Welcome to the 9th annual gathering of model builders from around the country in what is known as Tamiya/Con. Each year modelers gather at the corporate offices of Tamiya America in beautiful Orange County, California to show off their hard modeling work. All participants ranging from all sorts of ages and skill levels are competing for the grand prize known as the Tamiya Master Modeler Award. This award is bestowed to the person who's work Mr. S. Tamiya himself will judge to be his favorite work. Along with the Master Modeler award three other prestigious awards are up for grabs. They are Best Finished, Most Creative and Director's Choice. These four lucky winners will win a paid trip to Japan to be honored guests of Tamiya and to partake in the annual Shizuoka Hobby Show on May 14-16, 2004. The four trip winners will take their winning works and display them at the show, so all of Japans modeling community may see. Once those festivities are concluded the honored American winners will take a tour of the inner workings of Tamiya as well as take in the sights of Japan. Come join the festivities on April 17 and 18 and finish up your projects as there will be plenty to see and do at this years' 2004 Tamiya/Con.

Category 11 - 1:35 Allied tracked Armor, 1945 or earlier M-36 Jackson Jim Wechsler

Category 12 - 1:35 Axis tracked Armor, 1945 or earlierFirst Sturmtiger w/Interior George Stray

Category 13 - 1:35 Armor, Post WII to PresentFirst M2A2 bradley ODS Jim Wechsler

Category 16 - Box Stock, any scale & any typeFirst Marder III Mike Fiore