IPMS/USA NATIONAL 2015

John Thomas
I had a great time at the 2015 IPMS/USA National Convention. It was my first convention. I have been to many local and regional IPMS contest. The Convention hotel was very nice.There were lots of vendors and some great deals. However the only problem was that the contest room itself was too dark, very poor lighting. I dont know how the judges could see to judge the models. I have judged at many local and regional contests and you would need a flash light to see the models. The contest room was large and nice but needed more light. the awards banquet and the food was also well done. 4 days at the convention to me was a bit long and if I go again I would maybe only go for 3 days. I can now check off going to a IPMS National Convention off my bucket list.

Kerry COX
John, Thank you for taking all that time to load all of these most informative images of the convention.

There are certainly some very talented modellers that competed, and I am really surprised you didn't come away with an award mate, as I saw nothing that impressed me more than yours.🙂

ZM seems to always put up a huge display.

Thanks again mate.
Cheers.

John Thomas
Thanks Kerry. It was a lot of fun. I am now trying to think of what to do next.

Edgars Bizūns
Photo 56 blew my mind!

John Thomas
Edgars, thanks. That boneyard display is pretty cool

Holger Kranich
Hi John, thank´s for the beautiful images! Great convention!

Kas Grigonis
Some wonderful work there!

Phil Marchese
Thanks John.

Harry Eder
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!

Graham Holmes
As one of the organizers of the convention I am glad that you had a good time. The lighting in the contest room is not the best, but little we can do about it. There were lots of great models, and thanks for sharing your pictures.

Edgars Bizūns
Ah, Graham, as one of the organisators of exhibition in Riga I can tell, that the lightening is always a problem..

Christian Bruer
Seems to me it was a very good show - thx for sharing John!

By the way, there few ship models only🙁

Edgars Bizūns
They were all scared by the tought of you there 😉 They just knew that they don't have a chance..

John Thomas
Thanks to all

Philip De Keyser
Thanks for sharing, lot of beautiful models 👍