If you love models and want to connect to a community of people just like you, perhaps you should join us!

The International Plastic Modelers Society (IPMS) is a genuinely international, non-profit organization, founded in 1963, "by Modelers, for Modelers". By joining the Santa Rosa chapter of IPMS you become part of a community of fellow modelers who share your interests and speak your language.

IPMS may contain the words "plastic model", but members build a lot more than that. If you peruse our past meetings, you will find a diverse array of plastic models, wood models, card models, figures, metal game miniatures, and more. You will find planes, cars, tanks, ships, spacecraft, famous people, monsters, mecha, and dinosaurs. You will find models in every scale, from every era, real and imagined. You will find a group of people with diverse interests, and some model the same things you do!

Membership Requirements: If any of these activities interest you, and you want to learn more, please attend one of our meetings. We always welcome guests and we do not charge for attendance. Find out first hand how the club works. If you bring a model for show and tell, you may even walk away with a free model from the raffle!

If you decide to join, IPMS Santa Rosa club dues run $20 a year for seniors, $15 a year for juniors age 17 and under. Club dues help pay for monthly model raffles, field trips, make and takes, the summer picnic, the Christmas party, and Hobby Expo. Members of IPMS Santa Rosa also get a 15% discount at the Loose Caboose in Napa.

We currently restrict membership to the IPMS Santa Rosa HobZob group to dues paying members and potential members who attend one or more of our meetings in Petaluma, California. This keeps HobZob message traffic related to the group under control. If you are interested in the group but have not yet attended one of our meetings, please contact us and join our emailing list. Our president sends out 3-6 emails a month, one to announce the upcoming club meeting (held once a month), one to announce the upcoming Build Day event (held once a month), one to announce the upcoming Steering Committee meeting (held once a month), and as necessary to announce special events.

To learn more about the IPMS national organization, please visit the IPMS USA website. Members of IPMS USA receive a full color magazine every other month, access to special resources through their website, and discounts at numerous hobby shops.

Please note that IPMS Santa Rosa and IPMS USA collect dues independently. Membership in one does not confer membership in the other.

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