What do you do with old awards and trophies?

[scalebuilderchad]

Ohbejuan started a thread to discuss what to do with old models. I thought of a tangent discussion.

What do you do with old awards and trophies?

I'm not here to toot my own horn, or brag about anything. Please don't take this thread that way. I have been competing in model shows for 5 years now and I have earned a fair share of awards and trophies. And I am wondering what I should do with them. Many of the awards are 8x10 inch plaques. Some are gold, silver, or broze medals. And I have some rather large trophies.

My wife won't let me display them in main living spaces. They need to stay in my hobby room. But my hobby room is a 9x10 foot bedroom. And in that bedroom I have my workbench. Cabinets for raw materials, paints, and tools. A display case for finished models. And I have some photography on what free wall space I have left because I was a professional automotive photographer in my earlier years while I was in college.

What I am getting at is I don't have much space. I mean I could add a shelf higher up on the wall and reposition some photos. And the plaques could be hung on the wall. But where do I go from there? Do I just store them downstairs and not display them?

What do you do?

 

[urumomo]

 

[scalebuilderchad]

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Is that a universal response? HAHA

When all else fails, blow it up.

 

[Jim62]

Take pictures of them and throw them out.

 

[Pantherman]

Ohbejuan started a thread to discuss what to do with old models. I thought of a tangent discussion.

What do you do with old awards and trophies?

I'm not here to toot my own horn, or brag about anything. Please don't take this thread that way. I have been competing in model shows for 5 years now and I have earned a fair share of awards and trophies. And I am wondering what I should do with them. Many of the awards are 8x10 inch plaques. Some are gold, silver, or broze medals. And I have some rather large trophies.

My wife won't let me display them in main living spaces. They need to stay in my hobby room. But my hobby room is a 9x10 foot bedroom. And in that bedroom I have my workbench. Cabinets for raw materials, paints, and tools. A display case for finished models. And I have some photography on what free wall space I have left because I was a professional automotive photographer in my earlier years while I was in college.

What I am getting at is I don't have much space. I mean I could add a shelf higher up on the wall and reposition some photos. And the plaques could be hung on the wall. But where do I go from there? Do I just store them downstairs and not display them?

What do you do?

I normally wish I had some. Pantherman

 

[scalebuilderchad]

I normally wish I had some. Pantherman

I build cars. And honestly after attending some IMS shows which has all genres of models, I think cars might be the easiest class to compete in. The detail involved in building ships, planes, and military vehicles is just insane.

 

[the Baron]

I don't think it's an issue separate from the question of where to display your models. It's just part of the requirement for the solution. That is, I would display an award with the specific model that won it. If you wind up with a cabinet or display case, for example, then put the award on the shelf next to the model. If the display space is a wall shelf, and the award is a plaque, hang it on the wall behind the model on the shelf. And so on.

 

[scalebuilderchad]

I don't think it's an issue separate from the question of where to display your models. It's just part of the requirement for the solution. That is, I would display an award with the specific model that won it. If you wind up with a cabinet or display case, for example, then put the award on the shelf next to the model. If the display space is a wall shelf, and the award is a plaque, hang it on the wall behind the model on the shelf. And so on.

I want to do that. And I do that with the plaques and medals, but the trophies are too big. There is only about 8" between the shelves in my case.

I supposed I could continue to put the plaques and medals in the case and then mount a shelf on the wall near the case for the trophies.

 

[Scratchbuilder]

Some of my 'less appealing' completed models are now stored in those clear boxes used for storing clothes and in the attic. The trophies/medals are in the display cabinet with my later models. The certificates have been put into a ring bind folder with clear pockets to hold each one.
The two oldest certificates are on the wall above my desk/pc are to remind me that I am not always the best at what I do in this hobby, even though they say I was the best and Scottish Champion - and they are next to the five holes I drilled when attempting to put up a new shelf/display cabinet - they are there to remind me to check for where the wood actually is and not where I think it was...
So display your glory, but be selective in what you display.

 

[Edbert]

I do not have any modelling trophies, but I gave three large boxes of old RC-Racing trophies to a local store that made...trophies

I kept a small group of prestigious ones, like any top-3 at a State or Regional event. But box full of 1st places at the local track every Friday night was just not worth keeping.

There's a local IPMS show on November 9th, I'll be attending but not entering anything.