SubRegatta 06

Spent last weekend in Carmel, Indiana attending SubRegatta 06, the big annual meeting of The SubCommittee. There were close to 100 r/c submarines on display -- a modeler's paradise. The real thrill was getting to meet fellow members who I've talked to, exchanged emails with, or read about in The SubCommittee Report, our quarterly magazine. They were great guys to a man.

I took both of my 1/96 scale SSNs -- there just wasn't room for Nautilus. I figured there'd be several other Nautilus examples to look at but to my surprise there were none. A good reason to get busy and have mine finished for next year!

It's interesting -- the more I see the work of really skilled modelers like the stuff on display at Carmel, the more "freed up" I get to go in the garage and start bashing some stuff together to see what I can come up with. In between finishing up two Type XXI kits for shipment this week I broke down and ordered some brass rack and pinion pieces to start Nautilus' encapsulated rudder linkage.

Hats off to SubRon6 and the Indy Admirals for the incredible show they put together. The venue, the hotel, everything was first rate. We had a great time and came home inspired to build!