Mastercon III, September 3rd, 1994, a day to remember Part III
Aircraft section, Marv Howell’s airplanes.
Coccoon by Bob Letterman.
To the far left is Lewis Pruneaus gigantic diorama Pearl Harbor.
Figure cases by all the figure greats at that time.
On the right is Lewis Pruneau’s The Paris Gun. On the left is Bob Letterman’s Winds of War and Arrogance in the center.
Lewis Pruneau’s Riverine. A Vietnam riverboat incident.
Some of Ralph’s one to one scale cannons.
And in the final shot of the museum, Uniforms, pilots, etc. The silver suit is from Coots & Hoots, a $100,000.00 firefighting suit that was used in the Kuwait oil fires. It can withstand 10,000 degrees fahrenheit.
Now, we come to the banquet and awards ceremony. Mastercon, at that time, was a three day show. Friday, registration, and in this one, the opening of the museum, saturday was the competition, the manufacturers question and answer session, ending with the banquet and awards ceremony. Sunday was the round table discussion where all the participants could as any kind of questions.
The first picture features A steady winner at every Mastercon he attended. Richard Mitchell passed away several years ago of cancer. We miss him a lot!
Tom Gerringer, then VP of VLS, awarding Don Kanaval a trophy.
Tom again with Richard Mitchell.
That year, Richard won the Grand Master trophy!
Francois, Richard and Bob.
The Grand Master Trophy and the Peoples Choice. Both were cast from an original Napoleonic Naval Standard. They were the ultimate Mastercon awards.
Verlinden, Joe Porter, Letterman and Jake, Porters young son. BTW, Jake is in college now.
Joe Porter, Bob and Tom Gerringer.
Pruneau, Porter and Shep Paine.
The dais at the manufacturers forum. Left to right, Lewis Pruneau, Francois Verlinden, Bob Letterman, Wes Bradley, (The M.C.), Ernie Petit, Vice president of Testors/Italeri, We believe the next man was from Tamiya and finally Bob Hayden founder and editor of Fine Scale Modeler. He has since retired.
Shot from behind the Dais.
Ditto.
Again, the dais.
Lewis, Shep and unknown?
Ditto.
The Round Table discussion on Sunday Morning.
Francois and Wes Bradley.
The Round Table again.
Bob Hayden.
Susan and Andrew Hutchens, Pat’s son. He is now a 220 pound offensive guard at 16.
Unknown, Bob Letterman and Bill Taylor.
The always popular Don Kanaval, the comedian. He could keep most members laughing and rolling on the floor with his tales. Don passed away several months ago. We will miss him.
A rarely serious Lewis Pruneau.
Brock Hopkins and Jon Baker.
Continued in Mastercon III, September 3rd, 1994, a day to remember Part IV