August 6 _ 9, 2025

Hampton Roads Convention Center
1610 Coliseum Drive
Hampton, Virginia 23666

Welcome to Hampton and the 2025 IPMS/USA National Convention

The IPMS/USA National Convention returns to Hampton Roads, Virginia in 2025. This is the 5th time IPMS-Tidewater has hosted the national convention, and I'm happy to say we're rested up from 2014, and ready to do it again.

If you attended our show in 2014, you'll hopefully be happy to learn that we're returning to the same venue, the Hampton Roads Convention Center in downtown Hampton Va. Hampton and the region, (known collectively as "Tidewater") is a rich and diverse community steeped in history! If you have never visited, you're in for a treat!

Stay tuned here for updates. Major updates will also be announced on the 2025 Convention Facebook page directing you here for all the details. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ipmsusanationals

We look forward to hosting you all and catching up with many of our extended IPMS friends and family. See you in August!

-Tom Jett
IPMS Tidewater
2025 IPMS/USA National Convention Chairman

News and Announcements

  • HOT! Two Rooms Available at Embassy Suites!

    We would like to announce to our IPMS membership that we have two (2) rooms available at our Flagship Hotel, Embassy Suites, during the 2025 IPMS National Convention.  The check in date for each room is Tuesday, 5 August 2025 and the check-out date is 10 August 2025. You have to be a current IPMS member to be eligible for these rooms.  This opportunity will be one room per member, and it will be accomplished on a first come, first serve basis.  

  • Tiger Meet '25

    For those attending the convention who may want to show off your work without the stress of a contest, we have the Tiger Meet sponsored by Agora Models.  

  • Convention Update: July 6 2025

    Hey everyone! Well we're just about 30 days out from the show and things are falling into place here in Hampton. We have over 1000 members and guest pre-registered, and expect in the neighborhood of another 250 to register at the show.

  • Pre-Registration is now CLOSED

    Thank you to everyone who pre-registered, we're working hard now to get everything together to build your packets.

    If you didn't make it in before midnight last night, we hope you'll still come, it's going to be a great show and we want to see you there, August 6th in Hampton!

     

    Tom Jett
    Chairman 

  • Banquet Update- SOLD OUT

    All tickets to the Awards Banquet have been sold out!

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New Category Information

IPMS/USA has recognized what has captured the attention of the next generation of model builders and future IPMS members.  This year, IPMS is adding GUNDAM into the competition!  Nine new categories of GUNDAM will be added.  We know many younger members are heavily involved in Gunpla, so the new categories will encompass many of the most popular GUNDAM model types.  If you want to compete your Gunpla you're all set, just preregister when registration opens on March 1, 2025.  Otherwise, if you just want to display your best work, but not enter the contest, we've got you covered there too.  Just register for the Tiger Meet.  Either way Gundam and Gunpla have a new home in IPMS/USA!

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