Yesterday was the IPMS Montreal Model Meet. Also known as my first model contest ever! It was a blast! I entered 5 models and 3 got gold and 2 got bronze! I also won 1st and 2nd place in my category (Junior armor)! In my junior class there were about 50 armor models.
Here is a pic of the models entered (they are on a shelf in my room).
During the show there were also A LOT of vendors so i went nuts. This is what I came out of there with.
All of that for 30$[Y]
Two of them are armor models !
If you cant really read it, the first is a Dragon 9046 Panther ausf g. The second Dragon 6013 JSU-122. Do you guys have any comments on these? Or any suggested AM parts for them?
The key to going to the contests sounds simple but always doesn’t take place: go and have fun!
I recall helping at one show many years ago. One guy had brought in the old 1/48 B-17G and B-24J bombers from Monogram. They were clearly his pride and joy but it was also clear he was very novice builder/painter. At this show, during the awards presentation, all 1-2-3 awards were announced (rather than being placed by the models like some shows do). When the 1/48 multi engine category came and went and this guy got no awards, he began fuming. He angrily grabbed his boxes, made a big deal of packing his planes up and stormed off while the rest of the awards were going on.
Frankly, he suffered the same self-delusion that is highlighted in American Idol auditions – “I’m wonderful and can do no wrong and everyone will know it!” I just had to shake my head – if he’d really just opened up his eyes and looked at the other models and/or asked how others built to a higher skill level, I think he’d really enjoyed himself. As is, his lack of awards ruined his day – but he was destined to fail.
Ben VERY COOL[Y][Y] awesome score. and i’ve never been to a show where i didn’t go nuts[:P] on buying kits. now i only get paint and dio stuff again very cool[Y]
That’s some nice work you have, but I’d some closer pictures if you have any. You should feel very proud earning those awards. All that hard work paid off.
Ben323: Congratulations!!! Winning awards for something you love to do feels great huh? Contests are great for scoring some new items for the stash too…$30 bucks for all that is awesome!
Contests are a great way to learn/ share too…I hope you had the chance to chat with some fellow modelers.
