QMS

Due to an abundance of caution, concerning COVID-19, the next meeting of QMS will be held at Jeremy Gander's'  place on a date to be determined. (In April, we hope) 

Directions may be obtained by contacting the Secretary at jcgander@sympatico.ca

QMS attended a presentation on the 12th. of March, at Quinte Plastic Modelers at Eastminster United Church on Bridge St. E. in Belleville.  Guest lecturer Peter Malone told us about his service on Royal Navy nuclear submarines. He was very interesting and informative r...

Temperatures have been very moderate for most of this winter but still not conducive to try any outside model boating, all those ideas and builds that still need a bit of testing before completion will just have to wait a bit longer.  Infact, with Great Lakes levels li...

The idea of creating a Marine Model Club in the Picton and Bay of Quinte area originated with Bob Strachan who was a long-time member of the Metro Marine Modellers.  He had moved to this area and wanted to continue working in the hobby with other interested modellers....

Yes it was cold and clear on the first day but, outside, it became decidedly unpleasant on day two.  We have been fortunate with our location, this year and last, and well exposed to the visitor traffic, we certainly had a lot of visitors and a lot of interest in our d...

QMS attended the Show in Belleville to display our hobby. On Saturday we had 30 boats and 10 members on hand to meet the public and answer many questions from interested people. During our meeting, we firmed up plans for our 2020 events schedule. Sunday we had 14 boats...

On September 12th. eight members of QMS (plus two prospective members) attended a presentation hosted by Quinte Plastic Modellers. Guest speaker Richard Wright gave us an interesting history-based talk about the German Navy in WWII. His focus was the Bismarck, of which...

Not that we don't usually have fun, but this was our first try at a "pop-Up" event and it went very well.  Mind you, the weather was all that we could hope for ............... warm but not too hot, not too humid, mostly sunny and dry.  And the ground was as flat as we...

This was going to be a "whopper" blog, but it isn't.  We had a great turn out of club members, great weather (except at the end), a great site, a great display and in-pool action with the club's tug boats and all the kids, and lots of visitors ................ but what...

Thanks to the organizers of the Picton Antique boat show, this year.  After we had to withdraw from the Odessa show because of the weather, it was a real joy to be invited to participate in this event, under what turned out to be warm and very sunny conditions.  Even t...