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Retired US Navy Senior Chief working as a production supervisor in Seattle.
A very old kit of a very old truck. Original issue Monogram MAC Bulldog stake truck. I remember seeing an old rusted out one out in afield at my aunt's farm in the '70s. Not much was left of that one, blackberries were growing through [...]
Monogram models was arguably the greatest model company in the world in the late 60s and early 70s, I am sure Revell would have argued the fact, (Airfix could as well) but the evidence would weigh on Monogram's side. Look at their [...]
Old Verlinden "Nachtjager" casting my wife brought me back to Japan when she went home to visit friends. Over the years it fell into disrepair so I fixed it up, repainted it as a Waffen SS soldier late war.
Atlantis re-pop of Monogram's Snoopy's Dog House, the big project of the year my 4th Armored Division 1945, and Monogram D0-335 "what if" build. Not sure what to do next...
This is an original issue of the venerable Monogram offering in 1/48 scale. Not as refined as the Tamiya, but builds nice. I decided to build it as if the 335 had gone into full production and been assigned to a squadron defending [...]
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 [...]
