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Monthly Archives: April 2010

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Not So Tall Ships

The first Saturday morning of every month a group of modelers in love with ships and the history behind them meet to discuss their projects and share stories. The group is the Redwood Empire Model Shipwrights and for over 10 years they have drawn model boat builders from all over the North Bay. [...]

By | April 30th, 2010|Model Shipwrights|Comments Off on Not So Tall Ships

Build a Car to Help the Scouts

Here's a way for you to not just watch the Salute to American Graffiti but to participate as well and help local Cub Scouts at the same time. You can build a pinewood derby car to compete in the American Graffiti Derby on May 14th and donate it to the scouts to auction off. For [...]

By | April 24th, 2010|community|Comments Off on Build a Car to Help the Scouts

Reenacting History in Miniature

A group of history enthusiasts meet weekly to reenact WWII battles complete with tanks, aircraft, and artillery. You may not be aware of these reenactments because they happen in miniature, in someone's garage, on a 6'x17' table top. Ron Hubbard is the founder and leader of the North Bay Gaming Group. Ron loves [...]

By | April 22nd, 2010|NBGamingGroup|Comments Off on Reenacting History in Miniature

Hobby Happenings Week of Apr. 19

HobbyTown USA is hosting gaming, model railroading, and RC racing this week. See our full calendar at www.htupetaluma.com. Other local club events include club meetings for rc racing and rc flying, see details below. Monday, April 19th Warhammer 40K open gaming at HobbyTown USA, 6:00-9:00pm. Meet other WH40K players for science fiction miniature battle games. [...]

By | April 19th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Hobby Happenings Week of Apr. 19

Model Trains and Memories

This past weekend the Coastal Valley Lines (CVL) model railroad club held a train run at The Lodge at Paulin Creek senior center. A train run is when members of the club bring track modules to a public venue and assemble them into a operating layout. They then run their trains and answer questions from [...]

By | April 14th, 2010|CoastalValleyLines|2 Comments

Hobby Happenings Week of April 12

HobbyTown USA is hosting gaming, model building, and RC racing this week. See our full calendar at www.htupetaluma.com. Other local club events include off-road rc racing, see details below. Monday, April 12th Warhammer 40K open gaming at HobbyTown USA, 6:00-9:00pm. Meet other WH40K players for science fiction miniature battle games. Tuesday, April 13th Yu Gi [...]

By | April 11th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Hobby Happenings Week of April 12

Hobbies and Learning

Something that has impressed me about the hobby club members I meet is their generosity when it comes to sharing their knowledge and skill with others. A couple members of the Wine Country Flyers radio control airplane club recently had the opportunity to demonstrate that generosity. A couple months before Christmas the club was approached [...]

By | April 8th, 2010|community, WCFlyers|Comments Off on Hobbies and Learning

Hobby Happenings Week of April 5th

HobbyTown USA is hosting gaming and model building this week. See our full calendar at www.htupetaluma.com. Other local club events include model railroading, rock crawling, and rc racing, see details below. Monday, April 5th Warhammer 40K open gaming at HobbyTown USA, 6:00-9:00pm. Meet other WH40K players for science fiction miniature battle games. Tuesday, April 6th [...]

By | April 4th, 2010|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Hobby Happenings Week of April 5th