Hi, guys,
Just a reminder that the next SoCal AMPS Live Monthly Meeting is this Saturday, 4/13/24.

SoCal AMPS Live Monthly Meeting:
Saturday
4/13/24
4:00 – 9:00 PM (or whenever)
Frye Sign Co.
12818 Nutwood St.
Garden Grove 92840-8312
714-537-0071
Located just a few blocks south of Brookhurst Hobbies, just east of Brookhurst St. and north of Garden Grove Blvd.,
in the back of the Nutwood Industrial Park.

Reminder to all: Since seats are limited at our meeting place, please remember to bring a chair so that we have enough for everyone.

Meeting Theme: Build Night

Special Note:
Change of plans!
Due to an unexpected recent death in the family, Luis Castillo will not be able to give his scheduled slideshow presentation on
the WWI museum.
So change in plans.
Instead we’ll go with a Build Night.
Please note that this is unscheduled Open Build Night and not part of the ongoing 12 Hour Build Night Competition, unless you are entered in the contest and missed a meeting and need to make up a 4 hour build time slot.

Agenda:
(1) Local Hobby News and Updates
(2) New Stuff
(3) Show & Tell
(4) Build Time
(5) Dinner Break: SoCal AMPS will provide pizza and soft drinks
(6) Build Time
(5) What Are You Working On?
(6) Help needed
(7) Next Meetings

Club Fundraiser A Resounding Success:
Last month’s Model Kit Auction Club Fundraiser was a resounding success.
The club raised a total of $1,591 ($859 in cash and $732 in credit through Brookhurst Hobbies).
This was the third largest amount we have raised in the 14 years we have been conducting the Club Auctions.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the continued success of our club as either as a donor, purchaser or both.

Special Recognition and our thanks go to:
Brookhurst Hobbies for the use of their credit card machine to allow us to take credit card purchases.
Brookhurst Hobbies for their kind donations.
Fred Medel and Tamiya USA for their generous donations including new releases of the F-35 and Leopard 2A7 kits.
Jim Wechsler for his always amusing and effective auctioneering style.
Jim Frye for keeping the money straight and balanced to the penny.
Scott Sipes for stacking all the kits into purchaser piles.
Humbero Ramirez for his $80 cash donation (that paid for the pizza).
Ed Davies for his $40 cash donation.

Brookhurst Hobbies Update;
(1) Brookhurst Hobbies continues to buy model kit and book collections for resale at reduced prices.
Check out the selection at the 2 sales tables located at the front and rear of the store.
(2) Special sale on sale table items. 20% off any kits, aftermarket and books priced and ending in 7.
Also, 30% of any 3 or more kits priced and ending in 7.
(3) Special Sale Items located throughout the store. Look for special red tagged items reduced 30%-40%..

Club Website Build Contests:
The following is a list of 2024 SoCal AMPS Model Build Contests listed by completion date.
Although the contests may be related to live meetings, Zoom meetings, or online social media activities,
you are encouraged to post your model projects status on our SoCal AMPS online social media sites listed below.
If you cannot post to any of the sites email your photos to Kevin Hjermstadt or Robert Yeatman and they will post them for you.
Their email addresses are listed in the To: section of this email.

(1) Engineering Vehicles (including Recovery Vehicles)
This is a SoCal AMPS online social media contest.
Completed models are due posted online on 1/31/24.
This contest has been completed.

(2 Grex Airbrush Sponsored Contest: Best Airbrush Finished Model
This is a live meeting contest.
Completed models are due at the SoCal AMPS live meeting on 5/11/24.
Models will be judged by Grex Airbrush personnel.
Prizes will be awarded by Grex Airbrush.
Further details are TBD

(3) 12 Hour model Build Contest #1
This is a SoCal AMPS online Zoom meeting contest
Completed Models are due at the SoCal AMPS online Zoom meeting on 6/22/24.
Contest Awards will be Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificates provided by SoCal AMPS:
First Place $50
Second Place $35
Third Place $25

(4) Ant-Aircraft Vehicles
This is a SoCal AMPS online social media contest.
Completed models are due to be posted online by 7/31/24.
Contest Awards will be Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificates provided by SoCal AMPS:
First Place $50
Second Place $35
Third Place $25
You must use a non-started kit for this contest.

(5) 12 Hour model Build Contest #2
This is a SoCal AMPS live build night meeting contest.
Completed Models are due at the SoCal AMPS live meeting on 9/14/24.
Contest Awards will be Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificates provided by SoCal AMPS:
First Place $50
Second Place $35
Third Place $25

(6) Model For Orangecon Model Contest: Wheeled Military Vehicles
This contest is divided into 2 parts:
(1) Armored Wheeled Military Vehicles
(2) Unarmored Wheeled Military Vehicles
This is a SoCal AMPS live meeting contest
Completed Models are due at the SoCal AMPS live meeting on 9/14/24.
Contest Awards for both parts will be Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificates provided by SoCal AMPS:
First Place $50
Second Place $35
Third Place $25

(7) Tamiya out of the Box Model Contest
This contest is divided into 3 parts:
(1) 1/72 and 1/48 Scale Aircraft
(2) 1/48 Scale Armor
(3) 1/35 Scale Armor
This is a SoCal AMPS live meeting contest.
Completed models are due at the SoCal AMPS live meeting on 10/12/24.
Models will be judged by Tamiya personnel.
Prizes will be awarded by Tamiya.

(8) 4 Hour Model Build Contest
This is a SoCal AMPS live meeting contest.
Models must be built during the SoCal AMPS live meeting on 11/9/24.
Contest Awards for will be Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificates provided by SoCal AMPS:
First Place $50
Second Place $35
Third Place $25

(9) Team Diorama Contest
This is a SoCal AMPS live meeting contest.
Completed team dioramas are due at the SoCal AMPS live meeting on 12/14/24.
Contest awards are TBD at this time.
4 teams of 3 guys each were selected by random draw at our February meeting and are off and running.
The 4 teams are:
(1) Team Einst: Jim Frye, Konrad Schreier and Bill Evans
(2) Team Dose: Jim Spellmire, Ed Davies and Jose Medina
(3) Team Brown: Jim Wechsler, Jon Trask and Luis Castillo
(4) Team Busting Heads: Kevin Hjermstadt, Ted Kawahara and Pascal Zandt

(10) Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Military Vehicles
This is a SoCal AMPS online social media contest.
This contest starts on 8/1/24.
Completed models are due to be posted online by 1/31/25.
Contest Awards will be Brookhurst Hobbies gift certificates provided by SoCal AMPS:
First Place $50
Second Place $35
Third Place $25
You must use a non-started kit for this contest.

Group Build: M113 Family of Vehicles-1/35th scale:
The goal is to complete over 100 models for the Group Build Display category at an upcoming IPMS Nationals Show.
Completed models are due TBD since the earliest time that the next IPMS Nationals will return to a western regional location is 2025.
You are encouraged to post your project status on the SoCal AMPS online social media sites.
The 2 M113 Group Build Status Reports, one a Name Sort and the other a Vehicle Sort, were updated and attached to the 6/11/22 meeting notice. Please check out what everyone is planning to build (so far) and try not to duplicate models based on the same camouflage and markings.
Please email me your updates:
-adds, deletes or changes to what you plan to build (vehicle/country/camouflage colors/markings)
-status on what you are currently building (planned/started/completed)

Save the Date: SoCal AMPS Field Trips;
2/17/24 Palm Springs Air Museum and Rare Planes Detective Warehouse CANCELLED: to be scheduled later n the year.
3/16/24 Yanks and Chino Air Museums-complete?

Model Show Update-the next 3 months:
4/11-13/24 AMPS Show, South Bend, Ind.
4/21/24 Rolls, Floats & Flies Model Kit Swap Meet, Doubletree by Hilton, 7000 Beach Blvd., Buena Park 90620, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
5/18/24 ` Best of the West, Las Vegas, NV
5/25-26/24 RC Tank & Armor So Cal 2nd Quarterly Meet Up, 10111 Pioneer Blvd., Sante Fe Springs 90670, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
6/1/24 San Diego Model Expo, Contest and Swap Meet, 355 Kenney St. El Cajon 9202, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM,
6/15/24 Silicon Valley Model Show, Fremont Elks Lodge, 38991 Farwell Dr., Fremont 9436, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
6/22/24 Wondercon, the Murphy Auto Museum, 1930 Eastman Ave. Oxnard 93030, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Stay connected with fellow SoCal AMPS modelers on Social Media:
Website: socalamps.org
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/21007030912816

Upcoming SoCal AMPS Meetings:
Saturday 4/27/24 1:00 – 5:00 Online Zoom Meeting
Optional: 12 Hour Online Build Contest: Part 3: Hours 5-8

Saturday 5/11/24 4:00 – 9:00 Live Meeting at Brookhurst Hobbies
Feature Presentation: the British Imperial War Museum slideshow (Jon Trask)
Special Contest : Best Painted Model sponsored by Grex Airbrush

See you at the meeting.

John