IPMS NENY Scale Modeling Group
Noreastcon 2023 Held Saturday, April 29
Noreastcon returned to New York's Albany area for 2023, hosted by IPMS-NENY! The support we received from attendees, seminar presenters, vendors, our raffle table crew,volunteers, and outside sponsors all helped make the show a success. We've posted the contest results and slideshows of the entries. Visit the Noreastcon 2023 page for the contest results and slideshows. |
IPMS NENY member Art Loder named IPMS/USA 2022 Person of the Year!

At the IPMS 2022 Nationals Awards Presentation, our own "Great White Father" Art Loder was named IPMS/USA Person of the Year in recognition of his tireless recruitment efforts for the hobby, his unquenchable enthusiasm for the craft of scale modeling, and his 50+ years of leadership of IPMS NENY.
Art has been the creator and leader of IPMS NENY for over 50 years. He has continuously motivated and nurtured and inspired it’s members to build, to research and learn, to teach, to organize conventions to meet and share knowledge and skills with other modelers and to judge contests with skill and integrity. We owe individual and collective thanks for Art's generosity of spirit in sharing his knowledge, enthusiasm, and encouragement!
Read the full text of the encomium submitted in support of Art's nomination.
Read the definition of encomium.
Art has been the creator and leader of IPMS NENY for over 50 years. He has continuously motivated and nurtured and inspired it’s members to build, to research and learn, to teach, to organize conventions to meet and share knowledge and skills with other modelers and to judge contests with skill and integrity. We owe individual and collective thanks for Art's generosity of spirit in sharing his knowledge, enthusiasm, and encouragement!
Read the full text of the encomium submitted in support of Art's nomination.
Read the definition of encomium.
Noreastcon@50 in 2022
It was a great show and we thank everyone who attended, sponsored, and volunteered to make it happen! $500 Donated to UNICEF Ukrainian Relief for Children Fund Twenty percent of the proceeds from the Noreastcon@50 raffle were earmarked for Ukrainian relief and we added funds from the IPMS-NENY club treasury to make a donation of $500 to UNICEF earmarked for Ukrainian children. We appreciate everyone who supported the raffle and the show for helping make this donation possible. |
Visit the Noreastcon@50 pages to see the stats, access the contest results, and slideshows of the models on display.
About Us
IPMS-NENY is based in the greater Capital District area of New York and has been a Chartered Chapter of IPMS/USA since 1970. We are an exceptionally informal and friendly group with a wide range of modeling interests and IPMS membership is not required. Since the pandemic, we've been meeting virtually on the first and third Thursday of the month. If you'd like to attend a meeting, please contact us!
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Check out photos of our members' latest projects on our meetings page.
Visit our How-to pages for informative tips, techniques, and presentations.