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Well, the short answer is: it's still sitting under the model bench. Life (read: work, personal/family issues, basement floods, etc.) meant that she never got finished, and I never got to Wonderfest this year. However, I am still planning on getting back to her after my latest personal Scylla and Ch...

That would be to me.

I'll PM you an address.

I say, go ahead and send it to Hermes. He sends it back to me, and the circle begins again.

Kalhen, with Loachnut out, it's back to me. I'm going to be busy for a few weeks, though, so let's make it after September 10. I'll PM you my address..

Hello? Bueller?

Sounds fine to me. What's the progress?

How's it going, kalhen?

Okay by me. Ship it on by the end of June, say...

I say, "2016 or bust!"

Let's send it for a month-ish to the next couple of folks, then send it back to me and I'll finish it up and get it to Wonderfest 2016.

Wellll, unfortunately because of some work commitments, it's looking like I won't be going to WF this year. However, I should be able to do a hand-off to friends heading through on the way, so I got that going for me. So, I leave you two choices: 1. Get it done ASAP, and get it to me so I can get it...

Yup! CoMMiES aren't just in Colorado, anymore!

-Matt Jacobson
CoMMiES member, Eastern Bloc

The bottom "wing" is actually for hydroplane landings. At rest, she sits on those wingtip "floats".

Looks good so far!

Very nice! Looks great so far!

The point of the build is to do what inspires you with the design when you receive it. It's not a build to a consensus of a design, (unless that design IS your inspiration) it's a build from something you see that others might not have. At the end, the models design is evolved by each person's crea...

This layout was going to be a heavy fighter/bomber, like a Y-Wing with actual wings: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/cinemattographer/Box%20Of%20Fun%20Challenge/IMG_5301.jpg The cockpit was going to go where the gray trapezoidal piece is- which I forgot to include in the box- sorry! I also fi...

THE BIRD HAS FLOWN!

So, first an apology for not being in contact sooner. The one thing I forgot about when I took this on, back on the 13th, was that my semester was about to start. :( This has been especially rough this semester, where I'm teaching FOUR classes rather than my usual two, and up to my neck in committee...

REVISED Schedule: 1. M3 in Kansas starts the model, and sends it to Raser13 in Missouri 2. Raser13 in Missouri sends it to MilleniumFalsehood in Kansas 3. MilleniumFalsehood in Kansas sends it to Kalhen in Arizona 4. Kalhen in Arizona sends it to Loachnut in OK 5. Loachnut in OK finishes the model a...

I've got some parts- let me start her up, if that's all right with you folks.

Looks like a great start!

So, what are you guys using as your base model?

I have a couple kits I can start with. (It's also looking like I'm NOT going to WF this year, but I do have friends who I trust with whatever we finish...)

What direction would you like to go in? Fighter? Capital ship? Or some other direction?

I have a ton of older/larger decals that I'd like to use, but whenever I try to brush a thin coat of Microscale Liquid Decal Film over them to keep them from breaking as I've been advised to do in the past, the liquid decal film thickens the decals to the point that they become really obvious as dec...

Okay- so: Central/Southwest US: 1. Kalhen in Arizona starts the model in January, and sends it to MilleniumFalsehood in Kansas for February 2. MilleniumFalsehood in Kansas sends it to Raser13 in Missouri for March 3. Raser13 in Missouri sends it to Loachnut in Tulsa for April 4. Loachnut sends it to...

Or you could just take two two-week turns each...

Okay. Sounds good. First rule is amended (in blue.)

Anyone else?

Okay, so here we are.
What kit do you want to use as our base kit?

Possible amendments, posted for discussion: A. (The "Unhealthy Attachment" Amendment) If the current possessor of the kit in question is suddenly struck by inspiration to finish said model, and/or refuses to give up ownership of the kit by the due date, said possessor may end the progress ...

(AMENDED) TRAVELING MODEL CHALLENGE 2015 RULES 1. All teams will start with one relatively inexpensive, readily-available model kit, supplied by the first participant. Additional parts from other sources will be added throughout the Challenge. All parts that were part of the original kit, and any p...