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MosquitoCon 33 “Best Of” Winners

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Photos and contest results for the entire MosquitoCon 33 show are being processed. In the meantime, here are those that won the “Best of” awards:

Best Aircraft – Andrei Koribanics Memorial Award F-15A Strike Eagle Nelson Kee
Best Armor – Art Gerber Memorial Award Mk IV Male Tank Errin Hoffman
Best Ship – Bill Marshall Memorial Award USS Kitty Hawk Ryan Labieniec
Best Junior  – Molly Klanica Memorial Award Gundam Warrior Jenny Zhang
Best Theme – “Classic Rivals” Mystere IV vs. Avia S-106 Antonio Merolli
Best Civilian Subject Dale Jr’s “Bud Born On” Monte Carlo Jay Savarese
Best of the Rest Award The Meaning of War Yutong Pan
Best Vietnam Subject – Walley Valechko Memorial Award USS Kitty Hawk Ryan Labieniec
“Tailhook” Award F-14D Tomcat Chris Derks
Best New Jersey Subject USS Kitty Hawk Ryan Labieniec
Judges Best in Show – Norm Kennedy Memorial Award Mk IV Male Tank Errin Hoffman

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MosquitoCon 32 Photos Uploaded

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Photos from MosquitoCon 32 have been uploaded to the club’s ZenFolio portfolio site. There’s been an obvious delay in posting these, and apologies for numerous technical difficulties in processing the photos and getting them uploaded. There are more photos to come, but the links below take to you the majority of them.

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MosquitoCon 32 Best Of Winners

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Another very successful MosquitoCon 32 occurred on April 6th, 2024. Basic numbers are:

  • 126 Entrants
  • 510 Models entered in the contest
  • 385 Walk-In spectators

And the Best Of winners are as follows:

Special Award Reg # Model Modeler
Best Aircraft – Andrei Koribanics Memorial Award 009-3 A-10C Warthog Chris Derks
Best Armor – Art Gerber Memorial Award 115-A FT-17 Western Front Adam Profit
Best Ship – Bill Marshall Memorial Award 004-A HMS M33 Devin Poore
Best Junior  – Molly Klanica Memorial Award 108-B Detective Famous Agency Jackie Zhang
Best Theme – The 1960’s 089-I A-1H Skyraider John Colasante
Best Civilian Subject 119-B NASCAR Chevy SS Joe Dumanski
Best of the Rest Award 114-C Dark Angel Terminator Martin Orlando
Best Vietnam Subject – Walley Valechko Memorial Award 089-I A-1H Skyraider John Colasante
“Tailhook” Award 089-I A-1H Skyraider John Colasante
Best New Jersey Subject 001-D USS Alaska Martin Quinn
Judges Best in Show – Norm Kennedy Memorial Award 114-C Dark Angel Terminator Martin Orlando

All photos from the show are still being collected and processed. In the meantime, here are some quick photos of those Best Of winners:

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MosquitoCon 31 Wrap-Up

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MosquitoCon 31 on April 1st, 2023, was a resounding success. Beyond the 125 Entrants, 571 models entered, and 399 walk-in attendees, we also had amazing entries, great vendors, and wonderful people attending.

Here are the Best Of winners. The rest of the winners and all photos will be posted as all of the information is processed.

Molly Klanica Memorial award for Best Junior (076A) – RX-75 Custom by Jaiming Zhang

Andrei Koribanics Memorial award for Best Aircraft (052C) – CH-46E by Matt Lunn

Art Gerber Memorial award for Best Armor (035B) – KV-1S by James Guld

Bill Marshall Memorial award for Best Ship (092A) – IJN Hiryu by Dan Kaplan

Best Civilian (056G) – Alfa Romeo Tipo 158 by Richard Tool

Best of the Rest (123A) – RX-93 Hi Nu by Jasper Dudley

Best Tailhook (029F) – F-14 Tomcat by Nelson Kee

Theme Award – Best Falklands War (026A) – A-4B Skyhawk by Glenn Thorn

Walley Valechko Memorial award for Best Vietnam Subject (118A) – Navy SEAL by Wesley Lanz

Best New Jersey Subject (024D) – 1956 Mack Pumper Surf City NJ by Tim Bongard

Norm Kennedy Memorial award for Judge’s Best In Show (092A) – IJN Hiryu by Dan Kaplan

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