Five weeks to the 30th anniversary Valleycon presented by Wings & Wheels Modelers, an IPMS affiliated club in Western Mass and Northern Connecticut. The event will be held at the Knights of Columbus hall at 460 Granby Road in Chicopee MA. Doors will open to entrants and the public at 9:00 am sharp. No early birds, please, in order to allow our vendors time to set up their tables.
We 31 classes including 2 each for Gundam kits and for junior modelers. General categories include all the usual: Automotive, Aircraft, Armor, Dioramas, Figures, Ships, Sci-Fi, Collections, and Miscellaneous. Aircraft and Autos are judged in the traditional IPMS 1-2-3 style. The rest use open style judging.
We currently have 61 vendor tables reserved from 34 individuals. Among the vendors are a club table, Gundam Galaxy, Craftec Hobbies, Hobby Bunker, Hobbyworld USA, Boomer’s Book, Farina Enterprises and Time Machine Hobbies.
Our raffle will feature new kits valued at close to $1000 retail.
Entries are $5 for the first 3 models, $2 for each of the next 5 entries, after which any number can be entered for a maximum fee of only $15. Junior contestants may enter at no cost. General admission is only $5 and children 16 and under have no admission fee.
Downloadable and addressable entry forms and a flyer with directions and rules can be found at
http://www.wwmodelclub.org/show_pages/forms.htm. We encourage you to fill these out in advance, preferably on your computer, and print then out to make life easier for our judges and data entry volunteers.