FalkeEins interview Barry Numerick "Mr 109"

Since my eye surgery I have been catching up with the blog I like. One of my favorite is FalkeEins. His 'The Luftwaffe Blog"  I consider one of the best luftwaffe history on the internet.  Today I just read his article about Barry Numerick. 

  If you have been to the Nationals and Region 4 IPMS contests you will see Barry's BF-109's proud display on the table in the 1/72 Axis (German) category.   Barry BF-109 are like fine crafted jewelry. They are always amazing.  Plus they normally win the class.

FalkeEins did a excellent interview with Barry and his BF-109s.   The interview can be found here:Building the Bf 109 with award-winning modeler Barry Numerick - Modeler Profile (2)

   I guarantee you will enjoy this article.  Also Thanks to Neil for listing my blog at the end of the article.

Barry's 1/72 BF-109 collection.

   

191St Fig F-4C crew chiefs / CAM Sq

Here are the William Tell Crew Chief and support people.   The com guys all left the unit in the mid 80's as NWT was turning Detroit Metro into a maintenance.  The pay was better than a guard technician's

Names are Back Row: Gordie Graham, John Bullis, Cliff Allen Larry Bishop and John Dyer. Front row is Mike Galea, Ed Gumbko, Paul Chamberlin and Frank Morris.

Com Shop Gordie Graham, John Dyer and Frank Morris.

Photo credit Ed Gumbko.

Weapon crew.

On the left is Jim Flisnik.  Jim passed away on April 23,2020. Funny guy 

Photo by Phil Gabler William Tell 1982

Flashy KC-135

Here are a few KC-135 for you.  KC-135 photo in their early life with SAC are had to find..

C-119 another USAF workhorse.

C-119 where the medium cargo hauler for the USAF from the 50 to 70's.   Some are still flying as fire bombers.  Not sure if any civilian air freight operator used this aircraft or not.

Photos by Nick Williams

Phot by Nick Williams

Photo by Nick Williams

Converting FW190 A3 to A4 (Tamiya) Part 2

Sorry for not posting progress on this.  I just had cataract surgery on my eyes.  Currently I have to let the eyes adjust to the new lense implants..   Here is part two.

I did not do as the instruction said.  The cur was continued to the wing root

Rudder remove from kit

side view before the remove of the fuselage 

As one can see now.  I got excellent fitment

Top view showing both gill openings replaced.

Post war Navy blue.

This is off of Hyperscale.  
Corey in Colorado suggestion as to which paint company has the bet match.


Overall I like the Gunze Mr Color gloss sea blue C365 that comes in the US Navy special box, it sprays wonderfully, is very durable and looks pretty good.

The old Model Master GSB looked good too, I liked the slight green hue that it had. In my opinion, it didn’t perform quite as well as the Gunze did.

I have recently tested the MRP navy blue 14 and thought it performed well and looked ok, maybe a little too grey. I’m not educated in color theory so I’m not sure about the terminology, but the MRP gsb didn’t look as “deep” a blue as the Gunze or Model Master blues. I guess this means the MRP is less saturated?

Corey


Here is a test strip I did during my last Gloss Sea Blue build. Totally unscientific and stupidly sprayed on a Corsair wing (all I had at hand) but maybe it will give an idea.

Also, interestingly (and confusingly), Gunze Navy Blue 14 and MRP 14 look just about exactly the same (Gunze 14 not shown on test strip above.)

191St F4-C crew chiefs and CAM squadron personal

I would like to thank Linda Bullis and Eddie Gumbko for their help remember all the crew chiefs names..  Now I need to match name, Phantoms and faces.   It has been almost 30 years ago that I retired out of the USAF.

The 191st Fighter Interceptor Group, then commanded by Col. Donald K. Reid, formally joined the Aerospace Defense Command in July 1972. Selfridge's largest flying organization, the 191st FIG, was now tasked with the heavy burden of area responsibility for the nation's defense. The 191st FIG is a fulltime partner with the Air Force Aerospace Defense Command units, assuming a 24 hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week runway alert posture. The unit must fulfill identical training requirements and the same operational readiness commitments as their regular Air Force counterparts. 191 Fighter Interceptor Group, Detachment 1, Seymour Johnson AFB inactivated 30 Sep 1992. Participated in Combat Archer training at Tyndall AFB, FL, 2 - 8 May 1993
Crew Chiefs                                                CAM Squadron
Chester Cox                                                        Comm Shop/WCS
Cliff Allen                                                              Gary Kowalski (Radar Teh)        Gene Doyle
Mike Galea                                                           Jim Koglin (WCS shop chief)       Gerry Byrd
Richard Anderson                                                 Gordie Granham                           Jerry Malseed
Gerry Hanna                                                         John Dyer                                     Mike Jacobson
Jim Hanna                                                            Frank  Morris                                    Paul Smith.
Jake Williams                                                       John Stroich                                                    
Bruce Frock
Jeff Badalow
Tom Tucker                                                            Maintenance Control

Rich Burl                                                              Delta 

Keith Anderson                                                      Henry Clay
Sheldon Woodard                                                  M/C
John Bullis                                                              Gary Williams
Paul Chamberlin                                                     Gary Vikar
Bill Bretzius                                                             Mike Elward
Tom Goodwin                                                          Plans and Scheduling
Doug Firman                                                             Linda Bullis
Bill Austin
Mark DuBois
Walter Pashchick
Gerry Hanna
 Bill Bretzius