Another Meeting night change!
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 11:43PM Once again, due to a scheduling conflict with the Church, we will have to move our meeting off it's normal 3rd Monday slot in September. This time we will be moving up a week to the second Monday (that would be the 12th for those of you who don't have a calendar at hand).
Our last couple of meetings have been really well attended, and have had some great content. We've taken to doing a bit of a more "formal" (or at least a formal as we're likely to get) presentation of the models and projects we're working on, which gives everyone a better idea of what folks are doing, as well as giving folks a better opportunity to seek input and advise from the whole group. So come on, bring a project and let's see it and talk about it. We also featured a killer slide show from Dave Wells this month of his trips to Florida for the last ever Space Shuttle Launch & visit to the Fantasy of Flight facility AND his week spent in Oshkosh.
And in September, you get the opportunity to be bored to death with a slide show of pictures Tom and I took at the Nationals. Always a real snoozer as there are never any models worth looking at at that show....
And finally, in a tragic, at least to me, bit of news, Rob Ervin has shut Formations down. Rob was truley one of the GOOD GUYS in the hobby, and his Formations line was second to none in terms of quality and accuracy. I can't tell you how sorry I am for us Formations fans that Rob is moving on. On the flip side, Rob is moving on to a fantastic opportunity for himself and his family, and for that, I'm grateful and wish him all the luck in the world! Rob is also looking into selling the Formations business, and if I know Rob, if and when he does, it will go to another quality individual or company that will produce products that will meet Rob's expectations of his own work!
In the meantime, if you're looking for anything from Formations, I suggest you look to MidTenn Hobbies. Jack has a pretty good stock of Formations products. Just don't wait too long...there's no telling when there will be more....www.midtennhobbies.com.
And finally, finally...in a bit of shameless self promotion (hey, I'm allowed, I'm the webmaster! If you don't like it, and you're a CSM member, feel free to take over. If you're not a member, you got nothing to complain about! All said with tongue FIRMLY in cheek!!) I've got a new venture going. MaxModels. I'm trying my hand at the resin casting game (totally against Rob's advice!). My idea and first products are a line of resin aircraft bases replicating concrete ramps. Soon I'll have carrier decks, modern and WWII, as well as the old Soviet Hex pattern concrete ramps, all in 1/72. Future plans will be to move into 1/48th scale, and other products as the urge and ideas hit. But check it out at:
Ok, I figure that's about enough for now....
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