IPMS USA Convention - Call for ship judges

The Nats are 2 months out (we'll be judging 2 months from last night). August 6 through 9 in Hampton, VA.

Its time for me to begin getting my list of ship judges together.

I know I can count on the ship vendors to be there (Brandon, Hugh, Sam, & Darren - that means you), but I will need more. Those with prior judging experience - let me know if you are coming and can help.

If you have never judged, we would love to have you come and learn what we look for and how you can use this knowledge to build a better model. You will be paired with an experienced team, given some OJT, and your vote counts like everyone else's.

Listed below are the ship categories. Apologies for the format - it is cut out of a spreadsheet. Send me a note indicating what you would like to judge and what you cannot judge. I will try to get you your choices, but no guarantees.

Thanks in advance. See you in August.

Ed Grune
IPMS National Competition Committee - Head Ship Judge
efgrune@att.net

cross posting in IPMS Nats tab
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Aircraft Carriers
400 1/401 & smaller (i.e. 1/700)
401 1/400 & larger (i.e. 1/350)
Battleships, Battlecruisers, & Cruisers
402 1/401 & smaller (i.e. 1/700)
403 1/400 & larger (i.e. 1/350)
Destroyers, Escorts, Corvettes, & other Small Ships (except "boats")
404 1/401 & smaller (i.e. 1/700)
405 1/400 & larger (i.e. 1/350)
Commercial Ships (cargo vessels, cruise ships, ocean liners)
406 All scales
Sailing
407 All scales
Submarines
412 All Years, 1/401 & smaller
413 Pre-1946, 1/400 to 1/144 (i.e. 1/350)
414 Pre-1946, 1/143 & larger (i.e. 1/72)
415 1946 to present, 1/400 & larger
Boats, Speedboats, Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Patrol Boats
418 All scales, types, & eras
Conversions & Scratch-Built
To be considered a conversion, the model MUST have its silhouette/type SUBSTANTIVELY CHANGED.
423 All scales, types, & eras
Out-of-the-Box
425 All scales, types, & eras