4-16-2012: NATS!!! NATS!!! NATS!!!
It's getting time for that grand celebration of balsa bashing, smack-talking, good times! The MWCI National Competition is what I am referring to, of course. I know many of you have signed-up online but are wondering how to send payment and registration forms. Below should be the link to the 2012 NATS Registration Form:
There can be no better people to spend as good a time with as at NATS! Woo Hoo!
3-27-2012: YEAH FOR TF144
It's the news many of you (any myself) love to hear... another issue of Task Force 144 is out! (note: for those just visiting our site, TF144 is the quaterly club newsletter, with battle summaries, new technical idea, etc). I love reading these. They keep me entertained between battles. Many thanks to the member captains who contributed articles for this issue. And remember everyone, you don't have to be a Lit-major or something to write an article for Task Force. All of us in MWCI love to read about anything boat-related, so you can write about new ideas you have tested (like the brushless motor summary and recommendations from Mike Mangus in this issue, about your local battle, or even just something funny that happened while working on the ship. Thanks again, and I'm off to find a printer...
1-5-2012: HAPPY NEW YEAR MWCI!
And we're still all here, hanging out at ponds with our friends and "sharing the love" by sinking their ships! (So glad we don't have to grow up and stop playing with our toys!). I wish everyone a great and safe year with lots of opportunities to battle his/her ships. I also thought it a good opportunity to take a moment and announce the 2012 MWCI officers, who are behind-the-scenes handling what business there is that make MWCI so that all of us can just show up and battle!
The 2012 MWC Officers are:
President: Brian Lamb
Vice-President: Peter Ellison
Secretary: Brian Eliassen
Treasurer: Bob Hoernemann
Thank you gentlemen. Your support and volunteerism is welcome and admired.
12-28-2011: Yes! I love this every time!
Wow, our hard working club editor must have been glued to his desk because we already have another issue of Task Force 144! It looks very sharp. Thanks to jason for his hard work and to all the captains who wrote articles for us to remember the fun and silliness (and to know what we missed for those of us sad enough not to have been able to make it). As always, I'm off to find a color printer (I love these too much to keep black-and-white). MWCI Members, you may view the current and any past issue in the Members Area in the Navigation window, or you may follow the direct link to the current issue below
12-24-2011: How does he make such GREAT VIDEOS!!!!
Johnny has done it again. How does he do it? The videos are exciting, witty, and always well done. This video is an intense battle between three captains who agreed to stay along shore and not run - CARNAGE REIGNS!
11-27-2011: Enlist Again for 2012!
The MWCI officially wants YOU for another year of intense battle, friendly joking/proding, and good comraderie. And they want to help you do it - by lowering dues this year!. Dues have been reduced by $10/ea this year (really great news for those of us with family members also battling). The new 2012 membership forms are available in the "Membership Information" link in the naviation window, or directly by clicking on the link below:
Now I'm off to fill mine out and send it back early - will likely give our Treasurer a fright as I am usually one of the worst procrastinators about these things. Looking forward to 2012 and lots of battles!
10-18-2011: NATS 2012 Briefing
Hello everyone. The club BOD is excited to annouce that the 2012 MWCI National Competition will be in Oakboro, NC next summer. There is already a listing on the online "Battles & Events" link in the navigation menu. For those wanting to know more details, host Rob Stalnaker has prepared a .pdf file explaining all the details as they are known at this time:
This was on the members e-mail list recently and I found it too funny not to post on the website. Apparently he wants to sign up with the Axis Fleet. He claimed to know Fluegel (I believe they may have sailed together back in the day... ;-)
It also got me to thinking: if people think we "may" be crazy for making toy ships and then shooting them at each other... this will certainly confirm it!
10-10-2011: YES! MORE VIDEOS!
Johnny has done it again. For those who did not get enough (or who missed this past NATS), Johnny has been busy uploading videos from the MWCI 2011 Nationals Competition. You can see it on the ModelWahipCombat YouTube Page, but below should be embedded a direct view of the NATS 2011 Videos
8-4-2011: Videos keep getting better!
Johnny has done it again, putting together an excellent summary/faq video about our magnificent hobby. This may be my favorite video of all time since BobH's old grainy (pre-digital video) NATS '02/'03 video. It should be showing on the club's YouTube video page, but it is also embedded below for your enjoyment! Thanks Johnny!
