Nick Filippone Posted January 23, 2025 Report Posted January 23, 2025 I enthusiastically applaud the National Contest Committee’s introduction of the new categories for this year’s National Contest. I am especially excited about the Paper Model Category and the Vintage Model Categories. I have been campaigning for a Paper Model Category for a while. I have felt it could be a way to grow the Society and our Contests as well as provide learning opportunities for us and them. When Orange County had a Paper Model Category in 2007, the quality and quantity of the entries was impressive. The participation of paper modelers in the Tiger Meet display area at Madison was significant. (Of course, now I have to put my money where my mouth is and build a paper model.) The creation of Vintage Model Categories demonstrates a recognition by the NCC of the importance of this very exciting trend in our hobby. Being able to compete with the kits we cut our modeling teeth on will be fun. It is an incentive to recall our earliest building adventures and maybe even do better this time! My thanks to the NCC for “reading the room” as it were, observing and listening to the membership and having the courage to take risks and embrace change. I hope other members will join me in recognizing the responsive leadership IPMS’s National Contest Committee is providing. Nick Filippone, Senior (30 year) National Judge
Eric Aitala Posted January 23, 2025 Report Posted January 23, 2025 I foresee lots of printouts of Scalemates web pages for the Vintage categories.... E
Nick Filippone Posted January 24, 2025 Author Report Posted January 24, 2025 I didn’t think of that but you’re right! That would be the quickest way to source the necessary documentation. Nick
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