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Offline davecww1

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VALLEYCON 25 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2015 Chicopee MA
« on: February 19, 2015, 08:40:45 AM »
Hi I would like to invite all members to attend the Valleycon contest presented by the Wings & Wheels Modelers. 
It is Sunday 29 March from 9am to 4pm.  It is at Knights of Columbus, 460 Granby Road in Chicopee MA just minutes away from I90 and I91. There are 2 floors, the lower is for the contest and the upper is full of vendors with all types of kits and supplies. 
We will have a Rigged/Multi-wing category and two special awards that will interest you, Best WW1 Aircraft and Best WW1 Allied Figure.
For more details and directions go to: www.wwmodelclub.org

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Re: VALLEYCON 25 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2015 Chicopee MA
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2015, 08:45:55 AM »
Thanks Dave for the heads-up on this show, the two special awards should attract some really good models. I hope you can take a heap of photos to post on the forum, I'm afraid the show is a tad too far for me to travel to.

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Re: VALLEYCON 25 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2015 Chicopee MA
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2015, 11:47:12 AM »
I have every intention of being there again this year!

Ian

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Re: VALLEYCON 25 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2015 Chicopee MA
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2015, 12:03:53 PM »
You guys gonna be dug out from the snow by then?  :o

Matt
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Re: VALLEYCON 25 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2015 Chicopee MA
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2015, 01:51:02 PM »
Cool Ian will be good to see you again.  Matt the snow here is not like in Boston, we only have about 2-3 feet piled up here, while Boston, 90 miles away is over 6 feet with piles over 10 feet in some places.  I'm hoping by March 29 the piles will all be melted, but we will see!

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Re: VALLEYCON 25 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2015 Chicopee MA
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2015, 12:33:16 PM »
It's not much better here on Cape Cod - I have up to 6' of snow piled up from clearing the drive and over 1' still on the ground and  have nowhere else to put it!

Ian
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Re: VALLEYCON 25 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2015 Chicopee MA
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2015, 06:09:19 AM »
Here are more details regarding our show:

We are now just 4 weeks out from Wings & Wheels Modelers’ Valleycon 25 on 29 March at the Knights of Columbus Hall,460 Granby Rd. Chicopee MA.

We are known for our large venue, with an upstairs room full of vendors and our contest display room in the well lit downstairs hall. We have again expanded our vending area to one wall of the display room to give our guests more options in purchases.

We will have almost 70 vendor tables. Among our well known vendors are Rare Planes Detective, The Hobby Bunker, Sentinel Miniatures, Farina Enterprises, Birch Tree Enterprises, Craftec Hobbies, Amato’s Hobbies, Turn 4 Hobbies, Time Machine Hobbies, and HobbyWorld.

Our contest features traditional IPMS style 1-2-3 judging for the automotive and aircraft categories. All other categories are judge by the so called Open System wherein your entry is judged on its own merits and you will be rewarded accordingly. We will again feature a Wargame Figure/Army class for those interested in that area who might feel intimidated at competing with more traditional figures. We have 14 special awards, including best Closed Wheel Competition Sports Car, Best Display, Best Groundwork, Best Female Figure and Best Auto Paint.

We continue with a huge kit raffle. Some of the prizes include Meng’s M2A3 with full interior, Academy’s 1/35 AH-60L DAP, the Hobby Boss 1/48 P-61, the Fine Molds Jedi Starfighter, Tamiya’s F50 Ferrari, and Academy’s 1/700 RMS Titanic.

We have posted our forms at our website. Those presenting prefilled from the website will receive two free raffle tickets.

Hope to see many if you there. For more information contact Al at [email protected].

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Re: VALLEYCON 25 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2015 Chicopee MA
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2015, 06:16:00 AM »
Tomorrow is the show, I will also be bringing along 4 boxes of unbuilt kits and books to sell at the club table...  Photos to follow!
Dave

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Re: VALLEYCON 25 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2015 Chicopee MA
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2015, 12:13:26 PM »
Here is the link to our club website, if you click the Aircraft tab there are quite a few WW1 aircraft there.  also in the figures tab there is my Frank Luke figure.  and I believe there were a couple of WW1 vintage tanks in the Armor section but you must scroll through the site to see them.
http://www.wwmodelclub.org/

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Re: VALLEYCON 25 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2015 Chicopee MA
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2015, 04:14:31 AM »
Thanks for the link Dave, and for an enjoyable day. I hope to be there again next year!

Ian