Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation by Charles Glass
Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation by Charles Glass.
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Fokker DR 1 – Dragon 1/48
This is Dragon’s Knights of the Sky series.
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Tex Hill – War Patrol (part 2)
After Tex Hill served aboard the Saratoga for about a year, he was transferred as part of an experiment to
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SB2U Vindicator – Accurate Miniatures
Accurate Miniatures Vindicator in Yellow wing prewar markings. This was built as part of a Tex Hill series in Scaled
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Schwimmwagen 1:48 – Frog (Fuman)
A really old Frog kit of the Schwimmwagen in a vignette – a lost Luftwaffe officer
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Messerchimdt bf110 C Instrument Panel 1/4 scale
Originally included in the bf110 ‘Royal Class’ boxing of the bf110c, Eduard released the panel as a separate kit later
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TBD Devastator – Tex Hill: Revell Monogram
Revell (Monogram) kit of the TBD Devastator. First in a series of articles dedicated to “Tex” Hill of the American
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V-2 Rocket – Pegasus Models
This is a snap together kit from Pegasus model which you can find for around $10 US.
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Predator Drone – Bronco Models 1:48
Here’s Bronco’s Predatro drone armed with Hellfire missles. A simple kit that makes a nice quick fun build
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West Point 2010
In New York State, near bear mountain, inside the United States Army Academy is a very nice military museum following
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P-40E Capture aircraft in the Philippines – Arii
An old Out of Production kit from Arii picked up from a model show, done up in an interesting
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Marine AIr Ground Task Force
Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) routinely gives demonstrations throughout the country. While this is not a museum nor their
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American Air Power Museum
American Air Power Museum is located in Farmingdale, Long Island next to the Farmingdale Airport. These pictures were taken on
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So Sad to Fall in Battle: An Account of War Based on General Tadamichi Kuribayashi’s Letters from Iwo Jima by Kumiko Kakehashi
So Sad to Fall in Battle: An Account of War Based on General Tadamichi Kuribayashi’s Letters from Iwo Jima by
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Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
Interesting museum in Old Rhinebeck, NY. Full of flying WWI era planes and replicas. You can take a ride in
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National Museum of the Marine Corp
The National Museum of the Marine Corps is located near Quantico, about 35 minutes south of Washington DC. Opened in
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Fieseler Fi 103 aka V1 – Tamiya
Tamiya V-1 Fieseler Fi103 – the worlds first operational cruise missle
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Teterboro Wings and Wheels Expo
Teterboro Wings and Wheels Expo is a annual event sponsored by the Teterboro Aviation Hall of Fame Museum. It has
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Intrepid Air & Space
Intrepid Air & Space is located in NY City west side. The Intrepid Aircraft Carrier was closed for a multi-year
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US Army Ordnance Museum
These photos were taken in 2009 when this museum was located In Maryland inside the Aberdeen Proving Grounds US army
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New England Air Museum
New England Air Museum is located in Bradley International Airport Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Has a great collection of military and
Read MoreRed Wings over the Yalu – Xiaoming Zhang
Red Wings over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea by Xiaoming Zhang. This is
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Autoblinda 41 1:48 – Supermodel (Italeri)
This the armor part of Italeri’s SuperModel branding that is coming out with dual kits (air & armor).
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Kurogane Japanese 4×4 Light Vehicle Type 95 – Tamiya
Tamiya’s little Kurogane was originally packaged as part with an aircraft, but now comes in its own kit with the
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Mitsubushi A6m5 – Tamiya 2008 release
Tamiya’s Second iteration of the Famed A6M5 ‘Zero’ in 2008
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Tex Hill – Training and First Assignment (part 1)
After graduating high school, Tex attended Texas A&M and then Austin college and graduated in 1938. He then applied for
Read MoreGerman Boy – Wolfgang Samuel
The book is a memoir of retired US Air Force colonel, Wolfgang Samuel, who grew up in Germany during WWII.
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M4 Sherman – Early Production – Tamiya
One of the original series of kits that Tamiya produced to re-introduce the work of 1:48 armor to the modeling
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Sturmgeschütz III Ausf B – Tamiya
This is Tamiya’s 1/48 Sturmgeschütz III Ausf B, and marks my first armor kit in 25 some years.
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Tex Hill – Introduction (part 0)
On a sunny afternoon in June of 2002, my family and I were pulling into a very crowded parking lot
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America – Erik Larson
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson. This
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Curtiss Hawk II Chinese Air Force – Classic Airframes
Classic Aiframes Curiss Hawk II, painted in the scheme of Chinese Nationalist Airforce, early 1930s as flown by Chinese American
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Frontiers of Flight Museum
Dallas Frontiers of Flight is located in Love Field, Dallas. Its a smaller museum but has some very well kept
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Cradle of Aviation Museum
In Long Island, New York. The museum features both space and aircraft exhibits relating to the Long Island air &
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation – Joseph J. Ellis
Joseph Ellis, is one of the foremost scholars on the American Revolutionary period, and in this book, he chooses to
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Gloster Gladiator Mk I – Roden
This is Part 2 of an article regarding Chinese American Ace Arthur Chin. Part 1 includes a history of
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J-7E AA Models 1:48
Here’s an unusual one, J-7EB, a Mig-21 derived fighter used by the Chinese airforce (PLAAF). This version is equavalent to
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Messerschimt bf-110E – Eduard
Eduard’s 2007 release. This was built as a review for Scaled Aircraft Modeller Jan 2008 Issue
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Planes of Fame – Chino
Located at Chino, California – a 45 minute drive from San Diego. Planes of Fame contains both static aircraft and
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WWII Ground Support Equipment
This ProModeller’s long out of production WW2 Ground support equipment for your aircraft
Read MoreBlack Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War – Mark Bowden
The year was 1993, Somalia was in the midst of a civil war with warlords fighting for their corner. The
Read MoreShanghai Girl Gets All Dressed Up – Beverley Jackson
Okay, perhaps a bit off the usual path. This is a picture book of female fashion of Shanghai in the
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Horton Ho229A Flying Wing – Dragon
Horton Ho229 – Appeared in Dec 2007 issue of Scaled Aircraft Modeler
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Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai Cutaway – Hasegawa
‘Skeleton’ edition built as a cutaway – appeared in Finescale Modeler Cover Jan 2010
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Udvar Hazy
Located just outside of Washington DC, It is Smithsonian Institute’s Air & Space Museum annex, its a huge place and a must
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Nakajima Ki-27 Type 96 “Nate” in Manchuoko Service – Hasegawa
The Nakajima Ki-27, code named “Nate” by the US entered service in the mid 1930’s and saw extensive action in
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Odd Man Out – RIchard Thorton
Odd Man Out: Truman, Stalin, Mao, and the Origins of the Korean War. The book presents a list of arguments
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P-40E – 4th in the “Tex” Hill Series – Amtech
This is the Amtech P-40E, “Tex” Hill special Limited Edition.
Read MoreHow to Build Dioramas – Sheperd Paine
This is Sheperd Paine’s revised classic on building dioramas. Through the free ‘how-to’ pamphlets that was included in many Monogram
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F18 Chippy Ho – Testors Metal display model
This F18 Hornet kit is unique in that its a metal kit, only the armaments and wheels are plastic. While
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It Doesn’t Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf
This is Norman Schwarzkopf’s story. If you didn’t know, Schwarzkopf spent 30+ years in the US military, eventually finding himself
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Mitsibushi A5M4K “Claude” – Classic Airframes
This one took a while, as its my first ‘limited run’ kit with lots of resin details. Its the A5M2K,
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1421: The Year China Discovered America – Gavin Menzies
Mr Menzies has written a book with a fascinating premise, too bad its almost too flawed to be considered non-fiction.
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Curtiss Hawk 75 – Hobby Craft Hawk 75
Hawk 75 – Chinese Air Force, Loiwing 1942
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Dauntless SBD – Accurate Miniatures
This is Accurate Miniature SBD-1 Dauntless, the 2nd kit I built of this now defunct maker. At the time, it
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Messerschmitt Bf-109 G6/R6 – Hasegawa
An build of Hasegawas’s 1980’s Bf-109. Every collection needs one right?
Read MoreIn Retrospect: The tradegy and lessons of Vietnam – Robert McNamara
First off, this book by former Secretary of Defence, Robert McNamara will be polarizing. Whether US should have been involved in the first
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F-84G Thunderjet – Revell Monogram Promodeler
A great model and good value for the money if you dont mind the rather old molding
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God’s Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan – Jonathan D. Spence
The book tells of the Taiping Rebellion that devasted China in the 19th century. Led by Hong Xiuquan, self claimed
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The Longest Day – Cornelius Ryan
As cliché as it sounds – if you only read only one book on D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy
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Sharks over China: The 23rd Fighter Group in World War II – Carl Molesworth
After the famed “Flying TIgers” aka American Volunteers Group was disbanded by the US Army Air Force, they were replaced
Read MoreThe Face of Battle: : A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme – John Keegan
The Face of Battle was written back in 1983 and remains one of the best of its kind to examine.
Read MoreVietnam: A History- Stanley Karnow
This book was orginally written in 1983, but was revised in 1990 with additional interviews. Karnow was a reporter who
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Tiger Diorama from good old days
This diorama was built with my good friend Terrence way back in the late 70’s. It’s a 1/35 Tamiya Tiger
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