Apr 19th
Just returned from the Toledo Show in Ohio (the largest R/C indoor trade show in the states); fun was had by all. The show was well attended and it was good seeing alot of you and meeting new people. Our booth was quite busy all weekend and with the help of Alan Yendle we seemed to be able to handle all the questions and interest. I am quite pleased that WW1 has got alot of attention as there are so many lovely planes that deserve all this interest. I had to start off the photos with the "Best of Show" winner. Anytime you put 3-5 years on a project and it has a unique look such as a Dragon you are going to score some points with the judges. With that said, the green Mythical Beast took first in it's category and then took the $2000 check for "Best of Show". Well deserving as it is powered by turbine engine and flies the skies looking rather impressive. Quite an engineering masterpiece as seen in the first two photos. Mike Gross brought his 3rd scale Camel from New York seen in the next photo. Always a pleasure looking at that plane. Recall his Camel took "Best of Show" at the recent Wram Show. (Another show you should attend) Paul Westrich, aka HorsepowerAviation, took 3rd place with his 3rd scale GTM D7 seen in the next photo. An eye catching paint scheme was surely a crowd pleaser. A seldom seen biplane is what Martin Irvine brought from Canada a Aviatik D1. These two photos capture his detail and color scheme with was quite impressive. Nice job Martin. John brought his new 3rd scale Sopwith Pup from North Carolina that look quite nice. The Sopwith Pup is a popular subject as they fly as well as they look. Robert Caso brought his award winning Halberstadt CL.2 to the show which is seen in the next photo. The more you look at it the more details you fine. The next photo gives you an idea of the crowds which kept a lot of us quite busy. A nice Nieuport 17 by Steve Eagle is seen in the next photo. Nieuports are popular planes which most Nieuport kits are offered by Balsa USA. The next three photos give you an idea of the different models people bring into the static competition. A lot of talented builders out there. A view from our hotel room can be seen in the next photo. You can notice the weather was quite nice for the weekend. Right outside our hotel is a baseball park which had a game going on Saturday afternoon. The next photo shows another Robert Caso model which this time is a lovely De Haviland DH.2. The DH.2 is gaining popularity as several larger versions are being built for the Mega-event in Dayton, Ohio 2014. The next two photos come from Doug Pierce showing his new Fokker V-29 monoplane. Doug bashed our 3rd scale Fokker D8 kit creating this rare plane. He used our new 4 color lozenge and it is powered by a GT-80 twin engine. He reports the plane flies marvelous. Sure looks like it has the need for speed. The last four photos show the Hanriot and D6 biplanes. Both are beautiful as well as they fly very good. Never get tired of looking at them. My next show will be the 30th annual Joe Nall fly-in. This is the "Woodstock" of R/C modeling. Absolutely, the largest R/C show on planet earth. You need to attend this show at least once. Hope to see you there. As always any comments or questions just visit my contact page.

- Glenn