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Very true.

I think that many of them should be left standing as a tribute to the struggles that took place all along the Atlantic wall area of France. I suspect that's why many of them are still standing to this day. That and most of them were so strongly built, they'll never collapse . The Greatest Generation is passing away at an ever quickening pace, and its important that following generations can connect tangible places with the history they read about. These battles were REAL. These people were REAL. Not just movies or books.

Our shop area in Schweinfurt was built on an old Luftwaffe airdrome , and they had rubber "skirts" about 5 inches high around the entire perimeter of the unevenly shaped runways. We couldn't figure out what they were for, so we asked some of the older people from the area, and they said that during air raids, they would flood the runways with about 4 inches of water. From 30,000 feet in the air, it looked like a pond or lake. We also found the drains,pumps, and storage tanks for all that water while doing p/m's on some of the base equipment one day. what a mess.....

I hear ya, Nick. I switched over to airbrush to try and save money on paint. Yeah, right...... spread out over auto, military, and maritime subjects, i need to refinance my house just for paint.

Tallboy 10 ton bunker buster bomb under a Lancaster. Yikes!! its just been released.. That'll leave a mark!! I think that ones in France. Not sure which port. Its in pretty good shape though.

Bergen or Trondheim then. Most of the photos i've seen of the inside of any the bunkers was heavily censored, and i've found precious few photo's.

Is Bruno the one in St. Nazaire? Or Brest? I can't remember. Sweet type VII c-40, by the way.

If they doubt your version, just ask them for they're proof your wrong!! LOL!!. I was stationed in southern Germany for 2-1/2 years, and saw what our carpet bombing did to a lot of the older sections of the city(Schweinfurt) There were sections that were all new buildings next to old cobblestone tudor style buildings. It was pretty rough on weekend pass getting to and from post after a few German Lowenbrau's trying to navigate those streets.

I had an idea to do that very dio in 1/144 scale, but good reference material is hard to come by. Most pictures are post- war after we bombed the living dog snot out of those bunkers.

The molding on the parts is much more "crisp" than when Matchbox had the molds. If I remember right, I think the hull halves have the Matchbox stampings ground off. Still a good kit though. I like chasing it around the pond with my 1/72 type IX U-boat!!

It is, but they cleaned up the molds. I built an R/C version of this kit afew years ago.

That cage looks too nice to cover up with paint!!! stunning!!!

A couple slugs of good Kentucky Black label wouldn't hurt either.

Just completed another great trade with b-body fan (Michael P. Stevenson). Great guy to deal with.!!

Just took delivery of the new Gallaxie Limited '47 Fleetmaster Coupe, The new Moebius '69 F-100, and the MPC R-2 tri-axle gravel trailer. So many ideas in my head at the moment, its hard to decide which one to tear into first!!! The new '47 coupe is NICE guys!!!

wow................

That commercial was a SCREAM!!! LOL!!

Have to agree with you on that. LOL!!

Now THATS COOL!!!! Pretty good idea using cabinet magnets as hold downs.

Can't wait to get my hands on mine. Remember the "Gas Monkey Garage" episode when they took a 48 or so Chevy coupe and rebuilt it? Nothing fancy, just newer suspension, better brakes. updated engine and electronics, but outside almost completely stock. Painted semi gloss black with wide whites and chrome reverse rims and a slight rake..... I have had a vision of that build in my head ever since they announced this kit!! Can't wait !!!

This just became my FAVORITE thread!!! Keep the eye candy comin Terry!! Lovin those close ups of the Rockwell rear set up.

My Dad had a 1970 Chrysler Newport alot like the blue one. Nice builds sir!! I wish someone would do a resin repop of these in resin. I have fond memories of that car.

Thankfully it was just a phase. At the time i was working on "one of those" kits and got very frustrated. I think we have all had a kit like that. I have 35+ years of accumulated tools and kits. Some of them are one of a kind P/E benders and the like. I think I would have done my fathers memory a great disservice by selling the tools he made. I still get alot of enjoyment and happy memories out of modeling. When I hit a slump, I just set everything aside and come back to it later. Life and everyday happenings often give me the distraction I need to come back to the build with fresh perspective. OR i come back to the build to get AWAY from stuff. depending on the situation.

Amen. I put all my stuff away, and even thought about selling off every bit of it. After a week or two, I got the old spark back, and was back building in about a month. Its hard to gauge the ebb and flow of what motivates hobbies sometimes, and we all go through slumps, but we all find a way to pick up the brush and glue again. Its in our blood. We all share this strange addiction called "modeling"

WOW!! I knew you liked Mustangs, but you also did dem Mopars justice too!!! Outstanding work, Ken!!