Congratulations to all the IPMS Toronto members who competed at Heritagecon 18 this year! Our members had an excellent showing, capturing the following awards:

Here’s your reminder that our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 1st from 7 to 9 PM.  Doors open around 6:45 PM, we recommend you arrive early to facilitate starting on time.  

At our April meeting, we’re pleased to welcome our member Paul Stockley, who will be leading an introductory presentation on the art of figure painting. Paul is a highly skilled and experienced modeller with a strong background bringing scale figures to life through careful observation, refined technique, and a deep understanding of colour, light, and texture. His work consistently demonstrates how thoughtful painting can transform a figure from a simple accessory into a compelling focal point. 

AGENDA

• 6:45 – 7:00 Arrive / setup
• 7:00 – 7:05 Announcements / welcome to new club members
• 7:05 – 8:00 “Introduction to Figure Painting”, Paul Stockley  
• 8:00 – 8:45 On the Tables – show us your projects!
• 8:45 – 9:00 Wrap up and meeting close 

IMPORTANT REMINDERS 

• For your 2026 membership, please visit https://ipmstoronto.com/membership/ . Without your membership fees we could not host these meetings, so please go to the site at your earliest convenience.  
• We are always looking for members to present any relevant material like museum visits, personal projects, tools, techniques, tips, etc. Please write to IPMSToronto@gmail.com or malaudisa@gmail.com if you would like to present at an upcoming meeting.  Our monthly meetings take place the FIRST Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  

MEETING LOCATION

Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 948 Sheppard Ave W, North York, M3H 2T6 

Meetings take place every first Wednesday of the month.  We look forward to seeing you all there!

Here’s your reminder that our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 4th from 7 to 9 PM.  Doors open around 6:45 PM, we recommend you arrive early to facilitate starting on time.  

At our March meeting, we welcome once again our ex-President Harvey Low as our distinguished guest speaker.  Join Harvey for a trip across Japan to visit a variety of unique historic museums and battle sites! Based on his travels across Japan last May, see rare aircraft, cars, vintage trains, and WW2 armour rarely seen in the west. 

AGENDA

• 6:45 – 7:00 Arrive / setup
• 7:00 – 7:05 Announcements / welcome to new club members
• 7:05 – 8:00 “A Tour of Japan’s Museums and Battle Sites”, Harvey Low  
• 8:00 – 8:45 On the Tables – show us your projects!
• 8:45 – 9:00 Wrap up and meeting close 

IMPORTANT REMINDERS 

• 2026 memberships are due, please visit https://ipmstoronto.com/membership/  please and thank you. Without your membership fees we could not host these meetings, so please go to the site at your earliest convenience.  
• We are always looking for members to present any relevant material like museum visits, personal projects, tools, techniques, tips, etc. Please write to IPMSToronto@gmail.com or malaudisa@gmail.com if you would like to present at an upcoming meeting.  Our monthly meetings take place the FIRST Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  

MEETING LOCATION

Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 948 Sheppard Ave W, North York, M3H 2T6 

Meetings take place every first Wednesday of the month.  We look forward to seeing you all there!

Here’s your reminder that our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 4th from 7 to 9 PM.  Doors open around 6:45 PM, we recommend you arrive early to facilitate starting on time.  

Photo-etched parts are the bane of many modellers because they combine extreme thinness with zero forgiveness. They’re springy, razor-sharp, and smaller than the tools meant to handle them—so they ping off into the void, deform if you look at them wrong, and demand perfect bends on the first try. They won’t respond to normal cement, require cyanoacrylate or solder, and highlight every handling mistake once painted. The result is exquisite scale fidelity at the cost of patience, eyesight, and occasionally one’s sanity.  

Fortunately for us, our distinguished guest Darren White of Peel Scale Modellers will be conducting a workshop on working with Photo Etched (PE) parts and accessories.  As a talented and highly accomplished scale modeller who specializes in ships, Darren is an expert in working with PE – he promises to make your experience with PE parts a little less painful! 

February Draw!  

We will be doing a draw for a beautiful model donated to the club by Steve Fall.  To be eligible you must show your membership card, so please don’t forget to bring it and wear it with pride!

AGENDA

• 6:45 – 7:00 Arrive / setup
• 7:00 – 7:05 Announcements / welcome to new club members
• 7:05 – 8:00 “Workshop on Photo Etched”, Darren White  
• 8:00 – 8:45 On the Tables – show us your projects!
• 8:45 – 9:00 Wrap up and meeting close 

IMPORTANT REMINDERS 

• 2026 memberships are due, please visit https://ipmstoronto.com/membership/  please and thank you. Without your membership fees we could not host these meetings, so please go to the site at your earliest convenience.  
• We are always looking for members to present any relevant material like museum visits, personal projects, tools, techniques, tips, etc. Please write to IPMSToronto@gmail.com or malaudisa@gmail.com if you would like to present at an upcoming meeting.  Our monthly meetings take place the FIRST Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  

MEETING LOCATION

Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 948 Sheppard Ave W, North York, M3H 2T6 

Meetings take place every first Wednesday of the month.  We look forward to seeing you all there!

Best wishes to all as we’re about to celebrate the end of 2025 and another year around the sun!  Our first meeting of 2026 will be held on Wednesday, January 7th from 7 to 9 PM.  Doors open around 6:45 PM, we recommend you arrive early to facilitate starting on time.  For January, our members Tom Ricci and Tommy Liu will be presenting the history and model-making of the Breda Ba.27M (Metallico), a fighter produced in Italy in the 1930s.  Tom will be delivering a presentation about the short-lived story of this Italian aircraft planned for development for the Republic of China Air Force.  Building of the Breda Ba.27 model will be delivered by Tommy Liu from beginning to end.

Please bring your membership cards and wear them with pride!  

AGENDA

• 6:45 – 7:00 Arrive / setup
• 7:00 – 7:05 Announcements / welcome to new club members
• 7:05 – 8:00 History and model-making of the Breda Ba.27M  
• 8:00 – 8:45 On the Tables – show us your projects!
• 8:45 – 9:00 Wrap up and meeting close 

IMPORTANT REMINDERS 

• 2026 memberships are due, please visit https://ipmstoronto.com/membership/  please and thank you. Without your membership fees we could not host these meetings, so please go to the site at your earliest convenience.  
• We are always looking for members to present any relevant material like museum visits, personal projects, tools, techniques, tips, etc. Please write to IPMSToronto@gmail.com or malaudisa@gmail.com if you would like to present at an upcoming meeting.  Our monthly meetings take place the FIRST Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  

MEETING LOCATION

Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 948 Sheppard Ave W, North York, M3H 2T6 

Meetings take place every first Wednesday of the month.  We look forward to seeing you all there!

Hello all, this is your friendly reminder that our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 3rd from 7 to 9 PM.  Doors open around 6:45 PM, we recommend you arrive early to facilitate starting on time.  We will be holding our December Flea Market, so bring your overflowing stash to sell—or show up ready to buy even more kits you have no room for!

Please bring your membership cards and wear them with pride!  

For those who have already received a 2026 card, please wear it at the meeting.  We will also have new membership cards for pick up for the following members:

• Derek Armstrong
• Robert Bryden
• Robert Burgar
• Marc Content
• Jonathan Evans
• Dave Forest
• Andrew Forster
• Allan Garant
• Roy Hu
• David Kaechele
• Rod MacDonald
• Jim Pooton
• Bartol Rendulic
• Vlad Shalamov
• Alexander Young
• Paul Wesley
• Alfred Wong

AGENDA

• 6:45 – 7:00 Arrive / setup
• 7:00 – 7:05 Announcements / welcome to new club members
• 7:05 – 8:00 Flea Market  
• 8:00 – 8:45 On the Tables – show us your projects!
• 8:45 – 9:00 Wrap up and meeting close 

IMPORTANT REMINDERS 

• 2026 memberships are due, please visit https://ipmstoronto.com/membership/  please and thank you. Without your membership fees we could not host these meetings, so please go to the site at your earliest convenience.  
• We are always looking for members to present any relevant material like museum visits, personal projects, tools, techniques, tips, etc. Please write to IPMSToronto@gmail.com or malaudisa@gmail.com if you would like to present at an upcoming meeting.  Our monthly meetings take place the FIRST Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  

MEETING LOCATION

Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 948 Sheppard Ave W, North York, M3H 2T6 

Meetings take place every first Wednesday of the month.  We look forward to seeing you all there!

Hello all, this is your friendly reminder that our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 5th from 7 to 9 PM.  Doors open around 6:45 PM, we recommend you arrive early to facilitate starting on time.  

Our guest will be John Colasante, an accomplished modeller and the founder and owner of Matters of Scale (www.mattersofscale.com).  3D Modeling and 3D Printing has been one of John’s passions for over a decade. He started out modeling in Rhino but switched to Fusion 360 in the earliest days when it first came on the scene. As an avid scale modeler, he enjoys making 3D parts for his own builds, and has now decided to make them available for others to enjoy.

John is based in New York and will present to us virtually.  He has previously been a presenter at the IPMS National Convention in the US, and is a pleasure to have him as our guest at the November meeting. 

AGENDA

• 6:45 – 7:00 Arrive / setup
• 7:00 – 7:05 Announcements / welcome to new club members
• 7:05 – 8:00 “3D Printing for Scale Models”, John Colasante, Founder, Matters of Scale  
• 8:00 – 8:45 On the Tables – show us your projects!
• 8:45 – 9:00 Wrap up and meeting close  

UPCOMING SHOWS

• Sword & Brush – Canada’s Premier Miniature & Figure Modelling Expo.  Saturday, November 1, 2025, 3063 S Service Rd., Burlington, ON, Canada, Ontario L7N 3E9.  Sword & Brush is back and bigger than ever for 2025! Join us for our annual miniature and figure painting expo, vendor area, and bring and buy. Our special theme this year is From the Page to the Plinth – Create something that is inspired by one of your favourite books!  https://swordandbrush.ca/model-expo/

IMPORTANT REMINDERS 

• 2026 memberships are due, please visit https://ipmstoronto.com/membership/  please and thank you. Without your membership fees we could not host these meetings, so please go to the site at your earliest convenience.  
• We are always looking for members to present any relevant material like museum visits, personal projects, tools, techniques, tips, etc. Please write to IPMSToronto@gmail.com or malaudisa@gmail.com if you would like to present at an upcoming meeting.  Our monthly meetings take place the FIRST Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  

MEETING LOCATION

Meetings take place every first Wednesday of the month.  We look forward to seeing you all there!

Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 948 Sheppard Ave W, North York, M3H 2T6 

IPMS Toronto member Thomas Ricci has assembled some awesome research around the Fiat CR.42 and compiled into a reference document that can be accessed by modelers worldwide!

“By the start of the Second World War, most of the major combatants were firmly of the opinion that the day of the biplane had well and truly passed. Nothing better demonstrates this than the fact that not only did the Italian Air Force continue using biplane fighters in the front line well after their rivals, but they doubled down on the challenge! That led to them developing what must rank as the ultimate biplane fighter aircraft. The aircraft, the FIAT CR.42, like many products of the Italian aircraft industry, was distinguished by elegance, power, stamina, and courage.

The FIAT Group, the Turin automobile business, developed the aircraft via the Fiat Aviazione division; the aircraft entered military service in smaller numbers with foreign air forces such as those of Belgium, Sweden, and Hungary. With over 1,800 constructed, it was the most commonly produced Italian aircraft to participate in WWII. The Fiat CR.42 was the last of the Fiat biplane fighters to see front-line action as a fighter; this Italian marvel represented the pinnacle of its type.”

Hello all, this is your friendly reminder that our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 1st from 7 to 9 PM.  Doors open around 6:45 PM, we recommend you arrive early to facilitate starting on time.  

As mentioned at a prior meeting, Chris Wheeldon, National Director for IPMS Canada, returns to more formally share his own background and perspectives on his organization: what is IPMS Canada, how it contributes to the hobby, what it can do for local chapters, etc.  More importantly, he will be eager to use this forum for productive dialogue and questions.       

AGENDA

• 6:45 – 7:00 Arrive / setup
• 7:00 – 7:05 Announcements / welcome to new club members
• 7:05 – 8:00 “IPMS Canada Presentation”, Chris Wheeldon, National Director 
• 8:00 – 8:45 On the Tables – show us your projects!
• 8:45 – 9:00 Wrap up and meeting close  

UPCOMING SHOWS

• CAPCON 2025, Saturday October 18th, Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, ON.  IPMS Ottawa’s scale plastic model show attracted enthusiasts and entrants from far and wide, and feedback from attendees and participants has been consistently, overwhelmingly positive. The Canadian War Museum — venue for CAPCON since 2017 — continues to be an exceptional and exciting venue that has directly contributed to our success.  https://www.ipmsottawa.com/capcon/ 
• Sword & Brush – Canada’s Premier Miniature & Figure Modelling Expo.  Saturday, November 1, 2025, 3063 S Service Rd., Burlington, ON, Canada, Ontario L7N 3E9.  Sword & Brush is back and bigger than ever for 2025! Join us for our annual miniature and figure painting expo, vendor area, and bring and buy. Our special theme this year is From the Page to the Plinth – Create something that is inspired by one of your favourite books!  https://swordandbrush.ca/model-expo/

IMPORTANT REMINDERS 

• 2026 memberships are coming up, please visit https://ipmstoronto.com/membership/  please and thank you. Without your membership fees we could not host these meetings, so please go to the site at your earliest convenience.  
• We are always looking for members to present any relevant material like museum visits, personal projects, tools, techniques, tips, etc. Please write to IPMSToronto@gmail.com or malaudisa@gmail.com if you would like to present at an upcoming meeting.  Our monthly meetings take place the FIRST Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  

MEETING LOCATION

Meetings take place every first Wednesday of the month.  We look forward to seeing you all there! 

Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 948 Sheppard Ave W, North York, M3H 2T6 

Hello all, this is your friendly reminder that our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 3rd from 7 to 9 PM.  Doors open around 6:45 PM, we recommend you arrive early to facilitate starting on time.  

We’re thrilled to host long-time member and talented modeller Dave Forest at our September meeting, where he will conduct a live seminar on airbrush paint modulation techniques.  Paint modulation breaks up flat, uniform colors and recreates how light interacts with real surfaces. By applying controlled variations in tone—lighter on raised or central areas, darker along edges or recesses— modellers can reproduce the sense of depth that’s lost when objects are scaled down, giving the model a more convincing and realistic presence.  It transforms a plain paint job into something dynamic, textured, and lifelike.  

AGENDA

• 6:45 – 7:00 Arrive / setup
• 7:00 – 7:05 Announcements / welcome to new club members
• 7:05 – 8:00 “Paint modulation techniques”, live seminar by Dave Forest 
• 8:00 – 8:45 On the Tables – show us your projects!
• 8:45 – 9:00 Wrap up and meeting close  

UPCOMING SHOWS

• TORCAN 2025, Saturday September 13th, Brampton, Ontario. For over 40 years, TORCAN has been a must-attend event for scale model enthusiasts in the Greater Toronto Area—proudly hosted by Peel Scale Modelers.  http://torcanmodelshow.com/
• CAPCON 2025, Saturday October 18th, Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, ON.  PMS Ottawa’s scale plastic model show attracted enthusiasts and entrants from far and wide, and feedback from attendees and participants has been consistently, overwhelmingly positive. The Canadian War Museum — venue for CAPCON since 2017 — continues to be an exceptional and exciting venue that has directly contributed to our success.  https://www.ipmsottawa.com/capcon/

CALL FOR JUDGES, CAPCON 2025

CAPCON 2025 is quickly approaching, and there will be a requirement for 12-16 individuals to serve as judges. You don’t need prior experience as a judge, but we do expect all judges to conduct themselves in a manner befitting the role. Fairness and the ability to work in a team are the order of the day.  As a token of our appreciation, judges will be afforded a free parking voucher for the Museum’s underground parking lot.

If you’re interested and willing to serve as a judge at CAPCON 2025, please take a moment to learn about our contest rules and judging guidelines by following this link. There’s nothing onerous about judging a scale model contest, but as in all things it’s prudent to come prepared.  Volunteers can reach out to the Head Judge, Mr. Mathieu Dubois, by email at ipmsottawa.coordinator@gmail.com. We will make every effort to assign judges their desired category, but some flexibility may be required to fill out each of the teams. Once we have a few names, we’ll hold regular virtual meetings on Zoom to coordinate our efforts and get to know each other.

We thank all who apply, and look forward to seeing you at the show!

Cordially,

CAPCON 2025 Organizing Committee

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

• 2026 memberships are coming up, please visit https://ipmstoronto.com/membership/  please and thank you. Without your membership fees we could not host these meetings, so please go to the site at your earliest convenience.  

We are always looking for members to present any relevant material like museum visits, personal projects, tools, techniques, tips, etc. Please write to IPMSToronto@gmail.com or malaudisa@gmail.com if you would like to present at an upcoming meeting.  Our monthly meetings take place the FIRST Wednesday of each month from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  

MEETING LOCATION

Meetings take place every first Wednesday of the month.  We look forward to seeing you all there!

Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 948 Sheppard Ave W, North York, M3H 2T6