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The Society is made up of national branches, and within these, local clubs who usually represent a town, city or locality. The first branch was established in the United Kingdom in 1963. Local clubs organise regular meetings, typically once a month for members to meet up, show off their latest models, discuss the hobby and work on ongoing projects.
The whole of the UK is administered from the Head Office, but locally there are 14 "Area" committees which meet periodically, and these meetings are attended by club delegates who can, through various channels open to the "Areas", propose changes or additions to the running of the sport, these are then voted upon at Council meetings held at the Head Office.
The Historical Model Railway Society (HMRS) is a British charitable society which supports railway modellers in creating historically accurate models. To this end it collects, preserves and makes available documents, drawings, photographs and other records, covering the period from the early 19th century to the present.
The Northern Ireland Association of Aeromodellers (NIAA) is the governing body for all British Model Flying Association (BMFA) affiliated clubs in Northern Ireland.The NIAA committee is elected by, and from representatives of the local Northern Ireland flying clubs, [1] with an aim to promote, protect, organise and encourage model aircraft flying throughout Northern Ireland.
Freedom Model Kits (Taiwan) Frog (UK) (1955-1976) Fujimi Mokei (Japan) Games Workshop (Warhammer 40,000 etc.) (UK) Gaspatch Models (Greece) Gecko Models (Hong Kong) Gallery Models (USA) - brand of Model Rectifier Corporation; Glencoe Models (USA) Good Smile Company (Japan) Gowland & Gowland (USA) Great Wall Hobby (China) - brand of Lion Roar
Formed in 1996 at a meeting of UK rocketry societies and clubs established at that time, as well as amateur rocketeers, the formation meeting took place at the International Rocket Week [4] at Largs in Scotland. UKRA works through the current UKRA affiliated rocketry clubs and societies. [5]
Highland Park Society of Model Railroad Engineers, also known as the Highland Pacific Club of San Gabriel, CA [9] San Diego Model Railroad Museum, San Diego, CA [10] Tech Model Railroad Club, HO scale, student organization at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [11] Cherry Valley 2-rail O scale, Merchantville NJ.
The Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) at MIT in the 1950s pioneered automatic control of track-switching by using telephone relays. The oldest society is 'The Model Railway Club' [5] (established 1910), near Kings Cross, London, UK. As well as building model railways, it has 5,000 books and periodicals.