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21 June 2009 Some minor updates to the Charter Chapter info page, plus I've added a couple of links to the Neat Links, and deleted all those that no longer work. Makes you think more about doing page saves... none of this web stuff will last forever.
24 May 2009 Not really an update, but if you go to the New RT Info Page, you'll see a list of articles and subjects that the Editor would like to see YOU get involved with.
23 May 2009 RT 31/2 has more editing errors, this time on pages 10-12, which is Andy Bannister's Nieuport 17 article. Go here to download a high-res PDF corrected version of this article. So, for those of you keeping count, you got the RT on time, but there's still work to be done in the final QC stages of production.
The April 2009 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
20 May 2009 RT 31/2 has some editing errors on Page 28, which, ironically, is RT Editor Steve Sauvé's own article on British Camouflage Painting. Go here to download a high-res PDF corrected version of this page. the membership on 18 May 2009.
06 May 2009 (Updated) The productiion of RT 31/2 is on time and will be mailed out to the membership on 18 May 2009.
26 April 2009 The new PayPal option seems to be popular with the guys for New IPMS Canada memberships and renewals. We have added a couple of new blocks to the process in an effort to make it easier and more workable from both end of the process. Let us know what you think of the changes.
26 April 2009 The Webmaster needs your help managing the IPMS Canada Webpage. Go here for details
05 April 2009 The new PayPal option is working pretty well for your IPMS Canada membership renewals. HOWEVER, it is critically important, for John the Circulation Guy's sanity, that you
• Indicate if you are a new member or renewing member (give us your IPMS Canada Membership Number)
• Include your Name, Full Address, City/Town, Province/State, Postal Code, Country
•Plus your e-mail address and IPMS Canada Chapter Affiliation(s)
29 March 2009 The Webmaster (aka your RT Editor) needs people to step up and start taking on current and new webpage isues. Please go here to see what's going on and how you might be able to help.
07 March 2009
Finally, we can now accept PayPal for your IPMS Canada membership renewals. This was the most critical need asked for by the membership, and shortly the PayPal option will extend into IPMS Canada's Special Products and RT Back Issues.
19 February 2009 RT 31/1, our first 36-page quarterly format issue, was mailed out to the membership starting on 12 February.
19 January 2009 - Effectively immediately the membership dues for IPMS Canada have been raised as follows:
MEMBERSHIP FEES
Canada - CAD $29.00 per year
USA - CAD $35.00 per year**
Other Countries - CAD $48.00 per year**** Note - Foreign Memberships may be paid in equivalent currency by using the conversion rate in effect on the day you're sending in payment. See today's rate at
- Universal Currency Converter www.xe.com/ucc
15 December 2008 The incoming RT Editor needs to get the word out to all members about the future state of our Branch journal. This is 'no-kidding' important that you read and heed what he has to say. Go to this link for details.
29 November 2008 Before we roll out the new quarterly format for RT we want to make sure that it's readable. If you go to this link you can have a look at a possible typeface change for the magazine. Let us know what you think by sending an e-mail to box626@ipmscanada.com.
28 November 2008 IPMS Hamilton will be hosting HeritageCon, its third annual Model contest this year on February 22, 2009. Visit their website at www.ipmshamilton.com . They meet in the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and would love to have you drop by for a visit.
25 November 2008 This is just a friendly reminder and a warm invitation to those of you who haven't yet done so, there's still time for you to fill out and submit your IPMS Canada 2008 Membership Survey to corporate HQ. If you'd rather avoid the Canada Post system, you can also scan up your completed survey pages and send them to us in an e-mail as PDFs, JPEGs or whatever works best for you. If you've lost your survey form, let us know via e-mail (box626@ipmscanada.com) and we can send you a soft copy to replace it. Those of you who have already submitted your opinions in the survey, you have our sincere thanks.
31 October 2008 The September 2008 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
04 October 2008 RT 30/5&6 was mailed out on 29 Sep 08, along with an important membership survey. PLEASE take the time to fill this out and return it to us.
21 September 2008 RT 30/5&6 will be mailed out to the membership on or about 29 Sep 08.
12 September 20The Renewals Due Now, Renewals Coming Soon, and defunct members list have been updated to reflect our status as of the upcoming mailing of RT 30/5&6.
05 August 2008 Several significant changes are coming to RT.... Visit here for details.
05 July 2008 The June 2008 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
08 June 2008 The June 2008 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
23 May 2008 The January 2008 and November 2007 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
15 March 2008 New images have been added Jim Craik's area of the Model Gallery section. This one is worth a visit to see a 1/32 Golden Hawks Sabre painted in ORIGINAL Golden Hawks paint.
09 March 2008 New images from Gary Barling and Norm Sheppard have been added to the Model Gallery section
08 February 2008 RT 30/4 was mailed out to the membership
03 January 2008 We have a new Chapter Liaison Page on the website. It can be found here.
Not Quite New News:
07 September 2007 The Renewals Due Now, Renewals Coming Soon, and defunct members list have been updated to reflect our status as of the mailing of RT 30/3.
31 August 2007 It can now be confirmed that RT 30/3 was in fact mailed out to the membership on 28 August 2007
23 August 2007 RT 30/3 is ready and will be mailed out to the membership on 28 August 2007
13 April 2007 RT 30/2 is being mailed out to the membership
The Renewals Due Now, Renewals Coming Soon, and defunct members list have been updated to reflect our status as of the mailing of RT 30/2.
15 March 2007 Charter Chapter Updates We are very pleased to welcome IPMS IPMS Hamilton - Canadian Warplane Heritage Modellers Club into the fold as a Chartered Chapter of IPMS Canada.
10 March 2007 Charter Chapter Updates The info for IPMS Cold Lake has been updated. We are very pleased to welcome IPMS Memphis, Tennessee into the fold as a Chartered Chapter of IPMS Canada.
01 March 2007 The February 2007 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
04 January 2007 The December 2006 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
17 December 2006 Vic Scheuerman has provided us with images of a 441 Sqn Mustang III wearing our latest freebie decals. Please visit the Model Gallery section to see more.
22 October 2006 Some extra back issues of some ancient RTs were found in the corporate warehouse and they're being offered for sale to the first person who wants to get them.
16 October 2006 The 441 Sqn Mustang III decal sheet distributed to members with RT 30/1 does not have a printed instruction sheet. Here is a downloadable PDF version of the RT 29/4 article, created by Dennis Weber.
14 October 2006 RT 30/1 was mailed out to the membership this week
01 October 2006 A couple of new links have been added to the Neat Links area.
25 September 2006 The August 2006 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
18 August 2006 The July 2006 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
09 July 2006 The Webmaster finally got around to some long-overdue updates to the Members' Models.
25 June 2006 The June 2006 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
05 May 2006 The Renewals Due Now, Renewals Coming Soon, and defunct members list have been updated to reflect our status as of the mailing of RT 29/6.
02 April 2006 RT 29/6 is being mailed out to the membership this week
21 March 2006 We are pleased to announce the addition of Gary Barling to the National Executive. The Feb 2006 Nat Exec Meeting Minutes have been published.
05 January 2006 The August 2005 and November 2005 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
13 December 2005 RT 29/5 is being mailed out to the membership today
12 December 2005 New images have been added to the Model Gallery section
03 December 2005 New images have been added to the Model Gallery section
02 November 2005 RT 29/4 is no longer available as a back issue! This is news only because it's the latest issue of the magazine.
27 August 2005 On a sad note, we were contacted by Derrick Howell of IPMS St. John's, Newfoundland, and asked if we could help mark the untimely passing of member Tim Frampton. Please go here for details.
16 August 2005 The July 2004 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published. These meeting notes got misplaced after the Nat Exec meeting and surfaced in the Secretary's basement grotto this week.
11 August 2005 New images have been added to the Model Gallery section
09 August 2005 RT 29/4 is being mailed out to the membership this week
11 July 2005 The June 2005 and July 2005 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
28 June 2005 Some unusual RCAF Bolingbroke floatplane photos have been added to the Reference Photos
18 May 2005 The May 2005 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
16 May 2005 The Editors of RT are looking for more articles and other material for the magazine. Please Get Involved! The magazine thrives only through the contributions of IPMS Canada members.
09 May 2005 New armour links have been added to the Neat Links page.
03 May 05 Scott Fraser of Calgary is looking to make contact with an IPMS Canada member to get involved with a special 414 Sqn Mustang I model project and article for RT. Please go here for details.
02 May 05 Due to a slip of the mind by the Webmaster, the February 2005 National Executive Meeting Minutes have just been published.
21 April 2005 The Renewals Due Now, Renewals Coming Soon, and defunct members list have been updated to reflect our status as of the mailing of RT 29/3.
12 April 2005 RT 29/3 is being mailed out to the membership this week
27 March 2005 New images have been added to the Model Gallery section
03 March 2005 The February 2005 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
02 March 2005 The last remaining stock of our Canadian Aces Decals is now sold.
18 February 2005 The stockpile of our Canadian Aces Decals is dwindling fast. Randy reports that only 15 sets still remain in inventory. Don't delay if you're thinking about ordering!
04 February 2005 The January 2005 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
27 January 2005 Two new armour links have been added to the Neat Links page.
15 January 2005 The RT Article Index is now updated to RT Vol 29/01 in both Access and PDF format, with sincere apologies to Fred Hutcheson for the Webmaster's delay in publishing this. Mea Culpa!
07 January 2005 Member Dennis Weber has kindly supplied us with a PDF version of the RT Index.
05 January 2005 Our supplies of our 1/72 scale 111 Sqn and 400 Sqn decals have now been depleted.
04 January 2005 Please check the Renewals Due Now, Renewals Coming Soon, and defunct members list . These have been updated to reflect our status as of the mailing of RT 29/1
02 January 2005 A new aviation link has been added to the Neat Links page.
03 December 2004 The November 2004 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
28 November 2004 Supplies of 1/72 scale decal sheets for 400 Sqn and 111 Sqn have now dwindled down to fewer than five sheets left for each one. These will not be reprinted, so don't wait if you're thinking about ordering a copy.
31 October 2004 A link to Canada 411 to help locate hobby shops has been added to the FAQs.
27 September 2004 RT 29/1 is being mailed out to the membership this week
09 August 2004 If you're perusing the Renewals Due Now, Renewals Coming Soon, and defunct members list and come across a member's name that has passed on, please send an e-mail to let us know.
08 August 2004 The Renewals Due Now, Renewals Coming Soon, and defunct members list have been updated to reflect our status as of the mailing of RT 28/6. Apologies for not being able to keep this up for RT 28/4 and 28/5
01 August 2004 We're pleased to provide a link to the winners of the Canadian Fighters Contest on Modeling Madness. Our thanks go out to Scott Van Aken for taking the time to organize and run this virtual modelling e-vent.
29 July 2004 A new set of photos has been added to show the 'JAS' colour scheme from our latest 1/48 442 Sqn Mustang IV decal sheet.
21 July 2004 During some minor renovations of the IPMS Canada National Archives, the Archivist found a (very) small quantity of our 1/72 scale 400 Sqn decals. If you're interested in obtaining one of the last few copies of this sheet, please do so without delay! Also note that our 1/72 scale 111 Sqn decals are also getting very low in stock as well.
06 July 2004 We received the following note from Scott Van Aken regarding the Canadian Fighters contest on Modeling Madness:
"You may be pleased to note that there were nearly 60 entries in the Canadian Fighters Contest; not bad at all, and some really great entries. Voting will go on until the 23rd of July."
Please take a few minutes to visit the Modeling Madness site15 June 2004 RT 28/6 was supposed to include a link to extra Hurricane XII photos to go with Vic Sheuerman's article. Well, we pooched up that plan so your best bet is to go find them here.
13 June 2004 RT 28/6 is being mailed out to the membership this week
06 June 2004 A new RCAF link has been added to the Neat Links page.
30 May 2004 A new RCAF link has been added to the Neat Links page. Lots of Sabres!
25 May 2004 The IPMS Cold Lake chapter contact information has been updated in the Chapters section
15 May 2004 New images have been added to the Model Gallery section
19 April 2004 A new Cdn Army WW2 link has been added to the Neat Links page
09 April 2004 New photos have been added to the RCAF and CAF Photo Galleries
08 April 2004 Some changes have been made to the IPMS Toronto webpage link and to IPMS de Havilland Scale Modellers description in the Chapters section.
04 April 2004 A number of new images have been added to the Model Gallery section. A number of new photos have been added to the WW2 RCAF Photo Gallery
29 March 2004 The March 2004 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published.
28 March 2004 A number of new model images have been added to the Model Gallery section
26 March 2004 The membership pricing has been clarified on the 'Join IPMS Canada' page, The first quality copies of the RCAF Aces decal sheet are gone. 'Seconds' sheets are available - go here for details
20 March 2004 A better link to the RT Article Index is now on the RT main page
08 March 2004 New Threads have been added to the Spitfire-Seafire area of the Reference Info page
02 March 2004 We are extremely pleased to announce the formation of IPMS Canada's newest Charter Chapter, IPMS CAN-UKS, located in the UK. See the Chapters section of the webpage for more details. Welcome, guys!
01 March 2004 The February 2004 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been released for distribution
26 February 2004 Supplies of the combined 1/48 & 1/72 RCAF Aces Decal Sheet have dwindled to fewer than 50 'primo' copies. See the Special Products page and order now to avoid disappointment.
25 February 2004 RT 28/5 is being mailed out to the membership between now and the weekend.
09 February 2004 Just because I'm getting grief about the time between updates, I thought I'd bring it to your attention that the last bound copy of the 1974 volume year of RT has been purchased. It's been a slow month...
27 January 2004 The January 2004 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published
10 January 2004 The 'Threads' area of the Reference Material has been modified to have all the Spitfire/Seafire Threads on their own page. Ya gotta like that.
05 January 2004 RT 28/4 is mailing out to members this week.
03 January 2004 Two new links have been added to Neat Links
29 December 2003 New 'Threads' have been added to the Reference Material section.
24 December 2003 A National Executive meeting was convened on 18 December at a local steak house. Truthfully, there was a vague plan to hold a meeting afterwards, but the combination of large slabs of char-broiled beef and sinful desserts put most attending members into a torpor and it was wisely decided to get back to business in the New Year. We wish a safe and happy Christmas season to all IPMS Canada members and all visitors to the website!
06 December 2003 Two new Armour links have been added to Neat Links
04 December 2003 Updates have been made to IPMS Kingston's link information in the Chapters section. Armour Guys, take note! New links have been added to Neat Links
02 December 2003 Updates have been made to IPMS Sir Isaac Brock's information in the Chapters section.
01 December 2003 New 'Threads' have been added to the Reference Material section. The November 2003 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published
16 November 2003 Updates were made to the How Can You Help? page. Take the hint! New photos have been added to the RCAF in Colour section and to the Ship Pictures section.
11 November 2003 IPMS Winnipeg' contact information has been updated.
09 November 2003 Again showing why he's entitled to wear the belt for the Heavyweight Champion of the Canadian Modelling World, IPMS Edmonton member Vic Sheuerman has already finished a 442 Sqn Mustang IV model using the new IPMS Sheet. See the link on the Special Products page.
06 November 2003 Finally! The latest IPMS Canada decal sheet is ready for sale. 1/48 442 Sqn Mustang IVs (that's P-51 D/K to the uninitiated)! A new order form is being introduced at this time, to streamline the Special Products ordering process.
04 November 2003 A new IPMS Canada e-mail discussion group has been formed on Yahoogroups - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IPMS_Canada . No big expectations, but here's a chance for you to speak on any issues affecting IPMS Canada and its members.
03 November 2003 The Renewals Due, Coming Soon Renewals, and defunct members list have been updated to reflect our status as of the mailing of RT 28/3.
28 October 2003 RT 28/3 was mailed out to the membership yesterday. Sorry I didn't tell you then, but I just got my copy for scanning into the webpage today. New 'Threads' have been added to the Reference Material section. Updates have been made to IPMS Real Coté's info in the Chapters section. En français, aussi!
21 October 2003 New 'Threads' have been added to the Reference Material section.
15 October 2003 The 1/72 400 Sqn decals have been deleted from our Special Products line. The last available sheet was sold this week. Several new 'Threads' have been added to the Reference Material section.
14 October 2003 The price for the 1/48th scale 111 Sqn P-40 decal sheet has been raised to its full price, up from the introductory price. Ya shouldn'ta waited.....
09 October 2003 The October 2003 National Executive Meeting Minutes have been published
04 October 2003 New links have been added to Neat Links The Renewals part of the webpage has been slightly revised to lower the collective blood pressure of the membership. Please note if you've renewed your membership after the list currency date, then it's very likely that the latest membership list simply hasn't been updated on the webpage yet.
03 October 2003 The RT Back Issues listing has been updated. Don't delay ordering if you're interested, because a number of issues are getting pretty thin on the ground.
08 September 2003 The Chapter Contact info for IPMS St. John's has been updated.
25 August 2003 The Editor is always on the lookout for new articles for RT. Please click here and do what you can to support IPMS Canada IPMS Canada's next retail decal sheet is announced - 442 Sqn Mustang IVs (that's P-51 D/K to the uninitiated) in 1/48 scale!
12 August 2003 New links have been added to Neat Links
04 August 2003 The IPMS Toronto section has been updated in Chapters
01 August 2003 New Internet Threads have been added to Reference Material
27 July 2003 The IPMS Prince George section has been updated in Chapters New Internet Threads have been added to Reference Material
25 July 2003 The minutes from the July 2003 National Executive Meeting have been added. Two new links have been added to the Cdn Army Reference Material
23 July 2003 A new thread has been added to Reference Material
22 July 2003 Members Research link button reactivated (how did I miss that?)
20 July 2003 How Can YOU Help has been revised National Executive contact info has been updated LAV III Article Link added from IPMS London webpage New item on 1/48 T-Birds added to Threads
19 July 2003 Several Photos have been added to Reference Material
18 July 2003 An animation has been added to the main page
17 July 2003 The IPMS/USA Convention News has been updated The IPMS London Chapter Contact has been updated
16 July 2003 The main page has been reformatted to clean up the look The navigation links have been changed to buttons from text The What's New page has been added The Reference Information Button consolidates 'Threads' and the Photos' Section New model added to Gary Barling's Page in the Model Gallery Renewals Due page updated for RT 28/2
Steve Sauvé, Website Custodian for IPMS Canada