Maryland Automotive Modelers' Association (MAMA)

Next Meeting: October 17, 2026

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The October theme table Theme of the Month will be Moebius Models.

See you at the October meeting!

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 celebrated our 38th Anniversary as a club at our September meeting. As part of the celebration, several members brought some of their very old builds so we could all reflect on how much we have supported and learned about building models from each other over the last 38 years. I, for one, am very thankful to have been a part of this club sharing fellowship with, and learning from, all our members over the years.

September Meeting Photos:

Vinny Tufano displayed the metallic burgundy racer and the trophy it won for first place in a local competition for the intermediate age division at the 1963 Revell/Pactra National model car contest. Along with trophy winner he brought his 1932 Ford 5-window hot rod, the 1949 Merc custom he built after joining the club, and his 1932 Ford Woody with a body crafted from real wood. Lastly, he had his metallic blue 1935 Mercedes coupe (from a JoHan kit) that was radically customized and won back to back quality craftsmanship awards at the MPC model car contests held in the early 1970s in New York City. After that, the judges didn’t allow the model to be entered again so that other modelers could have a chance to win that award.

Howdy Hoffman, Jr. displayed his 1960 Chevrolet Impala two-door hardtop.

Tim Powers brought the last model he completed before Norm Veber founded the club in 1988 - A Revell Ford EXP Turbo.

Derald Carpenter showed his Ferrari 328 GTS, a pair of early and late MGB Roadsters, Aston Martin DB4 and DB5, and a 1958 Plymouth Fury.

Rick Donovan brought his 1953 Studebaker Gasser, 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 drag racer, 1932 Ford Sedan drag racer, and a 1961 For Galaxie project.

Bobby G showed us his progress with his International Scout II project.

Ricky Wallace placed his rodded U-Haul OBS Chevy pickup, modified Chevy SSR, and a Gen3 Camaro project on the display table.

Gordon Chin had his large scale Porsche 959 spinning on a turntable so you could see it from every angle. It looks like his newest large-scale project is going to be a 1965/66 Shelby Mustang.

Looks like Nick Sickle has picked up some new small scale diecasts and a Brick Shop Accura NSX.

Lyle Willits brought out a couple of his older builds: a resin streamliner pickup he built in 1993 from a Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland resin kit that was mastered by Rik Hoving, and his custom 1940 Ford convertible.

Club founder Norm Veber brought the Bellini Models 1/20 scale Aston Martin Ulster that he built in 1983 (43 years ago) when he was their US distributor.

Bill Booz placed a few of his older builds on the display table; a customized 1959 El Camino, a race-ready 1964 Chevy Impala, and a pair of Dale Earnhardt #3 NASCAR races.

Duane Hinton participated in the early builds display with his Pro-Stock Camaro, 1969 Z/28, Porsche 911 Turbo, and 1964 Pontiac GTO.

Brian Beatty parked his straight six-powered 1960 Chevy pickup, custom 1977 Chevy pickup, and his newest project - a crew cab OBS Chevy pickup with a scratchbuilt chassis and semi-sized rolling stock on the display table.

Steve Buter showed a couple of his old builds: a 1948 Lincoln Continnental he built in 1979 and a 1979 Mustang he built in 1980.

Benjamin Dubit gave us a look at his 1967 and 1970 Oldsmobiles.

Benjamin's daughter, Everleigh Ann Dubit displayed her 1980 Toyota Hilux Sr5 4x4.

Leonard Harrod put some of his past builds and a current project on the table.

Ken Shanks displayed a pair of classic show rods (the Dan Woods Milk Truck and the Chuck Miller Fire Truck) and a Ghost of the Red Baron model.

Looks like Steve Buter built a traffic incident.

Kevin Kovach placed a forlorn Buick Grand National and an early build 1932 Ford hot rod on the display table.

Kevin Buter built this large scale Jaguar XKE in 1973 then resurrected and rebuilt it last year. He originally built the 1932 Alfa Romeo Sport Coupe in 1975 and rebuilt it in 2021.

Ron Drechsler rolled out his autographed build of Richard Petty's #43 1967 Plymouth GTX Belvedere.

Dave Schmitt set out four of his older builds: a 1969 Camaro Indy Pace Car, a 1980 Turbo Trans Am Indy Pace car, a 1986 Corvette Indy Pace Car, and a 1968 Shelby GT500 KR.

George Openhym displayed his build of the #14 Lancia Fulvia 1.6 HF that won the 1972 Monte Carlo Rally, driven by Sandro Munari and Mario Mannucci. Alongside the Lancia was his mild custom 1940 Ford Sedan.

Kelvin Brown is experimenting with colors for his 1932 Ford project. His Nova and Mustang build seem to be progressing nicely.

Mark Wheeler gave us a look at his finished Ford Crown Victoria, a pair of Mustang projects, an older 1970 Plymouth GTX build, and a pair of 1986 Dodge Chargers.