smitty44

Well I have a room reserved.

Yes

Thinking most of our families would not approve. High desert and the plains aren't necessarily nice in the winter either. The young modelers eould be in school also.

Becsuse the convention is held in the summer in the United States. All the comfortable places are overpriced and crowded. They are overpriced year round actually. . Also the most comfortable places are on the coasts, and they have been shooting for more centralized locations as of late it would seem.

Room blocks are open

Apparently the vendors room will be in his shed.

Room blocks open up Friday night. 1 AM Eastern(really Saturday), 12 AM Central, 10 Pacific. Herr Clunk is ready to welcome us with some Texas hospitality. This room availability is much earlier than normal as this was to be the year that covid stole. Ernie says c'mon down now y'all. http://www.nats2023.com/

On the cheap.... https://spruebrothers.com/edu03006-1-32-eduard-bf-108-taifun-profipack-edition/

Border 35th Messofschitt for sale on the cheap.... https://spruebrothers.com/bdmbf001-1-35-border-model-messerschmitt-bf109g-6/

The EJ is a better kit to use to begin with as the nose is gray plastic opposed to the clear plastic in the regular E. Just throw an aftermarket pit for an E in there, and your good to go. Quinta or Red fox E set perhaps as well.

Heartbreak Ridge

It didn't come with the Cliffs of Dover unfortunately.

That's right!

Lame....

72nd scale C-17 from Kinetic 🙂

God bless you, your people, and those you love. I'm gonna have to order something.

The Tamiya Zero has workable landing gear and doors

How long do you have?

I think there has to be substantual value in the joy of building a kit of WNW design. I despised WWI stuff until they came around. I want my 0/100 dammit!

I'd be building it and buying a brick of the best firecrackers I could find, and play some war in the backyard just like when I was a kid.

Meh.......😁

Your wife or Trudeau?

Many of you know I spend a bunch of time at airshows, and while costs may see me at fewer this year there is one I had to share. 25 years ago I went to the best air show I have ever seen, and that is saying a lot. It was the 50th bithday for the Air Force, and the 50th anniversary of Yeager breaking the sound barrier. The place was Edwards Air Force Base. This year it is the 75th, and again probably the best line up you will ever see, minus General Yeager unfortunately. Everything the Air Force, and NASA has in the air and on the ground at the most hallowed place in aviation. I have a room reserved around the corner from the air and space port in Mojave. If you ever go to an airshow it's this one. They just re launched the web page so they are still adding stuff. https://avairshow.com/