odwinn Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 who all is planning on being at the NATS here in Omaha, Just wondering as i would like to meet some of you in person. Kevin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aldrich Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 I am.....I'll be the guy sitting at the MEWSIG table if we have one, or walking around with a Tacoma Green Dragons Shirt and ball cap hoping we are getting photo coverage of all the GREAT happenings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 I'll be there trying not to spend my kid's college tuition while I help with the photo coverage. It's gonna be a blast!! Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonL Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'm in. Will arrive Wed-ish and cruise the display room progressively more than the vendors, as the event progresses. Cheez - this thing is only two weeks away...maybe I should go FINISH SOMETHING...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M. Knights Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'll be flying in on Thursday morning. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdedig Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Myself and a few other Guys in Black from Pittsburgh. Arrive Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I'll be flying in Thursday evening. I look forward to seeing as many people as I can! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedeater Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) - Brother Keith and I should be pullin up (after a 16 hour drive from ABQ) before 12 noon on Thursday. We're puttin the final touches on a few, dustin off a couple others, and startin a new one this weekend. (Hey, I gotta work on somethin in the hotel room. Wink, wink.) We're anxiously anticipating the festivities and lookin forward to sharin a few sudds with friends. Travel safe and Model on, Brothers of the Sprue. Edited July 22, 2011 by Weedeater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bell Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Doin' my last convention as 2nd VP. I'm arriving Thursday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montgomery Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Hey Kent! Thanks for helping M.A. provide photo coverage during the convention! I'll be there trying not to spend my kid's college tuition while I help with the photo coverage. It's gonna be a blast!! Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millard Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Three of us driving in from West Michigan Weds. Hoping there's not alot of down time getting around Chicago. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Coming from Detroit. Be there Wed. evening with wife and son. A few others coming also. We're all members of IPMS Livonia. See you there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcorley Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 A note to everybody driving in from east of Omaha: I-29 is still closed! I-80 is open but a trucker friend says it jammed with all the diversion traffic. Coming up from Oklahoma and Texas, he recommended going north on I-135 to Salina then north on US81 to I-80... he says less traffic than US75 from Manhattan to Lincoln, plus US81 is 4-lane "most of the way". (I thought it was all of the way, but there might be construction) Check with Iowa Dept of Trans and Nebraska Dept of Roads before you leave to find the best route. http://www.iowadot.gov/floods/index.html http://www.dor.state.ne.us/flood/ I'm flying in Wed afternoon, and Eppley is still opened. A local club member works in the HQ bldg at Delta and says they have contingency plans to land in Lincoln and bus people to Omaha if the river flooding affects the airport there. Don't know about other airlines, but they are probably planning the same workarounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ford Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Myself and 3 others will be coming in on Wednesday afternoon from the Pacific Northwest. Oddly enough, our flight out of Seattle goes to Phoenix (shucks, missed it by a year ) where we change planes for the second leg to Omaha. That's over 5 hours in the air! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aldrich Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Mark, I noticed RnJ is listed as a vendor! Just ride in with him!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcorley Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Oh, yeah... My flight gets to OMA at 1630 on Wednesday. I'm willing to split the van ride so we can all save a few bucks for more models! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ford Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Mark, I noticed RnJ is listed as a vendor! Just ride in with him!!!! Mark, Sadly that's the other R & J company. Rich and Joy are staying home this year. The last Omaha Nats in 1994 Rich and I drove out from the SF bay area in his Ford Explorer stuffed with his vendor goodies. Driving through Nebraska was a trip....mile after mile of nothin' but corn fields!!! See ya in 2 weeks, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Tony and I will be there on Wed at around 11:00am! Woo Hoo! Cant wait. Missed last year cause of a shortage of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odwinn Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Cool I would love to meet as many modelers as i can. I am vending and will be the ugly fellow in the black leather vest and black beret, drop by n see me. Thanks All. Kevin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aldrich Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Mark, I noticed RnJ is listed as a vendor! Just ride in with him!!!! Mark, Sadly that's the other R & J company. Rich and Joy are staying home this year. The last Omaha Nats in 1994 Rich and I drove out from the SF bay area in his Ford Explorer stuffed with his vendor goodies. Driving through Nebraska was a trip....mile after mile of nothin' but corn fields!!! See ya in 2 weeks, Mark Man, I knew I shouldn't have gotten excited!!!! Finishing up on my M1 Sherman and packing the MEWSIG stuff I have and I am itching to head out on SAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llcoolray Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I will not be there but the closer it gets the more excited I get because if all the stars align correctly 2012 will be my first nationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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