Postcard from the 2005 IPMS Nationals - Part 4

People At The Nats

On Day Four - 23 July, 2005

by Brett Green

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The IPMS USA Nationals has closed for another year. The models are packed up, the vendor room is empty, visitors are scattering over the country and over the globe.

But the echo of friendship from these four days will continue until next year and beyond.

The people I meet, old friends and new acquaintances, are always the highlight of the IPMS USA Nationals, and this year was no exception.

It was a pleasure to catch up with HyperScale's visitors, whether in the crowded corridors of the vendor room, or during seminars, or even at 11pm down the road at Barnes and Noble!

For me, the IPMS Nationals proves that, despite working in different scales, with different subjects, in different media and with widely diverse approaches, we modellers have much more uniting us than separating us. The atmosphere at the show was wonderful - busy, excited, companionable.

Our hobby is not just about plastic. It is about people. Here, then, is a small, random assortment of some of the people I saw at the Nats, many of whom will be familiar to HyperScale's visitors.

I will look forward to catching up again next year.

Click the thumbnails below to view larger images:

Charles Landrum	Dana Bell in action	Danny Cormans from DACO	Donald Flynn	Frank Crenshaw
Gaston Bernal	Jerry Crandall and Jules Bringuier	Phil Hale (left)	Angelo Vanelli from Italeri	Elizabeth and Lewis Nace of Testors
Floyd S. Werner Jr	Dr Frank Mitchell	James Corley	Jim Crow (left)	Joel Robinson
Jon Tamkin - Mission Models	Mike Bobe	Mike West	Peter Malone	Rick Bellenger
Steve Stohr	The Klaus's at Fantasy Island	Tom Copeland	Tom Douane	Lynn Ritger
Mark Thompson	Mike Reeves	Neil Robinson (left)	Convention Supremo, Paul Cotcher	Perry Lockhart
Scott Brown	Specialty Press	Spencer Pollard	Tim Hubbard
Tony Bell and Bruce Culver	Willy Peeters

 

Thanks for keeping in touch with news at the Nationals via HyperScale. It has been fun!

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Last updated 26 July 2005

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