The Official Annual FSM/AMPS East Bragging Rights Thread

corvettemike

That actually happened on Scale Auto

Is that another Kalmbach site?

SMJ - I had two entries, a silver and bronze. As I have stated in the past, for me it is not the medals but being with my fellow modelers and sharing a weekend of experiences that makes the show for me.

Stick - I would agree that forum participation has dropped off. I don't think it is a function of FSM but a general trend in the hobby. This show had the highest number of entries since 2008. I think the economy has hit all hobbies hard. I see a similar drop off say on Armorama. Talk to the vendors at shows.....they are dying. I am in charge of the show raffle and many manufactures have told us they are cutting back.

On the bright side, most of our vendors were at break even by early Sat morning so the vendors made a profit and were happy, and they all said this year was better than the past few.

All in all it was a great show. It was great to see all my FSM friends there.

Lastly, as for the west coast shindig....I feel for you and hope it will be soon

Rounds Complete!!

Hi Stick,  I agree with Mike, it was a really good show, I had missed the last three years and I re connected with friends here at FSM, friends form Fairfield CT. and guys I have met at other shows and met new people.

I still feel pumped about the show, My wife had a great time and after the show I stayed an extra night and we got  'crunked'   as they say nowadays ...LOL...  I know I posted this picture on the first page of the thread, but, dang......don't harsh the buzz .... LOL

tread

Well Tread, this is a 'bragging rights' thread and you certainly have every right to brag! It sounds and looks like it was a fantasticly good time! And in the end, that is what we are here for, to have fun in our own twisted way

I feel like the FSM forum is on life support in a vegetative state....

I wonder??, I have noticed that we now have many more builders of a very high standard than we did a few years ago, so Accolades get fewer and are harder to earn.

This can only be a good thing,  as modellers are improving due perhaps from the advice/tips and encouragement found on this forum.

For some the standard may be a bit intimidating ( it is for me ) but I struggle on and always look forward to the comments my builds receive, good or bad.

  Hope I am making some sense here!!

However many to you. Always a pleasure to see your builds...cheers....Kenny

redleg12:  Thanks for checking in...did the M4HST get the silver? ( I still need to surf over and check out the finished product on your post)  What was your other entry?  

stikpusher: off topic but...how did you add all those badges to your tag line?  I don't have nearly that many but I'd like to add a few more of my favorites.  Would you mind shooting me a private message and let me know where to go/ how to do that?

SMJ, on another thread a month or so ago I mentioned how I had stopped using my GB badges becuase I could only post a couple and I was too computer illiterate to do a proper slide show (I tried). Another forum member, Old Ordie, graciuosly offered to build this fruit salad for me and did so when I linked him to my photobucket album that had all of my GB badges.  I have to publicly give credit where credit is due to a very helpful member here. Contact him and I am sure that he will gladly help you out.

stikpusher:  Thanks for the info.  FRUIT SALAD...LOL, I love that term!  What forum does Old Ordie reside in?

I see him a lot in GBs and Aircraft  Yeah the banner he made reminds me of all the service ribbons on a Class A uniform which was nicknamed "Fruit Salad"....

stikpusher

corvettemike

That actually happened on Scale Auto

Is that another Kalmbach site?

I just saw this thread and all the awards are justly deserved great job guys!!! I wish I could have gone to the show...

John

corvettemike

stikpusher

corvettemike

That actually happened on Scale Auto

Is that another Kalmbach site?

Yup, it's the automotive only version of FSM. I was a member there since 2003 before the U.S. government banned alot of my favorite products and I swapped from autos to armor.

Well if they run it in the same manner as here nowadays that makes sense about folks leaving or reducing their contributions.

It was worse....that's all I got to say about that....

Roger... Understood... Out.

spacepacker

.For some the standard may be a bit intimidating ( it is for me ) but I struggle on and always look forward to the comments my builds receive, good or bad.

  Hope I am making some sense here!!

I feel ya....

And it makes sense to me.

I lurked here for a couple months before I joined, all the while trying to improve my skills to the point I felt worthy to contribute. 

But I'm still humbled by the skills most builders display here.

SMJ - Silver for my M4 tractor, Bronze for my M115 8 inch howitzer.

Rounds Complete!!

Man , i feel like i'm amongst some truely great model builders here !

You guys that went to AMPS did very well with beautiful builds . I'd like to see them all . I'm impressed to have been building with you guys on the Armor forums ....too bad I'll never meet any of you guys that are wayyyyy back east ...shame really .  

Sounds like i missed a good showing from you guys at AMPS . Congratulations to all of you !!! Mostly though i'm looking forward to continuing to be here with you guys !!!!!!

Well deserved and congratulation's Mark and Northeast FSMers!

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I received bronzes for The Unexpected, a V-100/M706 Armored Car featured in Squadron's Armor in Vietnam book

and The Raider from Nocturna Miniatures

and got a gold for Surprise!

Nice job !

I remember seeing your work and thanks for well done pictures link . My pictures all turned out not the best so now have a great record of the show.

Thanks again

tread

Same with me ..........nice job . The dio with the bears looks interesting .........well  , they are all interesting

Tread i'd sure like to see some of the pictures of your entry's ......................

Hi Shell

Man I am sorry I haven't put any pics up.. I want to do pics of my Gatling Gun because I don't think any are on line . after I took the pic of the medals I dropped my camera trying to get the picture card out and it is not functioning right now... I think it is the card , not the camera, but I can't get it to switch to internal memory. I will get pics up asap ... nice to hear from you ..it is hard to find you now that the ZiL is finished...ZiL would have been great to see at amps

tread

William , hopefully your camera will be functioning ok . Sad to hear about that happening . Gatling gun sounds like guite a build idea ............civil war era ?

I would of loved to have entered the contest with that Zil ............. thanks .

Allow me to lend a hand.  This group of pics was posted by Marcin Sokolowski on HS the next day.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v251/Marcin_S/IPMS%20AMPS%20East%202012/?start=all

Deep within that group are the 2 pics.

Thank you, Marc for putting those up for.  The problem on my camera is maybe fixed, and also I have been able to retrieve some w.i.p. pics ... I don't have many, as at one time this build  got me so mad I shelved it and deleted many pictures.. childish I know,but at least it did not end up in the wall.. LOL

thanks Marc,

tread

AJ, those are some fine works there! I really like the V-100

Tread, that Gatling Gun is a real beauty too! I am happy to see that someone else had photos of it for posting your 'bragging rights'.

Thank you very much, Stick !

Tread , thats a beautiful piece of precision work you did there .

Thanks Marc .