Wonder if they just have a slide show.
How about it Mark, where's your report?
Right here
Bob. I finally found some time to find this Thread and make a report after all the unloading and unpacking I had to do. Stuff still isn't quite packed away, and I also have a lot of acquisitions to photograph for the Acquisitions Thread.
I got into town on Tuesday which gave me time to make repairs without pressure and to relax before the show after my long drive. On Wednesday, as soon as they opened the contest room I went in to set up. Later that weekend (on Friday) my father flew in and I got to spend a couple days with him looking over everything in the convention. It was so wonderful being able to spend that time with him.
Frank, it was fantastic to meet you and I was thrilled to share this convention with you. Too bad we didn't get a pic of the two of us together to post here to prove we met! :facepalm
Luiz, I saw that F-100. What a magnificent model that was! Beautiful work!
I saw someone's 700+ 1/72 armor collection amoungst the video scan of models in Andy's Hobby HQ YouTube video covering the event...might that be yours Mark?
Yes
Mike, that was my collection. I had reached the 700-piece milestone back in January 2016, and when IPMS Phoenix announced display tables, I contacted them about putting my entire collection on display. They agreed and gave me thee tables. There it was for the next four days. That collection represented 47 different model companies whose models I built....some of those companies don't exist anymore. I had also put up small flags next to my first armor model and my 700th armor model, along with flags for the countries represented in my collection.
It took me three and a half hours to get my collection set up. I was told that it made quite a splash at the convention with many people overwhelmed at the sheer size of it. I can honestly say that I have made IPMS USA history: the largest collection/most models brought to an IPMS Nationals convention by one person. Since the IPMS USA doesn't track that kind of thing, I won't get any mention from them about it; but everyone else who attended sure got an eyeful! My collection was even broadcast on the local news on Thursday morning. I was still in my hotel room waking up with coffee when they were filming it.
I also had 26 additional entries for the contest along with the 700 I brought for display. One of them (to be posted later in the Trophy Case) got a Third Place.
You goofed, now BOTH you and Mark are on the hook for pics.
Well, I don't know that I need to post any pics anymore. Luiz posted a slideshow showing so many models already; everything I have to post is all included in his slideshow already. Anything I add would be redundant. His slideshow even has things I completely missed.
If everyone wishes, I can post all the 1/72 scale entries that weren't mine since nearly all show photographers tend to overlook them when shooting shows like this. I'm guessing it's because they can't see them, but then that's what the macro setting is for! LOL! :tomato
Now that I'm back home, the collection is going to remain in the tubs I brought them in since I have no display space to place them on. I'll just continue to build until I get to 1000 finished armor models. Then maybe I'll bring all them out again and display them all at the next West Coast Nationals; provided they can give me
four tables then.....
Thus concludes my report. Any other questions I'll be happy to answer. I only wish more of you guys would have come; I only get to see you at conventions like this and you are truly missed when you don't come. I was especially hoping to see more of you to show you in person the whole collection I brought.
Thanks for reading my long and tedious post.