Looking to move soon as well and one of my requirements is a lot more room for a workshop/garage so I'll have space to do a big build.  Here's hoping. 

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I'm at Rota, Spain.  The RC scene is actually really great here, there is a LHS in Jerez and a real small one in Sanlucar that caters to almost only RC cars but the nice thing about them is they sell Methanol, oil and even straight Nitromethane for mixing up fuel.  And yeah there are some cool kits here, there is an Italian place that sells ARFs of Italian WW2 fighters I'd never even heard of.  Being in the EU is real nice too as far as all that goes.  I'm a C-17 Globemaster and C-5 Galaxy mechanic but right now I'm working on the command staff for an O-6 inside so living the dream as far as schedule goes.  0800-1700 M-F, weekends and holidays off, no deployments, TDY to Germany every 3-4 months and I'm going to extend here so I will be here till I retire in 2026.  South Spain is about as opposite of a crappy duty station as you can get.  We have a real small club here in Rota I belong to but its a great tight knit club, there is another one in El Puerto de Santa Maria about 20 minutes away with a paved runway, another one up by Seville and ANOTHER one in Gibraltar plus other ones.  Its cool as hell to fly at the Gibraltar one with the rock right there and then you hit a British pub afterwards. 

Anyway yeah, looking forward to banging around on the forum and absorbing any knowledge I can.  Would love to do a big multi build but I am actually kicking around figuring out a way to get the VQ B-24 ARC shipped out here and then mod it/glass it as a first go around with planes like this.  From everything I'm reading its really well built I'm just not a fan of the printed sticker covering that comes on it.  I will likely have to get it broken down into 2 boxes or see if a friend back in the states at McGuire can put it on a grey tail in exchange for some good local whiskey sent back his way. 

The B-24 from VQ is looking more and more like it probably won't happen unless I'm willing to eat $500 extra to get it shipped here and that would be for the olive pre-covered one.  There is really no way VQ can get it to me short of a friend putting it on a grey tail and the missions drop so randomly that is kinda hard and I don't want someone to have to lug this huge package in and out of work if the mission changes or cancels which happens.  So that $500 extra would be to get it shipped to me from HobbyGulf in Lebanon... and then I'd probably still have to pay VAT on it so... probably not going to be paying double price for the VQ...

Going to keep reading and researching and settling on what I want to do.  I have gone all electric now but I did fuel for years and would not be opposed to going back to gasoline or methanol for a big multi.  Although from what I've seen there are pretty crazy flight times with the big electric bombers because they can haul around huge batteries.  That's down the road.  

Glad to be here and glad to help support the site.