2019 Medal & Award Winners
THE SHOW COMMITTEE AWARDS
Our first awards are presented in areas outside the scope of the Main awards, or in which the show committee wishes to encourage interest.
THE PRESIDENT’S AWARDS
Honoring members of the MMSI who have gone above and beyond to support the club and the hobby, as chosen by the members of the MMSI’s Executive Committee.
Jay Walters
Dave Sholly
JUNIOR CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Kyle Carpenter — Muddy Jeep
Brock Rafalski — Fox
Lydia Carpenter — Elephant
So—Yeon Smith — Hopi Belle
Lucy Rafalski — Dog
Katie Herbert — Ogre
Jess Herbert — Zombie Escape
JUNIOR AWARD
Alexander Green — Norman Knight
Rion Hall — Squirrel
David Stern — King of the Monsters
Theo Herbert — British Life Guard
WAR GAME CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
James Nawrecki — Display
WAR GAME AWARD
Randolph Larch — Display
ANTIQUE FIGURE/TOY SOLDIER CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Gary Linder — Welcome to Camp
ANTIQUE FIGURE/TOY SOLDIER AWARD
Pat Gallagher — Battle of Hue
DISPLAYERS AWARD
Gerard Joria — G.I. Combat
THEME AWARD
James Rice — Civil War Guerillas
AWARDS AT THE BASIC/GENERAL LEVEL
These Awards recognize work by modelers with more developed skills who do not feel they are quite ready for the Advanced Level.
GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Robert Moulton — Display
GENERAL MEDAL
Gregory Waldo — Harley Chopper
AWARDS AT THE ADVANCED LEVEL
ORDNANCE PAINTERS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Connor Lalor — Dodge
Jay Ruggiero — SMK Tank
Van Olson — Nice Shot
Brent Bristow — UFO
David McCarty — German submarine
Mike Knowski — Panther G
ORDNANCE OPEN CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Pat Hahn — WWI UK Airfield
FANTASY PAINTERS CERTIFICATE
Mike Holverson — Amazons
Felix Gonzales — Star War droids
Greg Brown — "The Orc"
Emily Streeter — The Beatles
FANTASY OPEN CERTIFICATE
Bill Silk — Lara Croft Tomb Raider
Michael Luedke — Forever My Love
HISTORICAL PAINTERS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Larry Clausen — Stalingrad
Leo Slawski — Pontiowski
Jake McKee — Lost 1896
Roger Becker — English Officer
Julian Conde — Templar Knight
Paul La Rock — Making a New Friend
Bill Kreuger — Imperial Japanese Army Officer
Tim Streeter — CPL Chuck Lindberg
Jay Ruggiero — Grenadier 26th Regiment
Greg Liebert — US Army SFOD—D 1993
Ron Selbach — No Man's Land
Richard Gnegy — Knight in Jerusalem
Randolph Larch — Phoenix Figures
Patti Luedke — Coal Miner
Mike Holverson — Kharkov 1943
Chad Anderson — Soviet Signal Soldier
Gerard Joria — Another Fine Mess
Wayne Weber — Souther Comfort
Geoff Waller — Crimea 1854
Bart Muller — Col Sgt. Byrne
Mike Knowski — Battle of Britain Pilots
John L. Smith — Soviet Scout
Lydia Meyer — Entire Display
HISTORICAL OPEN CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Geoff Waller — Braddocks Field
Larry Clausen — Another Generation Lost
Bart Muller — Parma Horse Artillery
Mike Knowski — Patton Stuck
Bob Kita — Have a Coke
Roger Becker — And There I Was
ORDNANCE PAINTERS BRONZE
Larry Clausen — Flettner
Gary Beetley — T 94
Tim Streeter — M4A3 E8
Chip Rembert — PZ IV
Chad Anderson — I —16
Dwight Workinger — X—Craft
Ron Leker — The Purifier
Ron Leka — Type 10
Rusty Nail — Pfaltz DIII
ORDNANCE OPEN BRONZE
Paul LaRock — Bouganville 1943
Geoff Waller — USS Connecticut
Bill Kreuger — 917 Supply Truck
Brian Mikulencak — Tiger II
Tim Streeter — Sherman
Bob Hickl — Encounter at 3300
Doug Smith — Panzer I F
Felix Gonzales — B 1 7
FANTASY PAINTERS BRONZE
Geoff Waller — Hand of the Queen
Michael Luedke — Thinking Tree
Jason Fontella — Centurion of Lost Legion
Robert Norman — Ram Warrior
Jay Ruggiero — The Mummy
Bob Hickl — Eotryannus Lengi
Patti Luedke — On the Wall
Ray Welshman — Morgana de Avalon
Tom Williams — Bobbi
Ron Leker — Devils Doctor
Wayne Weber — Devil Bust
Lydia Meyer — Lady in Red
Lon Selbach — Lord of the Lion
Tony Bialas — Athena
Mike Cramer — Chaos Lord
Matt Koltonow — Dr. Doom
George Mickelson — Frankenstein
Frank Behrens — Lilith
Richard Thorn — Medusa
Chris Barrett — Dr.
Jack Muldoon — Guess who's coming for dinner
Mike Bedard — USS Enterprise
Joe Furioso — Belly Dancer
Brent Bristow — Vampira
Natalie Maurice — Game of Thrones Dragons
Daniel Stern — Squish
FANTASY OPEN BRONZE
Randolph Larch — Display
Bill Teoli — Ranger Archer
HISTORICAL PAINTERS BRONZE
Chip Rembert — Antietam
Jack Muldoon — NSW Lancer
Jason Fontella — Jane the Paratrooper
Robert Norman — Mongol Warrior
Chris Barrett — Knight of the Crusades
Frank Pope — Confederate Cavalry
Phil Kirchmeier — Spitfire Pilot
Richard Thorne — Tlingit Memories
James Schroeder — Display of Flats
Liam Hall — Merlin
John Jeffries — The Black Knight
David Oswald — German Sniper
Jim DeRogatis — Cossack and Frenchman
Adam Harless — Eastern Woodland Indian
Bob Kita — SS Machine Gunner
Barry King — Foot Grenadier Sapper
Joe Furioso — German
Mike Saggs — Ellsworth
Jose Martinez — T.E. Lawrence
Ian Candler — Russian Tank Girl
Bill Teoli — 104th Infantry 1944
Richard Watts — Werner Voss
HISTORICAL OPEN BRONZE
Joe Furioso — Lancer Girl
Jim DeRogatis — A Quiet Moment Ruined
David Hoffman — Rocroi 1643
Richard Thorne — Last Courier
Barry King — Cuirassier Officer
Steve Fall — Totenkopf Division
David Stokes — Cuirrassiers Aspern/Essling
Gerard Joria — GI Combat
ORDNANCE PAINTERS SILVER
Sean McGrath — Milwaukee Road
Ken Childres — M—31
Dave Peschke — Stuarts
Mike Bedard — Nebelwerfer 42
Gary Majchrzak — Marmon Harrington III
John Wendt — KV I
Kenneth Childres — Convoy Escorts
Scott Withers — Deck Awash
Bob Bethea — M—31
Greg Liebert — JSDF type 10
Brian Mikulencak — Panther D
Kreston Peckham — Achilles
Charles Schlom — F 4
Gerardo Cantarero — Y—wing
Bill Kreuger — FT 17
Robert Norman — SLC Manned Torpedo
Ron Damratowski — PT 22
Csaba Pongraczy — T—34
ORDNANCE OPEN SILVER
Mike Bedard — Type 4
Kreston Peckham — Pfalz "D" III A
Jake McKee — Styler 1500
Bob Bethea — Triumph of the Pacific
FANTASY PAINTERS SILVER
Gerardo Cantarero — Goblin Trader
Dan Tisoncik — Movie Monsters
Kenneth Childres — Frankenstein
Paul Stockley — Death Knight
Gary Beetley — Chaos Warriors
Stephen Venters — Elvira
Paul Kernan — Betrayal
Wendy Rafalski — Monkey King
Zeno Mladin — The Quest
Herb Metzler — Arrgh
Ronald Tom — Bane
FANTASY OPEN SILVER
Dan Tisoncik — Puppet Master
Bob Bethea — Giant from Hell
Stephan Venters — Alien
Joe Furioso — Margiana
Paul Kernan — In Country
HISTORICAL PAINTERS SILVER
Matt Wellhauser — Display
Jack Zleczewski — Capitan De Los Tescios
Ronald Tom — Hit the Leather
Michael Bedard — Bombs Away
Derek Lee — Music of War
Paul Kernan — Hospitaller
David Hoffman — Celtic Chieftan
David Bainbridge — Dragoon Trumpeter
Tom Williams — KAT
Wendy Rafalski — Flapper
Glen Hamilton — 42nd Black Watch
Brian Mikulencak — Red Army Lieutenant
Paul Green — Oneida Warrior
Gilbert Moreno — 1/48 Scale Pilots
HISTORICAL OPEN SILVER
Roberto Ruberti — Mexican Contra Guerilla
Bob Bethea — Remembering Mark Twain
Stephen Venters — Eagleston Taxis IN
Gary Beetley — Bereslowski
Brett Avants — Hessian Jagers
John Jeffries — American Mountain Men
Tom Karnas — Road to Victory
Kenneth Childres — Necessity is the Mother
Dan Tsoncik — Guadal Canal
Robert Raver — Dog Days of Summer
Wendy Rafalski — Penguin & Chick
ORDNANCE PAINTERS GOLD
Doug Cohen — Aircraft display
Wes Salazar — Toyota Pick up
Scott Withers — Land Wasser Schepper
Barry Biediger — BT 7
Bill Hollis — The Last Old Comrade
Jacques Duquette — Armor Collection
Matt Deck — Red Matilda
Martin Jurasek — KI—44 "Tojo" Collection
ORDNANCE OPEN GOLD
John Wendt — Syrian Self Propelled
Robert Raver — M5AI
Ron Damratowski — The Beast
Wes Salazar — Car Collection
Gary Majchrzak — M8 Greyhound
John Maher — Hetzer
Steve Hustad — JU88 GI
Bob Kita — M—8
Jack Taylor — S—39
Andy Gulden — Brumbar
Dave Browne — Sherman
FANTASY PAINTERS GOLD
Rick Taylor — Jack and the Bean Stalk
Doug Cohen — Tails We go Left
Jeff Burns — The Hunger
James Rice — The Wanderer
Brett Avants — Joe Cassidy
Rusty Nail — Queen of the Sea
FANTASY OPEN GOLD
Noel Meyer — Water Caller
Fletcher Clement — A Moveable Feast
James Rico — Captain Ahab
Wendy Rafalski — Eskimo 3
Jeff Burns — Repent
Doug Cohen — Raring to Go
Rusty Nail — Predator
HISTORICAL PAINTERS GOLD
Jason Green — Hindenburg
Rod Curtis — Murat
Andy Gulden — SS Tanker
Herb Metzler — Otto
Mike Cramer — The Money Changer
Scott Primeau — WWI Storm Trooper
Jeff Burns — WWI Storm Trooper
Penny Meyer — Sky Hunter
Brett Avants — Jersey Blue
Ernesto Reyes — Bust Collection
Rick Taylor — Claudette
Dan Tisoncik — Winners of the Arena
James Rice — Russian Pilot WWII
Zeno Mladin — A Deadly Flower
Stephen Mallia — Borbonic Foot Artillery
Doug Cohen — Monte Cassino
Paul Stockley — Spitfire Pilot
HISTORICAL OPEN GOLD
Andy Gulden — War Horse
Jon Harbuck — The Dugout
Barry Biediger — Hallway
Steven Mallia — Train Artillery Driver
Ludovico Carrano Steven Mallia — 95th Rifles
Doug Cohen — Get Up Texas
Steve Hustad — What the Hell are These
Greg Cihlar — Dacia
Rick Taylor — Ambrigio Spinolla
Rod Curtis — Spanish Musketeer
Noel Meyer — Shep
Christos Panagiotopoulos — Montgomery's Highlander
James Rice — Last Stand at Maiwand
Jason Whitman — Karl Spooner
THE BEST OF SHOW
James Rice — Last Stand at Maiwand
THE CHICAGO MEDAL
CHICAGO MEDAL
Noel Meyer