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I’ve been building models since 2021. I'm currently interested in military aircraft, space, ships and missiles.
When I’m not at the bench, I’m jogging, reading, doing science, or hanging with my family.
My iModeler posts can be found, usually with a bit more detail, at my blog.
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard sat in a glorified garbage can atop a converted ballistic missile and was lofted 263 miles from Cape Canaveral, FL to the North Atlantic just off the Bahamas. He sat in the cramped capsule for 4 hours before [...]
In 1940, the U.S. Army Air Corps issued Request for Proposal R-40C for a new interceptor with long range, high speed, and high altitude. It encouraged bold proposals with new ideas and technologies to upset the status quo. Two dozen [...]
The Lockheed AH-56 was a 4-blade, compound attack helicopter developed in the 1960s to fulfill the U.S. Army’s anti-tank gunship role (the Advanced Aerial Fire Support System, AAFSS program). The main motivation for the program was to [...]
The Los Angeles class are nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) currently in service with the U.S. Navy. Making up over half of the Navy's fast attack submarine fleet, the Los Angeles class is the most numerous in the world. [...]
The FF-1087 USS Kirk was a Knox-class anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigate. The Knox class frigates were commissioned in 1969 but served only a brief 23 years, as improving ASW technology quickly made them obsolete. Frigates evolved from [...]
The 1/72-scale Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc is a phenomenon. This is my first Eduard kit, so I’d like to give my impressions. As I think is generally understood, Eduard kits are of high-quality: excellent detail, well-molded and engineered, [...]
On April 24, 1946, both the MiG-9 and Yak-15 were ready to become the USSR's first jet aircraft. The MiG-9 flew first, allegedly on account of a lucky coin toss.
Both jets made use of salvaged German engines; while the MiG-9 was a new [...]
Trigger Warning! This model represents a historical impossibility, so if that kind of thing upsets you, cease and desist at once!
This is the 1/72-scale Tamiya A6M2b Zero with DEAD Design Models canopy masks. Decal options are for three [...]
The USS Northampton was a United States heavy cruiser commissioned in 1930. The lead ship in her class, she served during World War II until hit by two torpedos and sunk during the Battle of Tassaforanga in December, 1942. Safely away [...]
In 1981, the US Air Force initiated the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program to seek a next-generation fighter to replace the F-15 and better compete with the Russian SU-27 and MiG-29. Requirements included low observability, short [...]
