Kevin,
As we have discussed previously, like the original combatants in North Africa, the biggest challenge we are going to face is the desert elements, and more specifically the heat. That's one of the reasons we have held off on constructing our field until we could learn something from you guys at SCAT.

For this first round of buildings we should have 10-12 done by our first battle day on January 20th. We have built them using numerous types of adhesives, as well as several types of finishes, knowing full well that some will most likely just fall apart in their first summer. We're just hoping they all don't fall apart and we'll be able to learn which adhesives and finishes to use on the European buildings we're planning for the other end of the field. Just to give you an idea, so far we have already used standard hot glue, high strength hot glue, white craft glue, wood glue, contact cement, liquid nails, silicone, and super glue (CA) on different structures in an attempt to learn what's gonna hold up, now we just gotta wait and see what happens when the mercury rises to 110 degrees F. In the meantime, we have a lot more digging, shoveling, raking, and earth moving to do, oh yeah got to get cracking on some more palms as well. Attached is a screen shot from a computer game called Forgotten Hope 2, this is what we are loosely patterning our outpost to look like.

regards,

Craig