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  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Northern California
I'm Trexx ...into anything that flys
Posted by trexx on Thursday, January 24, 2008 4:18 PM

Hi folks! First let me compliment the great archive of information that you've all accumulated here. My hat is off to the site's designer too because I can find what I need really easy and fast.

I'm into building airplane models (mostly static display types). I started when I was a little kid and I still swerve in and out of building projects throughout the years. Now I'm 45 yrs old! I've a special affinity for World War Two combat airplanes but I like just about any fixed wing gizmo that'll fly. I was on a tear with three-motored jobs although now I've got two F-106 Delta Darts being put together! I have a substantial collection of unbuilt kits, hence my presence here. (for motivation to get building and keep building!) I'm really fascinated with minatures and always have been. Building models brings me loads of enjoyment and keeps me out of trouble! HA! 

Also, I'm a volunteer (docent) at a large museum in California featuring an impressive collection of real, static displayed aircraft!

Stand-by for questions and advice queries...

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  • From: United States
Posted by ww2modeler on Thursday, January 24, 2008 4:35 PM

Sign - Welcome [#welcome]Welcome to the forums. What museum do you work at and what do they have. You'll be able to find alot of what you need to know here, just holler.

David

On the bench:

1/35 Tamiya M26 Pershing-0%

1/144 Minicraft P-38J Lightning-50%

Numerous 1/35 scale figures in various stages if completion.

 

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    August 2007
Posted by Mark Hembree on Thursday, January 24, 2008 5:07 PM

Welcome aboard! We're glad you're here. I, too, would like to know which museum . . .

My modeling interests are similar except, for me, "anything that flies" occasionally involves cars, tank treads, and other modeling subjects!

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Hembree Associate editor, FSM
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  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:37 PM

Welcome to the Forums Sign - Welcome [#welcome].  My main modeling interest is WWII aircraft as well, though I stray into the Dark Side (Armour) once in a while.

Regards,  Rick

RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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  • From: The Great State of Wyoming
Posted by wyoroy on Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:08 PM
Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to the forum.  Would it be Chino?

Roy (Capt. Wyoroy FAAGB/USNFAWGB)

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Posted by Daywalker on Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:13 PM
Sign - Welcome [#welcome] to the madness!  You've defiantely come to the right place. Thumbs Up [tup]

Frank 

 

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  • From: galt, ca.
Posted by dirtball on Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:35 PM
, I too, would like to know what museum your at. Would it be Sacramento? I live just south of there
"I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I`ll never know!"
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Northern California
Posted by trexx on Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:23 PM

Thank you for the friendly welcome.

The Museum is the California Aviation and Aerospace Museum on the old McClelland Air Force Base site. I grew up around McClelland and boy-O-boy did I get a good dose of airplane activity and wonderful airplane noise for many years that way. (McClelland was a repair/retrofit facility for all branches of United States military)

All of our aircraft are "static only". About half of them have motors. All the propeller driven airplanes have engines... Most of the late jets are lacking motors...

We just had donated to us a Curtiss 'Sporter' one of two built. It's immaculate. A major-general cherry.

Pitts Special aerobatic bi-plane

AT-6 Texan

C-53 Gooney Bird (identical as a C-47 except only one rear fuselage door for paratrooper operations)

P-80B Shooting Star with tip-tanks mounted under the wing's centerline!

T-33

T-28 Trojan

SA-16 Grumman Albatross

S2 Tracker

F-86 Sabre

F-86D Dog Nose Sabre

MIG-17 "Fresco" ...single seater...from China

MIG-21 "Fishbed" ...a single seater from old Checkoslovakia.

RF-101 Voodoo

F-105 Thunderchief

F-102 Delta Dagger

F-106 Delta Dart (our latest in-house restoration... Lippsich's mighty delta!

F-104 Starfighter ...NASA research airplane

F-4J Phantom II ...USAF paint

F-111 Ardvark

F-14A Tomcat

A-10 Thunderbolt II (Desert storm combat veteran from the Lousiana Air National Guard... has bullet holes!)

A-4 Skyhawk ...decked out in "Blue Angels" regalia... but it's not an aerobatic team vet.

A-7 Corsair II

RC-121 or EC-121 "Constellation"

C-119 "Boxcar"

A-1D Skyraider

CH-53 Golly Green Giant

UC-78, also known as the AT-17 or "Bamboo Bomber" (currently under restoration)

Regulus II Missle

Engines:

I haven't committed all of them to memory so this is incomplete...

Aerojet Corp Titan-II rocket engine assembly

J58 (also JT11D-20A)  Pratt and Whitney engine... One half of the power for a SR-71!

Gnome-Rhône WWI rotary

Allison 1710 12cyl.

Allison Twin! V-3420 complete with double shafts and gear box

Wright Whirlwind 7cyl. radial

Hispano Suiza 8cyl inline

2cyl Penguin ...used in aiplane facsimile thingys to train how to taxi?!

Chino.... CHINO!? I WISH!

But alas, I'm a hillbilly on the West slope of the Sierra Nevada Range and much too far from Chino. HOWEVER,  a friend of mine works there. I met 'em on line. Last year I went down to visit when they had a P-38J (Yes, "Glacier Girl") getting plumbed for drop tanks. I wanted to see two P-38s together... especially fly together. It was well worth the 900+ miles of driving to see and hear! I got video and still shots. Wanna know something? P-38s are very quiet! They hum.

I knew I was in good company here especially when I spotted ((((rjkplasticmod's)))) avatar image of Alfred E. Newman... Kindered spirit, Oh yeah, brother!

 

 

 

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Posted by Gun Tech on Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:36 PM
Welcome to the forums!

Jean-Michel    "Arte et Marte"

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Posted by mg.mikael on Sunday, January 27, 2008 4:42 PM
It's a disapointment you don't like armor.Sad [:(]  Anyways, Sign - Welcome [#welcome] Smile [:)]

"A good plan executed now is better than a perfect plan next week." - George S. Patton

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Posted by bondoman on Thursday, February 7, 2008 11:00 PM
Welcome to the forums. You must know John (jeaton01) Twice the reason to come visit!
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