How do you transport models for a contest?

I usually transport dioramas on the back seat, resting on TOP of a box of styrofoam peanuts..... peronal best was a three-piece diorama  of the Monogram Superfort, two jeeps, and the bombcarts... Bring CA, model cement and Elmer's... Plan to use all three...

For individual models, just resting them on the stryofoam bed was enough... I figured if what ever was gonna beak off hadn't done so in the firt half-hour, it was likely gonna go the distance... Also, I used boxes that were bigger than I needed, so I could keep the models lower than the sides, as well as using modle car kit boxes for tanks, AFVs, and the like...

I usually carry my models in Rubbermaid totes with lids and use towels to keep them from bouncing around inside.  I'm going to the same show and am bringing my M-7 Priest in a little vignette.  I won't get there 'til about noon due to having worked dog watch and have to sleep some in the morning.  Hope to see you there Echolmberg! 

                                                                                     Pat.

P.S.  Bring as many models as you want!  A couple of years ago one guy brought over 30.  My friend Panzerjager usually brings 3 or 4 and he'll be there too.

Pat!

Sorry I missed you at the contest.  There were aloooooooot of armor kits to say the least.  But if I remember correctly, I'm pretty darned near sure that I voted for your M-7!  I'm not an armor builder so I had to look up on the 'net what an M-7 was.  Once I saw it, I was pretty sure that I rememberd that one.

All my planes, except for one, were on the Pre-1945 1/48 table.  I had all the Mustangs, Thunderbolts, a Corsair with the wings folded and the two X-planes with the pusher props.  On the Post-1945 1/48 table I had the F4U-5N Corsair (I'm sorry but that B-58 was covered with so many scratches and bad canopy masking that I didn't even put it in my top 3).  I'm not sure how that B-58 won.  I guess it pays to be a member of the club.

I also entered the Brachiosaurus which I built for my little daughter.  She was sad that it didn't win anything.

I'm sorry.  I'm just going to come right out and say it.  The judging was horrible.  I couldn't help but notice that the multiple award winners were all members of the club which sponsored the event.  Many of those planes which won were not what I would call contest winners in the least.  A lot of those planes looked like they had the same build quality of what I was doing back when I was 18 which was 21 years ago.

Eric

Hey Eric,

Saw the 2 pusher ac and thought they were excellent!  Have to agree about the judging and am happy to come away with a plaque even though I'm not a member of their club.  There does seem to be a little nepotism going on but not as bad as in Madison this April.  Took LOTS of pics including your folded wing Corsair but they're still loading into Photopukit,  hope to post them tomorrow.

Talked to the guy that won best large scale ac with the B-58 Hustler (with the bad scribe lines) and he said that the clear finish he put on 2 days ago turned milky on him and he had to sand, reshoot and scribe in the last day and a half before the show.  He said he had been working on it for 2 years.

Sorry we couldn't hook up but I'll try to post pics of some of the entries and hope to get yours in there.

                                                                                                           Pat. 

LOL!  I couldn't take building another Mustang or T-bolt and I was looking for something different.  I just had to do those X-planes as a way of breaking away from the monotony.  The XP-54 was an all-resin kit from Coolect-Aire.  It needs a little TLC but, with such a low parts count, it's the perfect plane kit with which to practice your resin buildin skills.

Not sure if you noticed (or maybe even have in the background of one of your pictures) but my wife, two little girls and I were sitting at the table right next to the "make-n-take" table.  The kids sure loved that!  That was their favorite part of the whole day.  Seeing them happy was all worth it to me. 

Eric

Hey Eric, I posted some pics in Odds and Ends under "WAUSAU WI CONTEST PICS".  Check them out if you get a chance,  I put a few of your birds in there.  I think I did catch sight of you by the table, wish I knew it was you.

                                                                                                          Pat.