Good day Gents and good day to our newest members!  It’s great to see us growing!  The meeting was fun, with our energy bars (otherwise known as donuts) and good cheer.  It was fun to celebrate Randy and Ben’s awards at ODO 2024 – what team spirit we have.   I really enjoyed hearing Rick’s story about his dad and working on models with him.  It is nice to see how our hobby crosses generations and brings dads and kids together – as shown by 3 sets of dads and kids at our meetings. 

  Ross’s sports car, based on an actual working car, was superb.  I had no idea what pipes he was talking about but like Chad said – just don’t mention it to anyone. I don’t know about any of you guys but John’s flatbed with the bulldozer was a total stunner.  John, you should have taken that to ODO!  It was truly impressive. 

   I hope my primer on flesh tones went over well and I was able to pass some tips on.  As I mentioned in the meeting, we are a long way off from hosting a big show.  I do think we can host a smaller show to give us practice and confidence to do more shows later.  I welcome your thoughts but ones I had were to hold a “if you never competed/never won before” kind of show or an Ace of Aces show (I prefer the former as our club ethos is to teach and help each other along).  I would appreciate your thoughts on the idea and if looking to shoot for August or September 2025 is a good timeframe.

   We have three pre-orders for the grey club shirt – Ross, Jeff, and Randy.   Need 3 more for the minimum order of 6 so if you would like to have one, let me know.

   Keep building and stretch yourselves like Jeff did with his 4-at-once build or me with a motorcycle (what color is a motorcycle engine,,aaagh) .  It can be frustrating but you will learn a new aspect of modeling and you will have fun in the end.  Jeff, those trucks looked good to me brother!

– Chris