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TamiyaCon IX - A Show Report

Many Meetings

After photographing a few of the entries I ran across Charles Reading, who I had first met (in person) at the SCAHMS show in March. Charles showed me his entry, a wonderful "relic" diorama of a rusted Panther in a backyard in Poland. Charles had discovered a new technique for making the tree that he found on the net. A technique by none other than our own GeneralFailure (Jan Van der Cruysse).

I met so many great folks on that day. After Charles I again ran into Rhodes Williams, who was entertaining several Canadian friends (Mark Bannerman, Patrick Johnson, and one other nice "red" haired fellow who I hope will forgive me forgetting his name). I went to lunch with these guys and had a really nice time. I didn't order the sushi though. (grin)

Ahh...Sapporo...I am in a Zen-like state.

When we got back to the show there were yet more models to see. I checked out one of the other display rooms as well, the Car and Junior modelers room. There were some really nice junior level models at this show. Somehow all of Saturday I managed to miss seeing the Aircraft and Naval room. Good thing I decided to come back on Sunday as well!

The weather was still not great for most of that day. After talking to a number of people from online that afternoon including Spades and CDave (Dave Connoley), it was 5'oclock and time to pack-it-up for the day. Rhodes had graciously invited me to attend the club meeting at his home that night, and Charles and Dave were nice enough to let me follow behind them so I could find it! Driving up to Sherman Oaks from Aliso Viejo wasn't too bad. The 405 can be treacherous but decided to give us a break that day.