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Clubs centered around the hobby of modeling have existed since the 1950s. The Armor Modeling and Preservation Society, Inc. was founded in 1993 by armor modelers as a means of promoting the hobby using the 'open system' of contest judging. In 2023, AMPS celebrated its 30th Anniversary during the annual International Convention.
The International Plastic Modellers' Society (often shortened to IPMS) is an international organisation of hobbyists interested in building plastic model kits. The Society is made up of national branches, and within these, local clubs who usually represent a town, city or locality. The first branch was established in the United Kingdom in 1963.
The Armor Modeling and Preservation Society or AMPS is an 800-plus member organization devoted to the hobby. The International Plastic Modellers' Society (or IPMS) supports modelers of all types including military vehicle modelers.
The museum also features an outdoor G-scale layout, two indoor HO scale model, and a wooden model train for children to climb on. From Thanksgiving through the New Year, local model railroad groups set up large layouts on the roundhouse floor and in select locations on the grounds of the museum. A museum store offers toys, books, DVDs, and ...
The specific term "micro armour" originated and was trademarked by GHQ founder Gregory Dean Scott in 1967 [1] for a line of metal 1:285 scale armour miniatures. GHQ also published Micro Armour: The Game - WWII in 2001 [2] some 34 years after founding the company. Early on, a competing company called C in C offered 1:285 scale micro armour ...
The museum has various exhibits, some which are on loan by the members of the society. These artifacts include train models of different scales, artifacts related to the early years of railroading in Arizona, such as a conductors cap, railroad spikes and lanterns, the bell and headlight of a Porter 0-4-0 18" gauge locomotive and a gift shop.
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There are two massive HO scale layouts, a 1,200 sq ft (110 m 2) N scale layout, a 2,700 sq ft (250 m 2) O scale layout, and a Lionel type 3-Rail O gauge Toy Train gallery. Cabrillo & Southwestern (O scale). This 2,700 sq ft (250 m 2) layout is a freelance representation of a route from San Diego to Sacramento. Pacific Desert Lines (N scale).