2026 Meetings & Activities

See below for all the dates and times, but here is a summary of each event currently planned for 2026. Be sure to check back regularly, as things can change.

Monthly Meetings:

ACTSMS monthly meetings are the heartbeat of the club, a welcoming space to meet fellow members, keep the club running smoothly, and shape our upcoming events. Each meeting night also includes fun, structured, model-related entertainment alongside the essentials. 

Build and Learn:

New kit or near the finish line? All skill levels welcome! Our evening group builds are high on banter, big on ideas, and all about building together. Learn new skills, swap tips, or power through your group build projects with mates. Good vibes, great builds, zero pressure. 

Virtual Build Night:

Build from home, but never build alone. All skill levels welcome! Our virtual build tables are packed with banter, inspiration, and great company. Connect with friends and our interstate associate members, swap tips, learn new skills, and work on any project from your own workbench. Same hobby, same laughs, just online.

Meet & Greet:

Curious about scale modelling? Drop into our ACTSMS Meet & Greet, meet the crew, learn about the club, and see what the hobby is all about. 

JanUARY

Wed 21 January 2026, 7 PM
Monthly Meeting
Hellenic Club, Woden

• • Theme:  SHOW US YOUR KITS! Bring along any model you received or were working on over Christmas.

  • Presentation/Workshop:  BACK TO BASICS No 1. Basic tools and construction techniques.

  • People's Choice:  Bring in your finished model for people's choice to go towards modeller and or exhibiter of the year.

  • Raffle: Bring some cash (bank card) and hopefully go home with a nice addition to your stash!

February 

Monthly Meeting

Wed 11 February 2026, 7 PM
Hellenic Club, Woden

• • Theme:  SMALLER WARS. Anything from any conflict other than WWI or WWII.

  • Presentation/Workshop:  REPUBLIC P-47S IN THE SW PACIFIC, Presented by Michael J Claringbould.

  • People's Choice:  Bring in your finished model for people's choice to go towards modeller and or exhibiter of the year.

  • Raffle: Bring some cash (bank card) and hopefully go home with a nice addition to your stash!

Build & Learn - Build Night!

Sat 14 February 2026, 6:30PM (Not a hard start time)

Ronin Games - Belconnen

Click the following link Parking Details

• All skill levels welcome

• Building, laughing, learning together, and zero pressure

• A great opportunity to work on one of your group build projects

• Cost is free, parking is free if you enter the carpark after 6:30PM

Virtual building bench!

Fri 27 February,  7:00 PM
Meet your mates for a building session, Online!

Meet & Greet!

Sat 28 February, 11AM - 4PM

Toyworld Fyshwick, come and meet some members of the ACTSMS and learn more about the art of scale modelling and the benefits of being a member.

March 

Monthly Meeting

Wed 11 March 2026, 7 PM
Hellenic Club, Woden

• • Theme:  SPITFIRE! Any model to help celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Spitfire’s first flight on 5 March 1936.

  • Presentation/Workshop:  BACK TO BASICS No 2. Painting, decaling and finishing.

  • People's Choice:  Bring in your finished model for people's choice to go towards modeller and or exhibiter of the year.

  • Raffle: Bring some cash (bank card) and hopefully go home with a nice addition to your stash!

Build & Learn - Build Night!

Sat 14 March 2026, 6:30PM (Not a hard start time)

Ronin Games - Belconnen

Click the following link Parking Details

• All skill levels welcome

• Building, laughing, learning together, and zero pressure

• A great opportunity to work on one of your group build projects

• Cost is free, parking is free if you enter the carpark after 6:30PM

Virtual building bench!

Fri 27 March,  7:00 PM
Meet your mates for a building session, Online!

Meet & Greet!

Sat 28 March, 11AM - 4PM

Toyworld Fyshwick. Come and meet some members of the ACTSMS and learn more about the art of scale modelling and the benefits of being a member.

April

Build & Learn - Build Night!

Sat 11 April 2026, 6:30PM (Not a hard start time)

Ronin Games - Belconnen

Click the following link Parking Details

• All skill levels welcome

• Building, laughing, learning together, and zero pressure

• A great opportunity to work on one of your group build projects

• Cost is free, parking is free if you enter the carpark after 6:30PM

Monthly Meeting

Sun 19 April 2026, 10:00AM to 2:00PM

Thoroughbred Park

Annual Swap and Sell

• • ACTSMS Members only for the first hour, before it is open to the general public.

  • No Theme

  • Traders welcome (Please contact the committee)

  • BBQ

  • Raffle

• 24th - 27th April - ANZAC Weekend
  ANZAC Blitz Build!
  7:00pm Fri  24th April to Midnight Monday 27th April 2026.

More information can be found here "ANZAC Blitz Build 2026"

• Meet & Greet

Sat 18 April, 11AM - 4PM
Toyworld Fyshwick.  Come and meet some members of the ACTSMS and learn more about the art of scale modelling and the benefits of being a member.

May

Build & Learn - Build Night!

Sat 9 May 2026, 6:30PM (Not a hard start time)

Ronin Games - Belconnen

Click the following link Parking Details

• All skill levels welcome

• Building, laughing, learning together, and zero pressure

• A great opportunity to work on one of your group build projects

• Cost is free, parking is free if you enter the carpark after 6:30PM

Monthly Meeting

Wed 13 May 2026, 7 PM
Hellenic Club, Woden

• • Theme:  MARITIME! Bring any model with a nautical flavour.

  • Presentation/Workshop:  NAVAL PANEL DISCUSSION. Featuring a Q & A session. The discussion panel will feature 3 or 4 ex-RAN club members.

  • People's Choice:  Bring in your finished model for people's choice to go towards modeller and or exhibiter of the year.

  • Raffle: Bring some cash (bank card) and hopefully go home with a nice addition to your stash!

Virtual building bench!

• Fri 29 May,  7:00 PM
  Meet your mates for a building session, Online!

Meet & Greet

• Sat 30 May, 11AM - 4PM
  Toyworld Fyshwick. Come and meet some members of the ACTSMS and learn more about the art of scale modelling and the benefits of being a member.

June

Build & Learn - Build Night!

Sat 6 June 2026, 6:30PM (Not a hard start time)

Ronin Games - Belconnen

Click the following link Parking Details

• All skill levels welcome

• Building, laughing, learning together, and zero pressure

• A great opportunity to work on one of your group build projects

• Cost is free, parking is free if you enter the carpark after 6:30PM

Monthly Meeting

Wed 10 June 2026, 7 PM
Hellenic Club, Woden

• • Theme:  MBTs. Bring any Main Battle Tanks from any country and period.

  • Presentation/Workshop: BACK TO BASICS No 3. Wear and weathering.

  • People's Choice:  Bring in your finished model for people's choice to go towards modeller and or exhibiter of the year.

  • Raffle: Bring some cash (bank card) and hopefully go home with a nice addition to your stash!
    
    

Virtual building bench!

• Fri 26 June,  7:00 PM
  Meet your mates for a building session, Online! 

Meet & Greet

• Sat 27 June, 11AM - 4PM
  Toyworld Fyshwick. Come and meet some members of the ACTSMS and learn more about the art of scale modelling and the benefits of being a member.

July

Build & Learn - Build Night!

Sat 4 July 2026, 6:30PM (Not a hard start time)

Ronin Games - Belconnen

Click the following link Parking Details

• All skill levels welcome

• Building, laughing, learning together, and zero pressure

• A great opportunity to work on one of your group build projects

• Cost is free, parking is free if you enter the carpark after 6:30PM

Monthly Meeting

Wed 8 July 2026, 7 PM
Hellenic Club, Woden

• • Theme:  MADE IN AUSTRALIA. Any Australian - made equipment from DAP Beaufort to Hills Hoists.

  • Presentation/Workshop: NEW DISPLAYS AT THE AWM. Presented by AWM Curator Garth O’Connell.

  • People's Choice:  Bring in your finished model for people's choice to go towards modeller and or exhibiter of the year.

  • Raffle: Bring some cash (bank card) and hopefully go home with a nice addition to your stash!

ACTSMS Weekend Retreat

• Fri 10  -  Sun 12  July  2026

The inaugural  ACTSMS  weekend retreat, keep an eye on your inbox's as any day you will receive an email with all the details and next steps.

Virtual building bench!

• Fri 31 July, 7:30 PM
  Meet your mates for a building session, Online! 
  
  

Meet & Greet

• Sat 25 July, 11AM - 4PM
  Toyworld Fyshwick. Come and meet some members of the ACTSMS and learn more about the art of scale modelling and the benefits of being a member.

August

Build & Learn - Build Night!

Sat 1 August 2026, 6:30PM (Not a hard start time)

Ronin Games - Belconnen

Click the following link Parking Details

• All skill levels welcome

• Building, laughing, learning together, and zero pressure

• A great opportunity to work on one of your group build projects

• Cost is free, parking is free if you enter the carpark after 6:30PM

Monthly Meeting

Wed 12 August 2026, 7 PM
Hellenic Club, Woden

• • Theme:  DESERT. Any equipment (or plants or animals!) as seen or used in the desert.

  • Annual General Meeting

  • Presentation/Workshop: NIL 

  • People's Choice:  Best of the Best! All winners of the people's choice from a monthly meeting from the last reporting period (Aug 25 - Jun 26) are to bring in their models for the annual best of the best people's choice.

  • Raffle: Mega Raffle!!! Bring some cash (bank card) and hopefully go home with a nice addition to your stash!
    
    

Virtual building bench!

• Fri 28 Aug,  7:30 PM
  Meet your mates for a building session, Online! 
  
  

Meet & Greet

• Sat 29 August, 11AM - 4PM
  Toyworld Fyshwick. Come and meet some members of the ACTSMS and learn more about the art of scale modelling and the benefits of being a member.

September

Build & Learn - Build Night!

Sat 5 September 2026, 6:30PM (Not a hard start time)

Ronin Games - Belconnen

Click the following link Parking Details

• All skill levels welcome

• Building, laughing, learning together, and zero pressure

• A great opportunity to work on one of your group build projects

• Cost is free, parking is free if you enter the carpark after 6:30PM

Monthly Meeting

Wed 9 September 2026, 7 PM
Hellenic Club, Woden

• • Theme:  FAMOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR MOUNT. Any model of some equipment linked to a famous name (e.g. Hitler’s Fw 200 Condor, Jack Brabham’s own F1 car or James Bond’s Autogiro)

  • Presentation/Workshop: ADF DRONE OPERATIONS Speaker(s) to be confirmed.

  • People's Choice:  Bring in your finished model for people's choice to go towards modeller and or exhibiter of the year.

  • Raffle: Bring some cash (bank card) and hopefully go home with a nice addition to your stash!

Virtual building bench!

• Fri 25 September,  7:30 PM
  Meet your mates for a building session, Online! 
  
  

Meet & Greet

• Sat 26 September, 11AM - 4PM
  Toyworld Fyshwick. Come and meet some members of the ACTSMS and learn more about the art of scale modelling and the benefits of being a member.

October

Build & Learn - Build Night!

Sat 3 October 2026, 6:30PM (Not a hard start time)

Ronin Games - Belconnen

Click the following link Parking Details

• All skill levels welcome

• Building, laughing, learning together, and zero pressure

• A great opportunity to work on one of your group build projects

• Cost is free, parking is free if you enter the carpark after 6:30PM

Monthly Meeting

Wed 14 October 2026, 7 PM
Hellenic Club, Woden

• • Theme:  SNOW. Anything on snow, covered in snow, or used in the snow is a great opportunity for Russian-front dioramas whether WWI, WWII, or Napoleonic!)

  • Presentation/Workshop: BACK TO BASICS No 4. Conversions and super-detailing using non-plastic materials.

  • People's Choice:  Bring in your finished model for people's choice to go towards modeller and or exhibiter of the year.

  • Raffle: Bring some cash (bank card) and hopefully go home with a nice addition to your stash!
    
    

Virtual building bench!

• Fri 30 October,  7:30 PM
  Meet your mates for a building session, Online!  

Meet & Greet  (Kids in Care Charity Day)
Toyworld Fyshwick. Details TBA.

November

Monthly Meeting

Wed 4 November 2026, 7 PM
Hellenic Club, Woden

• • Theme:  THE 1950s. Models of anything from the great decade of the 1950s, from the DH Comet to Buddy Holly to an FJ Holden or any one of those funny Sci-Fi movies.

  • Presentation/Workshop: BACK TO BASICS No 4. Conversions and super-detailing using non-plastic materials.

  • People's Choice:  Bring in your finished model for people's choice to go towards modeller and or exhibiter of the year.

  • Raffle: Bring some cash (bank card) and hopefully go home with a nice addition to your stash!

ScaleACT-26!

• 6th-8th November 2025
  Four things to stay informed! Be sure to like, follow, and or subscribe to our Facebook page "ACTSMS," our dedicated ScaleACT Facebook page "Scale ACT" and our YouTube channel to be up to date on our latest updates for ScaleACT26. Also, check out the ScaleACT page on this website.

Save the date! Book those flights and hotels - see you there ! :-) 

December

• Sunday 13 December  2026,  10:00AM  to  2:00PM
  Annual Members-Only Competition and Christmas  Party
  Hellenic Club Canberra

  • People's Choice Competition, ACTSMS Members only (Full or Associate) Categories will be the same as ScaleACT and models must be finished in the past 12 months.

  • Christmas Mega Raffle

  • No Theme

  • Traders welcome (Please contact the committee)

  • ACTSMS members' yearly photo

  • Finger Food Provided

  • Best Dressed (Christmas Theme, Prizes)

CLUB Meetings

Club meetings are normally held at the Hellenic Club – Woden commencing at 7:00 PM. Many club members also meet in the bistro beforehand (from around 6) to share a meal and a beer. Two meetings a year are held on Saturdays at the Holt Community Centre, allowing for a longer more relaxed session. So please check the meeting dates and locations carefully! 

Meet & Greet sessions at Toyworld, Fyshwick

Come along to Toyworld Fyshwick and meet members of the ACTSMS. Learn all about the hobby of scale modelling and about the ACTSMS.

Scale Modelling isn’t just about constructing a model, there are many benefits to having a hobby like scale modelling such as but not limited to: improve cognitive abilities, problem solving, sense of purpose, stress relief, exploring new ideas, thinking outside the box, improve sleep, confidence boost, showing passion, improved mental health and creativity.

In addition to this there are many benefits to being a member of the ACTSMS: sense of belonging, social life, cultural integration, team work, networking opportunities, broadening your experience, stronger relationships, meeting people with similar interests, learning new skills, helping others and being part of a club that has been in the ACT sharing its success for over 50 years.

We would like to thank your Platinum Major Sponsor Toyworld Fyshwick for there ongoing support and hosting these events.

Toyworld Fyshwick, 5 Barrier Street, Fyshwick, ACT 2609

PS: ACTSMS members wishing to participate in these events need to contact the committee to be included on the roster!

Build Days at Ronin Games, Belconnen

These informal build days have been organised to allow plenty of space for those wishing to spend a few hours to meet up and construct your models with like minded friends, regardless of the subject matter. As there is plenty of time, they're a great opportunity to also get some one-on-one help with a part of your modelling project you might be stuck on whether the project itself or a technique.