The 4/08 meeting was postponed one week due to the number of members that traveled to Wisconsin for the Milwaukee NNL. Scott Harvieux agreed to open his spacious home to the group and served a tasty chili to boot. The models were displayed on the pool table, which explains the green background in the photos. We also learned that we are not to bring chocolate cake to a house with white carpeting.

12 Photos by Scott Harvieux

The 2008 Milwaukee NNL was their 16th annual and thus they choose the Sweet 16 theme for their show - the car you had when you were sixteen. The tables were overflowing and the room was packed. It was great to get back to the Waukesha area for some great hobby stores, great friends, and great food - mmmm, Roadhouse rolls with honey butter.

277 Photos by Don Stadick

The 3/08 meeting had 23 members and guests for this meeting. Much of the discussions were centered around upcoming shows that we're excited to go to. You can tell our members are gearing up as most of the items on the show table were works-in-progress.

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The 2/08 meeting had a large turnout of members and guests for a winter meeting. I heard it was 27! There were some great builds and builds-in-progress on the table including some pickups by one of our new members, Bill Johanneck.

15 Photos by Jim Kampmann

The Hope It Don't Snow Show that is held each year in southern Minnesota and this year's event was moved to a larger facility in the historic Kahler Hotel. It is brought together by our friends in the Zumbro Valley Scale Modelers and they have done a wonderful job keeping this show exciting and interesting.

223 Photos by Don Stadick

Welcome to the New Year! The 1/08 meeting was the kickoff to our 2008 season with a lot of discussion regarding the budget, upcoming shows, and planning for the GMONNL (which will change names to become the NNL North). There were a number of nice builds brought for show and tell, along with quite a few works in progress. We also kicked off the 1/32 scale challenge, which is due in October of this year.

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The 12/07 meeting of the RPM Group was our white elephant gift exchange. Each of the members was asked to bring a wrapped model kit for a numbered raffle. When your number is up, you pick a wrapped present and open it or you can steal from another that has already opened one. Looting from other members is highly encouraged. A good time was had by all 25 members and guests that were at the meeting. Happy Holidays!

39 Photos by Don Stadick

The 11/07 meeting of the RPM Group was our club contest. All entries must have been built within the last 12 months (since the last club contest). We had a excellent turnout of 26 existing members. The quality of the models on the table continues to rise each year and this year we had 47 to choose from. Congratulations to our winners this year: Scott Harvieux (2), Chris Vick (2), Jim Mulligan and Steve Cote.

61 Photos by Don Stadick

The 10/07 RPM Meeting had 25 members and 2 guests. We quickly converted one of those guests to a paying member - welcome aboard Chris Brown! This was also Steve Cote's official entry into the club meetings - welcome aboard Steve! This meeting was for our annual Out of the Closet (bring anything that has not been shown in a while), along with a swap meet and club raffle. Everyone's mood was great and the meeting was a lot of fun.

44 Photos by Don Stadick

Nordicon is an annual event that is sponsored by the Twin City Aero Historians (www.aerohistorians.org). This year's 353 models covered aircraft, armor, sea vessels, automobiles, motorcycles, figures, spacecraft and miscellaneous others. Photographers from Fine Scale Modeler, Model X, TCAH, and RPM were all on hand to capture this great show.

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The 9/07 Meeting was held at Midway Ford in Roseville, MN along side a real car show. This was our first model car show at a dealership and the turnout was fantastic. There was a lot of interest generated by the model cars, and the only ones we had to warn about not picking up the models were the adults! many thanks to Chris and Bob for getting this set-up.

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The 8/07 RPM Meeting had another 22 member showing. We celebrated the Ferrari this month with some outstanding entries on the table. There were several other wonderful models including a pickup/trailer/mustang combo built by Dennis.

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The 7/07 RPM Meeting had 22 members including a return appearance from Bill Read, who we haven't seen in a while. It's good to see you back, Bill. This was the month the members were to bring their Mustang Modified club project in for review and judging. Of the 12 kits issued to club members, we had 14 return entries! Must be the new math.

32 Photos by Clint Williams

The 6/07 RPM Meeting had another large turnout of 20 members for such a fine day. There were some nice cars along with a surprising new way to make a fuel cell brought to us by Dennis Kimbrough. It was also Porsche month and there were a lot of great replicas compliments of Andy Martin and Bob Maderich.

35 Photos by Don Stadick

The 2007 GMONNL was a fun and exciting event that took place on June 9th. There were hundreds of fantastic cars along with many vendors and lots of people to talk to. This year's Best Competition award went to Steve Cote of Rosemount, MN. The Legends award went to Wisconsin's own Paul Johnston. RPM's own Andy Martin, Tom Thoren, Erik Zabel, and Jim Mulligan walked away with Top 10 awards.

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The 5/07 RPM Meeting had another large turnout for such a fine spring day. There was some nice cars on the table especially Scott's Ferrari which I've been waiting to see. Several more of the Mustang Modified's were also on-hand for unveiling. This was the last meeting before the GMONNL so much of the meeting revolved around plans to make this NNL better than the last.

15 Photos by Don Stadick

The 4/07 RPM meeting was my first meeting as President and had a wonderful turnout despite the fantastic weather outside. It was standing room only. There was a great assortment of models on the table including drag racing, F1, modified, Nascar, Panamericana, and even watercraft. Keep up the great work guys!

17 Photos by Clint Williams

This year's Milwaukee NNL had the theme Hot, Hot, Hot! - everything with flames. There was a good representation of hot cars on the table. Even though Clint William's Firebird had a flame-out the night before and refused to light, we've seen it work and it will be back at our NNL! There was a total of 630 cars on the table by AMG's count. A nice outing that I intend to make each year.

308 Photos by Don Stadick

The 3/07 RPM meeting kicked off the first views of the Mustang Modifieds from our club contest build. This meeting also had a change in leadership for the President and Vice-President roles. Bill Halvorsen showed his stuff by displaying a Chevelle work-in-progress.

22 Photos by Don Stadick

The 2/07 meeting of the RPM Group brought a new dynamic to the club. We had an informative meeting and learned some new techniques. Tim Graf gave us a wonderful demonstration on making headers out of solder and Clint Williams followed him with another great demonstration of creating injector stacks out of aluminum tubing. We also some some very nice builds on the table including our first white elephant kit done very nicely by Chris Vick.

26 Photos by Don Stadick

The Hope It Don't Snow Show that is held each year just south of Rochester has turned into quite an event not to be missed. It has grown to double the size it was when I attended just 2 years ago. It is brought together by the Zumbro Valley Scale Modelers and they have done a wonderful job of balancing a plethora of categories within this venue. I was lucky enough to be a judge (in the automotive section) and found some very nice builds.

163 Photos by Don Stadick

The 1/07 meeting of the RPM Group had no specific theme. It was a nice sized turnout at a temporary venue. We had a good number of models on the table for review and there was much discussion about the upcoming GMONNL and the R5 for 2008. Watch the website for more details as they develop.

22 Photos by Don Stadick

The 12/06 meeting of the RPM Group was our white elephant gift exchange. Each of the members was asked to bring a wrapped model kit for a numbered raffle. When your number is up, you pick a wrapped present and open it or you can steal from another that has already opened one. Looting from other members is highly encouraged. A good time was had by all 32 members that were at the meeting. Happy Holidays!

63 Photos by Don Stadick

The 11/06 meeting of the RPM Group was our club contest. All entries must have been built within the last 12 months (since the last club contest). We had a excellent turnout of existing members, new members and guests. The quality of the models on the table continues to rise each month and the club contest seems to be the pinnacle of the year. Congratulations to each of the winners.

43 Photos by Don Stadick

The 10/06 meeting of the RPM Group is known as the "Out of the Closet" meeting because we encourage each member to bring models that they have finished that do not meet the normal racing criteria that is promoted at the other meetings throughout the year. In 2006, we had a record turnout of models on the review table and a large gathering of members and guests.

47 Photos by Don Stadick

The NNL Nationals in Toledo was a memorable trip for many reasons. The show was fantastic with almost 1,000 models! The swap was combined with a local toy show, so it was the size of a small warehouse. Here are some of the reviews: "So good I almost p!ssed my pants" - Ted, "The only thing that would have made it better was if I had found a gun" - Bob

188 Photos by Don Stadick

Nordicon is an annual event that is sponsored by the Twin City Aero Historians (www.aerohistorians.org). It has been mainly aircraft and armor in the past, but this year our club and fellow car builders invaded like it was Normandy. Our car count rivaled that of the armor categories. Quite an impressive turnout.

43 Photos by Don Stadick

The NNL Milwaukee was my initiation into the traveling freak show that is model builders on the road. The locals took us to every hobby shop with 25 miles and they all had the same mysterious smell. We scored some great finds and Bob dubbed me the King of the Swaps for my 22-kit purchase. The show was incredible with the best dioramas that I have seen. Definately worth a return trip.

119 Photos by Don Stadick