Upcomming Events

Showdown #20 2010

March 13, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Metroplex Car Modelers Assoc.

Senter Park East
228 Chamberlain
Irving, Texas

For more information Click here

http://www.themcma.com/html/AboutUs.htm

17th Annual IPMS Roscoe Turner
Model Contest & Swap Meet

March 20, 2010

Raymond Park Middle School
8575 East Raymond Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

For more information Click here

http://www.ipmsroscoeturner.org/2010%20Contest/2010contest.html

2010 Kickoff Classic

March 20, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Silicon Valley Scale Modelers

Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great america Parkway
Santa Clara, California

OmaCon 2010

March 20, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Ft. Crook

Mid America Center
One Arena Way
Council Bluffs, Iowa

For more information Click here

http://ipmsfortcrook.hobbyvista.com/Pages/omacon_10.htm

WE'RE BACK - DOWNEASTCON "2010"

March 20, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Southern Maine Scale Modelers

Thornton Academy "LINNELL GYMNASIUM"
438 Main Street
Saco, Maine

6th Annual Scale Model Show and Contest

March 27, 2010

Hosted by IPMS South Central Modelers of Minnesota

Five Lakes Centre
308 South State Street
Fairmont, Minnesota

Great South Tigerfest XVII

March 27, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Flying Tigers - New Orleans

St. Jerome K. C. Hall
3310 Florida Avenue
Kenner, Louisiana

Smoky Mountain Mini-Con 28

March 27, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Knoxville Scale Modelers Assoc.

Civic Coliseum Ballroom
500 Howard Baker Jr Avenue
Knoxville, Tennessee

Tulsa Modelers Forum Show/Contest

March 27, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Tulsa

European Autospecialist
4121 S. 72nd East Avenue
Tulsa, Oklahoma

For more information Click here

http://tulsaipms.org/Schedule_files/ModelFlyer2010.pdf

Valleycon XX

March 28, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Wings & Wheels

Knights of Columbus
460 Granby Road
Chicopee, Massachussetts

For more information Click here

http://www.wwmodelclub.org/spring_2010/spring.htm

Mosquito Con

April 3, 2010

Hosted by IPMS New Jersey

Wayne PAL
1 PAL Drive
Wayne, New Jersey

For more information Click here 

http://www.njipms.org/images/showflyers/IPMSFlyer_MCF-Draft_Front2010.pdf

IPMS Phantom Phlashers Annual Phurball

April 3, 2010

Anniston Meeting Center
Noble Street
Anniston, Alabama

2010 IPMS Region 12 Convention

April 9 to April 10, 2010

Sumter County Exhibition Center (ECCOS)
700 West Liberty Street
Sumter, South Carolina

For more information Click here

http://www.sumter-shawafb-ipms.org/convention/

Cabin Fever Classic

April 10, 2010

Hosted by IPMS/Red River Scale Modelers

West Acres Regional Shopping Center
3902 13th Avenue SW
Fargo, North Dakota

Mad-City Contest

April 10, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Mad City

Radisson Hotel
517 Grand Canyon Drive
Madison, Wisconsin

16th Annual IPMS Plastick Surgeon's Contest

April 10, 2010

Valley Free Church
4343 Fuller Road
West Des Moines, Iowa

For more information Click here

http://www.ipms-plasticsurgeons.com/

Cajun Modelfest XXV

April 10, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Baton Rouge Scale Modelers

USS Kidd 200 and the
Louisiana Veterans Memorial Museum
200 South River Road
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

BuffCon 27

April 11, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Niagara Frontier/

The BuffCon Boyz

Knights of Columbus Club
2735 Union Road at William St.
Cheektowaga, New York

For more information Click here

http://ipmsniagarafrontier.com/B27Flyer.pdf

Learning to Fly

April 11, 2010

Hosted by IPMS San Joaquin Valley Scale Modelers

San Joaquin County Fair Grounds
1658 S. Airport Way
Stockton, California

For more information Click here

http://sjvscalemodelers.org/?page_id=57

A Space Coast Odessey

Region 11 Convention

April 16 to April 18, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Space Coast

Holiday Inn, Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Resort
1300 N. Atlantic Ave
Cocoa Beach, Florida

For more information Click here 

http://www.ipmsspacecoast.com/2010Regional.html 

IPMS-Seattle Spring Show 2010

April 17, 2010

Renton Community Center
1715 Maple Valley Highway
Renton, Washington

Model Fest 2010

April 17, 2010

Hosted by IPMS West Central Missouri (WCMO)

St. James Catholic Church Gym
309 S. Stewart Street
Liberty, Missouri

For more information Click here

http://www.ipmswcmo.org/2010_contest/2010%20Model%20Fest%20Flyer%20v1.pdf

AMPS 2010 International Convention

April 22 through 24, 2010

WW2 Victory Museum
Auburn, IN

Click here for more information:

www.amps-armor.org/ampssite/conventions/showInfo.aspx

AMPS International 2010

April 22 - 24, 2010

WW2 Victory Museum

Auburn, IN

For more information Click here

http://amps-armor.org/ampssite/conventions/flyers/2010_AMPS_Show_Flier_tracks.pdf

Model Mania 2010

April 24, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Houston

Stafford Center
10505 Cash Road
Houston, Texas

For more information Click here 

http://www.ipms-houston.org/ipms-houston.org/Home/MODELMANIA/tabid/54/Default.aspx 

3rd Annual Gettysburg

Toy Soldier Show and Sale

April 25, 2010

Historic
Gettysburg Hotel
Est. 1797

(Best Western)

One Lincoln Square
Gettysburg, PA 17325

IPMS/USA Region 4 Convention

April 30 to May 1, 2010

UFCW Local 876 Union Hall
876 Horace Brown Drive
Madison Heights, Michigan

Noreastcon 2010

April 30 to May 1, 2010

Hosted by IPMS/Long Island Scale Model Society

American Airpower Museum
1230 New Highway
Farmingdale, New York

For more information Click here

http://www.lisms.org/noreastcon2010.html

HUZZAH!

Historical Wargaming Convention for New England

April 30 - May 2, 2010

Holiday Inn
Portland West
Westbrook, Maine

More information coming soon.

Plastic Model Contest and Show

May 1, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Alexander Lippisch

PS Air Hanger at the Eastern Iowa Airport
3411 Beech Way SW
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

MFCA SHOW

"Back to Valley Forge"

May 7 and May 8, 2010

Valley Forge Convention Center
King of Prussia PA

Click here for more information    www.mfcashow.com/page3/current.html

15th Annual Model Contest and Show

May 8, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Wings, Wheels, & Keels

Woodmere Park Auditorium
3951 Woodmere Park Blvd
Venice, Florida

Northwest Ohio Spring Invitational

May 22, 2010

Hosted by IPMS/Fremont KitBashers

Sandusky county Fairgrounds
712 North Street
Fremont, Ohio

For more information Click here

http://www.fremontkitbashers.org/

Best of the West XIV

May 22, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Las Vegas Chapter

2800 South Boulder Highway
Henderson, Nevada

Northern Virginia Model Classic 2010

May 22, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Northern Virginia Modelers

Fairfax High School
3501 Rebel Run
Fairfax, Virginia

For more information Click here

http://www.novaipms.org/html/mp09.html

KingCon 2010

May 29, 2010

Hosted by IPMS TENNESSEE ROAD WARRIORS

Briarcrest Christian School
6000 Briarcrest Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee

San Diego Model Expo 2010

June 5, 2010

Hosted by IPMS San Diego

San Diego Air & Space Museum Gillespie Field
335 Kenney St.
El Cajon, California

SCALEFEST 2010

June 5, 2010

Hosted by IPMS North Central Texas

Wyndham DFW Airport North Hotel
4441 W. John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, Texas

"Models A Plenty"

June 11 - 12, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Spartanburg Scale Modelers

Parkway Freewill Baptist Church
3615 Parris Bridge Rd.
Boiling Springs, South Carolina

Peninsula Model Show and Contest 2010

June 12, 2010

Hosted by IPMS North Olympic Peninsula Modelers Society

Fort Worden State Park
Building 204
Port Townsend, Washington

Region 5 Convention

June 18 - 19, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Duneland

Willowcreek Middle School
5962 Central Ave.
Portage, Indiana

For more information Click here

http://www.ipmsduneland.com/About_Me.html

ORIGINS Game Fair 2010

June 23 - 27, 2010

Columbus, Ohio

Atlanta Model Expo 2010

Region 3 Convention

June 25 - 26, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Marietta

Cobb County Civic Center
548 S Marietta Parkway
Marietta, Georgia

KC AMPS Con 2010

July 9 - 10, 2010

Hosted by IPMS/KC AMPS

Kansas Expocentre
1 Expocentre Drive
Topeka, Kansas

Down East Con 2010

July 10, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Eastern Carolina Plastic Modelers

Garber UMC Ministry Center
4201 Country Club Road
New Bern, North Carolina

For more information Click here

http://www.ecpmod.com/contest_2010.html

HISTORICON 2010

July 8 - 11, 2010, Valley Forge, PA

http://www.historicon.org/index.asp

The New 2010 Convention Venue: Here is a snapshot of what is offered at the VFCP, and in the local Valley Forge, PA area.

• 108,000+ Square Feet of Historical Miniature Gaming
• 2,500 FREE Parking Spaces
• Several Bars, Restaurants and Food Concessions onsite
• Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is approximately 30-40 minutes (shuttles available) to the convention site
• Easy load in/out access to gaming areas with 24 hour gaming
• Same great convention, cozy new location – no “big box” feel – with a bigger Exhibitor Hall, better Flea Market, more seminars, and the largest number of and best historical games in North America!
• Also in the area for history and family activities:
  • Valley Forge National Park – http://www.nps.gov/vafo/index.htm
  • Battleship New Jersey – http://www.battleshipnewjersey.org
  • Historic Philadelphia – http://www.gophila.com/C/Historic_Philadelphia/624.html
  • Famed King of Prussia Mall – http://www.kingofprussiamall.com
  • Philadelphia Premium Outlets – http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/outlet.asp?id=75
  • And much more – http://www.vfconventioncenter.com/local_attractions.htm

2010 Convention Lodging: The Convention Lodging link at left contains a listing for the two onsite hotels (at the VFCP) that have Group Blocks reserved solely for HISTORICON 2010 attendees. There are a total of 488 rooms on site at the VFCP with 2500 free parking spaces at hotels and convention center. Other area hotels will be added in coming weeks, but if you want lodging on site, then make your reservations now, as these hotels will fill up fast!

2010 Exhibitor Packets & Info: Should be sent out by February 2010. The new VFCP is a non-union facility, has good access to load/unload areas, with drayage services available, and more modern air-conditioning (and plumbing)!

2010 Gamemaster Event Registration: Opens March 15th – for registering games, seminars, tournaments, etc. – deadline to be included in the PEL (and to receive free admission) is April 16th.

2010 Pre-Registration: Will open May 14th, at which time the Events (PEL) will be available.

2010 War College: Guest of Honor and speakers are already being lined up for the War College for HISTORICON 2010, to ensure that there is another great selection of seminars, with topics ranging throughout history, and quite a number of theme-related for the 17th century military and piracy periods.

Duke’s 75th “Diamond Jubilee” of Gaming: This year marks the 75th Anniversary of Duke Seifried offerings to the historical miniatures gaming hobby. Since it will be the last time Duke will hosting his games at conventions, he will be bringing at least a dozen of his best games to this year’s HISTORICON – one last time! Full details will be available in the Events (PEL) link at the left as of May 14th.

Miniature Wargaming Articles: If you would like to see a nice report of HISTORICON 2009, the following links to pdfs that contain review from issues of Miniature Wargames™ (used with permission), complete with photos at:
http://www.historicon.org/HIST2009/files/Historicon2009_MiniatureWargames.pdf

As it does every year, HISTORICON presents “the world’s largest hobby shop”, plus the world’s biggest hobby flea market, for four days every July. Both offer a gigantic selection of military miniatures, rules, books and anything else needed for the historical miniature gaming hobby.

HISTORICON is the historical miniatures gaming convention in the United States. Each year, thousands of avid gamers enjoy what the New York Times has described as the "mother of all wargaming conventions." There will be hundreds and hundreds of games, the world's biggest wargame hobby shop, painting events, seminars, and much, much more. Don't miss the fun! Make plans now to attend HISTORICON July 8-11, 2010 at the VFCP in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA. Be there!

Bob Giglio, Convention Director

The Artist Preservation Group Presents:

The Gettysburg Miniature Exhibition

July 16 through 18, 2010

Gettysburg Wyndham Hotel
95 Presidential Circle
Gettysburg, PA 17325

Click here for more information:  www.artistpreservationgroup.com/

The Gettysburg Miniature Collectors Show

July 16 - 18, 2010

Hosted by The Artist Preservation Group, Inc.

Wyndham Hotel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

http://www.mmsichicago.com/

NIMCON/NORTHERN ILLINOIS MODELERS CONTEST

July 17, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Lake Region Scale Modelers

McHenry County College
8900 U.S. 14
Crystal Lake, Illinois

Regata Modelista 2010

July 25, 2010

Hosted by IPMS Puerto Rico

Centro Cultural Carmen Sola de Pereira
c/ Cristina N 70
Ponce, Puerto Rico

For more information Click here

http://www.ipmspr.org/regatamodelismo2010.html