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Corrosion Control

In the above photo there are two means of dealing with the uphill battle aircraft corrosion at sea on a squadron level.Maintanance Control was continually at odds with the corrosion crew for flyable aircraft, corrosion maintenance usually [...]

1/48 Tamiya Il-2 Shturmovik

Finished the 1/48 Tamiya Il-2 Shturmovik. It's a great kit - Tamiya's excellent kit engineering makes it very fun to build. I added riveting to the airframe with a rivet wheel, used Eduard's photo etch for the seatbelts, and also [...]

Centennial of Naval Aviation MH-60S HSC-3

This one was in our hanger (HSC-21) for a while. The hanger it's self is historic, being a Blimp hanger

Grieving Parents by Kathe Kollwitz

This terrible knowledge is what separates us from little boys playing with toy soldiers. As General Sherman pithily observed "War is hell."

Fire fighting Privateer P4Y-2 walk-around at Centennial of Naval Aviation

One of the highlights for me was this Privateer. As a boy growing up in the Pacific Northwest during fire season I would sit on my roof and watch B-17s, B-24s and Privateers drop borate on the hills above our city. I believe this bird [...]

Centennial of Naval Aviation Feb 14, 2011 NAS North Island part 1

My last year in the Navy,I had the "Duty" for the weekend actually Friday afternoon and then Saturday. I got to see the fly in for most of these beautiful birds and was able to take a lot of pictures before the crowds the next [...]

BMW R75 with sidecar

Italeri scala 1/9

Good morning a model that was waiting to be...

Good morning a model that was waiting to be finished. Hasegawa box and Israeli decal sheet. Some decals are missing. a+ THANKS

Video build diorama "Medical assistance on the Battlefield 1917 WW1

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VsKfz 617 Minenraumer "Build as a Kid" Meng 1/35

My local IPMS chapter decided to do a "Build like you did as a kid" group build. Basic idea is to pick a kit and build it in a straight shot. Paint is optional. I thought it would be a good time and checked the stack of kits. I [...]