Derek Brown has a habit of stirring things up at the IPMS/USA Nationals. No model at the 2004 meeting in Phoenix, Ariz., created quite as much buzz on the contest floor as his 1/72 scale MlAl(HA) Abrams main battle tank. The 6"-long model had attendees squinting to appreciate its jewellike details, among them its fully outfitted engine compartment (with a removable engine) and photoetched-brass mine plow. The model created an even bigger stir during the awards ceremony when it claimed the event's top prize, the George Lee Judges' Grand award. Although it was the first time the Judges' Grand award had gone to a small-scale armor piece, it wasn't the first time the award had gone to Derek - with the Abrams win, he became the first four-time winner of the Judges' Grand. At previous Nationals, he took home top honors for a 1/72 scale Ki-46 III Dinah twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft (Sept. 1996 FSM), his 1/48 scale SH-3H Sea King helicopter (May'98 FSM), and his one-of-a-kind, scratchbuilt 1/350 scale USS Texas battleship (Jan.'03 FSM).
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