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May 20 , 2010
Happy New Year!
The Society of Antique Modeler's Northern California
Chapter 27, Napa-Sonoma-Santa Rosa-Marin County
Officers and Gentlemen
SAM 27 member Don Bekins is Past-President of the national SAM organization and Ed Hamler, another SAM 27 member, served as Western States Vice-President for SAM.
Old Warden Aerodrome S.A.M. 35 Gala 2009! by Tiziano Bertolai(left above)
SAM 27 Small Rubber Contest at Lakeville Road Flying Site Enjoyed Good Weather, Turnout
Dedicated to Old-Timer Modeling in all its forms: Free-Flight, R/C, Rubber, Power and Indoor flying with members from all over Northern California--and indeed, the world through our monthly newsletter: The Antique Flyer, ably edited by Jimmy Walker. SAM 27 has members of all ages and a very active Junior OT (Old Timer) program made possible by member Rocco Ferrario, an eighth-grade Science teacher and avid modeler who uses modeling to teach and motivate his Middle-School students. Many of SAM 27's members were active modelers in their youth which spanned the 30's and 40's and encompassed the "Golden Age" of modeling activity in the United States. They have stories and memories of the famous and near-famous from that era and are a unique resource for the club. Sam 27 invites you to join us for a fun, enjoyable time at our regular meeting held on the third Wednesday of the month at the Nova to Fire house on Atherton Avenue off Highway 37 at the Black Point exit. The meetings are held in the Fire Department Training room in back of the main building. Guests are enthusiastically welcomed. (Click here for map to the Club's meeting site)
Click for SAM 27's Speed 400 Postal Contest Photos
Ideas and Techniques for building Old Timer Models |
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Loren Schmidt Inducted into SAM Hall of Fame at the Boulder City Comet SAM Champs October 9!!!
SAM 27 Christmas Party at Poppa's Taverna Dec 12th a big Success
Click to find out about SAM's Proposed "Park Flyer" Event
Click to see SAM 27's Speed 400 Efforts courtesy of Andrew Tickle
Click to visit SAM 27's World War I scale Contest pages courtesy of Andrew Tickle
Click to see SAM 27 New Year's TOFFF session photos
2010 SAM 27 Events:
Crash & Bash at the Schmidt Ranch
September 2010
Crash & Bash 2010 Countdown
SAM 27 Chapter Officers
Still Great For 2008!
President: Chip Buss 415-883-7351
Vice-President:Mike Sidwell (707) 528-8268
Secretary/Treasurer: Jay Beasley (415) 456-9520.
Contest Director: Ed Hamler (707) 255-3547
Official Photographer
Newsletter Editor: Jimmy Walker (415) 897-6789
Webmasters
Ned Nevels
707-255-7047
Larry Jobbins
415-883-3882
CONTEST Results and Photos from 2007 Crash & Bash
map to the Schmidt Ranch In Elk Grove
Flying Scale at the Crash & Bash 2007
2007 ELECTRIC TEXACO POSTAL CHAMPIONSHIP Sponsored by SAM 76
Click to go to New Model-building Project from SAM 27 Member Tandy Walker
SAM 27 Meetings
December meeting held at Roundtable Pizza in Novato Jan Meeting Jan 20 at Novato Firehouse as Normally Held
First Meeting Chaired by
New SAM 27 President Chip Buss
IDon't miss the fun!
(or the raffle prizes)
(Click here for map to the Club's Regular meeting site)
Remo Galiazzi Shows his beautifully finished British Electric Wren 1/2A Scale Duration model that he donated to SAM 27 as a fund-raiser along with an own-design electric model project and a batch of OT motors to be sold at the Crash & Bash. SAM 27 Past President, Andrew Tickle outbid everyone with a $70 bid for the model (which included radio,vintage Cox 0.049,Receiver and battery).
Click for Links To Other SAM and OT Model Clubs
The late Senior member of SAM 27 , Earl Hoffman (above) of Santa Rosa, California examines the framework of Ed Hamler's "Tomboy" fuselage, built for the 2005 SAM Champs in Henderson, Nevada. The Tomboy qualifies as a Nostalgia Model in the U.S. by virtue of it's 1950 creation date, while it is considered a "Vintage" design in the U. K. (Old Timer) because the U. K. SAM organization considers 1950 the cutoff date for it's Old Timer Model designs. Earl, 93 years young here, was a dedicated modeler and still holds some Indoor Model records.
NEW Feature
Click here for a New Feature for the SAM 27 web site: a monthly OT advertisemnet from the "Golden Age" of modeling, We'll give a new one each month so we can absorb the atmosphere of the modeling community back in the OT era.
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