Model Mania 2024

[Medicman71]

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.

ipms-houstontx.org/?page_id=20

[Medicman71]

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.

[dean48ws]

This is a great result for you, well done!
Must admit that I'm having trouble getting my head around the judging system you are using. Have been to both NNL style shows and committee judged shows where each entrant in the category is judged against the others but this sounds different.

[kyledehart5]

Great work!! Well deserved. I fear judging will always suffer from inconsistencies. I’ve seen some head scratchers at the few shows I’ve attended. But that’s ok! Always fun to get to a show. I haven’t seen the gold silver bronze technique yet but have heard of some shows doing it.

[406 Silverado]

I really hated not making that one Mike but I had my grandmothers funeral this past week and was out of town for most of it. Really good to see that you took some wins home and sorry bout the luck with the Hornets but they are still great builds man.