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FSM at 2013 IPMS/USA Nationals
Posted by Aaron Skinner on Monday, August 12, 2013 7:49 AM

Hey all,

FineScale Modeler Editor Matthew Usher and I will be in Loveland at the Nats this week. Look for our photo booth in the contest room and stop by and say hello. We love talking about models and modeling. Se everyone there.

Cheers, Aaron

Aaron Skinner

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Posted by veedubb67 on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:50 AM

Great seeing Aaron and Matt again at the convention. Thaks for supporting the Thin Air Nationals!

Rob

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Posted by Cadet Chuck on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 11:50 AM

The local rag in Longmont ran a terribly un-informed  article about it.  Never a word about the IPMS or that this was a national event.  It gave the impression that this was a collection of toys that people had slapped together!  I would not be surprised if local attendance of non-modelers was low, due to the absence of any advance publicity.

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Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 12:31 PM

The writer was probably enjoying their legalized Mary Jane ;-) The photos that I have seen posted online make it look like it was quite a great show!

 

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Posted by waynec on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:25 PM

it was a blast. working it was fun. the hotel was great. final stats should be impressive. but i probably didn't have a great time since i came home with money in my pocket. OTOH i had to put my ice chest and suitcase in my roof rack to fit my builds and purchases in my forester. the TIGER collection was more than impressive.

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Posted by dirkpitt77 on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 6:58 PM

Cadet Chuck, do you have a link to that article?

 Chris

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Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:32 PM

Did you like our Tigers Wayne? Sounds like you came home with a good haul, even if you did have money left afterwards... especially so I would say ;-)

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by Cadet Chuck on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:25 PM

Dirk:  No, unfortunately, no link.  The newspaper does have a web site but you have to pay extra to subscribe to it, and I don't. The paper copy is bad enough!  I only get it to keep up with what's going on in this little town, plus get a few daily laughs at the editorials.

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Posted by waynec on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:49 PM

yes and DORA was impressive too. i did get a good haul. also swapped a promodeler JU-88A4 in my home stash for a secomd PLA SNOW LEOPARD 8X8.got a bunch of off-the-wall boats. now i have to get caught up on shelf queens to finish a bunch of GBs so i can start new GBs.

here is a link to contest pics.

svsm.org/.../loveland2013

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