If you do Facebook, you might want to check out the Scale Plastic Modeling Hour Radio Show.  The count is up to 23 episodes so far and the next live broadcast is due on 19 July, 2012 at 7 PM.  … Full Article→

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Elections Completed!
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Here are the Club Officers for 2012 as of the June meeting: President: Mike Nerino Vice President:  Mike Eberhardt Treasurer: Gary Telecsan Secretary: Ed Rose Chapter Contact: Robert Beach Club also voted on and accepted Ken Patrick as the club … Full Article→

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Price of Admission
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Most things folks do will have a cost associated with them although  ‘cost’ does not have to be solely defined as monetary in nature.  For example, the time and effort expended on taking in a movie is not available for building a … Full Article→

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