Our December meeting had 11 members in attendance. 10 of which participated in the Christmas present exchange! Each member who brought a present had their name in the hat and got to select a gift from the table or a previously opened gift from another member when their name was drawn. It was great fun and everyone who participated had a great time. Thanks to IPMS/ Gamecocks and IPMS/Northmen for the idea.

Elections were also held in December with the same slate of officers as last year being re-elected. Hub Plott was elected President, Steve Isaacson was elected VP and Randy King was elected Treasurer for Life! We were all informed that Country General Hobby store was closing it's doors on Dec. 31st. The club also was informed that trophy sponsorships had been mailed out to those contests we had voted on in November.

Our January meeting had 9 members in attendence. We also welcomed a guest, Bob Fancher. Bob is predominantly an armor modeler and we are glad he came by and hope to have him join up. Alex Smith also announced that he had joined IPMS/USA. It is good to have a Junior member as they are the future of the hobby.

Please be sure and visit our website at www.oocities.org/swamp001 .We now have had over 10,000 hits.

There was lots of great new stuff & built ups to see both months, here is a rundown of what people brought:

December New Stuff:
1. 1/400 U-295 by Mirage
2. Two biber mini subs by Mirage
3. Polar Lights Godzilla
4. Classic Airframes Re-2000
5. Classic Airframes Supermarine Walrus
6. Classic Airframes Lockheed Hudson Mk. III-V

Built-ups:
1. 1/48 DB-605 engined Spitfire converted from Tamiya Mk.V Spitfire.

January New Stuff:
1. Plane spotter playing cards
2. US Army Handbook 1939-1945
3. Guide to D-Day beach Landings
4. Book "The Bazooka"
5. Sol models "Alien Space Jockey" Vinyl kit
6. 1/72 Fine Molds Star Wars X-Wing
7. 1/48 Sword Models Northrop N9M

Built Ups:
1. Batman Bust
2. 1/72 Revell P-51B
3. 1/72 Hasegawa F4F in Operation Torch markings.

Here’s a list of the upcoming contests:

Mar. 9 Gaston County, Belmont,NC*
Mar. 16 Mobile, AL 
Mar 23 Knoxville, TN*
Mar 23 Fairfax, VA
Apr. 6 weirton, WV
Apr. 6 Anniston, AL*
Apr. 13 Fayetteville, NC*
Apr. 27 Winston-Salem,NC*
May 11, New Bern, NC *
Jul 31- Aug 3, IPMS/USA Nationals, Virginia Beach, VA*

Those with an * are the ones members of our club are planning to attend.

Next meeting:
February 28th at 7:00PM at Hobbytown USA on Harbison Blvd. a full report on the Region 3 Regional in Atlanta will be given as it was a BIG SUCCESS! John Sherrer will be doing a demo on how to make sand bags, tarps and canvas covers for tanks, aircraft and dioramas. So come on out after all it is your club. 

Till next time

Hub