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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.
SAM 27 Small Rubber Contest at Lakeville Road Flying Site July 21 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 Steve Remington. SAM 27 has members of all ages and a very active Junior OT (Old Timer) program made possible by member Rocco Ferrari, 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 Thereto Avenue off Highway 37 at 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)
Ideas and Techniques for building Old Timer Models |
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Come to Elk Grove, California and enjoy the Festival of Old Time Aeromodeling that is the 32nd Annual SAM 27 Crash & Bash September 26-27-28 2008!
Click to find out about SAM's Proposed "Park Flyer" Event
Click to visit SAM 27's World War I scale Contest pages courtesy of Andrew Tickle
SAM 27 Chapter Officers
Still Great For 2007!
President: Mike Clancy 415-897-2917
Vice-President: Richard Beck (707) 938-9765
Secretary/Treasurer: Jay Beasley (415) 456-9520.
Contest Director: Ed Hamler (707) 255-3547
Official Photographer
Newsletter Editor: Steve Remington (805) 560-1323
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
SAM 27 2007 E-Texaco Postal Results 13 September
SAM 27 past events Page SAM Western States Contest Schedule for 2007
2007 SAM 27 Events:
Crash & Bash at the Schmidt Ranch
September 26-27-28 2008
Crash & Bash 2008 Countdown
Number of days until Crash & Bash 2008
117
Click to go to New Model-building Project from SAM 27 Member Tandy Walker
SAM 27 Meetings
September Meeting is Wednesday the 19th of September, Ten Days before Crash & Bash 2007!
Don't miss the fun!
(or the raffle prizes)
(Click here for map to the Club's meeting site)
July Meeting Was Wednesday, 18 July at Atherton Firehouse 
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
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, is 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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