Saturday, March 23, 2019

Aircrew Remember site.

Today I found this amazing site that detail crash site and aircrews from WW1 to present lost in combat. In all it is an amazing site with lots of history. So get ready to spend hours going thru it.
Aircrew Remembered


Thursday, March 14, 2019

How to create masks with a silhouette cameo cutter

Having just buying this cutter from Hobby Lobby.  Thought this would be good for modelers interested in making their own masks





Monday, March 11, 2019

How to mask canopies with chocolate wrappers

Okay I'm not crazy but it works.  Now I need to save the wrappers off my wife chocolate wrappers.









Sunday, March 10, 2019

JC-121C TRAP project aircraft



This is a JC-121C c/n 4117 0-13841 Trap 6 it was prepared for the Atlas flight test. As Eric stated above the NKC135 was Trap 1 and part of the same program....SAMSO-TR-67-93
SEMI-ANNUAL PROGRAM PROGRESS REPORT
for the TERMINAL RADIATION PROGRAM (TRAP)
.
UNCLASSIFIED VOLUME
14
M. H. Smotrich
TRAP Program Manager
Contracts No. AF 04(694)-865
and F04694-67-C-0047
for the period 1 January - 30 June 1967
prepared for
SPACE AND MISSILE SYSTEMS ORGANIZATION
DEPUTY FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
Norton Air Force Base, California
THis Document, Is IISJNCT TO SPECIAL EXPORT

Saturday, March 9, 2019

1/72 Tamiya BF-109 E1 in progress

The kit is a pure joy to assembly.   I converted the model to a E1  by removing the cannon covers on the bottom of the wing.   Just need to fix a few  things than it will be done.