I'm back a few days now from Columbus, OH and the IPMS/USA Nationals 2015. It was a very nice time with terrific seminars, 2K+ models and it was a chance to meet up with old friends. I'm a member of the Real Space Modelers Yahoo group. We use the Nats as a groups get together with either a lunch ordinance and a seminar. During the seminar a member or two of the group usually presents in what he has been working on. This year there was a short history of Vanguard from a member that scratch built a terrific Vanguard rocket. Another member also gave a double talk in the New Horizons he built as well as a new GK venture he's started. His first kit will be a 1:24 scale Huygens probe to Titan. He had a trial cast with him and it looks really great. I can't wait for production to start.
All the models were top notch. I really didn't envy the judge's job.
Another feature for the Nats was a tour to Wright Patterson Air Force Museum. This included the R&D and Presidential plane Hangars. It was amazing to see so much history in one room. After we went to the Museum proper where they had 4 hangars with planes chronologically from the Wright flyer thru a mock middle silo and the aircraft after the Cold War. An amazing place. If you're anywhere near Columbus, OH, you have to stop by for at least a visit. Oh yeah- get there early- there's a lot to see.
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