Welcome to the Flying Tiger Scale Model Builders Website. We are a Region 6 chapter of the IPMS/USA

We are a group of individuals who come together to promote the hobby of scale modeling. We meet to show our current and in-progress projects, share ideas, and just hang out and talk scale modeling. We are a general interest club so whether you like to build cars, planes, armor, ships, spacecraft or figures any and all modelers are welcome. Whether you are just beginning in the hobby or have been building for 50+ years we would love for you to join our club. Stop by one of our meetings or contact us through the website, so you can become the newest member of The Flying Tiger Scale Model Builders.

What's New?

8/19/08  I want to welcome The Flying Tigers newest webmaster, Harry Carmouche. Congrats!!!

4/15/08

2/10/08 17 pictures added to Herb's gallery. Found these while cleaning out my email. Some how they got lost in the shuffle and didn't make it to the website. Sorry about that Herb, everyone enjoy!

So you say you hate sitting down the day of the contest and filling out those entry forms? So do I! Well we got ya covered. Just download the entry form which stays with your model and the contest inventory form which is given to registration and fill them out in the comfort of your own home. Don't wait for the day of the show! Come early and have your papers filled out already so you can get the prime display space on the contest tables.

You can also download a copy of this years flyer along with all the categories. We hope all this info is helpful and we hope to see you and your models at this years contest.

YOU MUST HAVE BOTH FORMS TO ENTER

ALL FORMS ARE IN PDF FORMAT AND REQUIRE ADOBE ACROBAT FOR VIEWING. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ACROBAT HERE FOR FREE.

2/06/08 Note the February meeting is not our usual 2nd Monday. Check the meeting tab for the corrected date and times. Thanks Bert for the clarification.

2/05/08   It has been too long since the website has been updated, so here goes.

 The meetings dates have been updated for 2008. Also the members area with the change in officers has also been updated.

 Most importantly is the announcement for this years contest. This year's contest theme will be On the Ides of March, so bring out your best Italian subject.  You have just a little over a month to get those projects done, so get to work. We hope to see you there!

5/27/07  Herb Wiley submitted 4 pics to the members gallery. Go check em out!

5/26/07   The 2007 Great South Tiger/Fest contest pictures are ready for your viewing pleasure. Click here or use the contest link to the left.  If you missed all the fun make sure you come out next year.

5/25/07

The members of the IPMS Flying Tigers want to thank everyone for making The Great South Tiger/Fest 14 a huge success.

Thanks to our entrants, our walk in's, and especially thanks to our vendors.

We had 38 contestants who entered 145 models and 52 general admissions. All the numbers where up from last years show and we even showed a small profit this year!

Best of Show was awarded to our own Leo Cox for his Polish Tractor.

I personally want to thank all the members of the IPMS Flying Tigers for all their hard work on Friday and Saturday for making the show run without a hitch. You guys and gals are the best!

Stay tuned for complete photo coverage of this years event and check back often so you make sure to get the date for next years show. We would love to see you there.

Again, thanks for everything! Ray Evans

Click the P40 to see the pics from the display!

APRIL 14, 2007

Lakeside Shopping Center

11am-2pm

Don't forget we are having a model display, center court in Lakeside mall next Saturday. Stayed tuned for complete photo coverage. Happy Easter, everyone!

3/23/07 The March issue of The Tiger's Roar is up for viewing. Our newest member Jack Hollander was added to the members list. We are gearing up for our mall display which is rapidly approaching. Then almost immediately following that our contest will be here. Lots of work to do and only a little time to do it. As always, Happy Modeling!

3/18/07 On April 14, 2007 The Flying Tigers will be hosting a Community Outreach Display in The Lakeside Shopping Center. We will be center court from 11am-2pm passing out flyers for our contest and meeting location. Various members will have models on display along with awards that were won from various contests. Come out and join us!

Pictures from our March 2007 meeting are up. Just click the March date in the meetings section to see them. A congrats goes to Craig Naquin who was awarded a prestigious Top 15 award at the 2007 Birmingham Classic Model Show. Out of 400+ models on the tables this is a very special award to take home. You can view pictures of his award winning 55 Chevy in the meeting  pictures and you can also view his album in the contest section which has a load of pics from the show.

3/3/07   The February 2007 issue of The Tiger's Roar is up for viewing and also mailed out for those members who do not have computers.

2/4/07  THE GREAT SOUTH MODEL FEST 2007 page is up and running. Click above or on the contest tab to get the latest information regarding our upcoming show. Here you can download a show flyer, vendor registration form, and trophy sponsorship packages. In an attempt to streamline the entry process you can also download a model entry form that you can fill it out in the comfort of your home. We hope to see you there!

5 new pics added to Richard Marriot's member gallery. 1 new pic added to Ray Evan's member gallery. Click on there names under the members tab to see what they submitted.

Pictures from our January meeting are up.

For anyone who did not get to read Lee Coll's account of The World Modeling Tour in England, the article is archived and available upon request. Secondary to space limitations and to make way for updates to our show page it had to be removed from the website. The limitations of free web-space, sorry!

12/06/2006 Lee Coll submitted an article of his experience at The World Modeling Tour 2006, in jolly ole England. You can read about his trip here. This will also be reprinted in the January issue of Tiger's Roar for those members who do not have internet access. Thanks, Lee!

Speaking of the newsletter. The first issue of The Tiger's Roar, our monthly newsletter is finally online, for the first time. From now on members will get email notification that the newsletter is uploaded for viewing instead of individual attachments. 

12/02/2006 The "Eatin Meetin" is on! Thanks go to Richard Marriot for setting everything up. This years meeting will held at Don's Seafood, for the address and additional info click on the meetings tab. 

Added 4 more planes to Bert Reynaud's member profie. Check em out. 

Lee Coll is back from the World Modeling Tour 2006 in Europe, hope to have lots of pics to show  real soon. 

2007 Library meeting dates are set and updated, mark your calendar you don't want to miss one! 

11/4/06 Received my Sept/Oct issue of the IPMS Journal.  There is great coverage of the 2006 National Convention. It was a great journey for those of us who couldn't go. At least 1 Flying Tiger was present as evidence by the contest coverage. Congrats to Bert Reynaud whose 3 first place entries are pictured in this issue of the Journal. Great job Bert! You can view all 3 of these builds by clicking Bert's name in the members section of the site. A great job also goes to the IPMS who continues to make the Journal even better with every issue. 

10/31/06  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!  A great time was  had by all at last weekends GatorCon 2006. The Lafayette crew put together a great show. This was there first show in 8 years and I believe they can call it a success. The venue was great, the awards where fabulous and for lunch I went down the road and got me some boudin and craklins. Now come on, who doesn't love Lafayette boudin and craklin? If not ya must be crazy cher!

Congrats to the Flying Tigers who got to take home some hardware.

Leo Cox:

• 1st Place:   Military, Pre-1946   ( BFS 228 )   
• 1st Place:   Powered and Surface Ships  ( Russian river boat )
• 2nd Place:  Miscellaneous    (Jumo 213)
• 3rd Place:  Military Vehicles Smaller than 1/48  (C7(P)
• Best Ship:  Russian River Boat

Ray Evans:

•  Honorable Mention:  Factory Stock  ( 1966 El Camino Beater )

•  3rd Place:  Street Rods  ( 1932 Ford Phantom Vickie )  

Richard Marriot:

• 2nd Place:  Powered and surface ships  ( USS Tecumseh )
• 1st Place:  Dioramas ( USS Chickasaw vs. CSS Tennessee )

Craig Naquin:

• 1st Place:  Street Rods  (1969 Camaro 1/12 scale )  
• 1st Place:  Factory Stock  ( 53 Ford Crestline )
• 1st Place:  Off Road + Trucks  ( 92 Ford F-150 )
• 1st Place:  Curbside  ( 1966 El Camino )
• Best Automotive:  53 Ford Crestline

You can see the pics of the contest coverage in the contest section or you can click here GatorCon 2006. Hope you enjoy looking at the pics nearly as much as I did taking them. C-ya next year!

10/23/06  GatorCon 2006 hosted by The IPMS/Acadiana Plastic Modelers. Saturday October 28, 2006 Location: Holiday Inn 2716 N. E. Evangeline Thruway, Lafayette Louisiana.

Schedule of Events:  Vendor Area Opens: 9am- 5pm     Registration:  9am-12pm   Judging:  1pm-3:30pm   Raffle Drawing:  1pm   Awards Presentation  4:pm   

Contest Theme Award: Halloween (Monsters or any subject in the colors Black or Orange)

For more information contact Kaliste Saloom at  Kaliste@aol.com

(Keep an eye for complete photo coverage)

10/22/06 Ray Evans added 2 new pics of his freshly finished 1970 Plymouth Road Runner. Check them out in the members gallery. 

10/14/06 New pictures in the members galleries submitted by Leo Cox,  Richard Marriot, Hernan Torrellas and Ray Evans.  Click on their names to see their work. We also have some pictures from the October 5th meeting. Click on the meetings tab and click the Oct 5th date to see the pics from the meeting.  Stay tuned as we work on getting our newsletter The Tigers Roar added to the website. Also at this meeting we collected kits and supplies for the Support the Troops program which are being shipped to the Al-Kisik Hobby Club in Iraq.

9/26/06  The club has new officers. Click the members tab to see who they are. Go to the contest tab to get the latest information on our 2007 contest.  Bert Reynaud submitted 6 pics of some of his most recent builds. You can check them out also in the members area. Congratulations go out to Carl Hebert and Craig Naquin who both have models feature in Scale Auto's Contest Cars 2006.  Carl got in with 2 kits, his 1957 Cameo pickup truck and a Volkswagon convertible. Craig's 1953 Ford was featured. Both members models are featured in the Birmingham Classic coverage which you can  view by clicking the contest link.