2025 Themes
January Space Case — Any real space or sci-fi spacecraft
February Anchors Aweigh! — Any ship or boat
Also for ODO – Show theme – Airfix paper airplanes – Paint your Airfix 3D printed “paper” airplane any way you’d like!
March OEC – Operation Eldorado Canyon — Use Jim’s book as your reference! Any F-111F, EF-111A, EA-3B, EA-6B, KA-6D, A-6E, A-7E, F-14A, F/A-18A, & SR-71A or even their targets.
April Harrier in hot — Any Harrier Any Scale
May Special Delivery — Anything that delivers (Transport planes, cargo trucks, ships, ambulance, mail truck, Santa’s sleigh)
June Anniversary — Any model tied to an anniversary this year, possibly Carrier Landings, and certainly pizza night!
July Nostalgic Build — (re)Build a kit from your childhood
August Amnesty — A theme model you finally got around to completing!
September Eat Dirt! — Any armored vehicle
October Dawn Patrol — WW I Fighters
November Monogram monthly — any Monogram kit
December Christmas Pot Luck and Gift Exchange — Bring that gift kit you finished!
2024 Themes
January – Something new — build a subject you have not built before
February – BANDITS! — any Navy/Marine aggressor squadron aircraft
Also for ODO – Show — It Floats! – Any 1/72 scale flying boat or floatplane
March – Friends & Family — a model of something significant to a family member or close friend, or built for a family member or close friend
April – Lightning Strikes — P-38 Lightning, EE Lightning, F-35 Lightning
May – American muscle — any muscle car
June – Anniversary – 23rd Anniversary of the Club!
July – A Wolf in sheep’s clothing — a vehicle done in the markings that is not from its country (Russian Spitfire, captured mig 21)
August – Amnesty – Any project which didn’t make the deadline for a previous theme month in any year.
September – Non lethal — any civilian aircraft
October – Ground Pounders — any vehicle on the road or any strike aircraft that supplies close air support
November – BTSK – Airfix 1/72 new tool Harriers (AV-8A/GR.1/GR.3)
December – No Theme – Christmas Party