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Contest: Experimental-UPDATE
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According to the count down timer in the right column we’re just about 70 days from the entry deadline. If you’re entry is ready, be sure to send in pictures of it so I can get them posted to the contest room page! You can email your images to info@hawkeyeshobbies.com
You can review the rules by visiting the Contest Room page. There you’ll also be able to view the prizes that will be awarded and who our supporting sponsors are.
There are some great prizes, so get your entry submitted before the deadline arrives!
Happy Modeling!
Look! Hasegawa Kits
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I’m posting this from Phoenix while at the IPMS Nationals. Even though it is hot in Phoenix, things are a bit cool in the convention center. Several vendors have canceled leaving a far number of empty tables in the vendor room. 
Not very many models fill the tables of the contest room but this is just the first day…a partial one at that. Hopefully more entrants will arrive with their contest entries tomorrow and Friday.
I toured the model room to find a large exhibit by some of my fellow members of What If Modeling. Always good to others who aren’t confined to the kits instruction sheet and references who build.
Today I met up with some old friends and met a few new ones too. My bedtime reading material got a new addition from Tommy Thomason, his new book about the Vought F8U-3 Crusader III…aka Super Crusader. Tommy’s books are always a good read, the two I picked up last year were fantastic.
Spotted a couple of long out of production kits that I’d love to build again. These kits have a price tag that is far out of my modeling budget. Oh well, I can always hope for a rerelease in the near future.
Tomorrow we’re going to get up early to hit the road for a side trip to Tucson to visit the Pima Air Museum and AMARC. Then buzz back here for more of the convention.
New kit! Minicraft has in the works a new 1:144 KC-135E, which will blaze the path for future releases of other -135 variants! GOOD NEWS INDEED! They are also working on a series of Convair twin series too…T-29/C-131 and the civilian counterparts.
Nats Bound
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Now that AirVenture is over, this morning I was up very early to begin my trek to the IPMS-USA Nationals in Phoenix with an enroute stop at Sprue Brothers Models LLC.
I am posting this from the office at Sprue Brothers Models in Liberty Missouri. I’ll be here a couple of days to work with Gordon on a couple of projects we have in the works.
The facility is nice and well organized and I am having a difficult time resisting the temptation of filling a large box full of stuff I’d like to have in my stash.
Its kind of fun wandering up and down the aisle. Aftermarket accessories, decals, kits, paints and tools fill the facility.
Tomorrow I’ll follow along and share with you how Sprue Brothers receives and processes your order from start to finish. I’ve been given special access and clearance to share with you how your orders are beamed into space to materialize at your doorstep in the blink of an eye.
In the meantime, I’m going to wander the aisles of this modelers mecca of plastic modeling. Oh wait…a truck load of Hasegawa kits just showed up at the dock…I’m going to pitch in to help to see what else there is to drool over and add to my list of stuff to ship home!
AirVenture 2010
Posted by: | CommentsOr as it is become affectionately know…SLOSHKOSH! The grounds are noticeably bare of aircraft as much of the field isn’t suitable for parking aircraft unless they’re float planes. But today was a dry day and it helped a lot at improving the field conditions. Another thing one might note as they make the commute onto the grounds are the normally vacant parking lots at closed businesses full of RVs which too must seek alternate accommodations due to sloshe conditions.
Today marked the arrival of N836D otherwise know as the Historical Flight Foundation’s DC-7B. This was an awesome sight to see! I had the opportunity to assist the crew with a few minor chores…emptying the trash, wiping down the vast amounts of oil ooze and help spot it into is temporary home while on display.
Most of you are familiar with the story and old saying “God Is My Copilot” well I’ve always believed that to be true and today, as I sat in the left seat of N836D who else would make a better copilot than Jeff Skiles! Today I met Jeff for the first time and anytime one can meet a hero, be sure to shake their hand and give them the accolades they desire!
I spent most of today around the DC-7B but I managed to snap a few pics of other aircraft as well. The day passed by all too quickly and we headed for the museum to attend the dedication and reception ceremony for Little Wings-Big Dreams.
There was a large contingent from AMA who was the major exhibit supporter. But plastics were well represented!
Such as this wall display of early model plastic kit box tops. This had a lot of people deep in thought about their youth!
Tomorrow is the official first day of AirVenture. I will be roaming the grounds in search of images to capture, people to met and interview and immerse myself completely into aviation.
Stay tuned for more AirVenture!
