Author Archives: Frank R

Annual Contest Point System Changes

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Frank R

There have been a few changes to the points awarded beginning with the 2025 contest. These are: Bring a NEW BUILD that simultaneously satisfies BOTH themes for the month (TMIH and RS) – 40 points Suggest a meeting theme or … Continue reading →

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Meetings are Politics-Free Zones

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Frank R

It was recently pointed out to me that our next meeting will be the day after election day.  There will undoubtedly be plenty of election things to talk about, but let’s leave those discussions for some other time and place. Other IPMS chapters have a … Continue reading →

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2025 Meeting Dates

Posted on October 5, 2024 by Frank R

We’ve set the dates for the IPMS McKinstry monthly meetings for 2025. The meeting location and time will not change. For the most part we were able to book the standard 1st Wednesday of each month, with the exception of … Continue reading →

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Applying Decals

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Frank R

For a pdf version of this post, click here. Applying Decals Ed Mate – September 2019 What follows are the techniques I’ve developed for applying decals. I’ll start with telling you that I hate decals (yes, hate; that probably should … Continue reading →

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