Wouldn't it be cool...

Might be difficult for some of us...................I can only think of two others living in the Hive of Scum and Villany that I reside in.

In any case, chewing the fat is officially frowned upon as bad for the environment..

Anyone for BBQ Ewok? 

Make it dinner, at a bar and count me in.

I understand where you are coming from, Bakster, it would be cool to meet the members of this forum! To hear all the stories, instead of reading them, would be awesome. I'm planning on joining my local IPMS, to meet some local modelers in my area. Hoping at least a couple of them are members here on FSM.

I agree, sounds cool.  Maybe we could post when we are going to a show or some event so we could meet up.  For example, how many of us were at the Butch O'Hare show in November?  We could have met for lunch.

John

A few years ago, I started paying attention to the Readers Gallery and checking where the builders of those models lived.  I found 3 in the area and looked for them in the phone book and on the internet.  We've started an informal club and have been getting together once a month for meetings at each others homes.  We also go to MosquitoCon, MarauderCon, PennCon, the Figure show in Valley Forge (you can enter anything) and any others that aren't too far away (over two hours drive).  Two of our members went to the IPMS nationals this year and came home with a few awards. Their builds are in the last issue of the IPMS Journal.  We're up to 7 members now and having a great time.  Still checking out the Readers Gallery just in case.

I usually post when a show is getting close.  We started wearing the same shirts or caps and I posted to look for us.  When you get to the show and start looking at the entries and talking to the builders, you loose track of time and soon it's award time.  I have asked if someone would make an announcement for FSM forum members to meet at a certain place for pics but no one showed up.  Make loads of new friends at every show but they don't say if they're members or not. 

Jim  

Bruce--you hit the nail on the head. Reading the stories is one thing, hearing them in person is another.

You guys have some great ideas.  I will have to watch for the shows then.

Steve

I have met, in person, with a few from here...having your location (or close enough to it) under your avatar helps in that regard...."Hey, you're from XXX, I'm just down the road in YYY"

Also, if there's a show/contest coming up in your area, post it...ask if anybody else will be attending. Even if you don't enter anything...meet, greet, and hit the vendor tables!

wolfhammer1

I agree, sounds cool.  Maybe we could post when we are going to a show or some event so we could meet up.  For example, how many of us were at the Butch O'Hare show in November?  We could have met for lunch.

John

 

My bad...seems there are three others also inhabiting the Hive of Scum and Villany I am located.

hogfanfs

................ I'm planning on joining my local IPMS, to meet some local modelers in my area. Hoping at least a couple of them are members here on FSM.

 

Sprue-ce Goose

 

 

hogfanfs

................ I'm planning on joining my local IPMS, to meet some local modelers in my area. Hoping at least a couple of them are members here on FSM.

 

 

 

That would seem to be the most practical for regular socializing, IMHO.

 

 

For the last couple months, I've been meaning to attend one of the meetings that are held on the first Sunday of the month. But, I don't think about it until the second Sunday of the month! LOL! I will attend in January...

tempestjohnny

Well I'm in the tax you to death state. Commonly called connecticut

 

I go to Armorcon in Danbury on the last Saturday of september,quite a few are usually there.

I think this forum is the most civil of the modeling sites I visit. There are other ones that have uber experts aplenty, but I find this place the best balance between the experts and beginners.

It would be nice to get to meet other members face to face, but we are all over the globe.  That is too bad, but at the same time that is what makes internet forums so amazing, as we can talk to people who have firsthand knowlege anywhere in the world.  Well, maybe not from North Korea.

I am in the middle of a huge ocean, so that limits my ability to have lunch or dinner with members.  But as others have mentioned, contests would be an ideal venue for an FSM meet and greet.  The IPMS USA National Convention would be good for those who live in the US.  And FSM is also there!

templar1099

Make it dinner, at a bar and count me in.

 

Hear! hear!

stikpusher

 

 

templar1099

Make it dinner, at a bar and count me in.

 

 

Hear! hear!

 

I hear they have a great band ! 

I'm game... bring your own weapons.

Sprue-ce Goose

How 'bout the Moss Eisley Cantina? I hear they have a great band !

I was at the ipms nationals last year and I wish that I would have joined this forum earlier, maybe I would have recognized some of you guys. if I make the next nats I'll have to make plans to meet with some of you. 

templar1099

 

 

Sprue-ce Goose

How 'bout the Moss Eisley Cantina? I hear they have a great band !

  

What wormhole is that for my GPS ?

  

I never bother with that.

Plenty of Corellian freighters headed that way.

Hitch a ride with Lando Calrissian; best pilot in the galaxy.

stikpusher

I'm game... bring your own weapons.

 

But make sure ya register your droids with the Empire.

Sprue-ce Goose

 

 

stikpusher

I'm game... bring your own weapons.

 

 

 

But make sure ya register your droids with the Empire.

 

Darned near choked on my coffee laughing on that one.

BTW, I'd have been at that Butch O'Hare show in a heartbeat had I known about it. Was that an IMPS regional thing?

Bet Steve would have come down to that, too.

Greg

Sprue-ce Goose

 

stikpusher

I'm game... bring your own weapons.

 

But make sure ya register your droids with the Empire.

  

Darned near choked on my coffee laughing on that one.

BTW, I'd have been at that Butch O'Hare show in a heartbeat had I known about it. Was that an IMPS regional thing?

Bet Steve would have come down to that, too.

Glad you liked it ! 

Enjoy! 

my IPMS club in Denver, Rob Wolf, has breakfast every Saturday right next to the LHS. usually have at least 10 folks, sometimes more unless there is a contest somewhere. 

my wood shiip club, Rocky Mountain Shipwrights, does a workshop once a month where folks show up and build. 

in both cases these infromal meetings tend to be better than the formal ones.

Sprue-ce Goose

 

 

stikpusher

I'm game... bring your own weapons.

 

 

 

But make sure ya register your droids with the Empire.

 

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

Regarding meals and club meets, our IPMS folks usually have an after meeting meal at a local Dennys. And our AMPS guys are strictly hardcore- no food, just a gathering before and after the meeting at a LHS.  Oh the humanity!

z

Tojo72

 

 

tempestjohnny

Well I'm in the tax you to death state. Commonly called connecticut

 

 

 

 

I go to Armorcon in Danbury on the last Saturday of september,quite a few are usually there.

 

Our group (7) usually meets around 6:30 (when we can all get together) and we take turns with whose house.  We also take turns bringing the food. Hoagies/ Pizzas/wings, fruit, cakes/pies, sodas are the usual foods of choice, all pre-arranged beforehand.  After eating, we usualy have a show and tell of what we're working on for the next show and talk about who's going and who's driving.  Sometimes we spend a lot of time listening to the war stories of an honorary member who is 93 years old and was a P-47 pilot in WWII.  We take turns calling him and arranging to pick him up.  We also take turns taking him and his wife out to dinner once in a while. He used to build models when he was younger and still has them.  I really hope that I'm in the same shape as he is IF I get to be that age.  

I just finished building a 1/48 P-47 for him with all the markings of his plane.  I gave it to him last month.  One of the other members built a 1/48 EF111 for his son who flew them.  Joe wants me to take the P-47 to MosquitoCon.  I wasn't going to but that's what he wants so I'll be there with the P-47 and a few other builds.

Jim                   

Waynec and Fox... That is exactly what I am talking about. You guys are doing it.  Very cool indeed.