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I am the father of 20-year-old triplets and a retired Licensed Professional Geologist. My favorite subjects are Spitfires, Seafires, Allison-powered Mustangs, Harriers, and Zippers (F-104s) but I have been known to tackle esoteric.subject (such as the P-66 and CW-21B) at times. My first model was the old Monogram F-105 which ejected the pilot and dropped a bomb. After the Thud there was no stopping me until I discovered girls and cars. Living here in central Florida I am in driving distance of three aviation museums and I enjoy the sound of Packard Merlins from "Stallion 51" ( a P-51 school) and round motors from a variety of aircraft based at the Kissimmee Airport every day.
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My fascination with the Harrier began when I saw a Marine Corps AV-8A at the annual Memorial Day Airshow at Lakehurst NAS in Lakehurst, NJ. It rose vertically, flew backward, spun around, and then climbed away at a steep angle. [...]
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At the 2024 Modelpalooza Show here in Orlando, FL. I managed to acquire several Hasegawa Gen 2 Harriers, two AV-8B+ and an AV-8B. This build is of one of the AV-8B+ Harriers. I decided on an Italian AV-8B+, as I have built the [...]
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Here is the latest chapter of my fight with Hasegawa Harriers. This time it is an AV-8B built as an EAV-8B Matador of the Spanish Navy.
At the 2024 Modelpalooza Show here in Orlando, FL., I acquired several Hasegawa Gen 2 aircraft, [...]
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After fighting with the Hasegawa Harrier, I needed a simple. easy to build kit. Thanks to Steve Corvi I had an Italeri (ex-AMT) P-40E/K kit. The AMT family of P-40s are easy to build and look like P-40s. They do have their warts [...]
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In addition to Spitfires, Allison Mustangs, and Zippers I also like Harriers. It does not matter if they are prototypes, 1st Generation or 2nd Generation Harriers, I like them all. And I hope to build all of the types and countries [...]
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After several difficult builds I decided to do something fairly easy. As I scanned over my inventory list, I settled on an Eduard F6F, actually the second in the Hellcat I&II kit.
The FAA was the second largest user of the [...]
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Dana and I were invited to Ottawa for the dedication of Mike Potter’s Spitfire XVIe. The Spitfire, SL721 was AVM Robb’s personal Spitfire, but was restored as an aircraft flown by the average service pilot. Not a hero but [...]
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Everyone on this list knows I like Spitfires, and I have built more than a few. I would like to build one of each variant of the Spitfire, and at least one of each country that flew them. I needed a PR.XI, which was one of the most [...]
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On August 19, 1942 “A” Flight of 414 (Canadian) Sqn was assigned to perform tactical reconnaissance over the Dieppe operation. This flight was history-making, because Pilot Officer Hollis Hills was flying a fairly new Mustang [...]
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The Corsair is probably the most easily recognizable fighter produced since World War II. With the F4U-4 variant it became arguably the best, all-around fighter from WWII. The –4 Corsair was as fast, was armed the same, it was as [...]
