Our first show is in the rearview mirror!

A few quick comments.

First, thanks to everyone who came and made it the success it felt like it was!  Thanks to the vendors who supported us in an insane way for a first time show, and thanks to the entrants who did the same!  Everyone in attendance knows how the vendors looked, but here is a look at the final entry counts:

Entrants - 83

Models - 487

Again, thank you for making the show more than 3 times as big as we thought it might be!

Finally, give us a little time, and we'll have a listing of the results and photos up.  Anyone visiting because they saw a post (thanks Bun!) on ARC that said pictures ARE up, come on back in a few days, we'll get there, but we're not quite there yet.

Thanks again!

Sherman Seminar during the Chattanooga Model Show!!!

Great news indeed.  Rob Ervin or Formations fame has very graciously agreed to give a talk on the development and variants of the Sherman Tank.  This will be about a 1/2 hour talk with PowerPoint slides and a question and answer session to follow.

If you aren't familiar with Rob, go to the links page and follow the link to Formations.  What you'll find is an assortment of the best available Sherman conversions and accessories in resin.  Obviously Rob is VERY familiar with the Sherman, in all it's variations and permutations.

If you are a fan of the Sherman, and have some questions, you won't want to miss this!

INCREDIBLE PICTURES!!!!!

There are times that I'd be the first to admit that the internet has ruined my life.  It has made everything work faster and makes it harder to get away from everything sometimes.

But there are also those moments where you sit back and just go "HOLY S*#T".  I've had two of those moments this week.  Without the internet, the pictures you can find through the links below would probably be lost to the majority of us.  Fair warning.  DO NOT click on either of the links unless you have both LOTS of time, and LOTS of spare hard disk space.  I did a LOT or "right click, save as" when I went through them.  So sit back, get comfortable, and enjoy.

First up is a treasure trove of RAF photo's dug up by Jeff Tabler. 

http://www.flightglobal.com/imagearchive/Image.aspx?GalleryName=Photo%20Archive/1939-1945&Image=18488s

Second is an absolutely STUNNING site for the 57th fighter group in WWII.  Click on the pictures link and settle in.  The color photos of James "Wabbit" Hare are incredible.  But don't stop there, keep looking. WOW.

http://www.57thfightergroup.org/index.html

Tis the Season....

Or, at least close enough to post this.

The December meeting will not be at Hobby Town!  It will be the traditional Christmas Bash.  If you're new to us, drop a line to the Chapter Contact for more information.  If you're a member, you already know the drill!

See you there!

IPMS UK Scale Model World Photo coverage......

Last weekend was the IPMS UK Nationals, also known as Scale Model World, or, Telford.  Never having actually been there myself, I can't comment on the show, but I understand it's very impressive.  And courtesy of IPMS Netherlands, here's what appears to be pretty comprehensive photo coverage of the contest entries:   Click here!

I'm impressed!