Model Mania 2015

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Model Mania 2015

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SHOW REPORT!!!!!

Vendors

So there were a few vendors that were missing that were at the previous shows. One vendor that sold high quality photo prints of jets wasn't there. I wanted to get an A-10 print. Another missing vendor was the decal guy. Really needed more decals than I got.

When you walk in the doors, there's a vendor right in front of you that has been there every show and is my go to for aftermarket, decals and some kits. I notice this time he doesn't have many of the newer kits. Not much armor at all. Well it's cause he's moved to Louisiana and isn't doing this full time anymore. [wall]

Four other vendors are hobby stores. Now I'm all for supporting the LHS. But these guys had jacked up the prices of the kits and wouldn't budge at all. HobbyTown was there and they had some great kits and they were selling them for 50% OFF!! That's the way you sell at a show (and they sold out of the kits they brought). Even at the end of the show the other three LHS vendors wouldn't budge on prices. There were two people selling tools. Lots of car model kit vendors. One other thing I noticed was there very few helicopter and naval ships for sale. I saw maybe four helos and they're weren't good ones.
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The Contest

As always the armor, aviation and cars dominated the show. I knew right away that they Super Hornet didn't have a chance in it's catagory. Very few ships this time around which is strange. There was a HK 1/32 B-17 in the contest as well.

I'll post a link to the pics soon.
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How did I do? I was sitting against a wall with my kits waiting for my categories. Of course the Super Hornet didn't place. They got to the Armor and the sub-catagory that the Stryker was in. Third and Second places were two guys that had been winning a ton of awards already. So I was getting up to leave and they announced that I had gotten first place with the Stryker!!!! [aah] Are you kidding me??? I was floored!! Could not believe it.

Here's a pic that SWMBO took after I got home.

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Well earned Medic, well earned. Was a corpsman myself so I may be a bit biased, but it's a great model anyway.
I can fully understand how your heart must be hammering after that surprising call. What a moment to remember! :shoutout:

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Thanks Mostrich! LOL!! I hadn't thought about the shirt but that's about right.
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Congratulations Medicman!



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Thanks Kari!
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whoo! great job medic! :dancing:
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Awesome Medic! The way you have to look at it the vendors that wouldn't budge, well... what they don't sell, they have to haul ALL of what didn't sell back to the store. I guess it's call greed to jack up the prices for a show.
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Thanks Owl and Blacksheep!

Yeah Blacksheep, it's their loss.
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