“Butch” O’Hare’s F4F-3 “Wildcat”
Got the last touches done on my 1/72 scale F4F-3 Wildcat as flown by Butch O'Hare when on February 20, 1942,...
75th Anniversary – Battle of the Coral Sea: 1/700 U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2) & 1/72 Leppla/Liska VS-2 SBD
Today is the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, which concluded with the sinking of the U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2)...
Finishing my 1992 Models – in 2017
A couple of weeks ago I realized that it was the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, and that made...
Launcher base complete
While I'm on the subject of NASA, the LUT launcher base is now complete. The hold-down arms are done, and...
Apollo Saturn V Launcher Umbilical Tower (LUT) – post #2 – LUT base detailing
This weekend was the second stage of detailing of the LUT base. The first stage was addition of the correctly spaced...
Apollo Saturn V Launcher Umbilical Tower (LUT) – post #1 – Launcher assembly
Well, it's official. I am after the great white whale of baby boomer modeling - a scratchbuilt Launcher Umbilical Tower...
Modeling Spacecraft – AMT’s 1/200 Man in Space Collection
A few months ago, I ran across AMTs rerelease of this 1967 era kit, which contains models of all five...
Flags Out on Memorial Day
Spent Memorial Day mornings getting U.S. flags up on the still-under-construction Lexington (CV-2) and Essex (CV-9) models and decided to...
USS Essex (CV-9) model island modifications
I've been closing in on finishing the Trumpeter 1/700 USS Essex (CV-9) that I bought so long ago I don't even...
B-25 Doolittle Raider – 1/72 scale – part 1
One of my many aspirational goals, going back over 20 years, is a small collection of my favorite World War...