Carolina Modelers Association

Lafayette Scale Modelers Contest 2009

The Region 12 Regional Championship model contest was hosted by IPMS Lafayette Scale Modelers, The venue was the Kiwanas Recreation Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It's a good location and venue. The contest was run well, everything was on schedule, and the judging was very consistent and fair. We all thought the judges did a very good and thorough job. We traveled with 10 members of our club, 5 entered models everyone profited by the vendors, the deals were great. We also visited the local Hobbit hobby shop and had a good time there as well. We won our share of awards, including the Best Russian subject for the second year in a row. Roy Johnson's SA-2 won it last year and Bill Garner's Ekronoplan was this year's winner. The contest finished on time as advertised, getting out and onto the highway was easy, travel back home was also easy and we had a very memorable and fun time together. The guys at IPMS Lafayette put on a great contest.