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E-Bay and Military collectors trade shows mostly, Kinda a pricy hobby but theese are something that wont loose they're value with time. Brian.

And finaly the crown jewel of my collection. US NAVY HGU-68P in VF-84 markings with the MBU-14P oxygen mask. Well thats all I have in my collection at this time, As I get moore helmets I will update this post. Hope theese proove usefull to someone on our littel modeling community. Happy Modeling Brian Aldridge.

Helmet 6. USAF HGU-55p (SAC 55). With dual inclosed visor mount and MBU-12P Oxygen mask. The extra little mounts you see on top are for the EEU-2P neuclear flash goggles. Theese goggles were mounted to the top of the helmet and connected electronicaly to the helmet via the blue adapter you see at the bottom. The would instantly turn dark when a sudden bright flash was detected, as I understand it anyway. Thees Helmets were worn by Strategic Air Command pilots during the 80's and Early 90's. Helmet 7. USAF HGU-55P with the MBU-12P oxygen mask. Helmet 8. US Navy HGU-33P with MBU-12P

Ok All, as promised here are some pics of my helmet collection. I may have to split this post up as there are a total of 23 pictures. It took quite a bit of effort to photgraph and process theese pics, so I hope that they will serve someones modeling needs. We will start from oldest and move to the newest. Helmet1. WWII ANH-15 canvas helmet with the early A-10a demand oxygen mask, still looking for a suitable pair of goggles for it. Helmet2. WWII ANH-15 canvas helmet with the A-14 demand oxygen mask, B-8 goggles made by Polaroid in the 40's and throat microphone. Helmet3. USAF

Awsome Fshbeds!!!!! What scale? And how did the kit go together? Brian Aldridge.

stand by all, Im at work today but tommorrow I will take some pics of my helmet collection and post them. I agree this would deffinatly be a usefull thread, good refference. Brian Aldridge.

Thanks for the kind words fellas!!! Justin I am deffinatley planning on bringing it to the meeting teusday. Brian

Hey all. Here is My 1/48th scale A-1H skyraider. What an awsome kit!! I Allmost just falls together. Just a little filler here and there but not any thig to extensive. It is painted with MM enamels. The antenna wire and static dischargers are made from streched sprue. I mad some different colored pannels to simulate maintanence touch ups and such. This was orriginaly the prop action kit but in the end I could'nt make the motor work for some reason unknown to me so I cliped the wires off and this is what I ended up with. Hope you like!! Comments welcome. Happy Modeling. Brian Aldridge.

Matt. As it stands right now I am planning on using the kit decals as I have'nt been able to find any aftermarkets for the usaf "sea" camo version. Happy Modeling! Brian Aldridge

Yoxford. Thats exactley what I needed!!!! Thank you for your help sir! Happy modeling Brian Aldridge

Thanks for the info gents!! Copey, those pics will help out greatley! I Would like to have some pics of whats behind the ejection seat as well. Brian.

Hey all. I have just started work on my 1/32nd Trumpeter A-7d corsair. I am adding an aires cockpit set to the beast. I am haveing a hard time finding pictures of the cockpit for color references and all. Does anyone have any pics of the cockpit? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Brian Aldridge :)

Hey All. I am getting ready to start working on Trumpeters 32nd A-7D, and I will also be adding an Aires cockpit set. Wanted to see if anyone here has done this beffore and if they have any pointers for me. How well did the cockpit fit? How much sanding and thining of plastic can I expect? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Brian Aldridge

One awsome lookin hawg Kelly!!!!! Brian Aldridge

Hi Supertom. There allmost certainly is a difference between gunz and MM. I use only MM enamels so I don'nt have any experience with gunz however, different paint manufactures equals different paint formulations. As far as the decals: this is a problem that accures with some kits. I have heard that Academy's CH-46 has the same issue. I think the problem is that the decals are simply printed to match the paint color a little to closly. One thing that you can do to avoid this is to lighten you base colors by 10 or 20% beffore you apply them. Hope this Helps. Happy Modeling Brian Aldridge.