OCTOBER 2014
4625 Brandingshire Pl., Fort Worth, TX 76133
Mike Poole takes Supercon 2014 Best of
Show Award with 1961 Sharknose Ferrari
The IPMS Fort Worth Scale Modelers
added another successful Supercon for
the books on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014.
For a complete listing of the Supercon
2014 category winners, see the home
page of our club website at:
According to our Secretary-Treasurer
Don Martin, and our statistician Mike
McIlraith, 2014 was a banner year for
Supercon. According to our numbers
guys, we recorded the most entries this
year since 2002. We had 300 models on
the tables, up 37 from last year, an
increase of 14%.
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In the major divisions, we saw dramatic
increases in Aircraft, Armor and
Diorama categories, and slight
decreases in Automotive and Figures.
And happily, we saw a larger turnout in
Children’s categories this year.
We had a good number of walk-ins this
year, and according to our vendor
coordinator Bob Ferrara, we sold out
our vendor tables, yet there was plenty
of breathing room in the hallway and
aisles. With the gate receipts and entry
fees tallied, we again came out ahead
financially.
As usual, there were a few category
reassignments during the morning, and
a few category splits instituted on the
fly, but thanks to a great judging crew,
and support team, we ended the day
about 30 minutes before the 5 p.m.
deadline.
The event transpired pretty smoothly,
and we even got a few compliments
from some of our out-of-town fans.
We also added a new Special Award
this year, commemorating the loss of
one of our esteemed club members.
The Jim Belden Memorial Award
honored the Best Auto.
As always, thanks to the folks who
helped us log in the 300 entries, the
judges who contributed their time and
expertise to help us maintain our
reputation as a fair and fun venue, and
to our loyal vendors and fans for helping
make Supercon 2014 a success.
SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS:
Mike Poole took home the Best of
Show Award with his stunning as the big
winner this year with his amazing largescale 1961 Ferrari Sharknose racer.
Mike also won the Jim Belden Memorial
Award for best auto with his
masterpiece.
Mike Poole (left) accepts the Best of
Show Award from Club VP and Contest
Chairman Bryan Tucker for his 1961 Ferrari
Sharknose racer. Mike also earned the Jim
Belden Memorial Award for Best Auto.
This is Mike Poole’s award-winning 1961
Ferrari Sharknose with the shell removed to
show the amazing finish work.
Our Supercon 2014 theme, “49 Shades
of Gray” left the field wide open for
candidates this year. As gray is such a
ubiquitous color in military scale
modeling, the prospects ran the gamut.
Topping the list this year was the superb
Type 22 Submarine by Edmond Goh.
One of our regular participants, Lynn
Rowley, took home a handful of awards
this year. Lynn is renowned for his
dramatic dioramas which always tell a
great story and sometimes seem to defy
the laws of gravity. He has more than
once taken home top honors in
Supercon. This year, Lynn didn’t
disappoint. His aircraft diorama “Pardo’s
Push,” won special awards for Most
Popular, President’s Award, and the
Charlie Jay Award for best Vietnam-era
Subject. Garnering the greatest number
of participants’ votes and the club
president and judges’ respect was the
suspended F-4 Phantom diorama which
related a moment in time from the
Vietnam War. While many of our
readers may already be familiar with the
events surrounding “Pardo’s Push,” you
may access the Wikipedia article on the
Internet to learn more about this
incredible story.
Lynn Rowley earned three Special Awards
for “Pardo’s Push,” a Vietnam-era diorama
with two suspended F-4 Phantoms. See
detail pics below.
Another Supercon veteran, Rick
Cotton, received a top award in honor
of the Greatest Generation – Best World
War II Subject. Rick, another past
Supercon Best of Show recipient,
received kudos for his Imperial
Japanese Navy Zuikaku carrier.
Beautiful.
Rick Cotton (left) receives the Greatest
Generation Award from Club Vice President
Bryan Tucker for his Japanese carrier
Zuikaku (below).
Another regular contributor to Supercon,
and frequent winner, Lonnie McIntosh
won the award for Best Armor. Among
so many exquisite armor pieces this
year, his 1/35-scale U.S. Jeep was a
standout. Congratulations, Lonnie. This
is his second consecutive Best Armor
win. Lonnie took 2013 honors for his
British Jackal.
Finally, congratulations to Mark
Howard, club member and master
modeler, on his special award win as
Best Luftwaffe entry for his stunning
1/32-scale Ta-152C-0.
Lonnie McIntosh (right), displays the Best
Armor Award he received for his U.S. Jeep
(below) at Supercon 2014. Bryan Tucker, VP
and Contest Chairman, does the honors.
Mark Howard (left) accepts the FWSM Best
Luftwaffe Award at Supercon 2014 from
Bryan Tucker for his Ta-152C-0 (below).
NOTES FROM SUPERCON:
President Glenn Whitmire and the club
offer our sincere thanks to everyone
who pitched in to make Supercon 2014
a success. Bob Ferrara took the reins
this year to provide for vendor
coordination, and we are extremely
grateful for his efforts. The revenue
generated from our vendors is always
an important factor in our financial
success.
Thanks also to Don Martin and Mike
McIlraith for their assistance in taking
registration fees and gate receipts and
tallying judging sheets.
Finally, thanks to all the judges who
volunteered their time and expertise for
the very demanding task of recognizing
the winners from among so many
deserving entries. While we always
routinely offer our thanks for a job well
done to our judges for their selfless
contributions, we never take for granted
the important job they undertake each
year. As the level of workmanship
seems to increase each year, our
volunteers meet the task of judging
these masterpieces with the usual
attention to detail and high degree of
professionalism. They are probably the
greatest contributor to our club’s
ongoing reputation as a great annual
contest.
Rick Cotton entered this armed-up Skyraider
in the markings of VA-176 aboard the USS
Intrepid.
Edmond Goh won a gold medal with this
stunning Walker Bulldog.
Edmond Goh placed with his beautifully
weathered PzKpfw I Ausf.F.
Mark Mills took first place in Armor
Conversions with his Churchill Mk. III AVRE.
TEAMWORK!!!
Thanks to all those who contributed to Supercon 2014!
August Contest Results
Best of Show: Jim Barr, Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC
1st Place, 1/48-Scale Aircraft: Jim Barr, Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC
2nd Place, 1/48-Scale Aircraft: Paul Metz, SM-79 Sparviero
3rd Place, 1/48-Scale Aircraft: Mick Grady, Bf-109E-7
1st Place, 1/72-Scale Aircraft: Joe Frazier, F4B-4
2nd Place, 1/72-Scale Aircraft: Joe Frazier, F4F-3
3rd Place, 1/72-Scale Aircraft: Joe Frazier, P-36A
1st Place, 1/35-Scale Armor: Sean Richards, Polish 7TP Dual Turret
2nd Place, 1/35-Scale Armor: Sean Richards, Hotchkiss H-35
3rd Place, 1/35-Scale Armor: Sean Richards, 30 CWT Artillery Tractor
1 Place, 1/16-Scale Automotive: Sean Richards, 1955 300SL Gullwing
December 15 meeting to feature holiday fun, gift exchange
During our Monday, Dec. 15, meeting,
we will again host our club’s annual
snackfest AND holiday gift exchange.
If you wish to participate, please bring
along a wrapped gift WITHOUT a
nametag. We will draw lots and begin
the exchange.
For those unfamiliar with how the
exchange works, here’s a brief
rundown: when his or her number is
called, each member can draw a gift off
the table, or raid the gift previously
selected by another club member.
Round and round it goes, until the last
gift is taken from the table.
We’ll review the rules before getting into
the action to avoid spending the entire
night swapping the same goodies over
and over again.