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The Richmond Old Dominion Open 2013 is now history. See pictures of fantastic models here: http://www.ipmsrichmond.org/gallery.html ronc

There will be pictures posted on the IPMS Richmond website the week following the show. Thanks ronc

On Saturday, February 23 is the IPMS Richmond, VA Old Dominion Open. The first Show/contest of the new year. come and bring your masterpieces and see everyone elses. All the info is at: http://www.ipmsrichmond.org/ See you there! ronc

IPMS Richmond Virginia is holding it's annual contest on February 23, 2013 at Richmond International Raceway. http://www.ipmsrichmond.org/contest.html This is the first contest of the new year, so bring your builds for all to see ron

Sorry, should have been more explicit. I can get to theri homepage, but no further. I get the following message.......... "An error has occurred. Please try your request again, or contact customer service for assistance. Thank you. Please provide Reference #68308127 if contacting customer...

Has anyone had any trouble getting to their website? I keep getting "error 500 internal server error" ron

Saul, Thanks for the info. I won this in my IPMS meeting raffle, so I don't want to put any extras in it. Just build it, I say........... B) If I can handle RPM and Mirage kits, I can handle this one....LOL ron

Has anyone ever built this kit, boxed by SK Model/Heller? SK Model must be a Polish company, as the directions are in Polish like RPM and Mirage. ron

Christian, Did you ever find this pencil. PM me your snail-mail, I'll send you a couple. The company I retired from used them to mark light guage sheet for cutting. The pencils were replaced by laser lines, so I got the last of the silver pencils ron

Possibly A------A? ron

Christian, 10-4 to that.............. :v ron

I agree with that, but it's the initial purchase price that bites.............. :pinch: ron PS - for the mods - I enlisted - not conscripted ..... LOL

thank y'all for the warm welcome. I build armor, mostly WWII edging into the early post-war. Used to be 1/35, but the price of kits is getting too high so I'm getting into 1/72. I'll have to get some 6X for my optivisor. :blink: ron

Hey guys, I found this site by following a link from Hyper-Scale. Looks interesting. ron

That is the older design. I put a set like that on an MB resin StugIII some years ago. IIRC, after a while the links tend to separate. Instead of using the supplied wire, try 26gs. stem wire. Can usually be found in craft stores. Save the wire from the Fruil track and twist your own 1/35 tow...