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Professional psychologist, father of four, musician, modeler, lecturer. Tired.
My modeling defaults are building dioramas and WWII aircraft. Enjoy WW2 history, reading, single malt scotch whisky (without the 'e'), music, good food, bit of philosophy, and general history.
Great stern view of the USS New Mexico (BB-40) on January 2nd, 1943.
January 2nd, 1945. This Panzer IV has been hit three times by bazooka (probably more as target/experimental practice rather than in theatre, but I can't find an exact [...]
Bf109 “White 13” of JG 53 pilot, Uffz. Herbert Maxis. On January 1st, 1945 he was hit by AA-fire over Metz airfield as part of ‘Operation Bodenplatte’ and made a perfect belly landing only 200 yards from American AA-positions. [...]
On December 31st, 1940, the HMS Hood was berthed at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland. United States Naval officer, Joseph Wellings, recorded the day in his diary...
"Last day of 1940 – up at usual time 0745 – breakfast, a good [...]
A view of USS New Jersey (the US Navy’s most decorated battleship with 19 Battle Stars) firing all nine 16-inch guns simultaneously on either side simultaneously, 30 December, 1986.
December 30th (1947) saw the first flight of the [...]
Sailors of the USS Essex (CV-9) spelling out “Goede Kerst” (Merry Christmas) on the flight deck while putting in at Rotterdam port, the Netherlands, 29th December 1961.
The Essex was the lead ship of her class of 24 aircraft carriers. [...]
Battleship USS Iowa entering floating dry-dock ABSD-2 at Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, December 28th 1944. The Iowa earned 9 Battlestars in WWII and two for her service in Korea. Quite unbelievably she was only finally decommissioned in [...]
As the battle for Bastogne came to an end, the evidence of just how ferocious the fighting was can be seen in the remains of this Panzer IV (thanks to michel-verschuere for pointing out this wasn’t a Tiger, which can be seen by the [...]
A salvaged Japanese mini submarine, here photographed from the bow. These min-subs were not named; instead they had a designation number according to production dates. Operationally, they were identified by their mother ship, so this [...]
Only one photo today. A very happy Christmas to all iModelers across the world.
The Christmas Truce is one of the most famous and iconic events of the First World War and has burned itself into our collective consciousness.
Late on Christmas Eve 1914, the British Expeditionary Force heard German troops in the [...]
