The Scale Model Podcast - Ep 125 - Shows

Welcome to Episode 125 Sponsored by CultTVMan, Sean’s Custom Model Tools and Return To Kit Form HostsStuartGeoff Thanks to our latest Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee Supporters: ***************************************LATEST NEWS Southwestern Ontario Scale Model Expo - We will be there!We will also be taking a break for the next episode due to most of us helping at the show. Windsor Model Show 26th Model Show of the GPC - Plastic Modeling Group of Campinas Strange things afoot at the Nats ***************************************MAILBAG<br />We want to hear from you! Let us know if you have any comments or suggestions scalemodelpodcast@gmail.com. I just finished listening to Anthony's interview with Rob Booth concerning the future of the IPMS and I wanted to write in to say thank you.I am exclusively a Sci-Fi modeler. Thanks to Dave over at the PMM podcast I am also a member of IPMS/USA but it's only because I feel an obligation to support the hobby in general. There is honestly not much for me in IPMS currently, and I'm not very engaged in the organization. However, thanks to Anthony's interview with Rob, I decided to vote on the new amendments to the constitution and by-laws, in the interest of inclusivity. I imagine there are a lot of people out there like me who would love for IPMS to promote and support their niche of this fantastic hobby but who are apathetic to the current iteration of the organization.One issue I would have loved to hear addressed in that interview is the chicken and egg problem of new contest categories. Rob said that they track the level of participation in each of their categories and try to respond with new categories and modifications to existing ones where necessary. My question then is: why would modelers enter sci-fi / gundam / other "niche" models into IPMS contests if there are no categories that properly value their contest entries? And if IPMS is waiting until they see significant levels of participation in those niches to create sensible contest categories... well, you see the problem.If IPMS wants to truly be seen as inclusive it needs to proactively court modelers in areas of the hobby that it has traditionally overlooked by reaching out to those communities and working directly with them to establish new contest categories and other opportunities within IPMS. If you want something, you have to go after it. You can't wait for it to come to you.Just my 2 cents.Keep up the great podcast,Gino <br />***************************************LATEST HOBBY ANNOUNCEMENTSSprues of MiniArt's new 48th scale P-47D-25 RE Thunderbolt