BULLETIN: January 2020

BPMS

Bulletin 

by Bobby B2 Blue Pokorny

Welcome to 2020! We hope you had a happy, healthy and a safe Holiday Season. 2019 ended brilliantly! The Holiday Luncheon went well and the theme contest had more than a dozen entries. Plenty of tasty treats and cheer to go ‘round!

December Meeting

 

D-DAY to BULGE: The theme contest to mark the 75^th Anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge finally happened and we had some gorgeous work on the tables.

1^st           Kevin Kilkenny                 101^st Airborne

2^nd          Joe Bergman                       Sherman

3^rd           Frank Colucci                   P-51 B

HM       Russ Holcomb                                Winter 1944

                Kosta Lukyanov            P-47 D

                Mark Mullen                   Water Buffalo

BEST:

American            Kevin Kilkenny                101^st Airborne

British                  Mark Mullen                     Churchill

Allies                     Mark Mullen                     Ford Amphibian

German                               Mark Mullen                     Panzer IV

Armor                  Joe Bergman                       M8 Armored Car

Air                         Frank Colucci                   P-51 B

Big Guns              Joe Bergman                       Sherman

The winners of first, second, and third places got awards embedded with various commemorative coins regarding the anniversay! We’d also like to thank the sponsors – Tom Knoll and your humble narrator for sponsoring another theme fun for the members to build for.

AWARDS CEREMONY: The group voted and I tallied the numbers all year. Here are the results:

Air

1^st           Frank Colucci

2^nd          Don Illjes

3^rd           Mark Mullen

HM       Jake Moon, Tim Greeman, Kosta Lukyanov

Armor

1^st           Charlie Nelson

2^nd          Tim Greeman

3^rd           Mark Mullen

HM       Peter Kilkenny, Howell Serkin

Figures

1^st           Kevin Kilkenny

2^nd          Joe Bergman

3^rd           Kevin App

                Tim Greeman

HM       Don Illjes, Howell Serkin

Sea

1^st           Mark Mullen

2^nd          Kevin App

3^rd           Michael Tricarico

HM       Kosta Lukyanov, Charlie Nelson, Ray Whitton

Science Fiction

1^st           Gordon Cheung

2^nd          Joe Bergman

3^rd           Israel Alvarado

HM       Frank Colucci, Kevin Kilkenny, Bobby P.

Miscellaneous

1^st           Jake Moon

2^nd          Kevin Kilkenny

3^rd           Russ Holcomb

HM       Don Illjes, Mark Mullen

Most Popular

1^st           Qtr        Kevin App

2^nd               Qtr        Joe Bergman

3^rd           Qtr        Don Illjes

4^th          Qtr        Joe Barrett

Frank Tripoli Memorial

TOP GUN AWARD

KEVIN KILKENNY

Great work! Now the slates are clean and time to start a new year!

HOLIDAY DESSERTS: Thanks to everyone who brought in some goodies, and there was plenty!

HOLIDAY DINNER: The weather was good enough and we had an amazing time! 

raffle: We had a raffle during the meeting. It’ll probably go the same way for the foreseeable future.

THANKS LOU! Is there anyone out there who deserves a special THANKS for all he’s done for the hobby and hobbyists as much as Lou? Prez Tom presented Lou with token of our appreciation!

On the agenda: JANUARY

2020 Model Pledge: Looks like we got this working nicely now! Bring in an unbuilt model between January and APRIL 2017 to declare as your pledge model. Please have it finished for OCTOBER 2020, for a display. After October you may bring back your pledge for the November meeting for the last contest of the year. For your efforts you get an additional FIVE Super Raffle tickets for completing your pledge! Sweet! Easy enough!

KIT SALE: Bring kits to sell and cash to buy with. There’s no tab at this bar!

JUNE THEME: We have a commitment!

The Golden age of

AURORA

Celebrating 70 Years of Models

Meeting date:

JANUARY 24, 2020

SAME TIME,

SAME PALCE!