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Gallery Article by Jorge Moreyra |
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Registration
desk..and First Coast members at work.
The
"First Coast" IPMS Chapter held their Contest on October 12th and
13th, 2002 at the Spindrifter Motel in Orange Park, Jacksonville, Florida. After
about a six hour drive, we finally arrived around 9 p.m. the night before. After
registering at the motel, we had a light dinner and went to bed early to get
some needed rest.
The
next morning, we went to check up on the contest room and saw the modelers
coming in with their prize possessions by the dozens, registration was in
full gear, vendors were in action, and here I was without even having
breakfast!. After rushing thru a quick buffet, I went back to the room,
grabbed my models and finally registered.
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I
ran into quite a few friends, and after a few hellos, placed my models in
their respective categories. Being a bit nervous (as I always am), I
started to examine all other models in my category to get a
"preview" of what it could turn out to be. I immediately
realized I was in trouble in one category!. The level of modeling is very
high lately as if everyone had graduated from Model Building University,
except maybe I went to Model Building High School. Anyways, as the day
progressed, more models kept coming in and with 14 already in one of my
categories, "Split category" went thru my mind, but it never
materialized.
I
made it thru the vendors without spending too much, and at the close of
the day, it looked pretty full at the model tables. A total of 430 models
were entered, a great number for this show. If anyone thinks that 1/72
scale is dying, look again!..! have never seen so many 1/72 scale entries
as I have this year in all the shows I have attended, including this one.
(Hint to all you
Manufacturers out there!). The next day, Sunday, was the award's day. The
Second, Third and Honorable Mention trophies and ribbons were already
placed next to the respective winners. Only First place trophies were held
and handed personally. I have seen this before at other contests and I
like this method best. It saves a lot of time, and they still call out the
names of the ALL the winners.
Tables full of
great models as you can see.
These
folks put in a lot of time and effort into making it a great contest and
my thanks go out to their whole team. I managed to take quite a few
pictures of the show and some of the models to share it with all of the
readers at ARC, so without much further ado, let the Show begin!!.
Sincerely,
Your
Road Show Host,
Jorge Moreyra
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Vendors-
This is the CAM decals outpost!...Rick, Silvia, and son..
I'm not quite sure what the young man is trying to tell
me, though...(note finger up nose)
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The
raffle table was full of goodies !
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That's
Gil, from First Coast club, in action, calling the winners
of the raffle tickets ..ticket number
785 ? Hey, that's me!!
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Okay,
now we get into the models........... Here is a 1/32
Tamiya Zero, which
appeared in an earlier ARC article, in person. The
close up shows the
sandblasting to good effect!....Yes, it was sandblasted
for that weathered
look. Can't get any more realistic than that..done with a
Paasche airbrush
and Paasche sanblasting material.. |
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Another
photo of the same 1/32 Tamiya Zero
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1/48
scale FW-190F And KI-84......
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1/48
scale1/48 scale KI-84...... KI-84......
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Me109
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FW190-Dora
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P40-K
in 1/48 scale
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Academy
1/35 CH-60S nighthawk...
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Close
up of
CH60S- great detail job...
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Something
that caught my eye was the ZP-14 Airship..Very nicely
done........Beautiful Biplane!.A winner |
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For
you airliner buffs out there, here is the L-188 Electra
and an A310- Airbus in 1/144 scale.. |
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A
1/72 scale F4 Israeli Phantom and a beautiful 1/48 F-18
that won 2nd place in it's category..... |
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This
A-4 won first in 1/48 scale jets..It sure was
sweet!....The A-10Warthog in 1/32 scale. |
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Being
from Miami myself, I got attached to this nice looking
P-51 in 1/72 scale titled "MISS MIAMI"....A 1/48
Martlet nicely done. |
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Let's
not forget about the Juniors!....An F-18 Blue angel and a
very nice B-17.. |
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A
1/32 scale F-4 Very nice and Out-0f-the-Box!!....A 1/72
scale German x plane and first place winner in it's
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A
close up of a 1/48 scale F-86 , and a Naval 1/72 scale
huey . Italeri kit was modified using documentation
sent by the pilot who flew it..nice. |
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