This weekend, January 28 & 29, 2012 marks our 2012 East Coast Meet with setup and preparation beginning on Friday afternoon and evening in the Mallary Complex building of the Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds (known morely commonly as "The Big E"). If you plan on attending the show for the first time you might find the Amherst Railway Society's "Attending The Show" web page to be a huge help in locating hotels and transportation options. If you wish to stay in proximity to our club participants we suggest the Hampton Inn or Days Inn in Chicopee, MA. These two hotels are within a short distance and close to several restaurants nearby. Please fell free to e-mail us if you have any questions regarding attending or participating in the show.

Public hours for the show are:

Saturday - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

We have now closed our registration process for this show. If you have last minute plans change and would like to exhibit at the show, please fell free to e-mail us prior to Friday evening and we'll do our best to accommodate you participating in the show.

We are in the same section of the Mallary Complex as last year. If you're exhibiting for the first time or wish to drop by and see the models, check the floor plan map for our location. For more information on the show, check our show announcement. [posted 1/1/2012]

We've got another world-class Photo Gallery for you again this week! Headlining our Photo Gallery 498 is this beautiful Porsche 917/10 Can-Am race car built by first-time contributor Philippe Langevin. Joining Philippe's little race car is another great collection of a variety of 1/87 scale vehicle models! Check out all the great models in our Photo Gallery 498. [posted 01/21/2012]

We'd like to introduce you to and encourage you to check out a great automotive blog that our former club newsletter editor Bill Cawthon contributes to. In case you don't know Bill, he's been been heavily involved in 1/87 scale products from Ricko, Masterpiece Replicas, and several other manufacturers in a consulting role. Bill is a great friend to our hobby and you are likely to always find something interesting in his blog posts. We encourage you to check it out at www.acarplace.com[posted 01/15/2012]

We don't want to give you all the details here but we're mighty impressed with River Point Station's newly released 1/87 scale Ford Expedition SSP models! We've checked the first samples and find lot of things to like in this new model. Check our Reviews section for the entire report! [posted 1/4/2012]

Headlining our Photo Gallery 497 is this beautiful little jewel of a cable operated, steam powered shovel built by first-time contributor Mike Fisher. The model was photographed on Mike's model railroad. We welcome Mike to our web site Photo Gallery and hope to see more of his work! Also joining Mike as a first-time contributor is Mario Béland. Check out all the great models in our Photo Gallery 497. [posted 01/14/2012]

We're featuring more of Kevin Shanahan's excellent modeling again in this photo gallery. We have more photos of Kevin's 1950s Ophir Loop, Colorado modeling. We have more great models from modelers around the world in this photo gallery as well. Check out all the great models in our Photo Gallery 496. [posted 01/07/2012]

Paul Kittle repainted a Truck N' Stuff Kenworth W900L truck tractor into Kenworth's 75th Anniversary Limited Edition truck tractor for our headliner in this photo gallery. We have another great collection of photos from modelers for you in this gallery. We'd also like to welcome first-time contributors David Collins, Carlos Diaz, and Alex Melnychuk. Check out all the great models in our Photo Gallery 495. [posted 12/31/2011]

The 1/87 Vehicle Club sponsors an online discussion forum devoted to the exchange of ideas, news, and information of interest to 1/87 vehicle modelers and collectors. The name of the discussion group is 87scalecars. The group is open and free of charge.

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