I understand. I have many creative hobbies and cannot find anyone in this city to collaborate with. We may have to accept that we are special.
On Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 7:34:31 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > > Howdy Folks, > > Here in Southern California the "Paper Modelers Conspiracy" a group of > active paper modelers > has been invading the local "plastic" modeling society for a number of > years; so much so that the > International Plastic Modelers Society Orange California Chapter has > opened a Paper Model category > in their well known and attended annual OrangeCon competition. The > IPMSOC monthly meetings always > help us arouse paper modeling interest among the members and visitors. > > The OrangeCon competition is well attended by modelers who live great > distances from Southern California. > Within the paper category one may expect to see the works by master > modelers such as David Okamura and Jim Nunn. > > The attached snap shots of my first and second place winning trophies > this year should be proudly displayed however, > I do so *greatly* disappointed. Why? > > I entered three paper models with the thought of helping the total number > of paper model entries shown on the display table. > Throughout the day the paper model category had only three models > in competition...all mine. I kept thinking please, let there be more. > David and Jim were there but they were unable to provide any competition > models this year due to life demands pulling them away from modeling. > > At the end of the day the paper model competition judges announced that I > had won first and second place trophies. > IPMS rules do not allow a "sweep" one, two , and three. So therefore > someone could have just cut out a paper doll > entered it and won third place! > > At least my paper efforts did attract interest from modelers along with > their families and visitors. Perhaps we may have won over a few. > > There is always next year. Let's get the word out and increase our paper > model showing. > > Thanks, > > Bob Penikas > > Ist Place: F. Prudenziati's Le Alarquis De > Palmaro > 2nd Place: Oliver Bizer e. Luigi Saso's U-Boote Typ II > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
