philp

Congrats on hitting the 1,000 build total Mark. A great achievement. Wish I could have been there to see them all.

Hi all, if you read my parting message in the last Journal you may have noticed I planned to restart the What-If SIG. Joe just let me know we are now live on the website. https://ipmsusa.org/sig/what-if-sig-ipmsusa If you like building what-ifs please let me know. For now we are using a space on the UK Whatifmodelers forum set aside for US members but I encourage you to post in any of the appropriate threads there. We shall see what plans we can come up with but at a minimum I will get a table at Nats in the Tiger Meet. Thanks, Phil

Nice conversion on this old kit Ron. It looks the part and if you want some hints with figures, I cheat with mine. A brown wash gives that almost looks like I tried look and if I am really feeling adventurous I will do a little dry brushing.

Really nice job on this kit.

I’ve been in Delaware for the last week visiting my Dad and we stopped at the only hobby shop in this part of the state. I did manage to find a couple kits. Head back to Baltimore tomorrow to fly home Friday and there is a shop in MD on the way. Will see if I add anything more.

I like the M*A*S*H figures. Only ones I have seen before were the Monogram ones in 35th scale with their M*A*S*H sets.

Between Nats and my LHS I have picked up a bit too much. Don't have photos but added the new Airfix Chinook, Liberator and Gladiator with Norwegian markings to the stash. Also picked up Overtrees from Eduard for their new 72nd scale P-51D, P-51D-5 (I don't see a difference as they have multiple options in each) & Bf-109G-14. I also acquired the new Revell James Bond Aston Martin DB5, the Monarch Space Suit, Moebius 2001 Space Station and a bunch of books from Detail & Scale, Phoenix and Casemate. Yep, my suitcase was a bit heavy coming home from Madison.

I just posted I got the sheet so don't need the markings anymore but thanks.

I did get this sheet finally and only need the UTANG markings. If anyone else needs a specific set please let me know. Thanks.

That is very awesome. Congrats.

Looks good Ron.

I have a set of white metal mounts and guns that were made by SHQ Miniatures (HC1) out of England. They may be 76th scale but look pretty good if a bit basic. They also came with a 4 man crew but I haven't matched them up to the ESCI/Italeri kit to see how they look. I probably won't use the crew anyway, just the guns. Your CAD drawing looks really good. Unfortunately the only Huey on display near me is a B or C version which had the miniguns and rocket pods. I say had because someone stole the miniguns off of the chopper.

Don’t forget a Hummel.

I have a Revell Panzer IV to make Syrian some day. I did get decals for it.

Hi Fred, They just opened 3 more hotels though a bit further away. Also the new Embassy Suites will be ours once it opens. But doing the roommate thing can be fun and cost effective too. I roomed with Ralph Forehand during one of the Phoenix conventions and we had a great time. Good luck.