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Retired transit worker from NYCT. ,phormer phantom phixer f4j, low tech,low budget modeler. mostly a/c.

AH-56A Cheyenne, 1/72 Atlantis /Aurora.

Developed by Lockheed for the U S Army Advanced Aerial Fire Support System contract. First flew in 1967 to replace Hueys and eventually the Cobras as attack helicopters. It was a compound helicopter, which included a pusher propeller in [...]

"Jinx 13" P-40K 25th FS, 51st. FG, Assam Valley India 1944, Vista 1/72.

I've been wanting to do this scheme ever since i saw it Squadrons P-40 In Action book. Awhile back there was debates going on whether it was an accurate scheme or not, the general thought was that it was not and that it was probably in the [...]

C-119C Flying Boxcar, 63rd TCS Kimpo Korea, 1952. Roden 1/144. Forgotten War build.

Having had this kit for awhile now, I originally wanted to do some sort of Flight of the Phoenix build, ala Jimmy Stewart, but he flew or crashed a C-82. It worked out well that the kit decals were of the Korean war. i was apprehensive [...]

PCF MK 1 Swift boat, US Navy, South Vietnam, 1/48 Monogram

These boats were used to patrol the Mekong Delta water ways in South Vietnam, Armed with a twin .50 cal. mount. a combination single .50/mortar mount. and various other small arms. they were originally designed as a shuttle boat for off [...]

River patrol boat, South Vietnam Navy,RAG boat. 1/48 Monogram.

These patrol boats were used by the South Vietnam Navy in the Mekong delta by their River Assault Groups in the 1960's, armed with a 50 cal. and two 30 cal. machine guns. The kit was originally issued in 1967 along with a Navy Swift boat [...]

"Danger! Danger! Will Robinson!" Jupiter 2, Lost in Space TOS, Polar Lights 1/60ish.

This is Polar Lights kit of the Jupiter 2 from the 1960's Lost in Space TV series, which wasn't bad until the second season when the stories got a bit silly. In those days I think for some of us we were all a little lost in space. The kit [...]

1963 Corvette Stingray, 'route 66',1/24 Revell.

And now for something that doesn't shoots, fires at or blows up things. One of the coolest TV shows on in the early 1960's was 'route 66', it had two guys driving across the America[and Canada] in a Corvette, working at odd jobs and [...]

UH-34D Seahorse of HT-8, 1/72 Italeri.

This is Italeri's 1/72 UH-34D, using Print scale decals of a USN training squadron, which when I first ordered them I had thought they were for the Seahorses used in Antarctica. I always liked the Deep Freeze aircraft. I decided to do the [...]

Rommel's Rod, Atlantic Wall edition.Monogram

This is the latest tooling of the Tom Daniel's designed Rommel's Rod, according to the instructions the original molds were lost. I tweaked it a little by instead of the desert scheme as in the instructions, I painted in Panzer grey, as he [...]

Jolly Rogers F9F-8 Cougar VF-61, 1956. Hasegawa 1/72.

This is Hasegawa's F9F-8 straight from the box. I used the kit decals of VF-61 Jolly Rogers, which held up pretty well, I think the kit is a 1990's boxing. I originally intended converting it to a twogar but then Sword came out with their [...]