[WWI] Columbus Nats

[John Ratzenberger]

Annette & I got back yesterday, no problems.

Nice OT models -- especially Karen's Pigeon Bus -- glad to see it out and about.  Glad to see so many list members there.  I 
couldn't make the gathering due to pre-judging work in aircraft.

Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  Anntte hit 3 quilt stores before we even got there and then hit the tool man in the vendor 
room -- she came back with quite a haul.  OT, I got the WEM 1/700 HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Kombrig 1/700 HMS Leviathan, and the 
Ardpol 1/72 Avro Manchester I.  I also got the Niko 1/700 HMS Montgomery which is ot as a kit but OT because it was a 4-piper 
Wickes-class.

Great event !!!  Columbus did just fine.

Hmmm, I sat thru the whole banquet/award-show and don't think I heard the Fritz award announced ?

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Rychlewski" <krychski at earthlink.net>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Sunday, 23 August, 2009 21:33
Subject: [WWI] Columbus Nats


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=