Passing of Michael T. Eberhardt, LCDR, USCG (ret.) 1945-2012
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Posted on November 13, 2012 by

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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Holiday Raffle Survey
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Posted on October 2, 2012 by

HOLIDAY RAFFLE SURVEY RESULTS: Total of ten responders, with 1 nay-sayer and 1 no input so eight guys made actual inputs to the survey with multiple ‘selections’ possible.  Most of the standard modeling scales had at least one ‘hit’ (1:144 … Full Article→

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Americans in Wartime Museum Open House
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Posted on August 21, 2012 by

UPDATE: Six members of our local modeling fraternity took the drive to experience the Open House: Joe Koenig, Clint Mills, Jack Cairns, Dennis Tennant, Scott Bregi and Robert Beach.  Look for new walkaround gallery postings for fresh reference pictures for … Full Article→

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Support the Troops – with models?
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by

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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Posted on July 11, 2012 by

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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