From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Dave DeLang" References: <00215601556781@mail.datainn.com> Subject: Re: Buffcon pics 1 Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 13:50:03 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Hi Dave, Thanks for sending in your Can Am Con Show article. I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC....later this week I hope. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave DeLang" To: "'Steve Bamford ARC'" Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 2:09 PM Subject: RE: Buffcon pics 1 > Steve, > > Here are the aircraft shots from Can Am Con V. > It was held on April 17. > It was a fairly small show, only about a dozen tables. About 2/3rds of the > models were from the Montreal area I think. At least, that's about the > proportion of winners. The rest were from the Plattsburgh area, Albany area > and a few from here and there (including me and a few others from Vermont). > There were only about 4 vendors and I think they were all representing > retail shops with prices in line with regular store prices (plus they were > almost all armor or auto). It was held in the Comfort Inn in Plattsburgh > which also contains a Pub and Microbrewery. The beer was so-so but the > Montreal smoked meat sandwich was great. > > The special theme of the contest was "Tiger Meet" and there were about a > dozen models in the class. > The winner of the category 1/48 one or two jet was the file 48 CF118.jpg > 48 Kolibri won rotorcraft; it is a truly outstanding model, one of my > favorites there. > 48 Lancaster won "military 3 or more engines all scales", another beauty. > > I can't remember the other winners for sure, and I know I missed taking > pictures of a few. I believe the winner in 1/72 one or two props was a very > nice Martin Baltimore that I somehow missed taking a picture. Anyway, the > list will be available from IPMS Champlain Valley's site before too long. > > I included the pictures of "Schwerer Gustav" for fun. It is a scratch built > model of the Krupp 80cm rail gun made completely out of balsa wood. The > thing is HUGE. It's in 1/35 scale so you can compare it to the tanks in the > foreground of picture 2. Remember that the tanks are much closer to the > camera and Gustav still looms over them. I read where the Wermacht didn't > use a bore brush to clean it, they just sent a Private down the bore with a > scrub brush and bucket. And you thought your job sucked! There were only two > built and only one of them was used and only during the Crimean campaign. It > fired only about 60 rounds I believe, and destroyed all the targets it > targeted. > > Thanks for your time and effort building a better ARC! > dsd > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Bamford ARC [mailto:sheb@telus.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 12:17 AM > To: Dave DeLang > Subject: Re: Buffcon pics 1 > > Hi Dave, > The CAN AM CON pics would be interesting....let me know hoiw they look. > Congrats on your Harly model, I have a few sportbike models I hope to get > to in the future sometime. > > Steve Bamford > Aircraft Resource Center > http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com > > Live like there is no tomorrow; > Love like you've never been hurt. > Work like you don't need the money. > Dance like nobody's watching. > Sing like nobody's listening. > Live like it's Heaven on Earth. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave DeLang" > To: "'Steve Bamford ARC'" > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 12:27 PM > Subject: RE: Buffcon pics 1 > > > > Sounds good Steve. > > I went to CAN AM CON in Plattsburgh, New York this weekend. I haven't > > checked to see how the pictures came out yet but when I do I'll let > > you know. Again, no placings in the aircraft categories but my Harley > > got a third in a field of three and I got another third in small scale > > AFVs for > a > > 1/72 Churchill MKI that actually had to beat some other entries. (The > Harley > > got a third out of three at Buffcon, too.) > > > > Thanks! > > dsd > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Bamford ARC [mailto:sheb@telus.net] > > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 3:12 PM > > To: Dave DeLang > > Subject: Re: Buffcon pics 1 > > > > Hi Dave, > > Thanks for sending in your additional pics for the Buffcon show article. > > I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC....currently articles > > are taking about 3 weeks from the time they are sent in until they go on > ARC. > > > > Steve Bamford > > Aircraft Resource Center > > http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com > > > > Live like there is no tomorrow; > > Love like you've never been hurt. > > Work like you don't need the money. > > Dance like nobody's watching. > > Sing like nobody's listening. > > Live like it's Heaven on Earth. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dave DeLang" > > To: "'Steve Bamford ARC'" > > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 6:18 AM > > Subject: RE: Buffcon pics 1 > > > > > > > Steve, > > > There are a total of 56 aircraft pictures from the show. > > > The show was Buffcon 21 put on by IPMS Niagara Frontier in Buffalo > > > NY on April 4. > > > This year they expanded both the show space and vendor space. The > > > seem to have been a little disappointed with the turnout but that > > > can be largely blamed on the weather. There was a pretty nasty > > > snowstorm on Sunday > > morning > > > that had to have kept a lot of people away. > > > > > > dsd > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Steve Bamford ARC [mailto:sheb@telus.net] > > > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 5:52 PM > > > To: Dave DeLang > > > Subject: Re: Buffcon pics 1 > > > > > > Hi Dave....these are great pics....send them all to me up toa max > > > of 60 photos and I'll put them on ARC. Include a paragraph of text > > > telling when and where and what the show was etc. How many pics do > > > you have in total from this show? > > > > > > Steve Bamford > > > Aircraft Resource Center > > > http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com > > > > > > Live like there is no tomorrow; > > > Love like you've never been hurt. > > > Work like you don't need the money. > > > Dance like nobody's watching. > > > Sing like nobody's listening. > > > Live like it's Heaven on Earth. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dave DeLang" > > > To: "Steve Bamford (Steve Bamford)" > > > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 12:07 PM > > > Subject: Buffcon pics 1 > > > > > > > > > > Steve, > > > > Here's a bunch of pics I took at Buffcon 21 last Sunday. Use them > > > > as you > > > see > > > > fit! > > > > Thanks for the great site. > > > > I have three more batches about the same size. Let me know if and > > > > when and how you want them. > > > > > > > > dsd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >