This past weekend our IPMS local chapter held their annual convention called Nordic-Con. We made it a family event by talking my Dad, brother, my son Chris and his soon to be brother in law. Chris entered a couple of really nice pieces he built, his Rebel Blockade Runner and Alien Attacker. Unfortunately he didn’t win anything, a couple of paper models took home the Gold.
I was very fortunate, I entered my Polar Lights 1/1000 scale NX-01 with LED’s and took SILVER! I was pretty stoked since this is my first award.
I was there over the weekend and took a shot of the NX-01. Good looking kit and really deserving of the award. Congrats. It’s a shame about the Blockade Runner, that was a pretty sweet looking build.
They awarded 2 Gold Medals and they both went to paper models. I think one was a model of Voyager, can’t think of which one… While they were very nice, well constructed and flawless, I always wondered what if any finishing they had and what the challenges were to them.
I’ve always wondered about paper models myself. I can see getting the right thickness and curves cound be a chalenge as well as small details, as for finishing some come pre-printed if I recall.