I live in Southern California with my 3 dogs (all rescues) and have always loved history and of course aircraft and scale models. I was fortunate to have been friends with former WW2 veterans such as Lt. Col. Bob Goebel, a P-51 fighter pilot with the 308 FS 31st FG 15th AF based in Italy 1944, who had 11 kills and is the author of "Mustang Ace". I love building ships, German heavy tanks, and all types of ww2 fighter planes.