Just a reminder, the annual MosquitoCon show is this Saturday April 5th, in Wayne NJ. As with previous shows, we have rented both sides of the Wayne Police Athletic League (PAL) Hall just off of Route 23, about a mile or so north of Route 80 (take the 1st exit).
Why come to MosquitoCon? Well, here's just a few reasons:
* It's the largest annual model hobby event in Jersey!
* Attendees state that it's the most enjoyable model show they have ever attended!
* NJIPMS's show staff (basically the entire membership) are seasoned professionals, with 17 annual shows under their belts - 2008 will be show No.18 (which means I'm getting old)!!
* Mosquitocon boasts more vendors/better vendors than most IPMS USA Regional shows.
* Lighting in the model room is superb!
* Number of models competing meets or exceeds the amount that show up at most IPMS USA Regionals!
* Modelers attend our show from the 4 points of the compass in America as well as from Europe, South America and Asia!
* We have great looking award plaques!
* NJIPMS has many ship modelers in its membership and the ship categories are filled with great models!
* You may run into crewmembers like Bob Cicconi or Devin Poore, among others!
This year the show theme will be 1943 - Prelude to Victory. For ship modelers, that means you can build any number of ships. For example, 1943 saw many of the Essex class fleet carriers join the fleet.
Head over to the NJ/IPMS website (http://www.njipms.org) for full details, which include a show flyer and model entry forms, the latter of which we encourage show attendees to fill out ahead of time. The show flyer has directions, list of categories, list of special awards, rules and other pertinent info.
Here's a shot of last year's Best Ship and Best in Show, Dan Kaplan's fantastic IJN Cruiser Chokai (2007 was the 3rd year in a row that a ship took Best in Show honors, and the 2nd year in a row it went to one of Dan's fabulous ships!)
And here's Dan's winner of the Best Ship/Best in Show from the prior year:
