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2024




​​NEW! March 12, 2024 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games, Columbia (NE).  We had 12 club members in attendance, and we also had a guest William “Bill” Campbell, who decided to join the club.  Those at the meeting brought 14 models for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had a Tamiya 1/48 scale “German Panzer Grenadier Set, Late WWII”, kit #32514 (missing a couple figures), won by Jeff Nelson.)




























​​February 13, 2024 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, from 6 - 8 pm at the Lexington County Library, Irmo Branch.  We had 12 club members in attendance, who brought 10 models, builds or books for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. We didn't have a Raffle this month. A BIG "thank you" to John Sherrer for taking pictures at the meeting, since the normal photographer was absent.)































January 13, 2024 (Our last meeting was held on Wednesday, January 13, 2024, from 6 - 8 pm at the Lexington County Library, Irmo Branch.  We had 11 club members in attendance, who brought 10 models or builds for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had a double kit set of Hobby Boss 1/35 scale "4.7 cm Pak 38(t) Sfl. auf Fgst.Pz.Kpfw. 35R 731 (f)”, kit #83807, AND Dragon 1/35 scale “Sd.Kfz. 138/1 Geschützwagen 38 H für s.IG.33/1, Smart Kit”, kit #6470, both won by Ralph Nardone (who promptly donated them to the Show Raffle). A BIG "thank you" to John Sherrer for taking pictures at the meeting, since the normal photographer was absent.)
































2023


December 13, 2023 (Sixteen club members, including junior member Nick Varettoni, attended our annual Christmas Party, which was held at the Irmo Branch of the Lexington County Library, in the large multi-purpose room. No completed or in-process models were brought to the party.)

Please see the Club Activities Page for pictures of the Christmas Party and Gift Exchange.

​DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE of the Christmas Party



November 9, 2023 (Our last meeting was held on Wednesday, November 9, 2023, from 6 - 8 pm at the Richland County Library, Irmo Branch.  We had 10 club members in attendance, who brought 7 models or builds  for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting, and we also had Carl’s son Craig Wethington, along with Ben from the Confederate Relics & War Museum. For the Raffle, we had a double kit set of Tamiya 1/35 scale "German Tank Destroyer Marder III, Sd.Kfz.139 7.62cm Pak36(r) auf Gw.38(t)”, kit #35248, AND Tamiya 1/35 scale “M247 Sgt York, U.S. Air Defense Gun System”, kit #35126, both won by Dave Varettoni..)





























October 11, 2023 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday, October 11, 2023, from 6 - 8 pm at the Richland County Library, Irmo Branch.  We had 11 club members in attendance, who brought 8 models or builds plus one Book set for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had a double kit set of Trumpeter 1/35 scale "Soviet SPG SU-101", kit #09505 + RPM 1/35 scale “Tankietka TKS z 20mm NKM wz 38 FK”, kit #35011, won by Bryan Moeller)





























September 12, 2023 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, from 6 - 8 pm at the Richland County Library, Irmo Branch.  We had 10 club members in attendance, who brought 8 models or builds for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had a Dragon 1/35 scale "Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf. A, Modified Version w/ Interior, Smart Kit", kit #6356, won by Kevin Cook)




























August 9, 2023 (Our last meeting was held on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 from 6 - 8 pm at the Richland County Library, Irmo Branch.  We had 12 club members in attendance, who brought 5+ models or builds for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had a Trumpeter 1/35 scale “German 8.8cm PAK 43 Waffenträger" kit #05550, won by Rebecca Abbott)



























​July 11, 2023 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games.  We had 13 club members in attendance, who brought 4 models for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had 1) Academy 1/35 scale "Tiger I "Gruppe Fehrmann, Essel 1945", Special Edition", kit #13299, won by Dave Varettoni, 2) Tamiya 1/35 scale "British main battle tank Challenger 1 (Mk.3)", kit #35154, won by Rebecca Abbott, 3) DML 1/35 scale "StuG IV Late Version Sd.Kfz. 167", kit #6043, won by Kevin Cook​)



























​June 13, 2023 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games.  We had 13 club members in attendance (+ Nick Varettoni who sortof listened in). who brought 5 models for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had a DML 1/35 scale "Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. C 3 in 1(251/1 sMG, 251/7, 251/10)", kit #6224, won by Mike Roof, who then donated it to the Mega Show Raffle.​​)



























May 9, 2023 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games.  We had 14 club members in attendance. who brought 12 models and/or kits for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. No Raffle this month, BUT, John Sherrer brought a DML 1/35 scale “15cm s.IG.33 (Sf) auf Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.B – Smart Kit”, kit #6259 to trade with Kevin Cook for his DML 1/35 scale “Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.H Late Production - Smart Kit”, kit #6300, that he won last month. Maybe Kevin should have held out for more?​​)





























April 11, 2023 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games.  We had 13 club members in attendance. who brought 8 models for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had a DML 1/35 scale “Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.H Late Production - Smart Kit”, kit #6300, won by Kevin Cook (but oh sooo drooled over by John Sherrer).​)




























March 14, 2023 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games. We had 12 club members in attendance. who brought 11 models for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had a DML 1/35 scale “15cm s.IG.33 (Sf) auf Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf. B - Smart Kit”, kit #6259, won by John Sherrer.​)



























February 14, 2023 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games.  We had 11 club members in attendance. who brought 11 models for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting, but he had to leave early. For the Raffle, we had a DML 1/35 scale “Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J 2in1 Smart Kit”, kit #6394, won by “Turkey John” Melton.)




























January 11, 2023 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games.  We had 12 club members in attendance. who brought 9+ models for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting, but he had to leave early, so Trevor Edwards ran the rest of the meeting. For the Raffle, we had a Meng 1/35 scale “German A7V Tank (Krupp)”, kit #TS-017, won by Trevor Edwards)




























2022

December 13, 2022 (We held our Annual Christmas Party and White Elephant Gift Exchange at FireFly Toys & Games, ran by Kevin Cook and Ralph Nardone. 14 other club members attended, including junior member Nick Varettoni. No models were brought, but after the meeting, Danal Buchmeier e-mailed a few more pictures of his latest work. Please see the Activities Page for pictures of the party.)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE of the Christmas Party



















November 8, 2022 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games.  We had 8 club members in attendance Special Painting Demonstration meeting ran by Kevin Cook, Mike Roof and Ralph Nardone. There were also five guests who attended. We didn't have a Raffle. Thank you to John Sherrer for again taking the photos!)






























October 9, 2022 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games.  We had 16 club members in attendance, who brought 15 models for a Practice Judging Session. Kevin Cook ran the meeting, during which Jeff Nelson reviewed our Judging Process, and then we formed judging teams and practiced judging. The four judging teams only judged six in some fashion. We didn't have a Raffle. Thank you to John Sherrer for taking the photos!)






























September 13, 2022 (Our last meeting was held on Tuesday from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games.  We had 17 club members in attendance. who brought 12 models for Show & Tell. Dave Cicimurri also sent in a few photos of his German Captured T-34/76 along with some of his reference photos. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had a Trumpeter 1/35 scale “Soviet Object 268“, kit #05544, won by Jeff Nelson.)






























August 9, 2022 (Regular meeting at FireFly Toys & Games; ran by Kevin Cook, and 10 other club members attended plus a new member Greg Garand. The members brought 4 models + a couple other items for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. Daniel Buchmeier sent in a few photos of his latest in progress work. For the Raffle, we had a Tamiya 1/35 scale "German 8 ton Semi Track 20mm Flakvierling Sd.Kfz 7/1", kit #35050, won by Michael Child.)






























July 12, 2022 (Regular meeting at FireFly Toys & Games; ran by Kevin Cook, and 11 other club members attended. who brought 9+ models for Show & Tell.  The "+" is because Kevin Cook brought a batch of figures, so we actually had 19 models. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had an Academy 1/35 scale “M1151 HMMWV“, kit #13415, won by John Sherrer.)






























June 14, 2022 (Regular meeting at FireFly Toys & Games; ran by Kevin Cook and only FOUR other club members attended. who didn't bring anything for Show & Tell. It was only three days before setup for our Mega Show!  No Raffle this month, either.)


​May 9, 2022 (Regular meeting at FireFly Toys & Games; ran by Trevor Eduards (since Kevin Cook’s family was throwing him a surprise Birthday Party), and nine other club members attended. who brought six models for Show & Tell. We also had a guest/potential new member Joe Terry at the meeting.  For the Raffle this month, we had a Trumpeter 1/35 scale "KV-220 "Russian Tiger" Super Heavy Tank", kit #05553 won by Bryan Moeller.)





























April 12, 2022 (Regular meeting at FireFly Toys & Games; ran by Kevin Cook, and seven other club members attended. who brought 4 models for Show & Tell.. We didn't hold a Raffle this month.)





























​March 8, 2022 
(Regular meeting at FireFly Toys & Games; ran by Kevin Cook, and 14 other club members attended. who brought 14+ models for Show & Tell. Jeff Nelson brought printed pictures of his 1/72 scale M1 (mainly because no one can see it). The "+" is because Michael Child brought another tub of models, so we actually had around 21 models. For the Raffle, we had a Tamiya 1/35 scale "Panzerjäger "Jagdtiger" (Sd.Kfz.186) Frühe Produktion", kit #35295, won by Mike Roof.)





























February 8, 2022 (Regular meeting at FireFly Toys & Games; ran by Kevin Cook, and 14 other club members participated. Craig Van Hout from the Ripcord Association dropped by and left us with bound copies of the FSB RIPCORD Build Story. Daniel Buchmeier sent in photos of his latest diorama “Freedom's Embrace”, 101st Airborne liberation of Kaufering IV Concentration Camp, after the meeting)




























January 11, 2022 (Regular Meeting at FireFly Toys & Games; ran by Mike Roof, and 9 other club members participated)



















2021

December 14, 2021
 (We held our annual Christmas Party at FireFly Toys, please see the Activities Page)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE of the Christmas Party


November 9, 2021 (REAL meeting at FireFly Toys & Games; ran by Ralph Nardone, and 9 other club members participated. Apologies, as I must have forgotten my glasses when I took the group pictures. Wait, no the images were blurred to protect the innocent. Yeah, that's it)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE



October 12, 2021 (REAL meeting at FireFly Toys & Games; ran by Mike Roof, and 9 other club members participated)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE



April 14, 2021 (Ralph Nardone ran the Zoom virtual meeting, with 6 other club members participated. Unfortunately, the Zoom Meeting recording ended before the meeting did)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE



March 10, 2021 (Mike Roof ran the Zoom virtual meeting, with 7 more members)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE



February 10, 2021 (Mike Roof ran the Zoom virtual meeting, with 8 more members. Also, I copied some pictures off FB of Tim Darrah's UHU-II IR Spotlight)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE



​January 13, 2021 (Mike Roof ran the Zoom virtual meeting, with 9 more members. Ben Brandes sent in some photos of his latest project from the great white north, while Barry Nelson sent in a couple photos of a model he finished that Ben started)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE



2020

December 9, 2020 (Mike Roof ran the Zoom virtual meeting, with 7 more members, ok, Jeff Nelson listened in while driving to Florence)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE



November 11, 2020 (Mike Roof ran the Zoom virtual meeting, with 7 more members + Dave Koopman)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


October 14, 2020 (Ralph Nardone ran the Zoom virtual meeting, while 6 more members were able to attend.)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


​​September 9, 2020 (Ralph Nardone ran the Zoom virtual meeting, while 8 more members were able to attend. Daniel Buchmeier sent via e-mail after the meeting a few images of his diorama "Black Rain", while Dave Neuman sent via e-mail after the meeting an image of some more of his Bolt Action Game​ figures and vehicles.)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


​​August 12, 2020 (Ralph Nardone ran a Zoom virtual meeting (or did Mike Roof do it this month?). Unfortunately, numerous members couldn't attend, including yours truly, so I only received photos from Ben Brandes)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


​​July 8, 2020 (Ralph Nardone ran a Zoom virtual meeting. Unfortunately, numerous members couldn't attend, including yours truly, so I only received photos from Ben Brandes)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


June 10, 2020(Dave Cicimurri setup a virtual meeting using Zoom, which actually worked decently for our first time)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


May 14, 2020 (The meeting was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Lockdown)


April 09, 2020 (The meeting was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Lockdown)


March 13, 2020​  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


February 10, 2020  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


January 11, 2020  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


2019

December, 2019  ​DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE of the Christmas Party


November 13, 2019​  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


October 10, 2019  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


September 11, 2019  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


August 8, 2019  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


July 11, 2019  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


June 13, 2019  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


May 9, 2019  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


April 9, 2019 [Our meeting this month was on a different day due to using the Library Craft Media Room. The normal photographer, Jeff Nelson, was not able to attend the meeting, but Dave Varettoni stepped in to take this month's pictures.]  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


March 14, 2019  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


February 14, 2019  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


January 10, 2019​  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


2018

December, 2018  (See our Club Activities Page for photos of our Christmas Party, including a few pictures of Daniel Karnes' DeAggostini 1/43 scale “YT-1300(M) Lt Freighter” which he has been working on for months, but that’s understandable considering its size! Daniel e-mailed them in after the Christmas Party, which he couldn't make.)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILEof Daniel Karnes' YT-1300(M)

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE
of the Christmas Party

November, 2018 [The Meeting was held as normal, but the usual photographer, Jeff Nelson, was not at the meeting (for some odd reason he thinks spending the weekend with his wife celebrating their anniversary was more important). No one remembered to take any photos, but Daniel Karnes sent in some pictures] DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE

October, 2018  [The Meeting was cancelled because the library was closed due to Hurricane Michael, but then rescheduled to a later date. Unfortunately, no one was able to take any pictures of the few attending members did bring. In other words, nothing went as planned, but a meeting was held. Maybe, because there's no photographic proof of it.ocurring.]

September, 2018 [The Meeting was held in spite of Hurricane Florence, and fortunately Trevor Edwards did take pictures] DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE

August, 2018  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


J​uly, 2018  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


June, 2018  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


May, 2018  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


April, 2018  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


March, 2018  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


February, 2018  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


January 10, 2018  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


2017

December 14, 2017 (See our Club Activities Page for photos of our Christmas Party, including a couple pictures our long-distance member Dave Neuman in Missouri, who e-mailed them in of his latest works.

DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


November 8, 2017 DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


October 11, 2017  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


September 13, 2017  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


August 9, 2017  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


July 12, 2017  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


June 14, 2017  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


May 10, 2017  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


April 12, 2017  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


March 8, 2017  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


February 8, 2017  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


January 13, 2017  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE


2016

December 14, 2016 (See our Club Activities Page for photos of our Christmas Party!) DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE

November 9, 2016  DOWNLOADABLE PHOTO PDF FILE

NOTE: As of JUL20 the below links no longer seem to work, so I'll have to create Downloadable pdf files for each (as long as I have the photos).

October 12, 2016

September 14, 2016

August 10, 2016

July 13, 2016

June 8, 2016

May 11, 2016

April 13, 2016

March 9, 2016

February 10, 2016

January 13, 2016


2015

December 9, 2015 (See our Club Activities Page for photos of our Christmas Party!)

November 11, 2015

October 14, 2015

September 9, 2015

August 12, 2015

July 8, 2015

June 10, 2015

May 13, 2015

April 8, 2015

March 11, 2015

February 11, 2015

January 14, 2015


2014

December 10, 2014 (See our Club Activities Page for photos of our Christmas Party!)

November 12, 2014

October 8, 2014

September 10, 2014

August 13, 2014

July 9, 2014

June 11, 2014

May 14, 2014

April 9, 2014

March 12, 2014

February 19, 2014

Mike Roof's Figure Painting Seminar, February 19, 2014

January 8, 2014


2013

December 11, 2013  (See our Club Activities Page for photos of our Christmas Party!)

November 13, 2013

October 9, 2013

Western Australia Scale Model Expo (WASMEx) 2013, held September 21-22 in Perth, Western Australia (photos from Tim Vickridge, a friend of Tim Darrah)

September 11, 2013

August 14, 2013

July 10, 2013

June 12, 2013

May 08, 2013

AMPS 2013 International Show and Convention (Held in Atlanta, GA, this show was very well supported & attended by many AMPS Central SC "Wildcats" chapter members.  Please see our V4-N5 May, 3013 "Wildcat" newsletter for more details)

March 13, 2013

April 10, 2013

February 13, 2013

January 09, 2013


2012

March 14, 2012

January 11, 2012


2011

December 14, 2011 (See our Club Activities Page for photos of our Christmas Party!)

November 9, 2011

October 12, 2011

September 14, 2011


August 10, 2011

June 8, 2011

May 11, 2011

April 13, 2011

March 9, 2011

February 11, 2011

Photos from our most recent Regular Meeting:

Our last meeting was held on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, from 6 - 8 pm at the FireFly Toys & Games, Columbia (NE).  We had 12 club members in attendance, and we also had a guest William “Bill” Campbell, who decided to join the club.  Those at the meeting brought 14 models for Show & Tell. Kevin Cook ran the meeting. For the Raffle, we had a Tamiya 1/48 scale “German Panzer Grenadier Set, Late WWII”, kit #32514 (missing a couple figures), won by Jeff Nelson.

Please see the slideshow below for photos of the models that were brought in for Show & Tell, the meeting, and raffle prize. Additional slideshows or downloadable picture files for previous meetings are also below.

Temporarily we are meeting on the second Tuesday of each month.

MEETING PHOTOS