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I've built a few of these kits since it first came out. I have walked around them while they were on S.A.C. alert in the states and used to watch them take off all day long, every day except Christmas, Unless there was a emergency mission needed. We had a runway long enough to handle them and when a cell would leave the reventments the first would sit on the end of the runway and gun up its engines, creating a for of black smoke. By the time the third aircraft would hit the end it would already have its engines running up to full power and start its run. By then all you could see was the t

That part I didn't notice. Normally I only got close to the aircraft when I had to and then I would be to occupied to notice things like that. These shots I took during my off duty time with the permission of the base information office where you had t get a form filled out to access the flight line. At the time I knew almost nothing of how these machines worked because it wasn't my job and people didn't want me around anyway, on or off duty unless there was trouble.

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Modelpalooza is this weekend at the Avanti Palms Resort on International Drive in Orlando. The vendor tables have all been filled with the possible exception of 1 or 2, but by this time I wouldn't count on that. There's still some time left to finish your project. Which reminds me, I have a little more work to do. Hope to see you there.

If I remember right the shape was derived somehow from designs of some old sailing ships. It was in a book that was published back when the show was on the air. I used to have a copy but unfortunately my Mother gave away or threw away most of my things when I was overseas. It looks like you got stuck with someone who's trying to push their P.C. agenda on students. You might try contacting a site called memory alpha that deals with the history of Star Trek or a club of fans of the show. Now Gene Roddenbury did have a argument with the higher-ups about the amount of women of t

I'd love to get the Seaquest kit or maybe another Nautilus, but larger this time. I have entered mine a few times but with no luck, even against the same kit that was not as well done as mine. I have a feeling the judge thought it should be covered in rust paint. It didn'tstay operational long enough to get more than a the beginnings of a rust build up. If you watch the movie it's mostly a dark grey with some staining. Even the studio model is like that. I got a couple shots of it on display at Disney one year. I have to get them scanned in and posted.

From what I've seen most Air Force A-1s would carry a couple external tanks and then a load of 500 pounders sometimes mixed in with napalm or napalm and rocket pods. I have a couple shots somewhere of a couple Skyraiders escorting a Super Jolly Green Giant and carrying rockets and C.B.U, dispensers.

I picked one up from Suadron as soon as they showed up. Just lucky in the timing. As for why they went so quickly, there never has been a dedicated model of the "B". produced, just a couple conversion kits. If they come out with a TF-102 the same thing will happen again.

The A-10s in South Korea were from the 25th T.F.S. who were transitioning out of the F-4 . When they returned to the Pacific they were given the tail code OS for Osan Air Base. They first showed up in the early 80s and would make occasional trips to Kadena A.B. to play with the units who would gather in Okinawa and soomwtimes just come over to shoot up the range at Ie Shima island and for the occasional aircraft display. Somewhere along the way they were fitted with a large finned cap at the end ov their cannon's muzzle.

During the 80s P.A.C.A.F. asked us to have some F-15s test the Eagle's ability to bomb with only the equipment that it came with, no extras. This idea didn't go over well with the not a pound for air to ground group but they had no choice. They took them out to Ie Shima and a couple other islands and gave it a try. To their surprise, it did quite well. They even tried using their conformal tanks as long as they were at it.

Back in the 70s I was at Little Rock and there was a rash of Herk crashes. We lost at least two of ours. In the end they said that the control cables broke and the flight deck lost any ability to maneuver. They just smashed into the ground. Funny thing about a Herk, usually the tail will snap off at the paratroop door because there isn't much metal there. One of the wrecks caused the tail to snap on impact and go its merry way. When the rest of the aircraft hit, the exposed cargo deck acted like a cannon and the explosion shot at least one crew member out

The 49th aldo had a detachment stationed at Loring A.F.B., Maine in the 70s. I remember seeing anywhere fro 2-4 aircraft at their pods near the ammo storage area, but it could have been during pilot rotation.

At that time A.F. basic was 6 weeks. After that you were usually sent to whatever school you needed for your future job, admin., cook, aircraft maint., and so on. For the Security Police we had another 6 weeks and then some were either picked or volunteered for K-9 which was longer than the other schools. When you got your notification to go to South East Asia, you had to return to Lackland and its Medina annex. You also had to go to Camp Bullis for the more intense training, such as working with armored vehicles, field manuvers, bare base setup and defense heavy weapons, and so on. I

When we went to the live range during combat school it was a memorable day. It's one thing to throw the practice egg type we used and a whole other thing to have a live egg in your hand. The weight is the same but the feel was smoother than the cast dummies.. As I waited my turn down the line the instructor suddenly yelled, "Oh S%#T!" and dove down by me. A second later there was a loud noise and it looked like the whole world was vibrating like in the cartoons. Evidently someone a bit farther up had let his slip during the throw and instead of it going straight out, it went up and curved

fulcrum1, watch out for those WWII diving targets, it's not unusual to find they can still be armed with live explosives. Anyway, what I try to do is get in some range time and kill some paper targets. I used to be pretty good with my M-16 and .38 in the Air Force but I just don't always find the time I'd like to have for shooting.

Things are still crawling along with this mutant Cruiser/Carrier. Obviously not all of the vast amount of P.E. from the Flyhark set is going ot be used but much of it will be. I have done some painting of the ship and what I am curious about is the look of it. The gray is darker that the Mushasi I built earlier but thr instructions call for it. However I just doesn't look right completely flat. Shouldn't it be at least semi gloss, and if so, what should I use?

I'm working on a 1/350th Mogami cruiser/carrier for a friend. He said he wanted some P.E. and wooden deck parts. There are no wood decks on this ship but I did pick up the Flyhawk P.E. set that has a lot of detail, some of which I am not physically able to use because of thier size. There are more than 15 frets in this set along with barrels and other things. The brass parts to cover the decks are very thin and they seem to line up with the detail easilly enough. It does take some effort to co-ordinate between the kit instructions and the P.E. instructions. The P.E. sheets have

I just looked at the photobucket site to see if I could look at my photos. It doesn't appear that I can access my account anymore. They claiming that they are updating their system. Looks like I lost everything at this point.

I was getting ready to paint a model of the Destroyer Yukazaki and wound up with a problem. According the the chart, part of the deck is listed as a Linoleum color. Does anyone have an idea of what color could be used to at least come close to this color? The instructions list the color as SC06.

When I was at Dover in 1973 we got a capsule in on a pallet. It was waiting to be sent on to its next location and from the looks of it , deffinately fired from a real aircraft, not clean and neat. When I was in a couple fighter squadrons they always had a cockpit training device to help the pilots remain up on their various procedures . The sitting pilot would react to problems given by another pilot who would watch the student and see which control he would move in response. Even I had to use a more elaborate one to get cockpit qualified so I could sit in the seat and do wh

Caught the last half of it. Reminded me ofa J.J. production and just couldn''t get into it, especially if I had to pay to see more. Oh well, back to DVDs It was said that some of the performances were a bit wooden. So was The Next eneration at first. It can take a bit of time for the actors to feel comfortable with their roles. Almosta shame I will mot be seeing how they do later...if they do later.

My wife's about 20 miles north in Lake Mary taking care of her brother who needs constant watching and may need to be taken to he hospital if the power goes out. Meanwhile his wife is working at one of the hospitals during the storm. I have to stay to take care of my animals and watch the house. My wife's brother sent out a general invite to the rest of the family to head to his place up in Georgia. I can't make that long a trip myself due to complications from military incurred medical problems. Oh well, this isn't the first storm I've been through.

Hope you can make it. My wife and I will be manning the club's table. If you can, stop by and introduce yourself.

Anyone going to this year's contest in Orlando? Pre-registration is underway. There is a story going around that that is the only way to enter, there will be no walk in registrations. I don't know how this started but it's wrong. Would that make any sense to not have walk in registration?

There's some areas of the Pacific well over 20, 000 feet deep, an aircraft going deep would probably crush itself from the impact. I heard there's a B-29 in the lake at the Hoover Dam, I thik it was. It's supposed to be in pretty good shape and was part of a research project of some type.