Scale Hobbies

Do you think it would be a good idea to bring the joy and challenge of Radio Controlled Cars and exhibits to kids in hospitals and special needs camps? So does Art Roper.  He has set up a non-profit organization to gather funding for such a project and has qualified with the Pepsi Refresh Project.  If he receives enough votes, he will receive funding for this project.

To learn more about this or for the link to vote for this project, (CLICK HERE).

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – This annual event organized by the Mainline Model Railroaders Fellowship, an umbrella group for the Edmonton region’s many train clubs, gives modellers a chance to show off their collections and learn new tricks about how to make and run tiny trains.  (Click Here) for more info.

Sometimes what you play with as a child will influence what you do when you grow up.  In this story Steve Magnante of Speed TV notes that he got interested in antique cars when his mother would give him and his brother Matchbox Cars.

“That quickly led to building plastic model car kits. I appreciated how model kits usually gave the builder options to make the kit into a custom a stock car or a drag racer,”
Steve Magnante said.

Steve will be appearing at the Hitchcock Free Academy, 2 Brookfield Road, Brimfield, MA 01010, Tel.  413-245-9977 to talk about his interests on October 1, 2011. (Click Here) for more info.

A passion for scale models leads this hobbyist to create scale model boats.  Click here to read me.

On Saturday, October 22, 2011, iHobby Expo will offer free admission to all modelers bringing their creations to display at the annual iHobby Expo at the Donald E. Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.  To learn more (Click Here)

THE SOARING popularity of electric-powered radio-control model planes is giving a lift to a Halifax hobby supply business. For more, Click Here.

40,000 lights, 15,000 figurines, 500 cars, 10,000 trees, 50 trains, 1000 wagons, 100 signals, 200 switches and 300 buildings, that’s what it takes to build the worlds largest model airport in Hamburg, Germany.
Miniatur Wunderland continues to amaze visitors with the size and details of its exhibits.

SALISBURY, MD – Dr. Fred Abbott works on model ships and
boat kits and is crafting one vessel from scratch.

To learn more (Click Here)

The Battle-Gaming of Massachusetts club for teens meets on Saturdays at the Hamilton-Wenham Public Library.

For More Information – Click Here!

You can build scales models of just about anything your imagination can come up with. Look at all of the models created to be used as special effects in Hollywood. The Tri-Corder (Star Trek), the advanced enemy stealth fighter (Firefox), and other first-of-their kind models, began in the builders’ imagination before being brought to life as scale models.

As scale modelers, we have the ability to apply our imagination and artistic impressions to our projects. Whether it be a fictional railroad short line, custom street rod or an aircraft with unique modifications or markings, the idea evolving from within our own imagination, can be scratch built and created as a three dimensional scale model. The picture at the right shows a finished model that began as a P-47 Thunderbolt, but was transformed to an Ariel Fire Fighter Director’s plane.

Let your ideas become the reality of tomorrow through scale modeling.