Post by dukemaddog on Jun 8, 2021 0:38:14 GMT
This past Saturday San Diego had the first Model Contest in Southern California since March last year. Here are the pics I was able to get while I was there.
I'll start with some general shots of some tables.
These were taken early in the show; I didn't get to get very many overall table shots:
Within an hour and a half, those tables were PACKED with armor! 52 entries in Armor, Fully Tracked alone!
These are the cars and trucks tables:
Now for a few of the individual models, starting with aircraft.
Here is most of the single engined 1/72 scale aircraft:
The green two indicates that this is a second place winner. Well deserved I think. It's a 1/48 scale MiG too, as are the following aircraft below.
This one and the next one are 1/32 scale aircraft:
This one is a 1/32 scale fully scratchbuilt Skycrane:
Now for some of the armor. I helped judge the 1/35th scale armor category and man what an extremely difficult task that was! Here's some reasons why:
Here was an interesting hypothetical tank:
These were about half of the 1/48 scale armor entered:
And for those interested, here is the 1/72 scale armor entered. I did not include pics of my own five entries here since everyone here has seen them. Some, if not all, show up in the backgrounds of some of these pics anyway...
I gotta start with this guy who made all his 1/72 scale armor models as wrecks or range targets. Wow!
Remember. all those three models above range from 3 inches in length to 4.5 inches!
Here's the rest:
He opened the back up too. Not a good shot of the interior, my bad:
Next up are some of the Sci-Fi and fantasy models. Of course, there are the ever present Star Wars models.
This one has lit up dashboards and cockpit displays, as well as fully operational speed brakes which lift when you move the rod in front right or left.
This one had operating police lights:
Even though this isn't a Sci-fi or fantasy, I have to include this kitbashed racing control tower modified from a 1/87 scale airport control tower:
Finally here are some shots of the figures entered...
She's alive!!
Yes, his eyes are lit up:
And finally, the ultimate "Heavy Metal" band:
The whole stage was lit up too.
Finally, these amazing ships and subs were entered.
This is more of a diorama, but he only wanted the LST judged:
This one placed second:
And finally, someone did build the Yamato turret:
And there us all the pics I was able to take. Enjoy the show!
These were taken early in the show; I didn't get to get very many overall table shots:
Within an hour and a half, those tables were PACKED with armor! 52 entries in Armor, Fully Tracked alone!
These are the cars and trucks tables:
Now for a few of the individual models, starting with aircraft.
Here is most of the single engined 1/72 scale aircraft:
The green two indicates that this is a second place winner. Well deserved I think. It's a 1/48 scale MiG too, as are the following aircraft below.
This one and the next one are 1/32 scale aircraft:
This one is a 1/32 scale fully scratchbuilt Skycrane:
Now for some of the armor. I helped judge the 1/35th scale armor category and man what an extremely difficult task that was! Here's some reasons why:
Here was an interesting hypothetical tank:
These were about half of the 1/48 scale armor entered:
And for those interested, here is the 1/72 scale armor entered. I did not include pics of my own five entries here since everyone here has seen them. Some, if not all, show up in the backgrounds of some of these pics anyway...
I gotta start with this guy who made all his 1/72 scale armor models as wrecks or range targets. Wow!
Remember. all those three models above range from 3 inches in length to 4.5 inches!
Here's the rest:
He opened the back up too. Not a good shot of the interior, my bad:
Next up are some of the Sci-Fi and fantasy models. Of course, there are the ever present Star Wars models.
This one has lit up dashboards and cockpit displays, as well as fully operational speed brakes which lift when you move the rod in front right or left.
This one had operating police lights:
Even though this isn't a Sci-fi or fantasy, I have to include this kitbashed racing control tower modified from a 1/87 scale airport control tower:
Finally here are some shots of the figures entered...
She's alive!!
Yes, his eyes are lit up:
And finally, the ultimate "Heavy Metal" band:
The whole stage was lit up too.
Finally, these amazing ships and subs were entered.
This is more of a diorama, but he only wanted the LST judged:
This one placed second:
And finally, someone did build the Yamato turret:
And there us all the pics I was able to take. Enjoy the show!
