Here’s your friendly reminder about our upcoming meeting on Wednesday, October 2nd from 7 to 9 PM.  Doors open around 6:45 PM, we recommend you arrive early to facilitate starting on time.  

MEETING AGENDA

• 6:45 – 7:00 Arrive / setup
• 7:00 – 7:10 Announcements / welcome to new club members
• 7:10 – 8:00 Alfred Wong, “Scratch-building the 1/48th scale Vulcan” (*)
• 8:00 – 8:45 On the Tables – show us your projects!
• 8:45 – 9:00 Wrap up and meeting close  

(*) Due to a scheduling conflict Jason Liang will be presenting his Titan Missile museum visit in November instead. 

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

• On the occasion of the RCAF 100th anniversary, our member Tom Ricci has shared a link to a fascinating on-line magazine, take a look: RCAF Today Magazine (skiesmag.com) 
• Please plan to arrive on time and kindly be mindful that side conversations during the presentation are distracting to both audience and presenter, thank you for your patience.  
• I was asked to remind everyone that models on display are extremely fragile, and NOBODY SHOULD TOUCH OR LIFT THEM WHATSOEVER WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR (yes, apparently that happened….).
• We will soon be looking for membership renewals for January to December 2025, we will issue a reminder / announcement on how to renew and due dates in the next few weeks. 

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!

IPMS Toronto member Ming Wong conducted a fascinating seminar at the September meeting where he shared his techniques and tips for how he researched, designed and built this unique vehicle! Please enjoy the video below (apologies for the poor audio) and you can also find a link to his presentation deck.

Good day all, 

Summer is at an end once again, where did it go?  Here’s your friendly reminder about our upcoming meeting on Wednesday, September 4th from 7 to 9 PM.

At our September meeting our member Ming Wong will be presenting his spectacular WW2 Canadian Welding truck project.  The project, which has been ongoing for over a year, was inspired by a visit to a local museum, and showcases some remarkable modelling and scratchbuilding skills.  I have seen this work in progress up close recently, and you will not want to miss Ming’s presentation.  

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

Here’s a preview of content for the rest of the year:

• October 2nd, Jason Liang, “Titan Missile Museum in Tucson, AZ”
• November 6th, Alfred Wong, “Scratchbuilding the Avro Vulcan”
• December 4, Flea Market

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.  Doors are open around 6:45pm, so members may arrive early to set up.

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!

As communicated in our last blog post, on Wednesday, July 3rd from 7:00 – 8:00 PM ET, we will be hosting live from California Allen Ury, owner of Fantastic Plastic Models.  Headquartered in Orange County, California, Fantastic Plastic Models produces unique resin model kits with a focus on experimental and conceptual aircraft and spacecraft as well as classic and contemporary sci-fi subjects. Fantastic Plastic is also the North American reseller for Unicraft, the Ukraine-based company that also specializes in resin kits of unusual aircraft subjects.  Visit the company website at https://fantastic-plastic.com/index.html.

For anyone who may wish to attend remotely, we will live stream the conversation with Allen on YouTube here:https://www.youtube.com/@IPMSToronto/streams

We look forward to seeing you all there or on our YouTube channel.

Good day all, 

Here’s your friendly reminder about our upcoming meeting on Wednesday, July 3rd from 7 to 9 PM Eastern Time.

We are pleased to confirm that we will be hosting live via videoconference Allen Ury, owner of Fantastic Plastic Models, headquartered in Orange County, California, south of Los Angeles. Founded in 2005, the company produces unique resin model kits with a focus on experimental and conceptual aircraft and spacecraft as well as classic and contemporary sci-fi subjects. Fantastic Plastic is also the North American reseller for Unicraft, the Ukraine-based company that also specializes in resin kits of unusual aircraft subjects.  Visit the company website at https://fantastic-plastic.com/index.html.  

For anyone who won’t be able to join us in person, we are working on video streaming the event in real time.  Details and links will be provided in an email the day before the event.

Following the session with Allen, we will hold our “On the Tables” segment, so please bring your latest projects for all to view and enjoy.

We are always looking for members to present any relevant material like museum visits, personal projects, tools, techniques, tips, etc. Please write to us at IPMSToronto@gmail.com or to Maurizio at 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.  Doors are open around 6:45pm, so members may arrive early to set up. 

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!

Here’s your friendly reminder about our upcoming meeting on Wednesday, June 5th from 7 to 9 PM.

June is our Flea Market month, where members can share and trade some or their stash, and discover new or old treasures.  As always, we will also hold our “On the Tables” segment, so please bring your latest projects for all to view and enjoy.

Here’s a preview of content for the rest of the year:

• July 3, Jason Liang, “Titan Missile Museum in Tucson, AZ”
• August 7, Alex Blake-Davies, “RAF Museum Visit”
• September 4, Ming Wong, “Canadian Welding Truck Build”
• October 2 and November 6, TBD
•  December 4, Flea Market

We are always looking for members to present any relevant material like museum visits, personal projects, tools, techniques, tips, etc. Please write to Maurizio at 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.  Doors are open around 6:45pm, so members may arrive early to set up.

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!

Remind that our May meeting is just around the corner on May 1st!

Our member Soo-Gane Won will be sharing a trip report with photos and observations from his visit to the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Nebraska.  As always, we will also hold our “On the Tables” segment, so please bring your latest projects 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 set up. 

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!

IPMS Toronto member Anthony Wong conducted a fascinating seminar at the April meeting where he shared his techniques and tips for how he constructs incredible figures from scratch! Please enjoy the video below (apologies for the poor audio) and you can also find a link to his presentation deck.

This is your friendly reminder about our upcoming meeting on Wednesday, February 7th from 7 to 9 PM.

Our club member Garfield Ingram will be sharing his techniques for rigging biplanes with a combination of slides and hands-on tutoring.  You might remember Garfield from his December presentation on “A Visit to The First World War Western Front”.  As any avid WW1 aircraft modeler would know, rigging your model is an important part of the process.  The same can be said for modelling ships and many WW2 aircraft as well, so this session should be of great interest to many.

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 set up. 

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!

It is not easy to do this, as I regret to inform you of the loss of one of our close scale modelling friends. William (Bill) Dingle died suddenly and unexpected earlier this week. We have not only lost a close friend, but we lost his talents as a master modeller in the 1/72 armour model community. He was well known internationally as a great modeller and great friend. He was a true friend personally and will be deeply missed! Bill helped found AMPS Fort York and has been instrumental in supporting and contributing to IPMS Toronto.

Bill leaves behind a loving family, with his mother (Jean); sisters Melody and Becky; brothers Duane and Bobby; nieces Sarah and Kayleigh (and her husband James); great-niece Margot; and great-nephew Jensen. Our hearts and condolences go out to his family.

At this time, there will be no service as we leave the grieving to his family. Bill, keep building up there!

Harvey Low

September 17, 2023