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I am the father of 18-year-old triplets and a retired Geologist. My favorite subjects are Spitfires, Seafires, Allison-powered Mustangs, and Zippers (F-104s) but I have been known to tackle esoteric.subject (such as the P-66 and CW-21B) at times. 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.

An "Air Force" T-6

Hi All! The movie “Air Force” is well worth watching if you like airplanes. It is not historical, there are many myths contained in the film, but the airplanes! Seen are RB-17C/B and D Fortresses, P-43s, P-39s, P-35s,Short Wing B-26s [...]

Dora Wings Vultee P-66 Vanguard

Hi All! First, let me say that the people at Dora Wings are getting kits out under the conditions that they are ( the War) impresses me greatly, so any grievances are really superficial and are to warn you of any pitfalls. I have ordered [...]

HMS Glory, part 2

Hi All! First let me say this was to be combined with the Sea Fury post, but the site would only let me post 2 images. If some one can let me know how to post more...I would appreciate it. Here is my next contribution to the Korean [...]

HMS Glory, 1951

Hi All! Here is my next contribution to the Korean War Group Build, a Hawker Sea Fury FB.11from HMS Glory. The Sea Fury is Airfix’s 1/48th scale kit. The kit is well detailed, easy to build Fits very well and is in scale. Airfix [...]

Korean War Group Builds-North American F-82G Twin Mustang

Here is my first contribution to the Korean War Group Build, a Modelsvit F-82G. Nice kit but I had a slightly warped part, not noticeable but wreaked havoc with fit until I found, and corrected the part. The rest of the kit went together [...]

Spitfire PR.VII

Here is another of my Spitfire PR Types. It is a PR.VII, a PR.IG which was upgraded to Mk. V specs. The PR.VII/PR.IG was armed with 8 X .303 Browning machine guns and retained its armor. It was thought the PR.VII/PR.IG would be able to [...]

Dutch Demon

Dora Wings of Ukraine has been kitting obscure and lesser know aircraft such as the Vultee Vengeance and P-43. This kit, the Curtiss-Wright CW-21B fits that mold. It was designed by the St. Louis Division of Curtiss-Wright to be a [...]

Pretty in Pink

Hi All! Here is another Spitfire, this time a Spitfire MK.I PR Type Ic (early or first). It started out as an Airfix 1/48th scale Spitfire Vb, which led to more work but I had run out of Spitfire Is. The wings had the bulges removed ( I [...]

Spitfire PR Type IB

Here is my latest Spitfire a PR Type IB. This was a simple conversion from an Airfix 1/48th Scale MK.I. I used the gear doors, entry door, prop, and spinner from Eduard. The bulged sliding canopy came from Falcon's "Spitfire [...]

Models I had to work at

The Spitfires I posted were modern well-detailed kits that fit together nicely. So I decided to post some of my more trying kits this time. FM-2- This is the Sword kit. Thank god for spares boxes. This kit decided to fight me from the [...]