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Boston 2010
The 2010 East Coast Collectors Meeting was held at the USS Constitution Museum at the historic Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA on May 26-27, 2010.   Most visitors took advantage of special accommodation rates and stayed nearby at the Navy Yard's Constitution Inn.  Due to National Park Service regulations, the location of the sales portion of the event was shifted to the Inn's fifth floor Meeting Room, while the public model exhibit remained at the Constitution Museum's Henry J. Figgie Theatre.  The Museum was also the site of a silent auction of the late Dick Pattee's collection of Stauffenberg and Noordzee Models to benefit a scholarship fund set up by his family in his name.

On Thursday, early arrivals met for dinner at Charlestown's 200 year old Warren Tavern and enjoyed a day of sightseeing and shopping on Friday while show participants set up their displays and exhibits and SMSC members held their business meeting at the Coast Guard Base.  Friday evening's group dinner at Charlestown's Max & Dylan's Restaurant was highlighted by a talk given by noted maritime artist and author Ian Marshall.  While Saturday's exhibit was a success in showcasing our hobby to the general public, it was agreed that the meeting would have benefitted from concentrating its activities at a single location.  The day ended on a high note with the presentation of achievement awards by the SMSC's Ulrich Rudofsky to Paul Jacobs, Carlo and Manuela Marquardt, Peter and Hilde Krtina, Matti and Norbert Brocher and John Olsen in the Captain's Cabin of USS Constitution.  On Sunday, John and Jenny Olsen hosted an open house at their home in nearby Winchester.
 
U.S.S. Constitution underway (photo copyright Hunter Stires, 2012)
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Photos by Ulrich Rudofsky, Harald Scheel, and Charles Jones  
   
USS Constitution Museum, site of the exhibit                                       Constitution Inn, site of the sales event
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The Exhibit
 
   
Informational material at the SMSC's table.                      A future collector. 
 
   
John Olsen                                                                  Ulrich Rudofsky 
 
   
Mark Geraghty with Richard Pattee and Charles Jones.        SMSC President David Orzel
 
   
Dave Orzel's collection of scratch builds by Ed     John Olsen with Harald Scheel and Doug Miller.
Antin, Ron Hughes, John Youngerman and others. 
 
   
Richard Pattee Jr. with his father's collection of Noordzee   The Pattee Collection awaiting auction.
and Stauffenberg models.
 
   
Peter Ewell                                                                 Richard Pattee and Harald Scheel. 
 
   
Bob Wiringa brought his entire collection of Aquarius         Aquarius 17th century sailing ships
models done by the late Andreas Prinz. 
 
   
Dave Orzel attracts an attentive group.                                         Some of Rick Rudofsky's scratch builds. 
 
   
Informational material about the hobby.                           Early plastic 1/1200 scale kits. 
 
   
Visitors were amazed at Rick Rudofsky's work.                                    The model quiz.
 
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The Sales Event
 
 
MSM's record breaking inventory anchored the sales room at the Constitution Inn. 
 
  
George Elder of MSM.                                Bill Werner and Kevin Burke assist George in setting up. 
 
 
   
A corner of MSM's well-stocked tables.                                    Classic Ship Models on display. 
 
   
Peter Krtina of Hai inspects a model.       Still more MSM models. 
 
   
Chris Daley (1250Ships) with Doug Miller.                       Mike Meyer again represented Alnavco.
 
   
Peter Krtina and Carlo Marquardt.                                 Matti Brocher (Rhenania Jr). 
 
   
John Youngerman and John Eagan also had models for      One of John Youngerman's model cases brought across
sale.                                                                         country by car from California.
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The Awards 
   
SMSC members are "piped aboard" USS Constitution.       24 pdrs on Constitution's gun deck. 
 
   
The Awards Ceremony under way in the Captain's           Ulrich Rudofsky presents Paul Jacobs with an award for
cabin.                                                                      achievement in promoting the growth of the hobby.           
 
   
Manuela and Carlo Marquardt also received an award...    ...as did Peter and Hilde Krtina. 
 
   
Matti Brocher accepted a joint award for himself and his   And finally, a surprised John Olsen received an award
father Norbert.                                                          for his work in organizing the Boston meeting.
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The Dinner
 
   
The site of Friday night's group dinner.                           Charles Jones, John and Mona Youngerman. 
 
   
Harald Scheel and Bob Wiringa.                                    Tom Vargas, Paul and Renee Jacobs. 
 
   
Mark Geraghty, Judy Vargas and Johanna Scheel.            Kevin Stewart and family.
 
   
Ulrich Rudofsky and Egbert Kraus.                                 Mike Meyer and Bill Werner, MSM's heir apparent. 
 
   
Manuela and Carlo Marquardt                                       Jenny and John Olsen 
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Around and About
 
Boston's skyline from the Navy Yard. 
 
   
Old Drydock 2.                                                         A Navy Yard street. 
 
   
USS Cassin Young (DD 793), now a museum ship.                               Old hoppers. 
 
   
Drydock 1, still operational after 180 years.                    The Galley. 
 
   
The octagonal Paymaster's House.    Commandant's House, designed by Charles Bullfinch. 
 
   
Tom Vargas inspects some maritime art at the Marriott.    John Olsen and Peter Krtina attempt a heist from the
                                                                               Marriott's model collection.
 
Celebrating Manuela Marquardt's birthday at John Olsen's Sunday open house 
 
    
Admiral of the Fleet.                                                    Paul Jacobs. 
 
   
Rudi Kraus.                                                                 Carlo Marquardt tends bar. 
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For more photos, see:
 
Photos by Ulrich Rudofsky (Album 1):
 
Photos by Ulrich Rudofsky (Album 2):
 
Photos by Ulrich Rudofsky (Album 3):
 
and

Photos by Harald Scheel (Album 1):
A perfect day, in a perfect environment, among many, many friends:
 
 
Photos by Harald Scheel (Album 2):
Tom and I had breakfast at the Marriott this morning. The Oceana room is "loaded" with posters and a few very nice models.
Definitely worth a visit
http://picasaweb.google.com/haraldchen96/2010May29OceanaRoomMarriottLongWharf?pli=1#
 
Photos by Harald Scheel (Album 3):
Jenny & John Olsen opened up their beautiful house to all us ship nuts.
Almost the entire basement is reserved to the display of John's tremendous fleet. The "thin" cabinets are arranged so that the models are displayed one deep, with a mirror behind them. All the visitors, including the well traveled Germans, agreed: what a magnificent ship display.
Jenny & John: many, many thanks for your hospitality, for letting us into your home, and for showing us such a great way to display our precious models.
http://picasaweb.google.com/haraldchen96/2010May30JohnOlsenOpenHouse#
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