Eric Aitala

I'm taking the Reviews site down until the morning. Eric

Folks may have noticed that we've had some issues with the site on ipmsusa3.org, such as the Forums, Reviews and Gallery. They are all up except the Gallery which will be offline for a little longer as it seems to be the source of the issues. I will let folks know what's up when I do... Thanks, Eric

I posted a new Journal article on the Reviews site at: http://web.ipmsusa3....-defying-tanker Eric

For cars - specifically racing cars, I'd submit that the 1/12th scale Tamiya McLaren MP 4/6 it probably up there... Eric

Hey, Just in case - the link is http://voting.ipmsusa3.org Please note that you do not use your Forum account to log into the voting site... Eric

We're having an issue sending mail from the new server - so folks may not be getting email notices about private messages or replies to topics on the Forums. I'm working on fixing it.. Eric

Well, Alclad makes a chrome finish paint but you need to airbrush it on. Eric

We seem to be back up at the moment. Eric

Yah, the timing is not great - I've still not got a confirmation that they company will do the migration tomorrow, but I am gonna proceed along those lines. E

Note, I will be leaving the Forums up until sometime late tonight... right now the Gallery, Reviews, and Voting sites are all offline. Eric

Hi Folks, The Forums, as well as the Review, Voting, and Gallery, will be offline this weekend. We've managed to outgrow our current web server, so we are migrating to something more powerful. I will be putting the various site into maintenance mode today (May 20) so the sysadmisn can make the move. I will also need to update the DNS settings - this translates the URL 'ipmsusa3.org' into the server address. This change may take several days to propagate across the internet. I think we should be fully back up on Monday. Sorry for the short notice, but its tricky trying to coordinate this with the web hosting company. Thanks, Eric

Just as an example, I built this form in about two minutes. https://spreadsheets...semkxNGVpYUE6MQ I have attached a screenshot of the spreadsheet it creates... Eric

HI, It really depends on what you're trying to do here... you could build something in Google docs really easily - see http://www.google.com/google-d-s/forms/ and http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=87809 Or you could build something more complex on your own servers... Eric

If someone can email me a zip file with the emoticons, I think I can add them.. may take a couple days cause life is really hectic right now. E Okay, I'm officially lost here. What has this got to do with steel-potted emoticons? I'm still hoping that they can be added.

I believe that info is correct... I will check. Eric SPC Perry for 'Boots on the Ground' as listed on the IPMS website

For which group in Iraq? Eric

I've posted a new Journal Article PDF at http://web.ipmsusa3.org/journal_article/sabre-sea Eric

Its unlikely that Tamiya will do another 12th scale race car anytime soon. They'll continue to re-issue old kits, but its not cost effective to make new molds. Eric

Well, you gotta start somewhere.. heh. E

You mean like this? http://www.themodelcarmuseum.org/ Eric

Hi, I've posted another new Journal article with downloadable PDF. http://web.ipmsusa3.org/journal_article/gutsy-gustav Eric

I think only an admin can add someones IPMS number. That way we can verify if you are you... Eric

I picked up a couple old Matchbox F1 kits a few years back... may get to build them one day. E

Akihiro is a professional model builder for a number of the Japanese model magazine. He's been posting WIP posts on F1M for a while... Truly amazing the amount of work he puts into his models. Eric

Tameo is arguably the premier manufacturer of 43rd scale F1 cars. Some of their super detail 43rd scale kits have as many parts as a 12th scale model. Here is a good example from Akihiro Kamimura at http://gdist43.com/