Stanley Johnston’s Blunder: The Reporter Who Spilled the Secret Behind the U.S. Navy’s Victory at Midway – Elliot Carlson
I saw this 2017 U.S. Naval Institute book at the National WW II Museum in New Orleans a week ago...
1/700 USN aircraft – tranche 1
I finished airbrushing the blue gray over light gray for all the Yorktown and Essex aircraft this weekend, and started...
The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders – Stuart Kells
I'm a sucker for books about books and libraries. One of my favorite was a history of shelving for books. ...
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs A New History of a Lost World – Steve Brusatte
This book got good reviews, and I thought (incorrectly) that Parker might read it, so I picked it up in...
Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony – Jan Morris
This is a beautiful little book that defies description. The best I can say is that it's naval history crossed...
Carter & Lovecraft (Carter & Lovecraft #1) – Jonathan L. Howard
I picked this up as a audiobook and then got the Kindle version - or maybe it was vice versa,...
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World – Simon Winchester
I got this book for Grayson's birthday, but (of course) read it first. It's a typical Winchester - fascinating stories...
1942-43 U.S. Navy aircraft – 1/700 scale
With the adorable Meng Lexington out of the way, it's back to work on the 1/700 scale Yorktown (CV-5) (far left). ...
Warship Builder Lexington – Meng
Meng Models has put out a "Warship Builder" line of kits, starting with USS Lexington (CV-2). It's a ridiculously detailed...