A road trip for FAME.

therriman

Member since
January 2003
From: Central MI

A road trip for FAME.

Posted by therriman on Sunday, September 19, 2004 8:48 AM

3 of us here in Flint, MI have started our own little model club. Tenively called FAME (Flint Area Model Enthusest). We went to the Kalamazoo IMPS show yesterday. We had a great time. Larry being experanced with shows even judged. Joe and I just entered and shopped. Joe won 5 models on their raffle (I won 3). I was the only one to win anything in the show. Larry brought 5, Joe 1, and me 2.

Well the one I was hoping to do well (the F4F), didn't. It's hard when you go up against one Dan Jayne's cutaway birds Any modeler that is in a FSM feature is gonna do well (he won catagory). He did a Bf 109. Not the one in the Sept FSM, but even better.

However, The Bird of Prey not only had a FSM Red & White Photo card. It won OOB in it's catagory. And I have it on good athority that if I had done a wash on it I would have probably got 1st Place. Head judge said it looked "too new". Not to bad for not only my first show, but a model I wasn't even gonna take.

I also got to meet "alby moore", and seen Larry Schramm. Larry won so much stuff he probably needed a truck to take the plaques home. I tried to catch him before he left, but he was gone in a hurry.

Oh yea, and I spent some money on some serious models. And I saw 2 of the new Trumpeter 1/350 Nimitz class carriers. I needed to wipe the drool off my chin when I seen them. WOW

I'm already looking in FSM for the next show that's within reasonable driving distance. Big Smile [:D]

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:23 AM

Tim..

..congratulations.... Thumbs Up [tup]

....on 1st the Gold in OOB......
.....& WAY... Thumbs Up [tup]

...TO...

...GO......for the FSM photo card !!!!!!!!!!!

may i ask ........which prize flatters you more ?...........IF, either does ?

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therriman

Member since
January 2003
From: Central MI

Posted by therriman on Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:27 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by cirikili

Tim....congratulations........on 1st the Gold in OOB......
.....& WAY... ...TO... ...GO......for the FSM photo card !!!!!!!!!!!

may i ask ........which prize flatters you more ?...........IF, either does ?

I think it was the photo card. When I saw that Joe and I could hardly contain our emotions. It was like WOW what an honor.

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.

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fightnjoe

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Posted by fightnjoe on Sunday, September 19, 2004 10:55 AM

tim the best part is that you had a good time. so which show is next for you?

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paulnchamp

Member since
January 2003
From: Warwick, RI

Posted by paulnchamp on Sunday, September 19, 2004 4:34 PM

Well done, Tim! May there be many more wins!

Paul "A man's GOT to know his limitations."

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therriman

Member since
January 2003
From: Central MI

Posted by therriman on Sunday, September 19, 2004 6:10 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by therriman
Well the one I was hoping to do well (the F4F), didn't. It's hard when you go up against one Dan Jayne's cutaway birds Any modeler that is in a FSM feature is gonna do well (he won catagory). He did a Bf 109. Not the one in the Sept FSM, but even better.

I went looking thru the Oct issue of FSM and there it was, the Bf-109 Gustav that was featured in this issue as a "How to" was the winner. An awesome model, I knew I didn't stand a chance.

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Sunday, September 19, 2004 8:11 PM

Sounds like the show was a lot of fun. I was planning on attending, but got a chance to go to the Ryder Cup matches at Oakland Hills CC. Should have gone to the show, as the US team got beat-up pretty bad.

Regards, Rick

RICK

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therriman

Member since
January 2003
From: Central MI

Posted by therriman on Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:10 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by rjkplasticmod

Sounds like the show was a lot of fun. I was planning on attending, but got a chance to go to the Ryder Cup matches at Oakland Hills CC. Should have gone to the show, as the US team got beat-up pretty bad.

Regards, Rick

One thing I really liked was when they presented the awards, they had a laptop hooked up to a projector. And a page listing each winner, and catagory, followed buy a photo of their entry. Made it really neat that you could put a model to the face when they got there award. Had a ball.

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Monday, September 20, 2004 12:34 AM

Well done Tim, and good luck with the club!

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albymoore

Member since
December 2002
From: Tip O' da Mitt (Northern Michigan)

Posted by albymoore on Monday, September 20, 2004 8:19 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by therriman

3 of us here in Flint, MI have started our own little model club. Tenively called FAME (Flint Area Model Enthusest). We went to the Kalamazoo IMPS show yesterday. We had a great time. Larry being experanced with shows even judged. Joe and I just entered and shopped. Joe won 5 models on their raffle (I won 3). I was the only one to win anything in the show. Larry brought 5, Joe 1, and me 2.

Well the one I was hoping to do well (the F4F), didn't. It's hard when you go up against one Dan Jayne's cutaway birds Any modeler that is in a FSM feature is gonna do well (he won catagory). He did a Bf 109. Not the one in the Sept FSM, but even better.

However, The Bird of Prey not only had a FSM Red & White Photo card. It won OOB in it's catagory. And I have it on good athority that if I had done a wash on it I would have probably got 1st Place. Head judge said it looked "too new". Not to bad for not only my first show, but a model I wasn't even gonna take.

I also got to meet "alby moore", and seen Larry Schramm. Larry won so much stuff he probably needed a truck to take the plaques home. I tried to catch him before he left, but he was gone in a hurry.

Oh yea, and I spent some money on some serious models. And I saw 2 of the new Trumpeter 1/350 Nimitz class carriers. I needed to wipe the drool off my chin when I seen them. WOW

I'm already looking in FSM for the next show that's within reasonable driving distance.

Hi Tim,
It was a pleasure to meet you, and congrats on the photo shoot and OOB award. Hope to see you in Auburn in the spring, or K-zoo next September.

Cheers,
Albert Clown [:o)]

"I know what it wants now...the void has swallowed the light and the machine wants my soul"

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bigphoto1

Member since
May 2003
From: Ridout

Posted by bigphoto1 on Monday, September 20, 2004 12:08 PM

Hi Tim, Congrats and thank you for making the trip to our little shin-dig
and look forward to meeting you possibly at Bay City or Warren events in the spring
Tim Ridout
Overall Head Judge K-zoo

Cheers, Tim

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Monday, September 20, 2004 12:46 PM

Tim sounds like you had a great time. Congrats on your award.

Eric

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jkeller

Member since
December 2002
From: Grand Blanc, MI USA

Posted by jkeller on Monday, September 20, 2004 12:49 PM

Tim,
It was a great time. Did you get the pictures I sent you? I'm looking forward to the next show. Hey it looks like there are more Michigan modelers in the FSM forums than I realized.

Joe K.

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therriman

Member since
January 2003
From: Central MI

Posted by therriman on Monday, September 20, 2004 7:18 PM

Yep Joe, got the photo's. I tried uploading to ron's storage for posting, but it doesn't accept kodak format. Not sure what to do now, I guess I'm gonna have to play with the computer some and see if I can't change it. From the looks of it I should have brought my monopod.

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.

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jkeller

Member since
December 2002
From: Grand Blanc, MI USA

Posted by jkeller on Monday, September 20, 2004 8:32 PM

Tim,

Sent the jpeg. Should work for you now. Yeah pictures are a little blurry, not all, but some. I could of used a monopod in macro mode to much coffee I guess.

Joe

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therriman

Member since
January 2003
From: Central MI

Posted by therriman on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 9:15 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by jkeller

to much coffee I guess.

Yea that's it. That way you could blame it on Melissa, Right???? Evil [}:)]

Got your e-mail. That's the ticket. I'm adding to the first post of the thread.

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.

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