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Great job, Andy! I especially like the wee "go-sub" you put in that bay ... :-)

As I understood it, our rotation for the Lake Effect was this, originally : 1. Scotaidh 2. Prince of Styrene 3. Ignatz 4. Gundamhead 5. Lonewolf finishes the model and arranges for the model to show up at WF. Ignatz has asked to not be in the rotation for the second model, but he's sending the Lake ...

Thanks to Johnnycrash posting Ignatz's phone number I was able to call him (Ignatz). I left a message and my number. He called me back! :-) Iggy asked me to let everyone know that he is now OK, not dead or in a ditch, but that he was a month in hospital & recovery because of a blood infection th...

OK - Progress! Prince of Styrene has the Bacqatcha . We both agreed, this is the better model of the two (this and the first one). When it left me, it looked like this: Stern view Starboard Flank Bow Port Flank I expect it will soon look quite different. :-) In other news, Ignatz is still not answer...

Loachnut wrote:Looking good!!!
Great work on the engine detail.

(But, I think you put the Transcanubulator valve in backwards. )

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Prince of Styrene, are you ready to receive? I think I'm about ready to ship this out to you ... just a wee bit more PSR, and I do mean a wee bit.

Work in progress . . . Uh... Should you be posting pictures of your Bong?? :shock: I don't smoke wacky tabaccy - never have, don't ever expect to. The secondary bit is actually a breathing tube I brought home from the hospital when I was incarcerated for pneumonia ... I have a green one, too, with ...

Work in progress . . .

It'll be sometime this next week - probably Wednesday. When I do send it, I'll post notification here, along with the tracking number.

OK - quick and dirty. I'm planning to spend only a week on this, then send it on to Prince of Styrene.

I'm calling it the Bacqatcha.

It's clear right now, mostly, but that will change.

Works for me. Sucks the original model (and next builder in the rotation) have gone missing. Ignatz's last post that I can see here on this thread was February 4. I checked my Outbox , and the PM I sent on February 28th with my mailing address is still unread. I hope he's okay. Do you think we can ...

It seems we are DIW ... dead in the water.

Do we have time for me to start another one?

Do we want to start another one, and this time skip Ignatz, since he seems to have fallen off the planet?

Ignatz had it ... do you still?

So - Gundamhead, any news?

Lonewolf wrote:Ummm . . . you know more CoMMiES than Keptin Barnes, but you didn't know you knew, right?



Lonewolf
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LOL!! I guess you're right!

That's right. I forgot he was in the rotation after Prince of Styrene II. So I'm fifth on the list instead of fourth. Got it! So, should I figure on receiving it . . . end of this month, or beginning of next? And are we only doing one rotation? We're under the 90-day mark until WonderFest. If Gunda...

Very cool! Looking forward to the build! Hey, I need to be put into the rotation somewhere. There's a couple of people in my general area, so whatever makes the most sense, or cost the least in postage... I think we can accommodate - anyone mind if Prince of Styrene sends it to Ignatz, and then he ...

Are we doing anything?

Hmmmmm. That's giving me ideas. Looks like I need to go through the parts boxes/drawers before this reaches my house. I have some bits and pieces in mind that would work in some areas. What scale are we thinking of for this? That would give me a better idea of things to add. Also, any specific &quo...

Hey, Andy - right back atcha with being good to re-connect. :-) It was good to see all three of you - your daughter, and your girlfriend. I hadn't known about the latter, and yowza - Sam has indeed grown! She's quite a lot taller than when I saw her last. :) When you get a spare moment, Andy, could ...

All-righty-then! :) I am happy to report that the Lake Effect is safely in the hands of the Prince of Styrene , as of noon today. :) I'd post pics of what I did so far, but for two reasons - A - it'd give the game away B - my camera is broken Ignatz , you now need to pm your address to Prince of Sty...

I understand one team is using a P-38 Lightning ... I have one I could toss into the box, if anyone thinks it could be useful.

Yup - the Nor'Easter is a-buildin'! :-) I was thinking of names for our beastie - what do you all think of Lake Effect?

Very cool! Looking forward to the build! Hey, I need to be put into the rotation somewhere. There's a couple of people in my general area, so whatever makes the most sense, or cost the least in postage... I think we can accommodate - anyone mind if Prince of Styrene sends it to Ignatz, and then he ...

So . . . . . have we started yet? Yup. I had started a couple of different things, to give me the option of picking the one I liked best, or that seemed to be going the best. Then I went to the Isle of Wight for a week and got back last night, late. Today was all about getting my head back in RI .....

Anyone remember how long each person had with the model before they were supposed to send it on to the next guy?

Welcome aboard, Ignatz! :-)

With 5 members, I think once around is OK - I suggested it when we had 3 members, but now I don't think we need the second time around.

Anyone remember how long each person had with the original Traveling Model?

Thanks, M@

So, this is us, unless anyone else wants to join us prior to New Year's day. :) Proposed rotation, unless anyone wants it changed: 1. Scotaidh in RI starts the model, and sends it to Prince of Styrene in MA 2. Prince of Styrene in MA sends it to Gundamhead in ME 3. Gundamhead in ME sends it to Lonew...

I don't particularly care for Rule #1 - this isn't Iron Modeller, after all. Last time I was taken by the diversity of the results. I feel it would be ... restrictive, I guess, to mandate a common starting base.











Besides, I've already started scratch-building.