Rhino
Super Moderator
The day begins as the Shocking Pink Surgeons sally forth for the wilds of Bondurant Iowa to do our part for SurgiCon 27. It is rare, indeed for me to leave the house before daylight for any event. RTB for forgotten contest necessities and then leave in earnest for the Show.
Call sign "Boat tail 712" departs as the rosy fingers of dawn creep into the windy morning sky.
The first funny story of the day begins in the galley of Samuel H. Bridge American Legion Post #396. This is where our Wizard of Raffle (Since he looks a little like a huskier Gandalf) Ron Schultz arrives to begin his contest duties. It had been a while since Ronnie was in a commercial galley. In his haste, he set his box of entries on the old stove. Without thought for pilot lights in the old school stove, Ron busied himself with the organizing of raffle prizes.
Shortly thereafter an unscheduled thermal event occurs. There wasn't an actual fire, but the smoke from his box alerted Ron to the effects of pilot lights on cardboard. One of his car model entries was slightly damaged by heat and smoke. The box was quickly moved and extinguished before the fire suppression system could activate. I found this ironic, since Ron had attempted a "Broken pipe-flooded venue" April Fool's joke on Aimee.
Contest room and Vendors therein. I would call the contest space "cozy". Not much space was wasted and the rental price was attractive.
Mr. Chung brought Kinetic Models. His Show prices were attractive on brand new Kinetic kits. Jose "and all those other names" Gonzales and Nathan Stevens also plied their wares in the contest room.
Aimee, Teresa, Bob Maloy and George Stevens handled registration. The game is afoot to see if the program the Mad City modelers use to project pictures of award-winning models will work this year. It was really close last year! As Plastic Surgeons M/C, I stand ready to "wing it" again if necessary.
Vendors Mark Johnson, Virgil Stansbury and good ol' Larry Clausen set up in the registration room. Virgil tells me he's sold so much of his model kit collection that next year he won't be vending. Virgil wants to enter and play with the rest of us Hobby Hahnyaaks. "What? You're retiring from being RETIRED?!"
Call sign "Boat tail 712" departs as the rosy fingers of dawn creep into the windy morning sky.
The first funny story of the day begins in the galley of Samuel H. Bridge American Legion Post #396. This is where our Wizard of Raffle (Since he looks a little like a huskier Gandalf) Ron Schultz arrives to begin his contest duties. It had been a while since Ronnie was in a commercial galley. In his haste, he set his box of entries on the old stove. Without thought for pilot lights in the old school stove, Ron busied himself with the organizing of raffle prizes.
Shortly thereafter an unscheduled thermal event occurs. There wasn't an actual fire, but the smoke from his box alerted Ron to the effects of pilot lights on cardboard. One of his car model entries was slightly damaged by heat and smoke. The box was quickly moved and extinguished before the fire suppression system could activate. I found this ironic, since Ron had attempted a "Broken pipe-flooded venue" April Fool's joke on Aimee.
Contest room and Vendors therein. I would call the contest space "cozy". Not much space was wasted and the rental price was attractive.
Mr. Chung brought Kinetic Models. His Show prices were attractive on brand new Kinetic kits. Jose "and all those other names" Gonzales and Nathan Stevens also plied their wares in the contest room.
Aimee, Teresa, Bob Maloy and George Stevens handled registration. The game is afoot to see if the program the Mad City modelers use to project pictures of award-winning models will work this year. It was really close last year! As Plastic Surgeons M/C, I stand ready to "wing it" again if necessary.
Vendors Mark Johnson, Virgil Stansbury and good ol' Larry Clausen set up in the registration room. Virgil tells me he's sold so much of his model kit collection that next year he won't be vending. Virgil wants to enter and play with the rest of us Hobby Hahnyaaks. "What? You're retiring from being RETIRED?!"
