Gregg Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Jim Keeler is coming in from Salt Lake City for the NNL West on February 26, 2011 in Santa Clara, California. And, hold on to your hats everyone, Jairus Watson is coming in as another one of our special guests from Oregon! Mike Siegman will be there, and our lovable California editor, Darryl Gassaway will be bringing in a guest from Europe. So, grab your coats, pack up your models, and head on down to the San Fran area for the biggest and one of the best shows on the west coast on February 26, 2011! Who knows who else may show up!!!!
curt raitz Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Should be fun, as always...lookin' forward to seein' y'all stop by and say Hi to Raul Perez, Bernard Kron, Steve Allemand, Larry Henley, Jerry Cardinal (maybe) and myself at our table c'ya
Sam Cates Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 At some point someone will have to fill me in on who these people are, but I plan on flying in on the 25th, and some time before I fly out I will have to get a map from you guys of the swap meet so I know who to see first! Sam
Gregg Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 Jim Keeler, is well, Jim. He was instrumental in many of the early Aurora and Revell kits, he will be glad to tell you all about them. Jairus Watson is, well, Jairus :-) One of the best automotive illustrators in the country (yes, Harry is too, but I've known Jairus longer :-)) Mike Siegman was one of the S's in S&S Specialties, one of the early photoetched companies that led the way in our hobby. Big D, Darryl, is our west coast editor/photographer, and Mr. Lower Left Coast Gregg is well, oh, never mind. He's nobody....
Gregg Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 Does this mean we will be graced with your appearance? I hope. I have my surgery consult on Monday at UCSF Have to see if there will be any pre-tests they want to do, but so far, yes. And yes, my friends, Kelly will be with me. I need someone to push the wheelchair, right? Just kiddin' on the chair guys. Not yet, at least.... Danno, hop in your brand new Bentley and drive over..... geez......... And watch your language. Don't make me have Harry hammer you! :-) Okay, I pau where did I put that.........
Brendan Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Gregg, just a reminder. Pack your camera in your carryon bag. Remember what happened last time! Glad to hear about so many people coming. I believe I'm working in the ticket booth for the 9:30 shift. You can drop by and say "hello". I'll have some models brought down as well.
Danno Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) I hope. I have my surgery consult on Monday at UCSF Have to see if there will be any pre-tests they want to do, but so far, yes. And yes, my friends, Kelly will be with me. I need someone to push the wheelchair, right? Just kiddin' on the chair guys. Not yet, at least.... Danno, hop in your brand new Bentley and drive over..... geez......... And watch your language. Don't make me have Harry hammer you! :-) Okay, I pau where did I put that......... You have a Harry Hammer? Edited February 15, 2011 by Danno
Gregg Posted February 25, 2011 Author Posted February 25, 2011 I hope you guys aren't going to let a little snow stop you from going to NNL Wesr!!!! We are leaving HI tonight on red eye Get your okole,s to the show!!!!!!
Greg Pugh Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Come hell or high water, snow or lava....(ok, I might not be there if there is lava).....but, I'll be there for sure!!
Six-Fo Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 My 56 Chevy straight from Eastern Europe will be there . Unfortunately I didnt pack myself in the package because the weight limit was 500 grams
Greg Pugh Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 I only had 2 1/2 hours to do the whole show and swap meet cuz we had to get my youngest back to Sacramento for his last basketball game of the season. Hit the swap meet first. We snatched up several kits (several kits too many according to the misses, not nearly enough according to me and the boys ) at really good prices. Then I looked at my watch and realized we had only 30 minutes (yikes!) to look at the show cars!! I was able to sprint through the show and took a few shots. Next year I'll plan a little better and spend the entire day, along with enter some cars of my own! Had a great time either way! Here's what few pics I could shoot: http://public.fotki.com/gpugh1976/contests-and-shows/
Danno Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 Gee, I'm still waiting for the MCM limo to pick me up and take me to the airport to catch the MCM executive jet to the NNL. I'm thinking they're late.
Gregg Posted February 27, 2011 Author Posted February 27, 2011 Dan the limo was waiting for you, I guess you missed it. (It was 1/24 scale though.....) It was a great show (I think, don't remember it already...) Was great seeing everyone again, it's been way too long. Keller showed up, 8 hours later, (Thanks, AMTRAK!) Jairus Watson and Mike Siegman made the trip, and Kelly got dragged into the web of us plastic fanatics. Darryl Gassaway was there, of course, and he brought his Friend Hans from Sweeden to the show. It was a great show, I wish we got there earlier, and snags some kits. I was amazed as usual with all the fantastic builds You guys build some unreal models And there were some great young youth builders there too So, here's the link to the pics, I am uploading them now as I type this, so you may get incomplete files for a while: NNL West Photos
Danno Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 Just my luck! I was looking for something a little bigger ...
Roadkill2525 Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 My pictures from the 2011 NNL West NNL West
Art Laski Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) Thanks to you all for sharing the pics. This was my first time to the NNL West and it was bigger than anything I have been to yet. I enjoyed it a lot, but it goes by so fast! I'd definitely make the trek from SoCal again. -Art Edited February 28, 2011 by Art Laski
curt raitz Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 Thanks to you all for sharing the pics. This was my first time to the NNL West and it was bigger than anything I have been to you yet. I enjoyed it a lot, but it goes by so fast! I'd definitely make the trek from SoCal again. -Art Art I enjoyed meeting you on Saturday, now we have a face with a name... glad you enjoyed the show
John Teresi Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 I also had a great time ......hanging around friends and fellow modelers........AWESOME models, AWESOME people.........nice to meet new friends.......thank you for a GREAT show and who shared all the Great photo`s.
Zoom Zoom Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 I also had a great time ......hanging around friends and fellow modelers........AWESOME models, AWESOME people.........nice to meet new friends.......thank you for a GREAT show and who shared all the Great photo`s. Thanks to all who shared photos, looks like fun! John, your T-bird blows me away! WOW Is that Alclad you used for the finish?
Jairus Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) I got in Sunday morning and followed my driver (Dad) from the airport directly to a gun show. While the gun stuff was interesting and I managed to pick up a few well priced back issues of "Ol'skool Rodz" (SCORE), I couldn't resist noting a few parallels between the two shows. Lots of cool stuff on the swapmeet tables, haggling for the best price, isles of guys (few girls) carrying prizes looking for more, the median age about 56 years old! We are getting old guys! Dang! Regardless the NNL West was fantastic and about the biggest NNL I have ever been to. Great to match faces with names on this forum and you guys CAN REALLY BUILD! I picked out 20 some cars on the table that would definitely take best of show at GSL 25 years ago! No sweat. John Teresi you gotta send something to Salt Lake! I mean... REALLY! And the bar just keeps raising... Looking forward to next year. Edited February 28, 2011 by Jairus
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