[WWI] Columbus Nats

[Eric Gallaud]

Hello,

Congrats to all who won the competition. I hope we will see some 
pictures somewhere.

All the very best,
Eric

Karen Rychlewski a écrit :
> Looks like I'm one of the first to get back to a computer.
>
> There were 1015 modelers registered and I think 2525 models entered; 
> OT aircraft  put up a good showing, with both the 1/72 and 1/48 
> categories split into two each for judging. OT aircraft also appeared 
> in Vacuform, Scratchbuilt, Small Aircraft Dioramas, OOB, and there was 
> a Collection of 20 planes of Jagdgeschwader 1. OT armor was very 
> light: couple of British Mk IVs, a Whippet, and 3 or 4 others.
>
> As usual, a good time was had by all. I think I bumped into all the 
> listees attending at one time or another: John of the Outer Banks, 
> "Tex" Huggins, and Atlanta Buz were there and Toby Young flew in from 
> Ouagadougou (I'm not making that up);  Mike Robinson took 1st Place in 
> 1/48 Central Powers with a beautiful Lohner B.II and Mike Moore took 
> 3rd with an Albatros in the same category. List lurkers Bruce Simard 
> got at least 2 1sts for ot aircraft, and Doc Tom got a 1st for an ot 
> tank. The 'Pigeon Bus' by yours truly received a 2nd Place in the 
> Armor Conversions category. My apologies if I missed someone with the 
> awards, as I fled the "Aris and Bill" show for the competition room 
> (which unexpectedly was open during the award ceremony). So I don't 
> know who received the Mike Fritz award either. Let's wait for a fuller 
> list before starting the 'congrats' deluge.
>
> Only two Wingnuts models were on the tables: an LVG and a Bristol 
> Fighter: they are awesome models to see and drew a lot of attention, 
> but not from the judges.
>
> As noted by Matt, the 2011 Nats will be in Omaha—can't get too much 
> more central than that...
>
> Karen
>