Category Archives: Seminar

January Meeting

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Good day all, and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Can you believe it’s almost 2024?!  This is your reminder about our upcoming meeting on Wednesday, January 3rd from 7 to 9 PM.

Join us for a very interesting presentation by Harvey Low on the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Harvey spent a week at the famed battle site of Custer’s Last Stand back in June 2023, as part of the 137th anniversary of the battle, including a reenactment!  Hear the fun facts and trivia behind the participants of this famed battle.

As always we will also hold our “On the Tables” segment, so please bring your creations for all to view and enjoy!

Our monthly meetings take place the FIRST Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  Doors are open around 6:45pm, so members may arrive early to setup. 

Meeting location is:

Royal Canadian Legion Hall
Wilson Branch #527
948 Sheppard Ave W, North York, M3H 2T6 

We look forward to seeing you all there!

December Meeting

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Just a reminder about our upcoming meeting on Wednesday, December 6 from 7 to 9 PM.

We will be holding our Flea Market during the first half of the meeting. 

During the second half of the meeting, we are pleased to welcome Garfield Ingram as our guest speaker with a presentation entitled ‘A Visit to The First World War Western Front’.

Garfield is a long-time member of IPMS Toronto, specializing in aircraft.  In the last number of years, he has been focusing his attention on the first World War, building a variety of aircraft subjects in 1/48th and 1/32nd scale. He has taken two trips to the western front which include two hot spots- The Somme and Ypres. His Somme tour will take you along on seeing the area from the air, from a pilot’s perspective. He flew the low level route of Von Richthofen’s final flight and photographed the crash site from the air.

The second half of the presentation will be of his trip to one of Canada’s most significant areas, the Ypres salient. He will show shots of many of the significant areas where our Canadian boys fought like Paaschendale Ridge. He will bring along a few models of WW1 aircraft as well and will be happy to discuss techniques like rigging with you.

Our monthly meetings take place the FIRST Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  Doors are open around 6:45pm, so members may arrive early to setup. 

Meeting location is:

Royal Canadian Legion Hall
Wilson Branch #527
948 Sheppard Ave W, North York, M3H 2T6 

We look forward to seeing you all there!
We’re still renewing memberships for both IPMS Toronto and Fort York AMPS so if you’re interested to renew your membership don’t hesitate to see David Chang-Sang in the “kitchen alcove” at the meeting locaiton.  A reminder; memberships are the following amounts:IPMS Toronto Membership Only – $25 per annumFort York AMPS Membership Only – $25 per annumMembership in Both Clubs – $30 per annumFor more information on the meeting location please refer to the IPMS Toronto Website

August Guest Speaker: Steve Mercer

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Be sure to join us in person on at our Aug. 14 meeting to hear a presentation by Steve Mercer, former member of the Canadian Armed Forces.

“Steve joined the army in 1990 when he was 19 and left the service in 2010, remaining a Dragoon for the duration of his army career.

During his service, Steve was deployed to the Balkans for 8 months in the mid-nineties where he saw action first hand.

From a modelling perspective, he grew up in Markham and built his first model at age 6 – today his main subject interest is aircraft.

Today Steve works for Porter Airlines where he is a heavy equipment instructor, receiving his certification shortly after retiring from the armed forces..

Steve currently lives on a 50′ cabin cruiser in Pickering with his wife Sandra who is originally from QC.”

Gates Bisson prepared a short teaser video you can view by clicking the image below: