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Retired US Navy Senior Chief working as a production supervisor in Seattle.
Just about done with the C-2 pit, added everything I could think of and remember including the handle we used to manually pump up the brakes (seen on the back of the copilots seat) and the "thunderstorm lights above the cockpit door. [...]
The center console on C-2s and E-2s is called the "Pedestal" it has throttle, propeller condition levers, avionics and radio controls, flaps, gear and arresting hook. The one in the kit is adequate, especially given what will be [...]
The seats in the Kinetic C-2 are pretty, well, poor. I only used the headrests, which I still modified quite a bit. The new ones are scratch built using pictures I took in Bahrain while on Det in VRC 30 (A gallery of my C-2A pictures is [...]
Just thought I would share what's next...I will build the bird I flew on and had my name on the side. I have held off for quite some time out of fear I would screw her up...Well it is time to start...
Here she is, AFV Club Tiger I late production (built spring-summer of '44, I'm not going to be more anal than that!) with Dragon details and Fruil tracks. Figures are Alpine, Master Box and the guy in the drivers hatch is a [...]
Well the crew for the Tiger is done, though one lost half his body along the way. Maybe it has to do with the Dragon's Tooth Stout in the last picture, as he had them there! The standing figures in parka and jacket are Alpine miniatures [...]
For the most part the build portion of the Tiger is done, and I am starting work on the diorama I decided to place it in. TheTiger will be from SPz Kompanie Hummel during the retreat across Germany after the Ardennes fighting. It will be [...]
Ok Y'all are gonna shoot me soon for my bad puns
Just wanted to do quick update on my AFV Club Tiger. For those that do not know my tale of modeling woe, I retired from the US Navy about 3 years ago. The good news? The [...]
Ok, a reference to one of my oldest daughter's favorite cartoons, but in this case it is my promised make your own zimeritt lesson. I use a product we have here in the states called "Quick Wood" it is epoxy putty used for [...]
So I am finally done with the Polar Lights Enterprise. So how was it? Well dog would be too strong, but darn I wish someone would make a Sci Fi kit that wasn't a bear to build that didn't cost an arm and a leg. It being a snap fit, took [...]
