Rhino
Super Moderator
There hadn't ben a proper club meeting since November of 2025. Foul winter weather and illnesses fouler still, kept our merry band from assembling.
Then came 29 January 2026!
16 Surgeons and their sweeties in a few cases, gathered at the Wig & Pen pub for our celebration and gift drawing. A fine time was had and travel was easy in what was moderate winter weather for Iowa. A few plans were discussed for the next IPMS National Convention, and the Surgeon of the Year award was discussed, a bit. Teresa and I sat next to my old friend Dave Bettis and we had a spirited model conversation about old kits, new issues and life in general.
Joe and Aimee are planning to find another Airbnb with housing enough for attending IPMS/USA members to share in Fort Wayne, like they did in Madison.
I had not seen many of my model friends in many moons and it was a joy to be in their company again.
I encourage Plastic Surgeons member to cast their vote for Ron Schultz or Carlton Burger as your 2 candidates.
"I nominate Ronnie Schutz. He's one of the most creative men in our merry band of model maniacs. When the chips were down at Don's house and many models might have been trashed, Ronnie showed up, from Woodward with his good dog, to haul away as many of Don's completed models and books as we could load in his old pick-up. He never asked why, he just did it."
He is always of good humor, with no regard for his physical condition. His builds may be less than precise, but are prolific, in a clumsy, fun sort of way."
This is my Surgeon of The Year nomination for Ronnie.
I don't have access to Carlton's nomination, but he is a fine model maker, shows improvement, has excellent club meeting attendance and has accepted the role of Plastic Surgeons treasurer.
The gift exchange was fun!
I won a lightly started Hasegawa 1/72 P-3C Orion kit. Clear parts are intact and the BIG decal sheet looks excellent! This was a very good present, indeed! This gift puts me in mind of the Keflavik-based P-3 Orion "Penguin 8" of Tom Clancy book fame. Books, movies and the U.S. Coast Guard inspire a great many of my model builds and TLAR projects.
As milder weather approaches, expect more Plastic Surgeon meeting updates!
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This will be our 30th Model Contest. The Club is actually 32 years young, established in 1994.
We haven't devised a show theme so far.
We are working on this year's Don Barry award and Chuck Sterns' award is on it's way.
Then came 29 January 2026!
16 Surgeons and their sweeties in a few cases, gathered at the Wig & Pen pub for our celebration and gift drawing. A fine time was had and travel was easy in what was moderate winter weather for Iowa. A few plans were discussed for the next IPMS National Convention, and the Surgeon of the Year award was discussed, a bit. Teresa and I sat next to my old friend Dave Bettis and we had a spirited model conversation about old kits, new issues and life in general.
Joe and Aimee are planning to find another Airbnb with housing enough for attending IPMS/USA members to share in Fort Wayne, like they did in Madison.
I had not seen many of my model friends in many moons and it was a joy to be in their company again.
I encourage Plastic Surgeons member to cast their vote for Ron Schultz or Carlton Burger as your 2 candidates.
"I nominate Ronnie Schutz. He's one of the most creative men in our merry band of model maniacs. When the chips were down at Don's house and many models might have been trashed, Ronnie showed up, from Woodward with his good dog, to haul away as many of Don's completed models and books as we could load in his old pick-up. He never asked why, he just did it."
He is always of good humor, with no regard for his physical condition. His builds may be less than precise, but are prolific, in a clumsy, fun sort of way."
This is my Surgeon of The Year nomination for Ronnie.
I don't have access to Carlton's nomination, but he is a fine model maker, shows improvement, has excellent club meeting attendance and has accepted the role of Plastic Surgeons treasurer.
The gift exchange was fun!
I won a lightly started Hasegawa 1/72 P-3C Orion kit. Clear parts are intact and the BIG decal sheet looks excellent! This was a very good present, indeed! This gift puts me in mind of the Keflavik-based P-3 Orion "Penguin 8" of Tom Clancy book fame. Books, movies and the U.S. Coast Guard inspire a great many of my model builds and TLAR projects.
As milder weather approaches, expect more Plastic Surgeon meeting updates!
Surgicon 30 | IPMS/USA Home Page
Let's all come together to celebrate 30 years of Surgicon.
We haven't devised a show theme so far.
We are working on this year's Don Barry award and Chuck Sterns' award is on it's way.
