{"id":4344,"date":"2019-06-08T16:32:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T20:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/njipms.org\/?p=4344"},"modified":"2019-06-08T16:32:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T20:32:40","slug":"wonderfest-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/njipms.org\/?p=4344","title":{"rendered":"WonderFest 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4345\" src=\"http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-01-13.46.10-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-01-13.46.10-300x146.jpg 300w, http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-01-13.46.10-768x373.jpg 768w, http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-01-13.46.10-1024x497.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-01-13.46.10-500x243.jpg 500w, http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-01-13.46.10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Last weekend I attended the annual WonderFest sci-fi model show, in Louisville, KY. For those that have attended JerseyFest here during the fall, this is a somewhat similar show, yet much larger, and the break-down between ships\/hardware and figures is about an even split (whereas the JerseyFest show is predominately figures). WonderFest set a record this year, it\u2019s 30<sup>th<\/sup>, with over 800 models entered in the contest. The quality of work is amazing, and I was quite stunned to take away a bronze award for my USS Sentinel kit build. This year I also took part in a group build display, with the theme of Star Wars Concept Models. Each of us picked a Joe Johnston concept drawing and built a model based on it. My B-Wing wasn\u2019t finished, but that didn\u2019t stop me from taking it to the show as an in-progress.<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s dealer\u2019s room is quite impressive as well, with at least 125 individual dealers, according to the show\u2019s flyers, as well as personalities taking photos and signing autographs. The two conference rooms taken up by the dealers is easily 1.5 or 2 times the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4346\" src=\"http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-02-10.36.25-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-02-10.36.25-300x146.jpg 300w, http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-02-10.36.25-768x373.jpg 768w, http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-02-10.36.25-1024x497.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-02-10.36.25-500x243.jpg 500w, http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-02-10.36.25.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>size of our usual MosquitoCon.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone\u2019s looking for an excuse to visit Louisville the weekend after Memorial Day, I highly recommend WonderFest. They have the date set for May 30-31<sup>st<\/sup>, 2020, with more information on their website: <a href=\"https:\/\/wonderfest.com\/\">https:\/\/wonderfest.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took photos, per my usual of not trying to get everything, just the stuff that really catches my eye, all of which have been posted <a href=\"https:\/\/njipms.zenfolio.com\/p506688980\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-Devin Poore, 6\/8\/2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend I attended the annual WonderFest sci-fi model show, in Louisville, KY. 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