does anyone live near......

There are small artillery pieces within walking distance of my home, and the office, but as I'm generally an aircraft builder I haven't tried to model them. The closest static display aircraft to e would be a CF-100 Canuck in Moncton, NB.

Ugly ol' bird, I've never been tempted by her. Yet. (They have a Sherman in the same park too.)

VanceCrozier

.............. The closest static display aircraft to e would be a CF-100 Canuck in Moncton, NB.

Ugly ol' bird, I've never been tempted by her. Yet. (They have a Sherman in the same park too.)

But ugly is the new beautiful....................

There is an F-84 in front of a West Chicago , Illinois  VFW

http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18039

This Gate Guard is on the way to Gallatin TN, we used to drive past her everytime we went grocery shopping. Now we live about an hour away.

Here is one with some pot bellied old Jarhead standing in front of it, Anne took it for me.

I plan to build her with some test loadout, since that was her job at Edwards in the old days.

Rex (doctor made me shed most of that "pasta weight" since these photos, lol)

I lived on Fort Knox for the better part of a decade and live a dozen miles from it now. For decades, the post was home to most of the best armor on display any where. Even now it still has a number of displays.

I can name three in my area:

Nearby in Rome, NY (15 minute drive0 at former Griffiss AFB - B-52F Stratofortress along with a dummy replica Cruise missle.

rbogash.com/.../griff_b52.html

You can actually walk right up to it and walk around it to get a feel of awe of just how big this bad boy is.

Oriskany, NY (not far from Rome, NY)

A4-E Skyhawk  and a starboard anchor and bell belonging to USS Oriskany

www.oriskanymuseum.com/trinkaus-park.html

My hometown where I grew up in New Hartford, NY - a Vietnam era AH-1 Huey Cobra in front of the VFW Legion in New Hartford, NY

newhartfordamericanlegionpost1376.com

Hey, Rex, if you get down Savannah/Adamsville way, there's a Huey Cobra (I think it's an "S") on display on Highway 64. Still has the Hellfire racks on it. Wish I had gotten a picture.

The VFW in Hernando has an M60 on display in the early 80's camo. The Memphis Belle was taken away(it's in better hands now)

I live about 45 minutes South of the Wright Patterson Air Force Museum.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/

I plan to head up and get some inspiration soon, since I have not been there yet.

Anne took the pic, but did she boost you over the fence too?! 

I love building civil aircraft, and often go to a local airport to take pictures of the planes I am building.  In the post 9/11 world I have been stopped and questioned, but never really bothered too much.  I also go to air shows and such to take pictures of the more exotic stuff, military planes, etc.  I also attend car shows and take pictures of classic cars I may want to build.  And I have taken pictures at a few Armories of old artillery.

Ty so much for these pics.

The pics should pretty much end the " anti panel line " discussion. This bird isn't even actively flying and the panel lines are visable.

lol Vance, that gate actually is not locked (and I did get permission beforehand)

Please don't use a photo of a White, never washed gate guard's faint lines as proof that no Sailor or Marine ever did his job.  That Phantom stands out IN the weather, and is relatively UNweathered, compared to models of aircraft that had people charged with the duty of washing them to remove salt water from them to prevent corrosion, which are then finished as miniature farm tractors during "StinkenFlinger Ops" in a field.

Rex

Neptune at Moffett.

Those panel lines, while visible, sure do not show up like much of the pre-shaded stuff I see at meets and club show-and-tells. If a model has panel lines like that last photo, I wouldn't say anything.

Opposite sometimes gets to me too- a bird with dozens of mission symbols on it, but not weathered and a paint job that looks like it just left the factory.

Since the original poster mentioned artillery, the Utica Guard Armory has a pretty intact German PaK 40 7.5cm anti tank gun. And then there is the Rome Legion's Stuart tank. Neither of these are photo documented very well.

Syracuse NY has at least two I can think of. Back when we discussing the announcement of Dragon's 1/35 M103 Heavy Tank, I posted a photo of the one at the Reserve Center out there. They also have a BMP captured in Iraq I presume, but as of last fall, it was in a heavily fenced off area where you could not get close to it.

Never done any modeling of these, although there is at least one PaK 40 in my pile somewhere.

I completely forgot about the Utica Armory. I'm from Utica and couldn't believe I forgot about the artillery display there. LOL! I knew Rome had a Stuart tank but there is a VFW on Rt. 5 in Sherrill or Verona that had a tank in front.

I'm about 15 minutes from Sanford Airport in Central Florida. This airport was originally Sanford NAS during WWII thru the mid to late 60's. There is an Vigilante gate guardian by the main entrance. That plane is huge and will make a  great modeling reference.

I live about 25 miles from the Strategic Air & Space Museum, which is about half way between Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska. The B-36 is my favorite plane at the museum. Someday I will find the old Monogram kit at an affordable price. Below are some pictures from the museum.

http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/rj_hansen26/library/Strategic%20Air%20and%20Space%20Museum

I'm about 30 min from there in Port Orange. hope to see you  in Orlando in Sept.

There is an old Idaho Air National Guard F-89 Scorpion in our local park that I have thought about taking photos of and recreating.  At the airport in Boise there are several other old aircraft on display, UH-1 Huey Hog, F-102, F-86, RF-4C, F-4G, C-130E, A-10C and a few non-US aircraft that they have in a collection, Mig-15 and a Mig-21.  I'll have to get out and take some pictures.

Not much around here.  Just a M-60 tank parked in front of the local VFW hall.

Mark

Rob Gronovius

I lived on Fort Knox for the better part of a decade and live a dozen miles from it now. For decades, the post was home to most of the best armor on display any where. Even now it still has a number of displays.

Was up there four or five years ago with my Dad. He was wanting to go up there as he graduated HS at Ft. Knox many years ago. I was more interested in Churchill Downs. Went to museums at both places. The Patton museum was the more impressive. One of the better museums around IMO, could have spent a whole day there. Even got an impromptu tour from a WWII era tanker who was visiting. His daughter apologized and thanked me for humoring the old man, but his knowledge and stories especially about American and German armor were priceless. Especially since you could see this old hero's wheels turning as he saw equipment he hadn't seen in years.

Anyway, There's an old M42 Duster a couple miles away. Also an old Huey and Cobra gunship a few miles away. Been meaning to do the Duster when I can find a reasonably priced kit.