Grieving Parents by Kathe Kollwitz
This terrible knowledge is what separates us from little boys playing with toy soldiers. As General Sherman pithily observed "War is hell."
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Fire fighting Privateer P4Y-2 walk-around at Centennial of Naval Aviation
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 [...]
Centennial of Naval Aviation Feb 14, 2011 NAS North Island part 1
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 [...]
BMW R75 with sidecar
Italeri scala 1/9
Good morning a model that was waiting to be...
Good morning
a model that was waiting to be finished. Hasegawa box and Israeli decal sheet. Some decals are missing.
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THANKS
VsKfz 617 Minenraumer "Build as a Kid" Meng 1/35
My local IPMS chapter decided to do a "Build like you did as a kid" group build. Basic idea is to pick a kit and build it in a straight shot. Paint is optional. I thought it would be a good time and checked the stack of kits. I [...]
Curse you Red Baron!
Atlantis re-pop of the classic Monogram kit. My wife got it for me for Christmas, what a fun build and trip down memory lane. I used aftermarket decals and hand painted the tail stripes rather than using the stickers
Fortress II RAF Coastal Command – 1/72 Academy
Took way too long on this one, getting frustrated with too many oops's.
Kit decals (disintegrating decals were saved with a coat of Testors decal spray)
CMR resin bomb-bay set (although the kit set is pretty good)
Perspex nose window [...]
2023 Build Review
After not completing a model at all in 2022, I bounced back this year with 11 builds and two refits of previously completed models, with two of the builds replacements for previously completed models, freeing up space (a new ongoing [...]
