IPMS Richmond held its annual holiday meeting, dinner, and chapter contest on December 12, 2022.
Ten members entered twenty-six models in the contest and the builds were all extremely well-done. Voting was done by ballot by the attendees.
The winners were:
Best
Model:
Richard
Leininger, DKM Schornhorst & Type VII Subs
Category
1: Figures
First
Place: Scott Ratliff, British Coldstream Guards, 1815
Second
Place: Bob Walls, Bust, U.S. Navy Pilot WWII
Category
2: Armor/Artillery/Softskins
First
Place: Alex Valz, British Staghound I Armored Car
Second
Place: Tom Pulliam, Patriot SAM Battery
Category
3: Civilian Cars/Trucks
First
Place: Richard Leininger, BMW M8 GTE
Second Place: Mike
Lyons, 66 Ford GT40
Category
4: Maritime
First
Place: Richard Leininger, DKM Schornhorst & Type VII Subs
Second
Place: Scott Oates, The Turtle
Third
Place: Adam South, Operation Linebacker Oct 1972
Category
5: Aircraft
First
Place: Scott Ratliff, North American P-51B Mustang
Second
Place: Tom Pulliam, P-61B Black Widow
Third
Place: Alex Valz, Swedish Saab Draken
Category
6: Real Space/Sci-fi
First
Place: Tom Pulliam, NCC-1701 USS Enterprise
Second
Place: Scott Oates, Robbie the Robot
Third
Place: Raleigh Norris, Kimaris VIDAR
Category
7: Dioramas/Vignettes
First
Place: Alex Valz, Stopping by the Woods
Second
Place: Bob Walls, Willie & Joe, Gotta be Patient
Category
8: Other Subjects
First
Place: Bob Walls, Collection of WWII Tanks on Stuart Chassis
Category
9: Contest Theme “1972”
First
Place: Scott Oates, Recovery of Apollo 17
Second
Place: Richard Leininger, Lotus 72E
Third
Place: Scott Ratliff, 1972 Datsun 240Z
You can download the results here.
Thank you to all who entered... let's see even more entries in 2023!
