IPMS USA National Convention 2009 - Part 2

By Rogerio "Rato" Marczak

Part 1

Let's take a look at the contest tables. Several masterpieces displayed. As I said, the lighting 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

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

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 Trumpeter's 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

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.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

© 2009 Rato Marczak

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