Hello, I'm Ernesto
and this is my first submission. It should have been a model but I'm still
working on several of them, anyway, today I wanted to show what was it like here
in Monterrey, Mexico last weekend. La Silla Scale Model Club held their annual
contest and expo. A brief note in the main local paper attracted a lot of the general public to the event.
Since I spent all
Saturday at the Monterrey Hobbies vendor table, I was unable to keep track of
all winners but my regards to Mr. Nunez, Mr. Vidal, Mr. Ramirez and the modelers
behind the ork army, the scratch-built German Gun on rails (almost 4 feet in
length!) and the U-boats; truly outstanding!
First a few overall pics of the event, the only chance I had to take this was
during the evaluation time when doors were closed to the general public. The
judges had a hard time choosing winners in several categories
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Next photo shows the
true spirit of the hobby, Mr Nunez (with an Afrika Korps uniform and winner that
night of many awards) who had just bought a very nice Eduard Fw190-A chats with
a young boy who just bought his first ever model, a Tamiya Dornier Pfiel, talk
about a nice first project!
Next is a selection
of models, many of them winners and some being my personal favorites.
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Diorama of Japanese platoon has a
cloud with the following quote: "Hey Boss, there's a taco stand around the
corner!".
Also, a few members of the club dressed as soldiers of the Afrika Korps and
brought some gear: replicas of WWII BMW motorcycle with sidecar and a
Kubelwagen, poor of the chap who showed up in Allied uniform didn't have a
chance against that plastic MP assault rifle!
Ernesto
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