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.

Thanks Mike. No rush. Happy New Year. Phil

Update, I did manage to get a Skyvan off of evilbay so have both of my what ifs covered. I will keep looking for one more.

Hi Mike, I am looking for 2 more Skyvan kits and haven't had any luck. Even wrote to Airfix asking if they are considering rereleasing it under the Vintage Classics. PM me please if you have 1-2 for sale. Thanks.

I might be able to find my issue and scan the pages for you. You can also hit up Ro and he can definitely get you the data. IPMS-Q@ipmsusa.org

No one turned it in? That is disappointing.

Hi Dave, Checking their website it looks like total space available is 42,111 which is a bit small for a Nats, especially a central one that could have a big draw but if you could get it for a good price and good room rate who knows. If interested, reach out to John (2nd VP). He can give you some advice on what is needed to pull one off. As for help, you do need a good local ground team. However, with the NCSC's help that could be a small local team. Volunteers are usually going to show up and if you offer them free T-shirts or other bennies you can do one. I keep trying to get SLC to do another but still a few guys from the 1980 show around who remember loosing a lot of money. This was before the Board stepped up to cover certain costs and I hear there were some other things that contributed to the cost. There are 3 IPMS clubs in the area, a Gundam club, Auto club and an AMPS club so I think the manpower is here but the cost of facilities has been the biggie.

Looking at the members in the clubs I am in (that is 4 across 2 States) about half of the members who attend or are interested in attending have children in school and/or are teachers themselves. Summer also has the best times for travel, especially if you plan to drive. The weather out west this year has been trying and it didn’t look much better in other parts of the nation. We also have to look at holidays which we have confirmed are not great times to hold a Nats.

I’m the Head Judge so I better be there. 😀

Great question and great model. it was considered an experimental VTOL aircraft so same category as a Harrier or an X plane. Or you can always put it in Miscellaneous. I will defer to an Aircraft Judge.