Medicman71
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Post by Medicman71 on Apr 9, 2024 16:28:02 GMT -5
So the Houston IPMS model show, Model Mania 2024, will be held on May the 4th in Stafford, TX. I'll be there with (hopefully) the two Super Hornets. Here's a link to the show details.
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Post by Medicman71 on May 5, 2024 12:04:01 GMT -5
Went to the show yesterday. Vendors were great. I was head judge for the Sci-Fi category which included Gundam, Star Wars, Etc. I judged everything in that category with the exception of my two entries. We changed to the GSB system (gold, silver, bronze) and it's based on points. I like this system because you're competing against yourself and a standard and not against everyone else in that category. While the system is cool, the judges were very inconsistent. Some were very nice while others were brutal. One sub-category in aircraft for example had a lot of medals while several of the 1/48 scale aircraft sub-categories got hardly any. One of my biggest complaints is when the judges gig you for "inconsistent weathering". WHAT? Because everything in the world weathers exactly the same. One guy had an Israeli F-15I Strike Eagle and he got gigged for that. Really a jet in the desert is going to weather consistently all over the jet. I entered the AT-ST, a unpainted Gundam (there's a category for that), and the two Super Hornets. I got gold for the AT-ST and bronze for the Gundam. The Super Hornets, well, one got an honorable mention (the worst of the two with a small crack in the canopy) and the other got nothing.  |
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