Tunnel Rats
The VC used caves for all sorts of things like medical station, hiding food stores and stored weapons. This diorama depicts a U.S. Marine squad finding such a tunnel and preparing to go down in [...]
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Tamiya’s 1:48 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat
I used the terrific 1:48 scale Tamiya kit to build "White 23", the F4F-4 that Lt. Cdr. John Thatch flew on June 4, 1942 during the battle of Midway. Thatch flew this plane, BuNo 5093, when he shot down three Zeros in one of the [...]
A promise kept
My brother in law Marvin served in Vietnam in 1969 with the 4th Infantry Division as a crew member for an M109 self propelled howitzer. Marvin left us a few years ago after a prolonged illness we are quite certain was brought on by [...]
Hill 881 Viet Nam 1967
Fierce fighting for Hill 881 N. The Hill was one of several strategically imporant hills surrounding Khe Sahn in western Quang Tri Province in Vietnam's I Corps. The fighting between the Marines and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) regulars [...]
Fire and smoke on Iwo Jima
This i my depiction of an Marine squad burning out the caves on Iwo. This was also my first attempt to make smoke.
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Tom
It’s officially a #1 Amazon Best Seller!
Just released this past week and already a #1 Amazon Best Seller.
It's going to be the basis for next year's National Memorial Day Concert on PBS, they're going to do the story of LCOL Don Carlos Faith.
The book is more than the Chosin [...]
Out to sea on the Bonnie Leanne.... A floaty thing..
Well what has California Steve been doing? I have wanted this RC boat for a few years now.
This is the Bristol Bay trawler. If you have ever wanted to get into a RC boat this is the way to go. This model comes almost ready to run. It has [...]
The Polish Army Museum in Warsaw.
In May this year I finally got around to visiting Poland. The first stop on the trip was Warsaw, very much a city for someone who is interested in history.
Due to poor planning on my behalf, the indoors part of the Polish Army Museum was [...]
Curtiss XF14C-2 1:72
Oh the joy of building a model – or welcome to the dark side!
You all know the story of how bad vacu kits or other short run kits can be but today I can tell you, I have seen the worst nightmare you can imagine, that is if it comes to [...]
RIP Robert F. Dorr 1939-2016
Damn! What a month this is!
Robert F. Dorr: August 11, 1939 - June 13, 2016
There is no writer who ever lived who did not become a writer except through the assistance of those who came before. When I consider my own career, the names [...]
