{"id":1885,"date":"2019-06-09T11:59:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T16:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:07:32","slug":"wonderfest-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/?p=1885","title":{"rendered":"WonderFest 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/njipms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-02-10.36.25-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4346\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Last weekend I attended the annual WonderFest sci-fi model show, in Louisville, KY. For those that have attended JerseyFest here during the fall, this is a somewhat similar show, yet much larger, and the break-down between ships\/hardware and figures is about an even split (whereas the JerseyFest show is predominately figures). WonderFest set a record this year, it&#8217;s 30<sup>th<\/sup>, with over 800 models entered in the contest. The quality of work is amazing, and I was quite stunned to take away a bronze award for my USS Sentinel kit build. This year I also took part in a group build display, with the theme of Star Wars Concept Models. Each of us picked a Joe Johnston concept drawing and built a model based on it. My B-Wing wasn&#8217;t finished, but that didn&#8217;t stop me from taking it to the show as an in-progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The show&#8217;s dealer&#8217;s room is quite impressive as well, with at least 125 individual dealers, according to the show&#8217;s flyers, as well as personalities taking photos and signing autographs. The two conference rooms taken up by the dealers is easily 1.5 or 2 times the size of our usual MosquitoCon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If anyone&#8217;s looking for an excuse to visit Louisville the weekend after Memorial Day, I highly recommend WonderFest. They have the date set for May 30-31<sup>st<\/sup>, 2020, with more information on their website: <a href=\"https:\/\/wonderfest.com\/\">https:\/\/wonderfest.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took photos, per my usual of not trying to get everything, just the stuff that really catches my eye, all of which have been posted <a href=\"https:\/\/njipms.zenfolio.com\/p506688980\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend I attended the annual WonderFest sci-fi model show, in Louisville, KY. For those that have attended JerseyFest here during the fall, this is a somewhat similar show, yet much larger, and the break-down between ships\/hardware and figures is about an even split (whereas the JerseyFest show is predominately figures). 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