IPMS USA National Convention 2009 - Part 3
By Rogerio "Rato" Marczak
As mentioned before, all models are in 1/32 scale unless noted.
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Some nice models were displayed in miscellaneous tables, like this nice Hasegawa Frank, in the triathlon table:
A nicely done Special Hobby F3A-2
A Trumpeter F4U-1A conversion. I expected to see more of these...
... as well as their Dauntless
But the venerable Revell (Matchbox) SBD was present too
Hasegawa Spit
The Hasegawa T-bolt was also present in good number. In NMF
... or camouflaged
... or simply in OD
And this was the only Trumpeter T-bolt on the tables
Big, big Spit - a rarely seen Spit V with floats (Trumpeter 1/24)
The new Hasegawa P-40K, the first time I see one of these in person
A nice P-51 with the Malcom Hood canopy
This was a nice Trumpeter Hellcat dio on the junior's table
These two Ki-61 were the only in the contest area, both from Hasegawa
Two Hasegawa Stukas, both in Rudel's markings
But the old Revell is still around. This was had a well done winter cammo
Surprisingly, the number of 1/32 Fw-190s was very small, contrary to the 1/48 scale
This is the new Eduard Emil, another first to me
And a bunch of its Hasegawa cousins
And these were 1/24, if I recall correctly
Another interesting entry was the old Bandai George in 1/24
The Revell Bf 110 in 1/32 (there was no Dragon's on display...)
A couple of Azur entries, this beautiful I-16
and an interesting Bloch (you gotta love these French aircraft)
This one is a fine Tamiya Zero
More in Part 4...
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
© Rato Marczak 2009
This article was published on Wednesday, July 20 2011; Last modified on Saturday, May 14 2016