2022 Chapter Contest and Results

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!