On April 4th, I ventured out on a cool, overcast day. Leaving my house later than I originally plan, and knowing full well the parking situation I was going to run into, I headed east to the annual New Jersey International Plastic Modelers Society famous MosquitoCON. As expected, the large parking lot was full, my handicap plate wasn’t going to help, as I drove around the lot, I spotted an unknown modeler walking towards him vehicle. I wave him down and he told me he was parked all the way down the other end of the parking lot. I told him to hope in, I’d drive him down there---- a sure fire way of insuring you getting that spot! Being pressed for time, (I didn’t have the entire day to spend there) I paid my admission, greeted old friends and set about taking photos. I shot over 700 hundred photos; trying to take at least one of each entry, with some deserving several shots. Editing out the really poor photos, I still ended up posting over 600 photos from the show at my Smugmug site. Link to Gallery I have to say it was good to see the usual “Vendors from Hell” doing a brisk business, and I spotted some really excellent give away prices at several tables. The door prizes and raffle prizes were top notch. I don’t know if they had the usual 50/50, as I didn’t hear it being announced. Once again, Bill, and the Motley Crew at NJIPMS managed to put on a first class show. I can whole heartedly recommend making MosquitoCON part of your show circuit next year. The quality of the show, the exhibits, and the awards make the trip worthwhile. I am looking forward to them putting on the regional later this year, for it’s bound to be another top notch show.   READ COUNT: 5043  |  PRINT  |  DISCUSS THIS About Dave O'Meara (Grumpyoldman) FROM: NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES I'm rewriting this in a much more humoristic way, to help over inflate my ego, and place my self on a pedestal, because I don't have a life, and plastic models are the only thing I live for. I plead guilty as charged to excessive babble, light hearted humor, and continued encouragement to youngsters... READ MORE Copyright ©2009 by Dave O'Meara. Images also by copyright holder unless otherwise noted. Opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of Model Shipwrights. All rights reserved. Originally published on: 2009-04-15