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The October meeting will start at 9 am instead of the normal 10 am!

The Theme of the Month table for our October meeting will feature Model T's.

See you next month!

to MAMA's Diner, the official home of the Maryland Automotive Modelers' Association (MAMA), where we serve entrees of fun, friendship, and model cars.

MAMA's current leadership team is:
President: Tim Powers
Vice-President: Dave Toups
Treasurer: Matt Guilfoyle
Newsletter Editor: Tim Sickle

 

Notes from the MAMA President:

We got to celebrate our 37th Anniversary as a club at our September meeting. Most of us were drawn to the club by our common hobby of building scale model cars, but what we wound up with is friends. And I am grateful for that. We all have our club founder, Norman Veber to thank for getting the club started and setting a great example of how to run a club. Sadly, over those 37 years, some of our friends have moved away or passed away, but as a group we will always remember and cherish the time we had with them. Currently, we have some members who are sidelined with medical issues and we are all very hopeful that they will pull through and get back to attending meeting with us again soon. There are also some members who we haven't seen in a long time, if you're one of them, we'd love to see you at the meetings again and spend the day chatting and getting caught up.

Thank you to all who have been supporting our new Theme of the Month table feature. It seems to be a really big hit. Next month the theme will be Model T's. There have been so many Model T kits in most every scale over the last few decades that just about every one of us should have something to display.

The September Model of the Month was Rick da Builder's mostly scratchbuilt Big Debra Snack Truck.

 

September Meeting Photos:

Nick Sickle placed this Marvel Fantastic Four: First Steps "Fantasticar" Popcorn Bucket, Hot Wheels 2025 VW LA Convention Volkswagen KOOL KOMBI, and Hot Wheels 1966 Batboat on the display table.

Brian Beatty brought his build of the the Fast and Furious NISSAN Skyline GT-R (R32) Nismo S Tune with hand masked and painted stripes, a Plymouth Duster 340, a big-block powered 1964 Chevelle, and a 1962 Studebaker Avanti.



George Openhym displayed a nicely two-toned mild custom 1960 Ford Starliner, a slant-six-powered Plymouth Baracuda, a Shirley Shahan AMC Javelin, a 1964 Mercury Marauder, and a 427 Ford powered Henry J gasser.




Marcos Cruz showed his Porsche 911, 1963 Ford Galaxie Pro Mod, and Mod-Topped 1971 Plymouth Cuda.


Derald Carpenter had five finished and one in-progress build on the display table, including a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air, a custom T rod, a 1963 Buick Riviera, a 1953 Chevy Corvette, a 1957 Chevy 150, and Don Schumacher's Stardust Baracuda Funny Car work in progress.





Vinny Tufano exhibited a pair of customized 1951 and 1954 Chevys, along with a hot-rodded 1934 Ford 3-window coupe.


Kevin Buter exhibited this 1955 Chrysler 300.

Steven Buter displayed a worn-looking 1941 Plymouth Coupe and a customized 1951 Ford drop-top.

Jim Lyons placed this Coyote work in progress on the display table.

Bruce Black Brought his warmed-up Ford Pinto hatchback and a nicely rendered Coca-Cola vending machine.

Tom Sheehey is diving into a new constabulary cruiser project.

Duane Hinton showed a pair of 1960s Chevrolet pickups: one a beat-up off-roader and the other a supercharged show truck.

Lyle Willits displayed a mild custom 1953 Chevy Sedan Delivery and a 1940 Ford pickup.

Dave "Sushi" Schmitt displayed his 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee.

Leonard Harrod showed his progress on his latest 1969 Camaro project.

Sadly, I didn't see who placed these models on the display table.

This month's Brand of the Month Theme was all about "Orphan Cars".


























The Pontiacs on Parade parking lot was back with some recently acquired older buillds.




Some of the action:













































The raffle table was provisioned with a good variety of prizes.

This month we had cake and pizza to celebrate of 37th Anniversary!

You can see even more photos of this month's meeting at:
https://partsbox.fotki.com/model-car-shows/2025-09-september-m/ and
https://mamaprez.fotki.com/model-club-meetings-2025/mama-meeting-9202025/