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6-15-2009: Hull Busters Now Available Again Too Cool! With permission from Fluegel and help from Leif, the entire series of Hull Busters is now available again. Hull Busters was the original R/C Model Warship publication (the orginal version of our Task Force 144) newsletter. I have placed them under the "How-To Resources" link in the navigation menu above (or you may click HERE to go directly to the list). I have only had time to upload the 1982-1985 issues but will get the rest up soon. Please Note: some of these are rather large .pdf files so as fun reading as they are, please lets don't go download the entire archive all at once. 6-15-2009: The Hobby loses one of 'The Greats' 
I am very saddened to announce to the club that I was informed by James Rucker, the son of legendary club member Robert Rucker, that Robert has passed away on us. For those who had not yet had the pleasure of meeting him, Robert was the "youngest" (shortest time in the hobby) among the original founders of MWCI (and was still a current 2009 Member!). There is right now an ongoing series of posts on the mwci listserve from other 'veterans' of the club sharing memories of Robert attesting to what a great person he was and how much fun he brought to the hobby. I hope others who knew him will join in.He will be deeply missed. 5-11-2009: Task Force 144 Spring 2009 Edition It's Here! The Spring 2009 edition of the club newsletter, Task Force 144, is ready to be mailed out. While the paper version will have a slight delay in mailing until our master editor Lars gets back from vacation (give him a break, he needs time with family as well), those who subscribe to the online version may go ahead and download the newest issue HERE. There are battle summaries, an analaysis of our scoring system, news from the bod, axis insanity (when are the axis guys not insane - lol), and more. Many thanks to our editor, Lars, and all the members who submitted the articles for this issue. I'm off to go print mine now! 
4-21-2009: Site of the MonthWow! Now this impresses even our 'obsessed' captains! One of our members found this link on the web: the largest lego ship ever made! Most appropriately it is a model of the IJN Yamato, the largest battleship ever built. Jumpei Mitsui began building it when he was 15 years old. Six years and four months later it is an incredible work! Wow! You can click on the image or on the link HERE to learn more and see the video of all the details and the construction. 'Hats off' to Jumpie for such a magnificient piece of work. 
3-19-2009: Congratulations 'Early Bird'!Well, the first-ever Battle at Wade's (Brouhaha on the Bayou) was everything hoped for and more! It was an incredible experience and total blast for those who got to participate, and what list of participants it was! It is true what was posted earlier about captains in the north going through 'frozen boat-withdrawl syndrome'. In addition to the local regional guys and the Ga/Fl captains who drove 10-12 hours, there were captains who drove 20 hrs straight from Minnesota in order to make the event, and their frozen chanting (see earlier post below) even drew Randy from Colorado to the event! I was priveldged to get to see guys I have not seen except at an MWCI National competition. Also at this event, BOD officers brought the names of all the captains who paid dues before the Early Bird deadline and allowed the guest-of-honor at the event, WWII Veteran Jim Walton, to draw the name for the award. The Early Bird Winner this year is new member Craig Matsuura! Craig will receive a $100 gift card to Battler's Connection. Congratulations to Craig and thanks to those at Battlers Connection for once again sponsoring the drawing. 2-11-2009: NATS INFO PAGE The 2009 National Competition website is up! Many thanks to Virginia Stiponovich for putting this together. It has information on the pond, hotel, directions, etc. There is a link to it on the bottom of the Battle Signup page (see "Additional Info") or you can access the site directly via the link below: I am sure it is going to be a Grand Time so don't miss out! |
July 19 to July 24 2009 MWCI Nationals 2009 Adams county Colorado , Aug 01 to Aug 01 2009 SCRAP August Battle Prado Lake - Chino, CA Aug 21 to Aug 23 2009 Ice Breaker Lake Susan Park Chanhassen, MN Sept 05 to Sept 05 2009 SCRAP September Battle Prado Lake - Chino, CA |
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