Category: World War II
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A new chapter to the Spitfire
Spitfire Mk IV, DP845, 1941 While researching my Spitfire III project I ran into DP845, the first (of two) Spitfire IV prototypes. There was enough unique about it that I decided I had to make it, and put it alongside my Spitfire III. I’ve since decided that if one is to have every mark of…
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Revisiting an old friend
Revell Fighting Deuces Back in the Summer of 1970 I was lucky enough to have some pocket money and purchased the double kit from Revell of the Zero and Wildcat. Great box art for a 10 year old looking for something to soar above his Arizona kit, which was floating in my Grandfather’s pond. I…
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His ship, my friend
LCI 570 circa 1945 Background Joe is 91 and served with the Amphibious Forces during World War II. He is a longtime and dear family friend of my wife, she’s known him since she was 5. I’ve known Joe since about 1980 when I first met my (then) future wife. He and his wife Fran…