Recent content by Barney

I have been VERY lucky over the past few months! At my local IPMS meetings I have won several kits at our monthly raffle. And I got lucky with an eBay purchase of the AK paint pens. Additionally, I have spent a few dollars buying a couple of kits I have been eyeballing... shame on me! I am...

This is great! More information for my files. And, what a lovely kit!

Very cool. I have that kit, the aurora kit and a Fokker DVI in the Stash of Never Builds

Hey Chip, Welcome back. I truly understand a "music obsession." SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed) says I have more albums that kits! (It's a lie!)

When I was working for the Navy (2015-2019) a B-29 landed here in CLE. I got to see is land and take off, since I worked on the 9th flor of the federal building. My cousin, Richard, flew. in B-29s as a gunner in WW2 and later flew as a Navigator in several larger aft.

I'll be there... God willing and the creek don't rise!

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This looks really nice, Bob.

Greg, I have to admire the effort you are putting into this b#tch of. kit. By now I would have applied a roofing hammer and tossed it into the bon.

MP has the answer to this question: Build a separate building.

Colonel Ford was a bitter man. Korea, Vietnam and never flew a combat mission... strictly a bus driver. He stopped me one day because I was wearing an AFCM but nothing else. He couldn't believe an airman would have the Commendation Medal and not a good conduct medal (3 years of service). I did 5...

I was at RAF Mildenhall in the mid to late 1070's and remember the Reserves from Texas flying in with a Connie for the airshow. The 513th TAW CO got pissed because they all wore orange flight suits with cowboy boots and hats.

My first AB, after getting back to the hobby, was an Aztec. Nuff said

I retired and got shingles. I retired and had a heart attack... Retirement sucks

Spectacular!