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GREETINGS AND WELCOME TO NATIONALS 2021!
BY BILL ENGAR
Dem Brudders, Dick and Bill Engar, are here live at the IPMS/USA National Convention hosted by IPMS Las Vegas. This year's theme is The Very Best of the West. IPMS Las Vegas Chapter puts on an awesome model show and contest known as the Best of the West. Brudder Dick and I were fortunate to attend this show here in Las Vegas in 2002 and it was a great event! We're happy to be back for their 2021 edition.
GREETINGS AND WELCOME TO NATIONALS 2021!
BY BILL ENGAR
Dem Brudders, Dick and Bill Engar, are here live at the IPMS/USA National Convention hosted by IPMS Las Vegas. This year's theme is The Very Best of the West. IPMS Las Vegas Chapter puts on an awesome model show and contest known as the Best of the West. Brudder Dick and I were fortunate to attend this show here in Las Vegas in 2002 and it was a great event! We're happy to be back for their 2021 edition.
The 2021 IPMS/USA National Convention is being held at the Rio Casino on Flamingo Road in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. There is plenty of parking - and walking!
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The model hall on Wednesday afternoon as modelers begin to place their entries. Tables are a few inches taller than your usual banquet table allowing a better look at the models.
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WHAT ABOUT MASKS AND COVID-19 CONCERNS? The casino requires masking and just about everyone is complying with these mandates. Yes, we're all tired of the 2020 Pandemic that now looks like it has significantly infected 2021 as well. COVID-19 is with us to stay, folks! It doesn't look like the crowds seem to mind! Social distancing? That's so 2020! Hospitals filling up? What, me worry?
The casino with the now defunct Masquerade Show in the Sky track overhead. You have to go through the casino to go everywhere! This is Las Vegas, after all. Check out the IPMS guys on their way to Smashburger!
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There are a number of good food choices right in the casino! Pricing reminded us of buying food at the airport. A single Smashburger with fries was about $15! The Carnival World buffet, a favorite of the locals, was closed as of posting. Instead of a $32.99 dinner that you can't get, go nuts in the vendors area ($34.99 Fri-Sun).
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MORE TO COME - MODELS COMING SOON - THIS IS A DEVELOPING FEATURE!