NJIPMS lost a great man when Jim Merrigan passed away this past Monday, June 6th. A fixture at club meetings for decades, Jim rarely missed a meeting and always had an interesting build to share and humor to spare.
Informatin on Jim’s visitation and service are this Saturday the 11th. All details are posted on the Fiore Funeral Home’s website.
As mentioned in last month’s newsletter and at last month’s meeting, the June meeting will be held a week early, this Friday, June the 3rd.
I’m traveling these past two weeks, so the newsletter will be going out late tomorrow, Tuesday, evening.
The May 2016 newsletter has been added to the Newsletter page.
This month’s meeting is this Friday the 13th. The June meeting will be a week early, Friday, June the 3rd.
April 29th and 30th of 2016 saw NorEastCon 25 held at the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage, NY. Several of the NJIPMS crew made the trip out. All in all, a great show with good model turnout, and a great venue. Some photos below, more have been added to the Facebook page.
I have received and posted all MosquitoCon 25 photos. Head over to our photo gallery site, linked below, for all of the photos from the event.
One week later and most of the photos and results have been processed, and now posted. We’re still missing a few photos, waiting on those to come in from a few people, but the majority of them have been uploaded, and the others will be added as soon as we get them in hand.
All of this information has been added to the MosquitoCon 25 page as well, but quick links below. Also, the Best Of Winners post I made last week has been updated with photos of a few of the Best Ofs.
Here’s the list of the MosquitoCon 25 Best Of winners. The full list of winners will follow in the near future.
We counted 523 models on the table for the contest.
| Best Aircraft | A-1J Skyraider | Joe Wagner |
| Best Armor | Hungarian 40/43 Zrinyi II | Hugh Dyarman |
| Best Ship | IJN Shimakaze | Dan Kaplan |
| Best Civilian | 1950 Oldsmobile | Darryl Peters |
| Best of the Rest | Lingering Over the River | Yanbiao Pan |
| Best Junior | Universal Carrier | Carter Fradkin |
| Tailhook Award | A-1J Skyraider | Joe Wagner |
| Best Sci-Fi | Hi-Nu-Gundam | Yanbiao Pan |
| Best Vietnam Subject | M-48A3 Patton USMC | Joseph Torres |
| Best Silver | 1931 Cadillac Phaeton | Mike Turco |
| Norm Kennedy Judge’s Best in Show | IJN Shimakaze | Dan Kaplan |
Thanks to everyone that came out yesterday. We’re still going through the numbers to get specifics, but we had a huge day as far as walk-in visits and models on the table. Some fantastic work was on display, not the least of which was Dan Kaplan’s 1/700 IJN Shimakaze, which took best in its class, Best Ship, and Best in Show.
We’ll have a list of the rest of the winners and tons of photos to post once the club’s membership gets a little rest and are able to pull the data together. Until then, please check out the Facebook page for information on the very successful Silver Anniversary show.
Everything is ready for the big show on Saturday morning. Club members, please be there at 7am to help set up. As usual, coffee and bagels will be supplied.
For show visitors, be sure to check the MosquitoCon 25 page for any last minute information, a list of who’ll be in the dealer’s room, and who’s supplied items for the raffle. The dealer’s room is sold out, so bring some spending money!
Contest Entry forms are also online, fill them out before hand and avoid waiting in the registration lines.
We’ll see you all on Saturday morning for the Silver Anniversary of MosquitoCon!
As many of you have heard, NJIPMS member Martin Quinn’s daughter Keira lost her battle with cancer earlier today. The viewing for Keira will be on Tuesday, March 15th at Browning-Forshay Funeral Home, Hawthorne NJ. The viewing times will be from 2pm to 4pm and from 7pm to 9pm. The service will be held Wednesday March 16th at 11am at Cornerstone Christian Church in Wyckoff, NJ.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Shelter in Keira’s name.
The NJIPMS eBoard, and the rest of the club, give our sincerest condolences to Martin and his family in this unbelievably tough time.