Davegee,
They both have those models today. I have been to Mikes house several times and his 4000 sq. ft. basement is his model playroom. He has numerous models in different stages of building, built a beautiful homebuilt there also. He had 10 moki radials NIB, said he got a good deal from the manuf. He is into competing in FAI and his planes are beautiful. Couldn't ask for a better person to be around.
Greg has built some impressive WW1 models and fly's them in a lot of Dawn Patrols throughout Indiana. He has flown at our club field and is another great guy. Believe he is retiring soon from work so he will be more active flying. We are fortunate that we have many scale meets/ fun flys in our area.
Wish you were able to fly here and compete. We live in a small town 30 miles west of Indianapolis and about 60 miles from Champaign Il.so many contests around.
Best Regards, Rex
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The projects that they were working on, it seems like they had another masterpiece almost every year for a while. Mike had a beautiful I think it was a T-44 King Air, and it was exquisite. One of the best large scale rc planes I have ever seen. The biggest one I remember about Greg as we were set up next to him in Kansas City for the US Scale Masters about 2004, was his HUGE C-47, with a special paratrooper ejector that would fire out in sequence up to a dozen or more scale paratroopers as he flew over head and past the judges' box. These were several years apart, and I just saw Mike's King Air in a modeling magazine in the same issue that I wrote a story on my friend's beautiful Jenny, painted up as The Great Waldo Pepper's airplane. He had every turnbuckle, every pulley, operable just like the real airplane was. I did some detail work for him with some parts like the fake engine in the nose and a few other things. I think I painted it that yellow color, too.
Cheers
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Davegee,
Both were sponsered back in the day. Mike might still be but Greg told me last year that those days were long gone for most scale modelers today.. He still competes but not like he used to.
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Hi Rex:
I competed against both of those guys, they beat me, but I was competitive. They are in it for the long haul, I wasn't. I went up against them, at least Greg, back in 2004 for the first time, a long time ago. Great guys, and greater flyers and modelers. Just competing against the likes of them was an honor. Regardless of how you do, it will be a good experience. I think both of them are sponsored, aren't they? No doubt, they will appreciate your Lucky P-47 when they see it.
If I lived closer to Toledo, I would enter it myself, no matter what the results!
Good luck, and have Fun!!
Cheers
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I agree, the prize is just the icing on the cake. The real joy is making friends and connections with people who you might know on line or have never met before. I had the greatest time when I went to Muncie (3 times) and got to meet a bunch of fellow Squawkers as well as people who were just into the hobby.
Always a great time!
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Davegee,
Thank you.
I will try for the gold but national competitors Greg Hahn, Mike Barbee and others are hard to beat. I expect to see more of these guys this year. To me it's about the journey and friendships I make along the way more than the prize. Just being among these guys that offer free advice on how to present and do things better means a lot. I am trying to present the best model I can make and a win would be nice. Fingers Crossed.
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Beautiful work, Rex! Go for the Gold in Toledo!!!
Cheers
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Rex,
Looks like a winner from here, Sir.:trophy:
She's a beaut.
I use aerosol canned air to dust the inside of the plexi.
Best of luck, Steve
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Just a quick pic of the P-47 while wife is measuring and making tail and wing covers. I used socks to protect the prop but she says she will make prop covers too. Kinda thinking she can't wait until I leave for a couple of days.LOL
Need to clean dust from canopy glass
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Yeah, it is still pretty much wide open country even today. It is a fairly easy drive less than 90 minutes to get up there, but we avoid night driving (lots of critters big and small crossing the highways at night!) and as much as possible in the winter if there is a storm. There is no cell service driving up there, and if something happens like crashing into a ditch, there is no one to save you!
I was driving in Cody yesterday on one of the main streets and in front of me a young girl and her mom were guiding their beautiful horse across the street. Her mom was carrying the saddle. Don't see that random picture in many areas, but I sure do enjoy it up here!
We are less than an hour's drive from one of the most famous and beautiful national parks in the country, Yellowstone. our First national park in 1872 by President Grant. Lots of history and tons of beautiful animals of all kinds. There are thousands of bison and there are many times they take to the roads so you just drive slowly around with them or stop until they cross. Priceless!
After a career traveling and operating out of many major, congested, polluted cities around the world in my career, Cody is about my speed for the rest of my life.
Cheers
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Grossman,
A good guess on the spelling. My mind didn't catch Daves little letters. LOL
It's beautiful country out there but I remember driving long distances and seeing very few people. The winters must be hard when it snows and temps go low. Had to work in Minot ND in the winter and the temps were 21' below with blowing wind and snow. Thought I'd never get out of there. I like Indiana, just wait a day and the weather will change. Your pilots are beautiful and I will spread the word on your endeavors
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Hi rex, the last name is 'Gross", but I see you got it all ready, BTW, good catch as my first name is spelt in Caps, wonder how you knew that??
Yep, we're one hour and 45 minutes from Billings. Drove it 21 times there and 21 times back a few years ago when the wife was in the hospital.
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Davegee,
If I had to explain ,I might have to shoot you. LOL
I will go back and give both of you Top Billing. Glad you saw it, you Grumpy OLE MEN.
Looking at an old road atlas last week I see you're. not far from Billings. In 1983 I visited a customer in Billings and spent 2 weeks in that area, beautiful country, I see why you like living there. My first time visit and I expected to see the Calvery and Indians riding over the hill.
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Looks good to me, but why does Dan get ALL CAPS for his first name?? HA! Just kidding, looks great and thanks for mentioning us as loyal supporters of your project. We are both foursquare in support of your entry!Leave a comment:
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Dave and Dan,
This is the table placard and in my docs book for display. Do you guys approve and do I have your names correct. Wife is sewing wing, tail and prop covers for the trip. Almost ready to go. Rex
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It should work fine like that. Always closed in flight, and you can open it for display on the ground. I'm not absolutely convinced that flying with the canopy open would make it depart the aircraft, but why take a chance? Plus, in the ETO, they rarely took off or landed with the canopy open from all the pics I've seen. One of my flying buddy's dad flew the N model out of
Ie Shima Japan in the last year of the war in the Pacific, and the manual instructs the pilot to Always take off and land with the canopy locked open, similar to standard procedure with Navy/Marine aircraft in theatre.
Cheers
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Davegee
Glad to hear this. It takes quite a bit of force to remove but slides easily.
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Davegee,
Bob looks great in Penrod and Sam. Both models look good too
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