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As far as building models go, my main interest is WWII era aircraft, those newer planes (I think they are called 'jets') seem to be missing the most important part - the spinning thing on the front! I admire the skills involved in all the models here though, including jets, cars, armor, and ships.
I am a longtime musician, player of banjo, bass, dobro, mandolin and electric guitars, in bluegrass, rock and country bands, though I've semi-retired from that, seeking quieter activities. For my non-hobby time I am a 2nd generation land surveyor, Licensed in Virginia and West Virgina, and have been doing tht for over 35 years now.
Another interest of mine is astronomy and astrophotography.
See this link for some samples I have posted:
http://www.astrophotogallery.org/g935-surveying-the-night-sky.html
Mostly show, not tell - but I will say I never went to an air show before yesterday. Weather was questionable but worked out. I don't use the word 'awesome' much, but will say the Blue Angels fit that description.
Also first I ever saw a [...]
O.K., if you can figure out the subject of this post without reading further you would win a prize...if I had one!
I am a pretty large fan of James Bond movies, you know he's my kind of guy. I was inspired to built this from the Bond movie [...]
Happy Easter everyone!
I have built around 30 models in the past couple of years, mostly WWII aircraft plus a couple of ships and tanks. These are all interesting subjects for me, but I have no personal experience with them. I mean you [...]
Here's my rendition of the famous U.S.S. Indianapolis. It is the Trumpeter 1/350 scale 1944 version. It is mostly out of the box, with a Eduard railing set, made for the Academy kit, so it took some adjusting to make work, and some [...]
Well I thought I'd be slick and create a nifty single image, ...that didn't work...also somehow thought I had a model for each month - a possible calendar, but not quite. My output pace is more erratic than I thought I guess.
But I had fun [...]
My first model ship since my age was single digits, many, many moons ago...
Trumpeter 1/350 H.M.C.S. Huron, '1944' per package. I think that may be true as many features of the superstructure are more complex or not shown at all on the box [...]
Here is my rendition of the very popular Tamiya 1/48 Corsair "Bird Cage" F4U-1 with the supplied kits decals of VMF-213, which I find plenty interesting.
As many of you probably know, judging by how many of these can be found on [...]
Now I need a bigger shelf...
This is the Revell 1/48 scale F-15E Strike Eagle, built 'out-of-the-box' using the markings for #80-0487, 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron, the "Chiefs", 4th Fighter Wing, Operation Desrt Storm, 1991 [...]
I said I would next built an American plane in British markings, here it is, a Tarpon, from the ancient 1/48 scale Revell TBF Avenger kit.
This kit is sooo old...it has a 1958 copyright mark, that,s even older than my copyright mark, but [...]
After much delay, I present my just completed Spitfire FR. MK.XIVe, which is an Academy, 1/48 scale 'Special Edition Kit'.
I had great problem inbuilding as I lost the prop spinner...Plan 'B' - crafting my own, didn't get it...Plan [...]
