Sometimes someone gets it just right about why we pursue some activity or interest. This is one of those times. The piece below was written by Karl Gies of Lewistown, Montana. It pretty much nails what so many feel about the model airplanes we build ( Read more... )

As 2010 winds down, here's something I'm making a yearly ritual.

( Sometimes you just gotta let go. )

( More modeling mishaps. )

( Hey, I built something that can fly. )

( If at first you don't succeed, fail, fail again. )

Well, I went out to fly 2 of my planes last week. How did it go? Not terribly well.

( Details behind the cut. )

In the interest of keeping my account active, here's the kind of weekend I'm pushing through.

( General grumpiness behind the cut. )

OK, I forgot that I had some pics of my recently completed planes that I hadn't posted yet. Here they are, hidden behind a cut tag so they aren't a pain to everyone.

( 4 that came out okay )

Where I'm at, currently.

( Hidden behind a cut tag so you don't have to read it. )

( The Star Trek Quiz Thingy )