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ArmorCon- Southbury, CT 10/3-4

Jeeves

Jeeves

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Had a great time at the show this weekend meeting up with buddies and talking models. I ended up with silvers for the KV-2 and Battle of the Bulge diorama and a gold for the T-72 piece. That piece also netted me some challenge coins from the Modeling Insanity Podcast and MMI magazine and a very neat metal piece that on one side says "Battle for Kyiv- T-72" and the other "Made in Russia, Recycled in Ukraine." I included what struck my fancy-- I left some challenge coins of my own on some pieces.

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And my haul...I bought some raffle tickets, but sadly lost them when I was fishing something else out of my pockets. No kits for me as I am out of room, but got the full set of AK markers and some great tools from DSPAIE. The nippers were a donation to do an AMPS review.
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Another multi block buyer. Several of us went "That's a cool tool" back when James got one and the only thing I have done with mine was to mod it to hold the hex key securely.
 
Looks like some strong competition in there Mike. Well done on the wins.
Tell me about these challenge coins, don't think I've see anything like that around here.
 
Not sure who started them Bob, but they're based on the metal ones veterans and military folks would hand to each other. Our veterans here might be able to speak more to that...but for a few years now, folks leave poker chips, stickers, or similar tokens near pieces they admire as a way to say nice job. To me, they mean a bit more than the medals because its not based on some rubric, but just more on individual perceptions. I had some made up from my temporary FB model page logo (my daughter is an artist who is creating a logo for me, but she's a bit of a perfectionist so I am still waiting). Here's my coin front and back:

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I made up some "business cards" once and handed them out at a couple of shows like this. I like the idea of chips. Good stuff Mike. :vgood:
 
Thanks for posting pictures!
My fave's (besides your builds) are the Bug Half-track, The Malta Tilly and the Haunted Tank, although, without the flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, it just ain't quite right. Ghostly J.E.B. Stuart is pretty cool!
 
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