Friday, December 15, 2017

PEACEFUL PLASTIC THEME CONTEST - December 2017




PEACEFUL PLASTIC
THEME CONTEST

Every October, some people in Sweden award their Peace Prize. They've done this 130 times so far.  This December, some people in Brooklyn will award their one and (probably) only Peaceful Plastic Prize.  You can win this rare and prestigious Prize by following one simple rule: NO WEAPONS.  The entry can be any time, any subject, any scale.  Think Thunderbird not Thunderbolt, Tug Boat not U Boat, Friendship 7 not the Magnificent 7.  So, from now until December, the only weapons you should be thinking about are glue guns and hobby knives. 

In December 1914, soldiers fighting in France left their trenches for what became known as The Christmas Truce. BPMS remembers that event with our December theme, Peaceful Plastic. The rules are very simple: no weapons. Think Car, not Armored Car, Field Kitchen not Field Gun, Cruise Ship, not Battleship, Lufthansa, not Luftwaffe. You get the idea. But if you don't, go to: 


So drop the weapon and pick up that unarmed kit you know you have in your stash. You may never get the Nobel Peace Prize but you could get the BPMS Peaceful Plastic Prize.

Sponsors:
  • Russ Holcomb
  • Tom Knoll
  • Tim Greeman



PEACEFUL PLASTIC: It finally happened and we had some gorgeous work on the tables.


1st           Ray Whitton                   Sky Chief

2nd          Kevin App                         Green Hornet

3rd           Joe Bergman                     Mercury Capsule

HM       Frank Colucci                 X-29
                Bob Epley                          XSL-01               
                Kamila Lukyanova        Yellow Submarine


Specials:

Cease Fire           Tom Govia                         Red Cross Tent
Leave the Gun   Joe Bergman                       Princess Aura
Peace & Quiet   Kosta Lukyanov               Ford Tractor


The winners of first, second, and third places got awards in the shape of doves designed by the sponsors and made by Ed Dietrich. We’d also like to thank the sponsors – Russ Holcomb, Tom Knoll, and Tim Greeman – for sponsoring a fun theme to build for.