Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Bf-109 bits and pieces

Rudder tip and radio antenna attachment 



G model canopy






Saturday, December 23, 2017

P-3 Orion and its replacement the P-8

The P-3 will be a hard act to follow.  As a former P-3 Flight Engineer the Orion was an amazing ASW aircraft.  Not sure if the P-8 can fill it shoes.





Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Wonder what some Napalm tanks had been painted

" I love the smell of Napalm in the Morning " !!! Chu Lai, RVN; Aug. 1965



Monday, December 18, 2017

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

B-57's in Vietnam

Great photos off face book. 





Sunday, December 10, 2017

More A4's at Chu Lai

The late, New Jersey Born, L/Cpl Chuck Bollent mishandles 250 lb. Bombs in front of VMA 311 A4E Skyhawks at Chu Lai, RVN circa Aug. 1965.


Saturday, November 25, 2017

BF-109 G-14 flown by Lt Horst Schlick

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14 Wnr 512382 flown by Lieutenant Horst Schlick, 4./ JG 77, beautiful walde / Germany, november1944. This is from facebook.




Tuesday, November 21, 2017

BF-109 restoration pictures

These are great reference for building a model.














Wednesday, November 15, 2017

JG 53 Cartoon BF 109 G6

Always liked these colorful BF-109's










Bf 109 G-6/Trop W.Nr. 18107 "Weisse 9", Uffz Georg Amon, 7./JG 53, Sciacca, June 1943





Thursday, November 9, 2017

F-102 Ramstein Germany 1968

This picture is from Alan Rutherford.   It is of his father unit in 1968.  Great picture.


Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Great article on applying decals

This morning I found this well written article.  The article was on Large Scale Aircraft modelling blog.  Decals can be a joy or a pure hell to apply.  Chuck Sawyer the author excellent clears up the mystery of decal application.   Here is the link How to apply decals

Monday, November 6, 2017

F-102's in Vietnam

Great photo for reference on building a F-102.