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IPMS Show D3 2014 Pics
Topic Started: Sep 27 2014, 12:57 PM (8,939 Views)
Prenton
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By far the largest entry in the show was class A10 - that is "military jets/props in 1/48th - 1/71st scale (ASoD/SD)".
There were 24 entries in this class, which was won by Chris McDowell for his beautifully finished Beaufighter:-

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The silver in the class went to Filip Servit, for his Fokker E1:-

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The bronze went also to Chris McDowell, for his T2M3 Raiden:-

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Chris also garnered a commended for his Typhoon:-

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Other entries that caught my eye in this class included the following:-

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Overall, a significant judging task, which took nigh on 85 minutes...

Philip
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The next class up, that is the SK (out of the box) in the same scale, attracted fewer entries - only five - but there were some crackers among them.

Chris McDowell featured again, with his Su-30 Flanker

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Lovely paintwork!


However, Chris didn't have it all his way, as Gerry Doyle claimed both the silver and the bronze, for his Seahawk and his Intruder, respectively.

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The detail in the cockpit of the latter was very impressive, especially as this was done straight out of the box, without any aftermakrket add-on's:-

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Moving down a scale, there was class A06, which was for military jets in 1/72 - 1/143 (ASod/SD). There were six entries in this.
The gold was awarded to an IPMS colleague from IPMS Latvia, Nik, for this beautifully painted and finished Swedish Mig 37:-

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Colin Cochrane came second with this Vampire:-

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And Dermot Moriarty came in with the bronze with this Sea Harrier.

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(Lovely presentation, with the famous quote from the Falklands War)

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As always, the 1/72nd class for props in the SK (out of the box) category was popular again this year, with the second largest numerical entry, at 17 models.

Chris McDowell again featured, winning both gold and silver, with his Re2000G and Fw 190 respectively:-

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While Joe Moran was awarded the bronze for this little Fokker:-

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Among the other entries in this class were the following:-

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The corresponding class in 1/72 to Class A05 for the props was Class A04, for military jets in 1/72nd, also SK, straight out of the box. There were 6 entries in this class.

Lindsay Brislane won the gold and silver here, for the Mig 29 and Starfighter, respectively:-

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while Pieter Kasselman was awarded the bronze for this Mirage:-

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Finally, to round out the aircraft classes, there was the "braille scale" class, which was for military jets / props in 1/144th scale and smaller.

There were 7 entries. Here are some of them:-

The gold medal winner, by Mark Keogh:-

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And the silver, also by Mark:-

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while Roy Kinsella got the bronze for this little lad:-

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The Great War was represented by Joe Moran, with these:-

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Joe won a commended for the Fokker DVII, pictured above. (These tiny planes are actually RIGGED, with wire!!)

That's all for tonight. Tomorrow, I will load up some photos of the military vehicles, and some of the dioramas.

Philip
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Thanks for the pics Philip .Was interested in Remora sci fi close ups .Had only one blurry pic of it in my set .It was amazing .Looked even better in the plastic .Jaw dropping crate of mineral water bottles -looked so real .
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Prenton
Oct 3 2014, 09:23 PM
....Krzysztof Golec won silver and bronze in the same class for these two:-
(this was incorrectly labelled as 2nd place)....



Philip, I am sure that there was no Bronze medal awarded in this class, it might got lost in the paperwork, somewhere, but there was one Gold and two Silvers, no Bronze...

...and that Raiden marked as Chris McDowell's Bronze entry is the wrong photo. The one in the photograph was in 1:32 scale and the finish has not been as good as on Chris' smaller brother, that's just for the record. Nice pics :wave:
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Thanks for your input, Filip.

I may have got my Raidens mixed up - I did take 486 photos, so it is indeed possible. (Aircraft from that particular member of the Axis are not of huge interest to me.)

On the ships - well, I do have the official list and that's what it says - one gold, one silver and one bronze.

Philip
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Now...on to the military vehicles section of my photos.

Here is a general shot of the first category - MV01 (1/48th and smaller):-

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Here a a number of shots of some of the individual vehicles in this and in the larger vehicle categories.
(I will not name the modellers, nor even the types of vehicle, as I could easily make a mistake about either :-" ):-

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However, two in particular call for comment, IMHO. This one, because of the excellent base, with the cobblestones individually picked out and weathered:-

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And this one for the very realistic winter camo and in particular the snow effects on the base - even down to the footprints and the snow slightly melting
around where the figure has been/is standing - brilliant!

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Next (and last) post will have some of the dioramas.

Philip

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Finally - the dioramas. There are four classes in the competition - D01, for aircraft dioramas, D02, for military vehicle dioramas, D03 for
figure dioramas, including vignettes, and D04 for miscellaneous dioramas, including ships and civilian vehicles. This year, there were entries
only in the first two classes.

Among the aircraft dioramas were the following:-

Gold medal, for Chris McDowell:-
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Silver medal, by Allan Kelley:-
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Bronze medal, again by Chris McDowell:-
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And commended, for Eryk Rawicz-Lapinski, for this interesting forced scale perspective diorama called "so much for the airlift":-
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I only took one photo of the military vehicle dioramas, this very effective piece by Gerard McCann, showing an Israeli Armoured Bulldozer, which
won the class:-

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CONCLUSION

All in all, an excellent show, and a great level of modelling expertise on show, both in the competition and on the club tables.

Many thanks to all who took part in the competition, who came along to look, who came along to buy, and most importantly the many volunteers

who helped out during the weekend by manning tables, the door, the registration desk and the judging.


Roll on D4 in 2015!

Philip
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On the ships - well, I do have the official list and that's what it says - one gold, one silver and one bronze.


My mistake as competition secretary doing the paperwork -Filip is right there were two silvers and no bronze in that category.
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Oct 4 2014, 11:58 AM
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On the ships - well, I do have the official list and that's what it says - one gold, one silver and one bronze.


My mistake as competition secretary doing the paperwork -Filip is right there were two silvers and no bronze in that category.
That's fine Pat - I will amend the list before finalising it. (and will amend my post).

Thanks,

Philip
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So many good models- great pictures by the way Philip!

In the figures class I was pleased to see a couple of entires from IMSS- three in particular that I had helped judge during that show. One of them was the 42nd Highlander Captain figure- I believe it got a medal (silver I think) at IMSS and I was blown away by some of the detail in it. The tartan pattern on the kit was not moulded in with a guide or anything- it was hand painted as was the pattern on the sock/boot liners. The deep red of the overcoat is also really brought to life by the painter as was the skin. I also particularly liked the whicker on the base- I believe it was used by the Russians as some sort of defensive thing- and it was a really nice touch on the base.

I also got to see the 95th Rifles scene at IMSS up close and it was easily one of my favourites because of both the quality of the painting but also the thoughtful staging of the scene. The stonework was picked out very well as was the sparse vegetation. You can also see on the landing between the stair railings a soldiers helmet which was nicely detailed with some blood around it. The figure itself was a real study in careful and considered painting. The deep emerald green tunic is brought nicely to life and the backpack and gear are picked out with sheer perfection- the water battle actually has legible writing on it!

The last Collins figure in Philip's set of photographs was also at IMSS and was one of the best versions of this Shamrock Miniatures figure I've seen. The uniform color was spot on as was the detail on the leather boots, belt and pistol holster and gloves. The leather detail was actually my favourite part of this figure. The face was picked out nicely too further enhancing the kits fine resemblence to Collins. Whoever it was also used what I believe is a nice piece of Mini-Art diorama supplies for the wrought iron railings- it looked familiar to me because I have the same thing in my spares box! That coupled with the well painted wall gave this figure are beautifully simple yet effective setting.

I must admit though when I first saw the other figure entires I thought that Napoleonic solider in the blue tunic would win the class. It was and is my favourite entry in the figures. The wood on the crutch and stick is finely done but I was particularly drawn to this entry by the detail painting on the head and hat- he really does look freezing cold and the way the detail around the tear in the hats cover is finished is sheer class.

Roy's Irish soldier in the smaller figure class was a nice one too- particularly the load bearing vest which was picked out in a scale perfect rendition of the Defense Forces camo scheme. There were so many fine pieces on display over the weekend too. When I saw that IDF Bulldozer scene I said to myself that it would win the class- and it did! Fise's Hetzer with a minutely detailed interior (its hard to believe how much detail he managed to cram into that tiny tank) was another worthy Gold. I loved the Jagermeister liveried car too!

Boats I thought were nicely represented- that big ass German sub was cool and the Borage was such a fine piece of craftsmanship.
In terms of planes I was really impressed with a great many of them and it has made me want to do more plans! The Singapore airlines A380 was really imposing on that 'in flight' mount. Gerry's Thunderjet was so finely finished too- and for some reason the metallic finish and the way had the belly mounted tanks (or bombs?) up made it look very heavy even though it was a plastic model! I also caught myself wondering how all that rigging is done on those WW1 era planes...always the same question when I see them- and then I see the crazy decal schemes on them and the wood grain and...and...just crazy skills displayed there!

My favourite plane though had to be that SU-30- what a color scheme and what a precisely finished model both in terms of detail and the realistic nature of the finished paint. I kept going back over to it to check it out! The nearby Brazilian jet and the artistic decals on the F-15 really caught my eye too.

Again- well done to everyone involved!

Edited by Karl187, Oct 4 2014, 05:30 PM.
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Thanks, Karl.

One more photo - that I found today - is of the Chairman, the Secretary and the Competition Secretary, busy on the Sunday morning choosing one of the Special Award winners.

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(Photo shamelessly copied from Nik Volsheb's facebook page - hope you don't mind Nik!)

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I've noticed a distinct lack of photos of any helicopter models, bar one photo of an IAC Dauphin. Was this the only helicopter model entered in the helicopter class? Thanks.

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Unfortunately, yes. There was only one helicopter entry this year which is surprising as last year had quite a few.
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Oct 5 2014, 07:08 PM
Unfortunately, yes. There was only one helicopter entry this year which is surprising as last year had quite a few.
That's true. Last year, we had six helicopters entered, and the previous year we had seven. I don't know what happened this year. Maybe next year there might be more...

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Prenton
Oct 5 2014, 07:19 PM
Alkatraz
Oct 5 2014, 07:08 PM
Unfortunately, yes. There was only one helicopter entry this year which is surprising as last year had quite a few.
That's true. Last year, we had six helicopters entered, and the previous year we had seven. I don't know what happened this year. Maybe next year there might be more...

Philip
I'll do my damnedest to get at least one more helicopter on the tables for next year's show.

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