WORLD EXPO AWARDS


 Here is a full list of awards with pictures of some of the winning exhibits

BEST OF SHOW

"Too Late!" by ” by Danilo Cartacci & Mariano Numitone (Italy)


WORLD MASTERS

Mike Blank (Sweden)       Christian Petit  (France)      Ron Tunison  (USA)   

Rodrigo Hernández Chacon (Spain)      Philippe Gengembre (France)      Doug Cohen (USA)

 

PHILIP O. STEARNS AWARD
for outstanding service to the hobby

Jacques Vuyet      Joel Glass       Fabio Nunnari       Dominique Breffort       Uwe Lacina   

Carlos Andrea       Jerry Campbell      Art Neckermann       Bob Letterman       Chuck Robinson   


Dennis Levy and Greg DiFranco congratulate Joel Glass on his
well-deserved Philip Stearns Award

 

 GOLD MEDALS

    

Kosciuszko at Raclawice                                        Captain Bell, VC
          by Greg Difranco (USA)                                 by Adrian Bay (Great Britain)


The End of All Dreams by Mike Blank (Sweden)

Gold Medals - Open Division

Zoot Suit Riots 
44th Foot  
The Samurai
Henri IV 1570
Tambour 1794
Entire Display
Overall Display
Templar Knight
Poitiers
Arabian Standard Bearer
Janissary
The End of all Dreams
Elvis has left the Building
Calm before the Storm
Chinese Commander
17th Century Personalities
Maria de Medici
Overall Display
Black Watch
Kosciuszko at Raclawice
Old Guard Grenadier
Napoleonic Display
Moby Dick
"Too Late"
The Spanish
"Finding Dorothy"
Silence of the Canyon
General Marceau Desgrauviar
Cowpens 1781
Bob Tavis
Randy Myers
Olga Skoltsova
Irina Kutozova
Diego F. Fortes
Adrian Bay
David Lane
Julio Cabos
Mario Venturi
Alex Seeve
Galina Suchova
Mike Blank
Infield & Good
John Rosengrant
Maria Pavlova
Allevi & Azeglio
Rick Taylor
Gianfranco Speranza
Philippe Gengembre
Greg Difranco
Al Safwat
Cannone Brothers
Fletcher Clement
Cartacci / Numitome
Kostas Kariotelis
Alan & Marion Ball
Christian Petit
Nello Rivieccio
Doug Cohen


Husband and wife team Alan and Marion Ball 
celebrate their Open Gold Medal

GOLD MEDALS - PAINTERS DIVISION  

Eritrean Askari 
The Huntress 
Man on the Moon
Entire Display
SS Standartenfuhrer
Bonaparte at the Pyramids
T.E. Lawrence
Indian Mutiny Figures
Oddone Frangipane
Prince Campana
Knights
Knight in Tournament Armor

Napoleonic Display
La Salle
Two Samurai
Mario Fuentes
Rick Taylor
Julio Cabos
Michael Volquarts
Massimo Pasquali
Gianfranco Speranza
Inna Belavina
Danilo Cartacci
Pietro Balloni
Ivo Preda
Luca Olivieri
Marina Sasonova
Al Safwat
Peter Ferk
Diego Ruina

GOLD MEDALS -  ORDNANCE DIVISION - OPEN

Mideast Armor
Nasty Little Leon 
Italian Vehicle Display
LAV 25 / T-55 Display
Tony Zadro
Alex De Leon
Piero Larlani
Talal Chouman


Italian M13/40 by Bill Chilstrom
Gold Medal. Ordnance Painters

GOLD MEDALS -  ORDNANCE DIVISION - PAINTERS

Nashorn
Italian M13/40
U.S. M31 with Daimler
SAM Missile with Trailer

 

Chris Mrosko
Bill Chilstrom
Dan Tisoncik
Steven O'Connell

SILVER MEDALS

OPEN DIVISION

Brothers in Arms 
Break Time 
German Winters 41-45 
Celt
Baton Rouge 
Persian Cavalryman 
Private 29th foot - 1770
Le Noreau Musicien 
Batallon Catalanes
Napoleon 
One of Their Own 
Military Busts 
Westphalian Officer 1815 
Fencing Master 
Pulaski Legion
Edward I 
Walks far Woman 
Ramses II 
Ludwig Von Beethoven 
Homage to Norman Rockwell 
Dracula 
Delville Wood 
69th Regiment, Irish Brigade
Forced Crossing
Murat - King of Naples 
Sherlock Holmes 
El Bridon de Almeria 
11th Siberian Rifles 
Bloody Colonials 
Dog Dancer 
Westphalian Officer 
101st Airborne Market Garden 
A Marshall Never Surrenders 
Amazon Lancero 
WW II German Soldiers 
Oil Tankers 
Ironside 
Murat 
Timourides 
Byzantine Infantry 
Moriscos 
Kaiser Schlacht 
Wind Witch
 
Chris Mrosko
Alex De Leon
Dan Tisoncik
Alessandro Carlino
Cullati
  
Ray Farrugia
Masferrer & Bodi
Stephen Mallia
Gamarra / Perez
Ron Tunison
Dombrowski &Hudson
Anders Heitz
Alfonso Desiderio
Einion Rees
Iotti / Azeglio
Matt Springer
Geoff Illsley
Julia Mashura
Nick Infield
Ludovico Carrano
Davide Chiarabella
Miguel Felipe Carrascal
Navarro / Bodi
Irina Beljauva
Ian Mackenzie
Joe Hudson
Luis Martin Espada
Andrea Tessarini
Douglas Lee
M. Volquarts
Alphonso Desiderio
Trevor Hensley
Maurizio Berselli
Bill Pritchard
Calvin Tan
Tan & Harmms
Rick Rutter
Ivo Preda
Jean Pierre Duthilleul
Stathis Haralabos
Rafaele Nalin
Bill Chilstrom
Lydie Queyroi

Zapite NCO by Ray Farrugia (Malta)
Silver Medal. Painters Division

SILVER MEDALS - PAINTERS DIVISION

Waffen S.S. Grenadier 
France 1917 
Zapite NCO 
Confederate Sgt Major 
The Pursuit 
French Foreign Legion 
Ottoman and Hapsburg Flats 
Officer Continental Marines
The Mischievous Goblin 
66th Illinois 
Prussian Hussar 
Corsaro 
Kettledrummer Neapolitan Guard 
Frankenstein 
Zouave 
Alice in Wonderland 
Legion Nautige 
Oda Nogunaga 
Souvenir 
Flying Tigers 
Jean Le Bon
Hauptmann, Foot Guards 1870
British Royal Marine 
Dragoon Drummer 
Crusader 
Entire Display 
Napoleon 
Continental Light Dragoon 
79th Cameron Highlander
Herzog von Brabant 
Napoleonic Figures 
U.S. Marine 
Overall Display
Norman Knight 
Hussar Major 
Trumpeter -Grenadier 
Medieval Foot Soldiers 
U.S. Special Ops 
Short-Timer 
Flats Display 
Entire Display 
Celt 
La Prise de Felsina
Display of Flats 
Madame Recamier 
Napoleonic Hussars 
Captain 2nd Hussars 
101st Airborne 
Franco-Prussian Figures 
Liu Pei 
Norman Knight 
Daimyo 
Carriage - Maximillian I 
Russian Prince 
Dan Capuano
Juan Miguel Fernandez
Ray Farrugia
Joan Masferrer
Geoff Illsley
Tim Flagstad
Jim Horan
Sam Saliba
Bill Pritchard
Randy Myers
Matt Springer
Emiliano Iacobacci
Terry Neesham
Jay Murray
Dave Monti
Oleg Sokruto
Diego Fernandez Fortes
Jules de Raucourt
Miguel Angel Canarias
Inigo Rodriguez Caballero
  Albert Gros Mascarilla
  Stephen Mallia
Jesus Gamarra
Ian Mackenzie
Jose Delso
Jose Palmonares
Fransciso Fernandes
Alan & Marion Ball
Jaume Ortiz Forns
Davide Decina
Tom Holtz
Barry Biediger
 Mauro Bellato
Ric Girardin
Olga Zashbina
Philimovi
Mark Leuvach
Chris Mrosko
John Boisson
Penny Meyer
Andrea Tessarini
Philippe Gengembre
 Jean Pierre Duthilleul
B. Pecquet
Catherine Cesario
Bill Bramhall
Jason Green
Robert Sarnowski Sr.
Pepe Gallardo
Galina Boisova
Mike Conner
Lou Masses
Svetlana Gukova
Nilolai Kaftyrev

SILVER MEDALS -  ORDNANCE DIVISION - OPEN

M-3 Radio Track
11" Naval Gun 
A7V tank
Iron Shipwright 
T-55 
Krupp Protze Truck 
WW1 Sopwith Shutler 
Panzer II Luchs 
Artillery Display 
Modern Military Display 
Israeli Recon Jeep 
Sturm Tiger 
 No Name listed
Don Johnson
Roger Eggert
Iron Shipwright Mike Leonard
Steven O'Connell
Emillo Telizzi
Peter Sellgren
Chris Mrosko
Steve Andreano
Peter Dawson
Bill Chilstrom
Dan Capuan

SILVER MEDALS -  ORDNANCE DIVISION - PAINTERS

BTR - 70 
DeMag 
Renault Tank 
Tank Display 
Wild Cat

 

Chris Ekstram
Rodger Pugusi
Tom Holtz
Dan Capuano
Mike Schipono

BRONZE MEDALS


General Wesley Merritt by Tim Flagstad
Bronze Medal, Open Division

BRONZE MEDALS - OPEN DIVISION

To Go A Viking 
Vistula Lancer 
79th New York 
Li Kuei 
Pvt. Hook 
Culture Clash 
The Quest for the Green Dragon 
A Bit of Bad Beef 
Bio Detanus Imperator 
The Commander's Briefing 
Officer Swedish Army 
6th Virginia 
S.D. KFZ 2 Kettenkrad 
Out of Nowhere 
The Miniature Worlds 
Bannockburn 1314 
Victoria Mounted Rifles,1880 
Trumpeter 4th Cuirassiers, 1812 
1817 Dragoon Trumpeter 
Lancer 
One Shot One Kill 
President Bush's Regards 
Black Rider 
Brother Belloanus
Medieval Group 
Meanwhile, Back in the Jungle 
Lorena
Sympathy for the Devil  
Bushy Run 
II Vidotto 
Oeugus - King of Picts 
Spanish Conqueror
Musicians 
Margarita Pete 
British Sergeant Major - India 
Yoga 
General Wesley Merritt 
Hard Extraction 
French Drummer 
Du Roc 
"Missed" 
Sir Thomas Picton 
Joseph Neumeyer
Tiepolo\Carrano
Bill Huther
Francisco Fernandez
Dave Kennedy
Walter Velechco
Didier Hachem
Bob Huryk
Carles Vaquero
Tom Karnas
Warren Judge
Pete Culos
Gary Beetley
Nick Shearman
Joe Videki
Dominique La Farge
Jordi Gros Mascarilla
Barry King
Stefano Castraconi
Dave Monti
Roger Eggert
Jack Muldoon
Ethan Turbek
David Rodriguez
John Jefferies
John Long
David Whitford
Janne Nilsson
Ricardo Ruberti
Fortes / Masferrer
Glen Merritt
 Avila / Laguardia
Alan Thompson
Inna Belavina / Neil Berrington
Albert Gros Mascarilla
Enrique Rubio
Tim Flagstad
Anthony Sabatier
Ric Girardin
Tiepolo / Lucchetti
Herb Forgey
David Mitchell

BRONZE MEDALS -  PAINTERS DIVISION

Ranger 
Assassin 
Legion X Dalmatia 
Herzog-von Bayern 
Bodmer Indian Busts
82nd Airborne 

Empress Dragons 1810 
Hawk Eye 
Sitting Bull 
English Civil War Officer 
3rd Texas Cavalry 
Hussar 6th Regiment 
Indian Chief 
Confrontation at Lucien 
Western Figures 
Panzer Grenadier 
Gladiator
Historical Figure Display 
German Food Convoy 1944 
Thracian Trumpeter 
Napoleon 
Sioux Warrior 
Zouaves 1861 
Afrika Korps 1942 
Roman Centurion 
Aquilifer 
Roman Figures
Heroes of Mother Russia 
German Trio 
Samurai With Signal Banner
26th Continental Line 
Wolf Head 
Chasseur a Cheval de la Garde 
Medieval Theme 
Dwarf Warrior 
Private - Easy Co. 
French Hussar 
Celtic Chieftain 
Resistance is Futile 
The Black Watch 
Busts 
Desert Rat 
U-Boat Commander 
Blood Warrior
Confederate Officer 1862 
Foot Guard Hauptmann 
Pharaoh 
Trumpeter 3rd Lancers 
D'Artagnan 
Giovanni Di Poggio 
French Engineer Officer 
P.O.W. Stalingrad 
Clansman 
Norman Knight 
Dutch Grenadier 
Alexander Nevski 
Grenadier 
Alessandro Carlino
Rob Herring
Glenn Merritt
Angel Rodriguez
Richard Thorne
  John Long
Mike Sagg
Floyd Bazin
Rhodes Davis
Mike Leonard
Bob Langenberg
Steve Page
Eric Flesher
Ethan Turbek
Nader Taheri
Anthony Knific
Janne Nilsson
Don Johnson
Bill Chilstrom
Christos Drettas
Ramon Navarro
Steve Kirtle
Andre Suarez
Emilio Terlizzi
Lui Song Hui
Mike Drew
Kim Man-Jin
Dan Tisoncik
John Barnes
John Osgood
Pete Culos
Tina Davis
Jim Patrick
Joe Videki
Steven O'Connell
Troy Dobson
Vern Minkowitz
Bob Bethea
Matt Materne
Charles Gravallese
Ben Santiago
Einion Rees
Luis Martin Espada
Anders Heitz
Gianni Coniglio
Barry King
Massimo Moro
Campomagnani
Robert Sarnowski Jr.
Paulo Lenori
David Hood
Jack Muldoon
Jordi Gros Mascarill
David Mitchel
Joe Hudson
Pete Dawson
Rick Rutter

BRONZE MEDALS -  ORDNANCE DIVISION - OPEN

Russian KV-1 Tank 
8-Wheel Armoured Car 
Jagd Pz IV 
Arado 196-A3 
Vacant Store 
57 mm AT Gun 
Italian L 33 
Light War Walker 
Matthew Toms
Chris Ekstrom
Tony Higgs
Geoff Illsley
Mike Scarborough
Mike Reaves
Tankette Ivano Franco
Ethan Turbek

BRONZE MEDALS -  ORDNANCE DIVISION - PAINTERS

Avatrik Berg DI
IG 18 Infantry Gun 
Panhard P204 
WWI Armor 
11th Arty 105 mm Howitzer 

 

Peter Sellgren
Matthew Toms
Vincent Cassarino
Howie Belkin
Mike Reaves

CERTIFICATES OF MERIT

OPEN DIVISION

Canadian Military Pipers 
Mexicans War U.S. Captain 
Nemo Strikes Again 
Chief Section Leader WRAF 
WWII Soldiers 
Ambrose Cardew 19th Ft 
Knight 
Panther 
Gandalph 
John Adams 
Treasure of Sierra Madre 
The Judge 
X-Wing Pilot 
WWII German Display 
Don Griffith
Bob Bethea
Peter Huryk
Michel D'Avignon
Kenneth Yeo
Steve Kirtley
Dave Acker
Stephen Fall
Vince Bonafiglio
Walt Damon
Richard Thorne
Mike Holverson
Ross Wilson
Paul Marshall

CERTIFICATES OF MERIT - PAINTERS DIVISION

"The Viking" 
Celt 
Bedford Forrest 
Spock 
5th Georgia Infantry 
The King's Musketeer 
Roman Centurion 
Major Black Watch 1904 
4th Texas Regiment 
Zouave, Crimea 1854 
Revolutionary War Display 
Swiss Halberdier 
Lasalle 
Germania AD 180 
Fallschirmjager 
The Preacher 
Sioux 
Magdalenian Hunt 
Carabinier 
Black Watch 
Sigismondo Malatesta 
Coldstream Guards 
Hauptman DAK 
Cameron Highlander 
Arwen's Rage 
Desert Fox 
Musketeer 
Captain Souter 
Priest of Ulric 
Swiss Halberdier 
Korean General 
Gunner 
Templar 
U.S. Lawman 
CSA Bugler 
Hold the Line 
John Boilard
Stephen Fall
Mark Warthling
Paul Hooper
Neil Berrington
George Nieto
Didier Hachem
Mike Davidson
David Wasserbocker
Franco Andreone
Walt Damon
Mike Cobb
Richard Link
Frank Henson
Raymond Rosario
Bill Teoli
Kevin Dunne
Tony Zadro
Stefano De Paolis
John Russell
Carles Vaquero
Scott Shablin
John Bayes
Steve Durling
Pier Andrea Ferro
Alex McCutcheon
Chris Hall
Roger Eggert
Ron Harrison
Bob Mason
Bruce Grinstead
Clarence Prigent
Jean Gratton
Vivian Clark
Bob Cottrell
Pat Deluhery

ORDNANCE DIVISION
There were no Certificates of Merit awarded in the Ordnance Division


GENERAL LEVEL

 PEWTER MEDALS

Pen and Ink Drawing
Indian Display 
Sand Man 
Hussar - 7th Regiment 1808 
The Breastplate, Helmet & Cloak
Optia 
The Aviatrix 
The Runaway 
Survivor, Summer 1944 
A Tank Crew - 1943 
Overall Display 
Wehrmacht 
Devil Man 
Celt V Century 
Geisha 
Mummy
Little Round Top 
Blondie 
Alma 1854 
Crusader Knight 
Brian Girardin
Joe Pietroburgo
Dave Cencich
Jose L Muñoz
Cory Cordelio
Valero Spaziavit
Darla N. Yaun
Hervy Cote
Joe Singletary
Wang Yang Yan
Alerici Dio
Roger Puglisi
No Name Listed
Frabrizio Frauheti 
Julie Knight
Kevin Kuperberg
Frank Konetzke
Floyde Bazin
Marino di Roberto
Wan Min Ma

GENERAL LEVEL -  CERTIFICATES OF MERIT

King Phillip 
Via Vel Mors, Gladiators 
Wicket J. Warwich 
Liberators 
Display Indian 
Legionnaire in Mexico 
Lost 
French Knight 
American Cavalryman 
Romans 
Egyptian Chariot 
Display 
Sherman 
Tiger and the Pussycat 
Viking 
Overall Display 
Spartacus 
1st Virginia Continental 

 

Joe Morris
Bradley Spelts
John Stuck
Dobrovolskyy
Al La Fleche
Luis Maestre
Paul Hatch Jr.
Joan Biediger
George Maul
Mike Schipone
John Conway
Thomas Hartman
Jim Woodward
Ben King
Bart Birdsall
Bob Keville
Doug Bedford
Calvin Hurd

BASIC LEVEL 

CERTIFICATES OF MERIT

Swiss Grenadier Guard 
Templar Knight, Holy Land 
Behold Your King 
General La Salle 
Warren Yaun
Tom Kavanaugh
Renzo Cabras
Stanley Kershman

JUNIOR LEVEL

CERTIFICATES OF MERIT

Sir Konrad 
Cleopatra 
Cheese 
Konrad Kotz
Susannah Bay
Daniel Lewis