Meet the IPMS Canada National Executive

• Hometown – St Thomas ON
• Married – 4 kids and a pair of cats
• Member of IPMS London since 2017, former IPMS Ottawa (07-13) and National member since 2020
• Builds primarily Armoured vehicles but willing to take on any build that piques interest
• 30 year fire and life safety specialist currently Professor at Fanshawe College

• Hometown – Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Married.
• 1/48 WW2 aircraft, primarily UK, Canadian, and USA. Also 1/350 ships and F-1 race cars.
• Member IPMS Canada since 1976.
• Member IPMS Ottawa since 1975.
• In real life John is a happily retired civil servant.

• Editor of IPMS Canada magazine RT (Random Thoughts.)
• Hometown – Ottawa, Ontario.
• Married, two kids.
• Claims to build 1/48 WW2 Commonwealth and Luftwaffe, and post-war ‘good guys’.
• IPMS Canada member since 1968. Has been member of IPMS Ottawa, IPMS Winnipeg, and IPMS Cold Lake.
• In real life Steve retired in 2023 from the Department of National Defence.

• Editorial Assistant for the IPMS Canada magazine RT (Random Thoughts.)
• Hometown – Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• Married, two kids.
• Build mostly 1/35 allied tanks, starts 1/48 WW2 Commonwealth aircraft but doesn’t finish them.
• IPMS Canada member since 2023. Is currently a member of IPMS Ottawa.
• Bought too many kits last year.
• In real life, works for the federal Department of Finance.

• Coming soon

• Editor of the IPMS Canada newsletter beaveRTales.
• Hometown – Ottawa via New York City.
• Interested in 1/48 and 1/72 aircraft.
• IPMS Canada member since 1968.
• Has been member of IPMS Ottawa, and IPMS/USA chapter in New York.
• In real life Bob is a semi-retired graphic artist, and also produces Iliad Decals

• Hometown – Edmonton, AB.  Currently living in Ottawa, ON
• Married, with 2 kids & 2 cats
• Retired from RCAF in 2019 after 30 years of service.  Volunteers with a local cat rescue & hosts his own sci fi modelling YouTube channel (“Scale Icons”)
• Has been building models since he was a kid in the early 70s; didn’t get around to joining IPMS Ottawa & IPMS Canada until 2020 (COVID membership!)
• Builds mostly science fiction kits, but dabbles in 1/72 jets and the occasional car or ship model.

• Hometown – Gatineau, Quebec.
• Married.
• Mostly 1/48 and 1/32 WW2 aircraft. Also 1/350 ships and some 1/35 armour.
• Member IPMS Canada since 1968.
• Member IPMS Ottawa since 1975.
• In real life Mark is a manager with the federal government.

• Born – Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
• Hometown – Seattle, Washington.
• Married with a nine year old step-daughter.
• Purports to build 1/72 RCAF and Commonwealth aircraft.
• In real life, Jim is a lawyer (noli praeiudicare.)

• Started modelling in my teens in Toronto.
• Joined IPMS Canada & St John’s Club in 1988.
• Began indexing RT after 1990 & first set of reports to website about 2002.
• Produced the Club newsletter for 15 years. 
• Retired back to Ontario in 2008. 
• Member of the Cambridge Chapter 2019-2023.

• Igor is an enigma.

• Dave Fletcher, RT’s staff cartoonist, joined IPMS Canada in January, 1969.
• He has illustrated many RT articles, mostly on trainers or support aircraft, over the years.
• He produced (and sells!) “HARVARD! The North American Trainers in Canada”.
• After 36 years in the Air Force – five flying tours, 183 missions over Bosnia – he retired with his wife Carol and runs the St. John Ambulance’s Therapy Dog programme in the Comox Valley.
• His models are eclectic, mostly 1:48, his two real aircraft, 1:1 scale.

• Born and raised in Labrador – “The Big Land”
• Lifelong civilian.
• Mostly build jets, 1/48 and 1/32…rarely 1/72. But I’ve been known to build other things.
• Can code in an unknown number of languages.
• Still can’t get over how The Sopranos ended.

☛ Daryl’s Models

• Hometown – London, Ontario
• married, two children
• member of IPMS Canada for 28 years, member of IPMS London for 26 years (past president)
• teacher in the architectural technology program at Fanshawe College, London
• modeling interests lays predominantly with 1:48 post WWII aircraft, with some RCAF WWII aircraft , modern armor and the odd ship.

Kerry’s Introduction

• Hometown – Waterloo, Ontario.
• Married, no kids, one dog.
• Member IPMS Canada since 1964.
• Builds mainly 1/72 aircraft.
• Finds Real Life a bit of a Mystery.

☛ Kim’s Models

• A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.