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By day I’m a professional problem solver who strives to provide straightforward answers to complex questions. I have worked for national charities, tech companies, defence and security manufacturers as well as healthcare organizations. I’m married and thoroughly wrapped around the finger of an amazing 7 year old daughter. I love airplanes, baseball, biking and I’m always longing for summer and warm weather.
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The RF-86 Haymaker has an interesting history. In a nutshell - there were more than a few modifications needed to turn a tactical day fighter into a strategic reconnaissance airplane. While it enjoyed a brief period of success, the [...]
I occasionally venture outside of my cozy 48th scale fighters. This little Arma Wildcat has a ton of detail. In fact, I would stand this up against a lot of 48th scale kits, especially the engine and the cockpit. This 'Expert' kit came [...]
This is definitely a side project because I don't often venture into non-aircraft builds. However, I had a blast building this Phoenix. This truly is a modern kit with up-to-date engineering. I was very impressed with the engineering of [...]
I've always been intimidated by the Hind. It is big and it looks mean. When the Zvezda kit came out, I just had to build it. I'd say it was a much easier build than the Hasegawa Apache but it does require some care and patience closing [...]
Wow - what a fantastic model. It went together like butter and it was such a fun build. I was looking forward to a decent Lightning in this scale and I had to do it as Rex Barber's Miss Virgina. There were no build issues and this was [...]
Hi everyone
I recently completed this 20 year old kit. This is a decent multimedia kit with few build issues and makes for a relatively quick build. You don't have to worry about landing gear or gear bays! I have also done a writeup [...]
