202 articles · 13.6K karma · 36 friends · active 17 hours, 50 minutes ago
Retired US Navy Senior Chief working as a production supervisor in Seattle.
Well, started in January with the little Jeep, then the M4A3E8, aftermarket 3D printed tracks, lots of figures, an old Verlinden plater cast building. Lots of scratch building, including the base and base frame. It tells teh story of US [...]
Man I realized I was doing most of this build on FB and forgot my iModeler community! Long story short, my youngest daughter gave me a 1/35 Tamiya Sherman last October for my birthday, my granddaughter gave me a Tamiya Jeep for [...]
This one was in our hanger (HSC-21) for a while. The hanger it's self is historic, being a Blimp hanger
One of the highlights for me was this Privateer. As a boy growing up in the Pacific Northwest during fire season I would sit on my roof and watch B-17s, B-24s and Privateers drop borate on the hills above our city. I believe this bird [...]
My last year in the Navy,I had the "Duty" for the weekend actually Friday afternoon and then Saturday. I got to see the fly in for most of these beautiful birds and was able to take a lot of pictures before the crowds the next [...]
Atlantis re-pop of the classic Monogram kit. My wife got it for me for Christmas, what a fun build and trip down memory lane. I used aftermarket decals and hand painted the tail stripes rather than using the stickers
I might get one last one in, but likely not. I got Snoopy's Sopwith Camel, the Monogram re-pop from Atlantis for Christmas, but despite its' simplicity I doubt I get it done by Jan 1. So here are. my 2023 builds! Bandai 1/72 X-wing (if [...]
Not much to say about this kit, it is inaccurate in many ways, I won't go onto the list as it's extensive. It does however look the part when done and was a fun trip down memory lane to a Christmas 50. years ago when I unwrapped one. [...]
Here in the States it's Veteran's day, so to my fellow Vets, US and international as well, thank you for your service!
Robert J anderson
USN Senior Chief Aviation Electrician's Mate, Air Warfare Specialist 1986 -2012
VAW-124, VAW-120, [...]
My Indy kit hit a snag when I started really comparing pictures to the kit, lots to correct that will take a bit of planning before starting. The flight deck is, wrong in a number of ways, catwalks, port forward elevator is just not even [...]
