California's Best--- VALLEY CON at the PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM---Part 2
plus...a nice raffle and awards !
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California's Top Gun---Valley Con 2017 at the Petersen Automotive Musuem Los Angeles CA
The metrics are fantastic for our March 5, 2017 Show here in Lso Angeles California at the world famous Petersen Automotive Museum.
Valley Con 2017 ---- presented by the Petersen in conjunction with the Pasadena Modelers Society ---- 27 [...]
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 [...]
More simulators at Arboga missile museum
At the Arboga missile museum one can play with some more simulators if one is not too tired after a full mission in the Saab J 35 B Draken sim. First is a genuine MOMSUL, (momentsimulator) simulating RB 05 missile shots on fixed or moving [...]
Arboga missile museum
At Arboga missile museum you will find most things associated with missile technology in the Swedish armed forces. Included in the collection are also cockpits, simulators, engines, library, models and equipment for testing and firing [...]
Reconnaissance squadron F 11 museum
This Saturday I went to the F 11 museum right outside the town of Nyköping, Sweden. F 11 stands for Flygflottilj no 11, the former recce squadron of the Swedish Air force. A number of propeller and jet aircraft have been based here [...]
Technikmuseum Speyer
In Speyer, not far from Mannheim and Heidelberg in the south western part of Germany, there is a great museum of technology, that I was unaware of until just recently.
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I got the tip from my German ship modeling pals and we took the [...]
Historic Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth (2)
As there seems to have been reasonable interest in my previous posting, I've added a second and final tranche of images, from both HMS Victory and HMS Warrior, with a selection from the museum areas themselves, as described previously.
Historic Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth
In keeping with a current project (wooden ship model HM Bomb Vessel Granado), for inspiration I visited the famous Historic Naval Dockyard and Museums at Portsmouth.
The best known exhibit is HMS Victory (yes, THAT one). I include here [...]
Finnish mystery aircraft at Vaanta aircraft museum
At the Finnish aviation museum near Vaanta airport, just outside Helsinki, Finland, you may find all sorts of aircraft. Lots of Soviet bloc stuff like MiG fighters, Mil helicopters, beautiful biplanes, smooth gliders and relics from the WW [...]
