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1940s & 50s fighter planes in 1/48 or 1/32 scale are my favorite model subjects.
To help pay for this hobby, I’ve been working as an aircraft mechanic for a large airline for over 30 years.
I’m a former Air Guardsman with a short stint in the USAF Reserve. A-7s, F-16s, KC-135s and one particular Convair C-131 were the aircraft I was around during my military service as an “Airframe Repair Specialist “ back in the 80s & 90s.
A few years ago I came across some P-47 decal sheets that had some nose art I really liked.
Inspired by my daughter , Erin’s , interest in wolves, I built the one with the wolf first.
Recently I completed “Dallas Blonde”.
Both [...]
Recently I completed an Arii Spitfire Mk VIII. The MkVIII is my favorite
version of the Spitfire and as fate would have it, there was this one waiting in my stash of unbuilt kits. It was the first time I had made extensive use of paper [...]
Recently I’ve complete two world war 2 era Russian aircraft. A Zvezda PE-2 and a A.M. IL-2.
The Zvezda kit is an awesome kit to build, perhaps one of the best kits on the market.
The Accurate Miniatures kit wasn’t too bad either, [...]
