ASMS Meetings & Club Information

The Austin Scale Modeler's Society meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM. Meetings are held at Mr. Tramps Sports Pub & Cafe, which is located at 8565 Research Blvd, Austin.

In addition to our regular club business, we usually have a model show-and-tell, a contest, and a member presentation.

Get your Show & Tell Info Cards printed and filled out ahead of the meeting!

ASMS Virtual Meetings

Monthly meetings not enough? Join our virtual meetings every Sunday at 4PM Central.

Follow this link to join the Zoom meeting from your browser.
Already have the Zoom app? Log in with these credentials:
Meeting ID: 858 7631 2750
Passcode: 134629

2024 Monthly Contests

Month	Theme	Winner
January	Open	Peter Dasso, 1/48 ICM B-26K Invader
February	Open	Gene Myers, Queen Mary 2
March	First annual "Started by Milton" Challenge	Peter Dasso, Japanese A5M4
April	Open	Gene Myers, Phantom II F-50
May	Open	Ron McCracken, F-101A
June	Sci-Fi and Gundam	Matthew Brown, TIE Fighter Maintenance
July	Open, PLUS First Annual "Double Dog Dare" Challenge with traveling DDD trophy	-
August	Open	-
September	Procrastinator Challenge	-
October	Open, PLUS 10th and Final Phil "Bondo" Brandt Memorial Challenge. Traveling Trophy to be retired.	-
November	Open	-
December	White Elephant Stampede with travelling trophy	-

White Elephant Winners

2008 - Eric Choy
2009 - Tim Robb
2010 - Tim Robb
2011 - Russ Holm
2012 - Russ Holm
2013 - Russ Holm
2014 - Ron McCracken
2015 - Ron McCracken
2016 - Ben Morton
2017 - Rick Herrington
2018 - Mike Gilsbach
2019 - Tim Robb
2022 - Jorge Martins
2023 - Tim Robb
2024 - ???

Original traveling White Elephant trophy on the left, now retired with the first 12 winners inscribed on the base. Second generation trophy on the right. Will your name be on it?

Double Dog Dare Winners

2024 - Peter Dasso, Sincao-Nieuport ACA-5 (Unicraft Resin 1/72)

Dues & Membership

Austin Scale Modelers Society (ASMS) is affiliated with the International Plastic Modeler's Society (IPMS) as the Republic of Texas Chapter. Annual dues for full membership in ASMS are $30.00 for an individual ($25 if paid before April 1) and $35.00 for a family.

Annual membership dues for IPMS/USA are $25.00 and are paid directly to IPMS. IPMS membership is not required to be a member of ASMS, but is recommended and is required to hold an officer position in ASMS.

"Build & Bull" Sessions

Grab your latest project and come build with other ASMS members!

SOUTH: Sessions are scheduled for the first Saturday of every month, starting at 10am at Lionheart Hobby in Kyle, in Suite 111.
NORTH: Sessions are scheduled for the fourth Saturday of every month, starting at 10am at Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy.