Welcome

Hi! I’m Curt Haskell, and I’m the chairman for the 2027 IPMS/USA Nationals that will be held July 14 – 17 in Huntsville, Alabama. I want to welcome you to our website, and please look around and check out all we have to offer you.  There is a FAQ available to try to answer any questions you may have quickly, but if you don’t see your answer there feel free to post on our Facebook page and we will try to get you an answer quickly. There is also a news and update section where we will be posting any new information or updates as they become available.  We’re working hard to make it a great Convention and hope you can join us in 2027.  

The convention will be held at the Von Braun Center South Hall in downtown Huntsville. We have over 100,000 sq ft of space available to host the convention in.  Besides the contest and vendor’s room, we are going to continue the Tiger Meet tradition, and it will be open to special interest groups (SIG’s), clubs, group builds and individuals who want to display their models in a noncompetitive atmosphere.  We will have several rooms available for multiple seminar tracks, and some smaller meeting rooms for the workshops. There is a large pre-function area where we will have local attractions set up to talk to you, and answer any questions you might have about other things to see while you are in Huntsville.  There will be two concession areas, and lots of tables and chairs where you can eat, rest, or talk to fellow modelers, also areas where you can charge your electronic devices while you are resting.

We will have lots of great seminars lined up to cover all aspects of modeling, cars, airplanes, armor, figures, Gundam, miniatures and gaming, among others. We are planning tours to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.

Embassy Suites will be our host hotel, and it is connected to the convention center via a covered walkway.  We have five other hotels in the immediate area for your convenience, and there are many other hotels within a few minutes’ driving distance, so lodging will not be a problem.  There are also a number of great restaurants within walking distance of the convention center.  

With Huntsville’s central location, there are numerous attractions within range of a daytrip if you want to come early or stay late and make a family vacation out of the Convention.  These include of course the US Space and Rocket Center, the US Veterans Memorial Museum, the Huntsville Botanical Gardens and Signals, a great new museum on information technology and how it’s impacted our society and lives.  That’s not to mention the other great museums and art galleries in the Huntsville area.

And these attractions are just the beginning.  North and south of Huntsville are Birmingham and Nashville. For motorheads, the Barber Motorsports Museum outside of Birmingham and the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville are must-sees. From the Civil Rights Museum and the statue of Vulcan in Birmingham, to the historic Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Old Opry in Nashville, there’s plenty to see in and around Huntsville before, during and after the Convention! We will have a page where many of the things to see and do in and around Huntsville will be posted.   So Y’all come join us, and have a blast in 2027!

And remember, Life is Like a Box of Plastic!