IPMS USA National Convention 2009 - Part 2
by Rato Marczak
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Let's take a look at the contest tables. Several masterpieces displayed. As I said, the lightning of the contest room was terrible, but I hope the pics below will give you an idea of the show. Unless noted, all models are in 1/32 scale:
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JETS
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Hasegawa A4
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Trumpeter F8
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A highly detailed Tamiya F-16
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And more:
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This is an Academy F-18
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There was an outstanding number of Phantoms, mostly Tamiya. This one was my favorite, masterfully painted and weathered:
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This was the Tamiya F-15, pretty well assembled and painted
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And this one was John Vojtech's one, fully working lightning on wings, fuselage and cockpit. It was awarded 2nd. I was told there was ejector pin marks inside the air intakes...
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Tomcats!
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This one got gold in the category. Beautiful indeed, and a striking camouflage
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The Trumpeter Thud as present, with its impressive size
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And this is Trumps Super Sabre with a very convincing NM effect
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This MiG-21 was excellent, made from the old Revell offering
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...the same manufacturer of this magnificent Kfir conversion
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The Special Hobby X-15 (although technically not a jet) was a great surprise. I counted five or six of them of the same table - a pretty rare scene - sometimes in the same livery, by different modelers:
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Now let's see some props in Part 3.
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Rato Marczak
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