Miniature Figure Collectors of America
Annual Show and Mart

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2002 MFCA Show Results

 

Special Awards

The MFCA Show Committee and independent groups sponsor a number of awards in areas that are clearly outside the scope of the main exhibition, or in which the show committee wish to encourage interest.

 

Best Revolutionary War:   The Souvenir   Bill Horan

Best Highlander  Private, Blackwatch Crimea 1854  Marion Ebensperger

Best New Toy Soldier  Bovington Fair  Jim Hillestad

Best Old Toy Soldier  Dimestore Conversions  Roger DuBois

Best Medieval  The Clash  Nello Rivieccio

Best Fantasy?Sci-Fi (Rocco Mazzela Memorial Award)  G-Rex  Mark Vantine

Best Napoleonic  Col. 2nd Hussars

Best Prehistoric  Big Game Hunters  David Acker

Best Ancient  Attila 441 AC  Marion Ebensperger

Best 20th Century  The Third Coffin  Roland Laffert

Best Flat (Joe Keenan Memorial Award)  The Four Seasons  S. Buimistiov

Delaware Valley Scale Modelers Best Armor  Artillery Display  Steve Andreano

Delaware Valley Scale Modelers Best Aircraft  German Aircraft  Nick Shearman

Best Junior Historical Entry  French Napoleonic Artillery  Brian Marshall

Philip O. Stearns Award for Outstanding Excellence in the Art of Miniatures  Christian Petit for his entire display.

 

Junior Awards

Certificates

Sean Morris – Lt. Ryan

Joseph M. Bowen Jr. – Missouri

Ian Williams – Gandalf

Ryan Townsend – Entire Display

Megan Harrick – Civil War Woman

Patrick Penderville – Grenadier

Brian Marshall – Fr. Napoleonic Artillery

Becky Agelo – Scout Walker

Matthew Morris – Lt. Kyle


 

 

Pewter Medals

Tina Davis – Blue Dragon

 

The Standard Level

The Standard Level is for all artists with varying degrees of modeling skills who prefer not to exhibit in the advanced level.  It typically includes but is not limited to painted stock figures, major and minor modifications, original sculpture, dioramas, ordnance and alike.  All exhibits are judged on an equal basis for pewter medals, awards of excellence and certificates of merit.

 

Certificates of Merit – Standard Level

Thomas Broido – Field Marshall Blucher

Lewis Fowler – Fire Warriors

Sara Laccone – Franklin Bodard

Sue Williams – Overall Display

E. Hayes – Mutineer

Bob Stodnick – German Machine Gunner

Daniel Harrick - Display


 

 

Awards for Excellence - Standard Level

Mike Schipono – Overall Display

 

Pewter Medals – Standard Level

Claude Bourelle – Grenadier 2nd Regt.

Michael Gonder – Lorenzo Acciaivoli

Bill Ebner – Entire Display

Michael Owings - Display


 

 

The Advanced Level

The Advanced Level is intended for artists of proven skill and ability.  It is divided into three divisions: Painters Division, Open Division, and Ordnance Division (Ordnance is now sub-divided into Painters, for stock kits and Open for heavily converted and scratchbuilt vehicles.).  Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals and Awards of Excellence are awarded in each.

 

Certificates of Merit

Ordnance Division (Painters)

Chris Ekstrom – Marder 1A3


 

 

Painters Division

R.M. Norman – 17th Lancers

Larry Klein – Bat Masterson & Child

Jim Richey – 4th Connecticut Regt. 1778

David Halleck – Dances With Wolves

Bill Henry – Follow Me, Tarawa 1943

Jack Burger – Korean War Marine

Floyd Bazin – Hawkeye

John Wlas – Wolf Scout

Norb Lustine – Mountain Lustine

Jeff Hobbs – 25mm Figures

Joe Pietroburgo – Teutonic

Vaughn Whisker – Flats

Joe Morris – D’Hautpoul

Marty Farrel – 93rd Highlander

Bobby Sarnowski – Entire Display

Bob Stein – English Knight

John Borneo – US Tanker

Pat Deluhery – Trebuchet

Jack Muldoon – Czar Alexander

Don Johnson – Knox Artillery

Robin Howard – T-800

Bill Hayes – La Femme Diables

Robbie Flam – Teutoberger Wald 9AD

John Penderville – CSA Cavalry Trooper

Jim Evans – US Navy Seal


 

 

Open Division

Joseph M. Bowen – Overall Display

John Stanaker – Bloody Banners

Vasne/Vescina – Regno di Napoli Aiutantedi Campo

John Carglena – Entire Display

Raymond Gillis – Dracula

Rich DiBenedetto – Pretorian

Michel D’Avignon – Dismounted

Steven O’Connel – Stalingrad

Joe Payne – Vorony

Kevin Townsend – Red Riding Hood & Red Lancer

Bob & Pete Huryk – America Strikes Back

Joe Morris – Redoubt No. 10

Walt Damon – John Paul Jones


 

Bronze Medals

Ordnance Division (Painters)

Craig Whitaker – M4A3 Sherman

Mike Schipono – German Luchs Armored Car

John Bucholz – Iraqi T-62

John Chionchio – Battle of Britain Fighters


 

Ordnance Division (Open)

John Bucholz – British “Honey” Tank

Chris Ekstrom – Contour Dozer

 

 

Painters Division

Bill Bramhall _ Austrian Line Drummer

Charles Gravallese – Prussian Lancer 1871

Martin Connell – Death & Her Familiar

Kevin Dunne – The Woodworker

Phil Ruben – Alexander Nevsky

Jaime Fenimore – Stupid, Stupid Rat Creature

Bob Mason – Blackbeard

Didier Hachem – Overall Display

Bernard Clermont – Amazon

Michel D’Avignon – British Officer Display

Bob Howe – The Former Drummer Boy

Patrick Kirk – Jaguar Warrior

Mike Cobb – Almost 11 o’clock

Jim O’Conner – Rommel

Shawn Warcot – Celts

Walt Damon – Stand Your Ground

Glenn Merritt – Sgt. Berrian, Duryee’s Zouaves

Steven Braun – Cuirassiers

Richard Cowell – Pickett’s Charge

Dan Heyward – 101st Airborne

Arthur Bernina – 101st Airborne

Paul Green – Europeans

Kevin Townsend – History Into Legend

Joian Boisson – Busts

Penny Meyer – Annie Oakley

Roland Laffert – Murat

Warren Judge – German Tanker

Patrick Cubertefon – Pawnee

Roger Eggert – US Marines In Shell Crater

James Eicker – Italian Knight

Craig Whitaker – British Highlander

Herb Forgey – For Nelson “Huzza”!

Nick Shearman – Indian Wolf Scout

Laura Shearman – Baby Dinosaurs

Erik Mosso – Mameluke

Brian Mikulencak – Shelby Cavalry

Brian Snaddon – Honor Guard

Don Weeks – That’s Entertainment

Vern Minkwitz – Murat

Domenico DeLucia – 5th Hussars

Steve Kirtley – Trooper 3rd Hussars

Jean Vercammen – Gladiators

Walt Damon - Revolution

 

 

Open Division

John Jefferies – Viking Steersman

Mike Siggins – Too Little, Too Late

Mike Wolfe – Setting Their Sights on Kursk

Carmine Ferracciano – Russian Bashkir Cossack

Alfonso Desiderio – Colonel 2nd Hussars

Pete Culos – Scots Regulars 1814

Warren Judge – German Stormtrooper 1918

Lopez/Victor Castillo – Mameluco de la Guardia

Marty Farrell – Adepta Sororitas

Jean Vercommen – Collection of Mtd. Figures

Didier Hachem – “Give me a 2C”

Tom Karnas – 5th Panzer Division

Alan Thomson – French cavalry

Shawn Warcut – Ancients

Steve Kirtley – French a Cheval

Scott Shablin – History and Fantasy

Kevin Ulrich – Thermopolei

David Acker – Dinos

Marco Campomagnani – 11th Hussar

Maurizio Berselli – Wolf

Miguel Felipe Carrascal – Defence of Bourgos

Marco Giuliani – Niccolo da Montefeltro

Ben Santiago – Mameluke

Ken Schwartz - Hidatsa

 

 

Silver Medals

Ordnance Division (Painters)

Gary Maini – Armored Railway Car

Jim Corless – Hannover CL 3A

Arthur Berning – Chaffee Tank

Mark Solter – WWII Stalin II Tank


 

Ordnance Division (Open)

Mike Wolfe – WWII Corsair

Gary Maini – Tiger Tank

Carol & Rod Langton – American Navy 1812

R.C. Griffith – USS New Jersey

Jim Corless – WWI Night Bomber

Mike Kareha – Capt. Gentile’s P-51

 

 

 

Painters Division

Rick Girardin – Napoleon

Al Safwat – Napoleon’s Men

Gianni Conigglio – Americans

Joe Hudson – Roman Doctor

Tommy Osborn – WWII Figures

David Hood – 79th Highlanders

Marcos Lopez – Attila

Rhodes Davis – Landsnecht Standard Bearer

Steven O’Connel – ABC Machine

Jay R. Murray – Grossdeutschland Grenadier

Frank Fernandes – Overall Display

Nick DeAngelo – Samurai Archer

Jesus P. Huelamo – Sir Roger de Trumpington

Jesus Huelamo – Gran Sasso Raid

David Romero – Highland Clansmen

Juan Miguel Fernandez – Samurai

Craig Cameron – British Infantryman Minden

John Osgood – Red Knight

Carlo Maria Tiepolo – Roman

Guido Burani – Fusilier

Tom Holtz – Napoleon’s Coach

Jeffery Ryan – France and Germany

Pete Culos – Drummers

Joe Videcki – Big and Small


 

Open Division

S. Burmistrov – The German Empress

Luis Martin Espada – Ranck Brigade 1942

Jesus Huelamo – Oxford Circus Trench

Joe Hudson – A Sunday Drive

Patrick Cubertefon – Masai

Brian Snaddon – Chasseur Legion

David Lane – Eugene de Beauharnais

Gary Beetly – WWII Germans

Diego Ruina – Tartari Lituani

Carlo Maria Tiepolo – Italia Miners

Coniglio/Vescina – Regina Regiment

Marco Lucchetti – Louis Francis Gouin

Frecesca Desimone – Roman Cornician

Raffaele Nalin – La Haie Sainte

Roland Laffert – The Third Coffin


 

Gold Medals

Ordnance Division (Painters)

Bob Muckley – JSU 122

Nick Shearman – German Aircraft


 

Ordnance Division (Open)

Steve Andreano – Artillery Display

Steve O’Connell – Lorraine Schlepper

Bob Muckley – Knocked Out T-34 Tank

Nick Shearman – WWII Vehicles


 

 

Painters Division

Marion Ebensperger – Entire Display

Lou Masses – Retired Colonel

S. Burnistrov/M. Taylor – Fairy Tale Flats

Greg DiFranco – The Princess’s Barge

Bill Horan – Regimento Sophia

Rick Rutter – Trapper John

Luis Martin Espada – 54mm Display

Paul Kernan – Salah Al Din

Danillo Cartacci – Sitting Bull

Luis Esteban de la Guardia – Trompette de Hussars

Rodrigo Chacon – Entire Display

Ian Mackenzie – Colonel 2nd Hussars

Jesus Gamarra – Napoleon I

Bruno Schmalling – Murten

Cathrine Cesario – 5th New York

Bob Sarnowsky – Airbornes

Gianfranco Speranza – Jacopo Cavalli

Luca Olivieri – Templars

Mario Fuentes – Entire Display


 

Open Division

Jim Holt – A Tight Spot

Mark Vantine – Action Heroes

Fletcher Clement – “It’s Called Writing”

M. Ebensperger/G. Azzara – Lancer

David Romero – Conquistador

Rodrigo Chacon – Hastings 1066

Bob Collignon – Armor Dioramas

Mariano Numitoni – Napoleonic Figures

Cartacci/Venturi – Percivalle Fieschi

Mike Blank – Display

Bill Horan – The Souvenir

Adrian Bay – Entire Display

Roberto Martignoni – Papua Warriors

Christian Petit – Native Americans

Cannone Bros. – Scots Trumpet

Doug Cohen – Men In Battle

Ludovico Carrano – Men In Action

Mario Venturi – Medieval Display

Allevi/Giumelli – Berthier @ Eylau

Nello Rivieccio – Entire Display


 

 

American Artist Award – Bill Horan

Best-In-Show – Christian Petit – Native Americans

MFCA Grand Master Award – Fletcher Clement & Rodrigo Chacon

 

 

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