Houston Automotive Modelers Society – Connecting Scale Modeling Enthusiasts

Your Houston Scale Auto Modeling Club

Welcome to the Houston Automotive Modeler’s Society (HAMS), a community of hobby enthusiasts who share a love for building automotive model kits.

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HAMS is an official local chapter of the International Plastic Modeler Society (IPMS). We meet monthly to share tips and techniques, showcase our models, and engage in friendly discussion. We host an annual model competition that attracts a large number of visitors, exhibitors, vendors and contestants.

Check out our contests page and our gallery of photos of club member’s work.

Get More Fun From Your Hobby

We are a relaxed, friendly community of auto-modeling enthusiasts from all walks of life who meet monthly to socialize with people who share our love of modeling and all things automotive.

Members and guests are encouraged to bring finished models and “work in progress” projects for “show and tell” each month. You are welcome to bring anything you’re working on, but we also have an optional theme each month to encourage you to bring your theme-related work to the meeting for show and tell.

Experts and novices alike freely share their tips and techniques to help you grow in the hobby. Networking with other people also helps you find kit parts, “special deals” and solve your model building puzzles.

We also hold the annual “Space City Shootout” auto-modeling contest which gives everyone the opportunity to showcase their work for a large audience and gain recognition for your accomplishments.

2025 Space City Shootout Contest Wrap-up

Our best yet show was held on July 12th at the Stafford Centre in Stafford Texas. It set new records for the number of attendees, the number of competition entrants and the number of model kits entered in the show. The show was very well supported by sponsors and vendors.

Click here to checkout our members work!

Explore a curated collection of incredible models created by our talented society members. Click to see details!

Get in Touch

We would love to hear from you! Feel free to reach out anytime with questions or comments.

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Monthly Meetings

We get together (usually) on the 2nd Friday of every month

Come for the monthly “show-and-tell” where you show off your work
Come for the Hands-on build sessions where you can get help from other members
Come for the “how-to” sessions where other builders illustrate how they build their masterpieces
Come for the monthly door prizes (usually model kits)

Our next meeting will be Friday, October 10^th, at the Tracy Gee Center 7 – 9 pm, Art room 1:

The theme for this month is “Work in Progress” – bring something you’re working on
Plus the usual show and tell for your recently finished kits.

The following day we will have a club outing. We will meet at A-Z Hobby at 10:30 am to do some shopping. After that we will go to Culvers for lunch. Below are the locations for both.

https://www.culvers.com/locator?restaurant=katy-tx-peek-rd

A-Z Toy Hobby, 3325 Porter Rd C102, Katy, TX 77493

Club Group Builds Update:

Chevy II Novas – Done: The plan is to take the Novas to enter in the Club group build category to the shows that have the category. RiverCon in Shreveport will be the first show that we take the Novas to.

60s Truck Group Build – Rules for the build are: Build any 60s Truck and have it finished by our January 10 meeting.

After the 60s Truck Group build, the Dodge Charger will be the next Group Build. That group build will run from Jan-June.

Club Calendar for the rest of the year

October 10 – Club Meeting at Tracy Gee

October 11 – Meet at A-Z hobby store then lunch at Culvers

November 14 – Club Meeting at Tracy Gee

December 12 – Christmas party at Mia’s Table

Upcoming Contests

September 25 – Rock-Con- Little Rock, ARK

November 1 – Cajun Modfest 37 – Baton Rouge, LA

November 8 – Capitol Classic – Austin, TX

January 3 – Modelfiesta – New Braunfels, TX