Northwood Pines

Volume 2

Issue 2

February 2015

The newsletter of Eagle River, Wisconsin’s Northwood’s Scale Model Phanatics Chapter-IPMS, International Plastic Modelers Society-USA. Visit the NSMP web site at

Officers:

President: Tom Foerster

3824 Tecumsa lane

Eagle River, WI 54521

(715) 479-4988

Vice-President: Pat Klunder

2251 S. River Road

Rhinelander, WI 54501

(715) 282-7046

Treasurer: Marie Foerster

3824 Tecumsa lane

Eagle River, WI 54521

(715) 479-4988

Secretary/IPMS Contact/Editor: Jim Unger

844 Balsam St.

Rhinelander, WI 54501

(715) 420-0072

All contents of the Northern Pines are for the enjoyment of the members. Permission to reprint any material is not required, but please credit “IPMS NSMP Northern Pines”. Deadline for submissions is 10 days prior to the next “General meeting”.

Club Happenings

Unfortunately this editor did not make it to the last meeting so the club did not have a quorum for official business. Notes from our fearless leader, Tom, let me know that everyone is working on their Sci-Fi project for our June contest and it will be very interesting to see what everyone comes up with for the show. Speaking of the show, I have sent out inquiries to the vendors who participated at our show last year to drum up some business. We will be starting to put together the plaques for this year’s contest soon and they should be fantastic and better than last year.

Projects that club members are currently working on include: from Jim, a T34-76 Russian tank, Motorcraft T-Bird and Lee Shepard Camero Pro Stock cars, and a 1/48 B-25J; From Tom, the Witch Doctor dragster, several armor, and a gasser which he is in the beginning stages of building for the show; a t34-78 from Tim along with his Sci-Fi project; and Tony is still working on his Dodge Pro-Mod/Pro Stock ultimate build along with a 1972 GTO. Jerry was given a Monogram 1/48 B-24J to begn work on from Tom and it should be a good one by the time he is done with it. Look for those creations at contests in the coming months.

IPMS Chapter News

From our RC comes word that he is looking for nominations for the following: club of the year, newsletter of the year, web site of the year, and several other awards. He needs to hear from us by March 1, 2015 and you can get details on how to participate from Jim.

Kelly is also looking for clubs to start thinking of hosting the 2016 Region 5 contest. This year’s Regional is in St. Louis and for further details, check out the IPMS web site at

Model Contest and Show Schedule

Madcity Modelers Model Show

3-7-2015
Location: Doubledays
4586 Baxter Road
Cottage Grove, WI
sponsored by:
IPMS Madcity Modelers
Contact:
Rob Teubert
(608) 295-9258

12th Annual South Central Modelers of Minnesota Model Contest

3-21-2015
Location:
Five Lakes Center
#1 Center Drive
Fairmont, MN
sponsored by:
IPMS South Central Modelers of Minnesota
Contact:
Dan Bauer
(507) 822-3938

23rd Annual Milwaukee NNL

4-11-2015

Location:

The Excellence Center,
N4W22000 Bluemound Road.

Waukesha, WI 54186

NIMCON 4th Annual Northern Illinois Model Contest

5-30-2015
Location:
McHennry County College
8900 US HY. 14
Crystal Lake, IL
sponsored by:
IPMS Lakes Region Scale Modelers
Contact:
Phil Pignataro
(847) 530-2272

8th Annual GTR Summer NNL

8-2-2015
Location:
Algonquin Township Building
3702 US Hy. 14
Crystal Lake, IL
sponsored by:
GTRAuto Modelers
Contact:
John Herrmann
(847) 516-0211

15th Annual Glue Crew Model Show and Swap Meet

10-10-2015
Location:
Howard Johnson Inn and Convention Center
2101 N. Mountain Road
Wausau, WI
sponsored by:
IPMS The Glue Crew
Contact:
Joe Drew
(715) 842-0173 or
Jim Unger
(715) 420-0072

NordicCon

10-24-2015
Location:
Northern Star Council-Boy Scouts of American Base Camp
201 Bloomington Road
Fort Snelling, MN
sponsored by:
IPMS MMFS,
IPMS OMG Modelers,
IPMS RPM, and
IPMS Twin Cities Aero Historians
Contact:
Tim Streeter
(952) 378-0828