His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt – Joseph Lelyveld
I really enjoyed this book. It covers familiar ground with FDR's last year, but the emphasis here is on remembering...
Boats on the Hood
The parts count on this model is a beast - 432 parts. So it's going slow - and it got...
Back At Work on HMS Hood
Resuming work on HMS Hood, the most beautiful warship ever built. Have to get a build dock cleared for an...
Scale Modeling Organization, Database, Task Lists and Posting
It's a sickness. It really is. But part of the enjoyment I get out of puttering in my study (and...
New Build Docks (6 & 7)
I get far more attention online for my build docks than my models - which is usually fair! Back in...
1/72 PzKpfw III Ausf. L.
This is my first tank build since high school - appropriate since attending TankFest last summer. It's a early 1943...
Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
This build is the Airfix kit representing 1st Lt. Kenneth W. Sprankle's P-40B, registration 41-13297, assigned to the 6th Pursuit...
Butch O’Hare F4F-3 refit
In May of 2017 as part of my 75th anniversary of the Pacific War battles of 1942 I built a...
Dracul – Dacre Stoker & J.D. Barker
After a day reading, I'm in a writing mood. And boy do I have some comments on "this" one. This...
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power – Robert Caro
This is most effective work of nonfiction I have ever read. I have been reading about LBJ and JFK my...