...F-8 Crusaders launching from the old FDR CV-42
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEW5jACD1iE/@CriticalPast&t=47s
A bit more intensive for the crew was the Bridal/hold back system of catapult hookup.
Retired transit worker from NYCT. ,phormer phantom phixer f4j, low tech,low budget modeler. mostly a/c.
F-8X Super Crusader,
Here's another Whatiffer. Eliminating the bridle catapult set up by adopting the nose gear hook up from the A-7, including the main landing gear also installing a 20mm vulcan, instead of those prone to jam singles, an engine change [...]
Musings of a Hustler, Atlantis B-58, 1/96
You wanted me to fly high and fast on missions that were probably one way, but the advent of the SAM canceled that. you wanted me to fly law and fast, this I was able to do, but with that found fault. citing an accident rate that was in [...]
Felix mobile 1975 NAS Oceana Va., 1/24 Revell 1965 Chevy C10 pickup truck
This a Navy utility truck assigned to VF31 that has modified as an aircrew transport vehicle. I'm not sure of the make, model or year of the truck but I do remember the home-made trailer top. Decals are from two guys Rockin Rhinos and [...]
A survivor, Toyota tug, 1/72,Hasegawa
This little tug was included in I think was Hasegawa's T-34 Mentor, from forty years ago! The plane has disappeared. but the tug being unbuilt had survived.
Sword 1/72 RF-8A.
I've been wanting to do a recon F-8 forever, but the only way was to obtain a rare conversion kit, that usually is beyond my budget. Thanks to Sword for producing this kit and the later RF-8G.I finally get to do one so late in my modeling [...]
Corrosion Control
In the above photo there are two means of dealing with the uphill battle aircraft corrosion at sea on a squadron level.Maintanance Control was continually at odds with the corrosion crew for flyable aircraft, corrosion maintenance usually [...]
Crud crew bird, F-4J VF-31,1976. Monogram 1/72
One of the biggest concerns in naval aviation is corrosion of aircraft structures due to exposure to the sea air and back in the day the exhaust stacks of the fossil fueled carriers. Periodically an aircraft would be due for inspection and [...]
Yamaha XV1000, Tamiya 1/12 1985
A friend of mine asked me if I would want to build this kit, I eventually said yes not ever built a motorcycle kit. Talk about being out of your wheelhouse I give all kinds of kudos to you bike builders. Trying to build and keep it [...]
USS North Carolina BB55, Revell 1/570 scale
Originally released in 1969, this off scale kit of the North Carolina depicts the ship as she was end /post war configuration with her main deck forward AA guns removed. Commissioned in 1937. She was the first of the fast battle ships. [...]
