ModelFiesta is the longest running annual modeling event in IPMS Region 6. The contest has grown in size and quality since its early days and now averages over 120 vendor tables and over 500 models entered in the contest each year. With a regular and strong international attendance by modelers from all over Latin America, ModelFiesta is one of the most unique, varied, and highly regarded IPMS events in the region.
Coming in11/14/2024. Vendor table map updated.
11/14/2024. Judging Video Blog #3 uploaded.
11/10/2024. Updated sponsorship for categories
10/23/2024. Judging Guidelines more prominent for download in Contest section.
10/9/2024. Judging Protocol documents updated.
9/19/2024. Launched website in Spanish.
There will be no food or drink sales at the venue. Restaurants and bakeries are within walking distance of the contest.
There is no ATM machine at the facility, so plan your cash holdings accordingly.
Alamo Squadron is collecting kits, modeling supplies, and reference materials for US military veterans. Please consider a generous donation. A bin will be available for your donations for Help Heal Veterans (HealVets)Vendor setup
6:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Doors open
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Model registration
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Award ceremony
4:00 PM
Raffle prices
2:30 PM (must be present to win!)
General Admission: $5.00
Waived by entry in model contest.
PRE-REGISTER FOR DISCOUNT
Contest:
Adults (18 and over):
$10.00 first model
$3.00 each additional entry
Juniors (13-17):
$5.00 first model
$2.00 each additional entry
Pre-Teens (12 and under):
$2.00 first model
$1.00 each additional entry
New Braunfels Civic and Convention Center floor plan and layout.
ModelFiesta 43 is open to members of IPMS/USA, Alamo Squadron or other IPMS/USA Chapters as well as the general public. Membership in IPMS/USA or any local chartered chapter is encouraged, but NOT required to enter a model in the contest
A person may also serve as a ‘proxy’ to enter models for another who is not attending the contest. Entry fees for absentee/proxy entrants are the same as those attending in person. All modeling forms for proxy entries must indicate “Contestant’s Name - by Proxy - followed by the attending person’s name”.
All entries must be the sole work of the individual whose name is on the model entry form. Commercially built and/or finished models that do not require significant additional work by the modeler will be ineligible.
Remember, this ModelFiesta we'll be judging each model against a standard, not against each other. Click on each image to see the full document:
Sponsored by Lionheart Hobby
Sponsored by Dibble's Hobbies
Sponsor by Herb Scranton
Sponsored by Lee Forbes
In Honor of Long Range Desert Group
Sponsored by John Pham
Sponsored by Lee Washburn
Sponsored by Austin Scale Modeler’s Society
Sponsored by Craig Gregory and Don Weaver
Sponsored by Lee Forbes
Sponsored by Lee Forbes
Sponsored by Tamiya
Sponsored by Lee Forbes
Sponsored by A.D. Stephenson
Best Army National Guard or US Reserve component aircraft. If markings not specific to ANG or Reserve, Model description must state represented unit.
Sponsored by Col. (Ret) Karen A. Pike
Sponsored by Jerry Barker
Sponsored by Thomas Zimdahl
Sponsored by HobbyTown USA
Sponsored by Alamo Squadron
Memorial Trophy recognizes
club members who have distinguished themselves with a lifetime of superior
model building and service.
As of November 15, 2024.
Green: Reserved and confirmed.
Yellow:Reserved, pending payment.
White: Available.
The price of tables will be $35 per 6' x 2.5' table. Table location will be assigned and adjusted by Alamo Squadron to maximize the number of vendors. Parking for vendors with trailers is $10. Vendor parking passes (if required) and vendor name tags will be distributed at vendor setup, Friday night and Saturday morning.
Tables that are not paid in full by December 2nd, 2024, will be offered to vendors on the waiting list. A full refund will be issued to all vendors should MF42 be cancelled and to a single vendor if their table(s) can be re-sold or at the discretion of the ModelFiesta steering committee.
No materials or services may be sold (monetary transactions or material trade) on New Braunfels Civic/Convention Center property (to inlcude vehicles in the parking lot) by any attendee unless from a paid vendor table.
Word document Download and fill out the Vendor Table Request Form.
PDF file Download and fill out the Vendor Table Request Form.
Mail the completed vendor request form along with a check payable to "Alamo Squadron of San Antonio" for $35 per number of tables requested to:
Alamo Squadron
ModelFiesta 43
PO Box 680652
San Antonio, TX 78268
All questions can be sent to our vendor coordinator via the CONTACT FORM.
Alamo Squadron is offering entrants the opportunity to pre-register their model entries for ModelFiesta 42. Download the Model Registration Summary Form and the Individual Model Entry Forms (one per entry). Once downloaded, information can be entered directly into text boxes on the forms and saved. You may refer to the Category List to help determine in what categories your builds belong.
The ONLY paperwork that needs to be returned via email is the Model Registration Summary Form. Upon completion, that form should be emailed to alamosquadron@gmail.com. Receipt of your Summary Form will be acknowledged and additional instructions regarding what to do with all of your forms will be e-mailed to you a few days after receipt. Please feel free to ask questions about the Pre-Registration process, or about the event in general, by emailing those questions to alamosquadron@gmail.com.
A discount of $3 on the total registration fee will be offered to those who take advantage of the Pre-Registration process
Download, fill out, print, and bring with you the day of the show. The MRSF documents all of your builds on one form and is given to the ModelFiesta staff upon registration at the show.
Download, fill out, print, and bring with you the day of the show. The IMEF documents each of your individual builds and is placed on the contest table with its corresponding build. The ModelFiesta registration staff will review it to ensure correctness and accuracy with your MRSF.
The first ModelFiesta was held in Wonderland Mall, now called Crossroads Mall, in 1982 and has been held each year since that first contest, with the exception of 2021 due to COVID-19. Our ModelFiesta event has traditionally been scheduled for early to mid-February on a Saturday preceding or following Valentine’s Day.
ModelFiesta 30. February 2011
Live Oak Civic Center
ModelFiesta 35. February 2016
San Antonio Event Center
ModelFiesta 40. January 2022
New Braunfels Civic/Convention Center
375 S. Castell Ave
New Braunfels, TX. 78130
