I guess the old WWII saying, "Loose lips sink ships' is alive and doing well in our Group. The news does get around!
Per the last several years I travelled South in Alberta and attended the IPMS Canada Western Regional Contest/Show this past weekend. This year the Event was organised and hosted by the IPMS Edmonton Alberta Chapter; it was well executed and a success all round. I hadn't intended to do a Report on the event so really did not take any photos to speak of.
The Show was well attended, I was told that there were 107 modellers who entered the Contest and total models entered in the competition were 478 in all Categories. This Competition nominally covers all of Western Canada, that is British Columbia, the three Prairie Provinces, and the Yukon/North West Territories. As in my experience the past three years, the WWI Modeller is more or less relegated to the Category of "Multiple Wings &/or Wire Braced unless the subject is placed in the Scratch Built, Diorama, or Vintage Kit Categories. Given the foregoing the WWI Buff finds he's in very direct competition with post War and "between the Wars` subjects. Several very nicely presented "between the wars" subjects such as a magnificent "Gulf Hawk" and a Curtiss Flying Boat provided tremendous competition to those of us submitting approximately a dozen WWI Aircraft Models.
I registered three entries, all WNW Builds. After the Judging was complete I was thrilled to have all three entries recognised, being awarded an Honourable Mention for the Sopwith Tripe, Bronze for my MFJ Pfalz D.IIIa, and the Gold for my Brisfit. The Silver Award went to a very nicely presented WNW Early `Fee`. The Silver Medal `Fee`............
My Pfalz......
................and my Gold Medal Bif .............
In all the confusion I did not get a photo of my Tripe but that`s her aft end to the right of the Bif.
......and heres some but regrettably not all of the other WWI Entries........
A collection of 1:72 Austro Hungarian Single Seaters.....
a Hansa Brandenburg W29...............
....and just a few more of the Entries in the category......
All in all a very enjoyable and rewarding day. The Organizers did a very fine job and I for one met a lot of new and interesting Hobbyists at the event.
Cheers,
Lance
