staff_Jim
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 01:42 AM UTC
Announcing the Spring 2002 Content Drive!Win one (or more) of 28 Prizes! Contest Details are
here!
Some prizes include:
Tamiya Dragon Wagon, Tamiya Tiger I - Late, Tamiya Japanese Zero, Hasegawa Yamato Battleship, 54mm 506th PIR 101st AB Figure, Fine Molds X-Wing! and many more!Special Thanks to Treadhead, Guntruck, and Epi for making this contest even better than I had originally dreamed up. Also thanks to Tim McCall at Putnam Books for the copies of the forthcoming Tank (by Patrick White). And thanks to Shep Paine for signing his book of course!
Comments? Questions? Please post them here.
Also I could use a hand getting the word out on this contest. Please let other discussion groups you may frequent know about it.
Thanks and good luck!
Jim
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 01:52 AM UTC
Woo-HOO! Come on Guys & Gals - submit your stuff! This should be fun for all!!!
Gunnie
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 02:21 AM UTC
Duh, What was the prize for the reviews, or is that not part of the deal?? TSorry thought it was alittle fuzzy. Where do We post them? Same place, same time, same station?
Cheers
Jack be dumb
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 02:35 AM UTC
Hola Jim,
I have a question for ya,
Whats the deal with the different models named under the categories? are those articles that have been turned in or promised?
btw, great job on putting this contest together, seems to be well organized and a hella good promo for this site and for a flow of articles!! Keep it up Jim, and thank you for having this site!!
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 03:09 AM UTC
When will be the prizewinners be announced? Will those who enter earlier have an advantege over those who enter in the last week of the contest?
YodaMan
staff_Jim
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 03:12 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Duh, What was the prize for the reviews, or is that not part of the deal?? TSorry thought it was alittle fuzzy. Where do We post them? Same place, same time, same atation?
Review submissions that meet the basic requirements (see details page) are eligible for the random drawing prizes. Shep's book and the Tanks book.
Jim
staff_Jim
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 03:14 AM UTC
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Whats the deal with the different models named under the categories? are those articles that have been turned in or promised?
Ack...perhaps I need that to be more clear then. THOSE ARE THE PRIZES!
There is a 1st Prize, 2nd Prize, and 3rd Prize for each of the six categories.
Jim
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 03:15 AM UTC
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When will be the prizewinners be announced? Will those who enter earlier have an advantege over those who enter in the last week of the contest?
YM,
Definately not. Winners will be announced by August 7th. That should give us enough time to judge the late entries.
Jim
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 03:34 AM UTC
:-) Tap Tap Tap. Can you hear? He's furiously banging a way at his keyboard, pounding out the tome of a lifetimme. Seriously a great idea and an excellent initiative. I still wolda contributed anyways.
Anders, congratulations, polish those bars! I have one question however How come nobody seems to pass throught the intermediate ranks? Gunnery Sgt, Top Sergeant, 2nd Lt. And wouldn't it be interesting to add in the CWO1-4 ranks?? With to many brass we risk becoming top heavy like the Joint Chiefs. Field Marshals could be cool. You could work through all the braches as well, or perhaps offer the choice. You could always consider GS postings, say start with a GS 14 working up to GS 1 the President. However then you would have to pass through asst, and secretary of defense, and what comes after President? Emperor, messiah, or jedi master. Just some fun thoughts that might lead to something.
Good stuff Jim.
Jack
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staff_Jim
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 07:29 AM UTC
Hello??? Is anyone gonna get excited about the Dragon Wagon or is it just me.
Jim
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 07:34 AM UTC
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Hello??? Is anyone gonna get excited about the Dragon Wagon or is it just me.
Jim
woooooooo hoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
happy, happy dance!!! :-) :-) :-)
Helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission.
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 08:38 AM UTC
Hmmmm...
(Coyly dreaming of two DWs)
hmmmm...
I will not grease the monkey bars. I will not grease the monkey bars. ...
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 08:47 AM UTC
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Hello??? Is anyone gonna get excited about the Dragon Wagon or is it just me.
Jim
woooooooo hoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
happy, happy dance!!! :-) :-) :-)
Abso-freakin-lutely!!!
Gunnie :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
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staff_Jim
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 10:48 AM UTC
Gunnie,
I am excited about them all of course. Too bad I can't win the Fine Molds X-Wing!
Jim
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 11:32 AM UTC
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Gunnie,
I am excited about them all of course. Too bad I can't win the Fine Molds X-Wing!
Jim
Dunno there - Master Yoda will probably have his sights set on the FM X-Wing...
Gunnie
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 07:01 PM UTC
I am finally excited about a Dragon Wagon.
I never used to be, as my dad used to say,
"son, stop draggin your wagon!"
as related to yard work or any number of chores etc. that I wasn't moving too fast to get to
MSW
Sounds like a great contest! If I ever get this yard work done
I should get to work on some sort of review/article.
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Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002 - 07:29 PM UTC
I'm excited about the contest a well. Thanks to Jim and Military Hobbies (and anyone else behind the scenes) for getting this together. Thanks to all the great people who donated kits too! That Dragon Wagon would be a great addition to anyones collection.
Has anyone started a review yet? I've got an F-18 on my workbench right now that I'll be doing one on for the Aircraft category.
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Posted: Saturday, April 06, 2002 - 06:24 AM UTC
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Dunno there - Master Yoda will probably have his sights set on the FM X-Wing...
HEH!!!!!!!! You sure got
that right!!!
YodaMan
Though, It would be cool to win a Dragon Wagon......
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Posted: Saturday, April 06, 2002 - 07:18 AM UTC
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Hmmmm...
(Coyly dreaming of two DWs)
hmmmm...
Pleasant dreams Kenc'..........
Tread.
Actually, that would make a heck of a Dio! Except, where would you find the room!
I suppose you could build an addition .....
You're a better man than me, Gunga Din!
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Drats!!! I was going to do a review on building the Dragon Wagon Well there goes five endless nights and 600 pages of text out the window. Not serious! Looks like the Firefly will be the choice selection, and... na na na na na its finished already!!!!!
Jack
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Posted: Sunday, April 07, 2002 - 06:31 AM UTC
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Pleasant dreams Kenc'..........
Tread.
Actually, that would make a heck of a Dio! Except, where would you find the room!
I suppose you could build an addition .....
Tread, you would not believe the available room/space we have here. The place still echoes! We even just built a two-walled shelving unit. It's about 15' in total length and floor to ceiling. It's more than 3/4s empty! You know what that means...
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Bart's chalkboard amercement
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Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 03:08 AM UTC
You know, the contest has been up for only two weeks. I don't suppose I could talk anyone into providing a Fine Molds TIE to go with the X-wing for best sci-fi article......
YodaMan
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Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 03:11 AM UTC
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You know, the contest has been up for only two weeks. I don't suppose I could talk anyone into providing a Fine Molds TIE to go with the X-wing for best sci-fi article......
YodaMan
Wishful thinking?
Helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission.
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Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 03:25 AM UTC
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Wishful thinking?
Yeah. Pretty much! :-)
YodaMan
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Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 03:54 AM UTC
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You know, the contest has been up for only two weeks. I don't suppose I could talk anyone into providing a Fine Molds TIE to go with the X-wing for best sci-fi article......
YodaMan
I dunno - Jim might be inclined to consider this request...
Gunnie
Museum Associate Curator, Military Vehicle Technology Foundation (MVTF), Portola Valley, California
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