IPMS Plastic Surgeons Surgicon 20 Des Moines, Iowa

[Rhino]

1/35 & larger Armor

1/35 and larger military vehicles, see the cool Tractor??

Juniors

 

[jknaus]

Nice stuff. Looks like a good show.
James

 

[Rhino]

Check this out! Inter galactic Road rage!!

See the Alien's Finger?? It was hard to make pictures. Brigadier General cut him off!! Ha!!

Humongous head-on collision!

USCG Starship. Capt Carl Musselman.

Heavy Cruiser Zwilling vs Borg.

D-Day USS reliant class.

 

[Rhino]

Best Science Fiction winner, Mike Seeks Jupiter 2

Don Joy's NCC-1701D Enterprise, and sci-fi sailing vessel

Rob Folden's War Machine!!

Russian aid station Dio! I could almost smell the blood.

 

[Rhino]

Randy Field's "Make My day" diorama. 2 seconds later the RPG got dusted by a 120mm Sabot round.

Overhead shot, REALLY COOL!

 

[Rhino]

Jagdpanther, 1, Churchill, 0.

DAK on the move. Or! Run Away! Run Monty, Run!

Mike Seek's Mercury 9 diorama. Muscular looking Rocket ship!!

 

[moon puppy]

Looks like a lot of action going on.

 

[Iron Mike]

Some really great looking builds!

 

[Adam Baker]

Looks great!!!

I might have to look into taking some vacation time next year and go to Des Moines to visit family and attend the show.

 

[Arturius]

Thanks for the pics Lad!

Was a great time for sure.

 

[Rhino]

About the contest room, Vendors & contestants;

Kevin Carroll & Tom Long tussle for the USS Enterprise 1701-B

Rachel, and other Attendees

Larry Clausen came from Cedar Rapids to vend his wares.

 

[Rhino]

Plastic Surgeon, Dave Madsen confers with other Model Makers

Premier Ship Modeler, Capt. Carl Musselman offers advise & humor.

 

[Rhino]

I was awarded a Third Place for my BB SdKfz 251/17! :yipee

Mr Jerrod Booth, Late of Perth, Australia, was awarded the Chuck Sterns Trophy, for his 1/144 scale, Airfix Hawker Siddley Trident. Jerrod's first visit to Surgi-Con 20! Don't he look Pleased?!?!

That's all! 197 models regisitered, on a Fine sunny day. Rib-eye sandwiches, hot off the grill, from Hy-Vee, Lots of Fun, and some new friends!

 

[Iron Mike]

Congrats on your award! The gent that won The Chuck looks quite pleased. Glad you had a good turnout and a lot of fun. Maybe next year I can get back there. :drinks

 

[jknaus]

Congrats
James

 

[Rhino]

OOPSIE! This is Dave Madsen, with Gil Wheeler Award winner, Brian Leitch.