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My only real complaint was the fact that the published schedule was thrown out the window. Our group was walking into the "streaming" room around 7:00, a good half hour before the awards were SCHEDULED to begin, and met folks walking out saying in effect "show's over folks..moose out front shoulda told ya." We arrived in the middle of the Fort Wayne promotional video, so all we saw were the juniors and best-ofs. We were hoping the slide show would be played again, but nope. This was the first year (out of some 20 Nats) that my wife and I have forgone the banquet, but we were expecting to at least see a slide show of the winners. Steve N

Perfect, Thanks! Steve

Greetings, My IPMS account is still tied to an ancient e-mail address that I almost never use (because I can receive on it but can't send, and can't access the account on my phone.) How do I change my e-mail to the address I'm now using? Thanks! Steve Nelson IPMS 30925

Thanks. We're planning on spending a couple days kicking around the Outer Banks before the show, so we'll just head up to Hampton on Wednesday.

So we were able to get a room at the Embassy when the reservations first opened back in February, but only Wed Night through Sat. Has anyone been able to add Tuesday Night to their reservation at the convention rate? Cheers! Steve

Woops..I didn't read the fine print on that one! Let me clean this egg off my face.... Steve

I'm not seeing a Thursday night BBQ, but there is a day tour to the Military Aviation Museum (Jerry Yagen's collection) on Friday for $50, with lunch from Subway for an extra fee.

Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Thanks for the update! Looks like hotels will be a piece of cake for those of us driving in next year. It sounds like parking at the convention center shouldn't be much of a problem either. According to the brief, Manona Terrace has 400 parking spaces available on weekdays and 600 on Saturdays. Does anybody know how many spaces the Nats typically uses? I suppose it might be more this time since probably 90% of attendees will be staying off-site. SN

I registered literally the minute it went live. Easy peasy! I wanted to do it as early as possible, because I really wanted to get in on the Lewis Air Legends tour, and I wasn't sure how fast it would fill up. Steve Nelson IPMS #30925

Nice work! Another screw-up HB made was to give the top turret full framework a-la the Sperry turret on the B-17 (Monogram mad the same mistake on the old Monogram 1/48 kit.) The B-24 used a Martin upper turret, which had no actual framework, just some clear reinforcing strips glued to the inside of the dome. SN

As others have mentioned, Olive Drab on top and Neutral Gray on the bottom. These planes were fairly new, but they had bee worked hard, so they exhibited a lot of fading and touch-ups. The fabric control surfaces were also faded to a lighter color than the rest of the plane. Many, if not all, had the forward cowl rings painted in a darker, fresh Olive Drab to cover up the squadron colors. The yellow prop blade tips were also overpainted with black (I'm assuming because the raid was originally planned to be a night attack.) As for the interior, as I understand it the cockpit and nose compartments were Bronze Green (a dark, blueish green.) Bomb bay and wheel wells were unpainted aluminum or silver lacquer (including the insides of the gear and bomb bay doors.) Everything aft of the bomb bay would be Tinted Zinc Chromate (US Interior Green would suffice for modeling purposes.) Cheers! Steve N IPMS #30925

I just checked our reservation, and found that Tuesday 8/1 has been added on, at the Convention Rate. Thanks Len! Steve

Yeah, I'm well acquainted with the Gordon LIghtfoot classic. 😉 SN

No complaints about the distance from me. This will be the closest Nats to our house in nearly ten years..just slightly farther than Columbus. It'll give us an excuse to finally take the ferry across Lake Michigan.