I've always wanted to write a book, now's my chance.
Chapter One - REAL Airplanes
Here's some specific subjects I'd like to build, it's just a matter of time (and, in some cases, research) before I get to 'em.
Cocktail Hour - The all-time classic piece of nose art, bar-none. I'm a nose art junkie, so this one's a natural!
Carpetbagger - I'm fascinated by special ops units in WWII, and I also just plain like black birds.
Belle Ringer - When Tamiya brings out their B-26, this would most likely be the first Marauder I'd choose to build. (No, Tamiya isn't doing a B-26 or a B-17 or a B-24. It's a trademark quip of mine and a very long story...)
Blitz P-38 - Man, what a crappy image... I also have a long-time fascination with captured aircraft operated by the Luftwaffe, so this P-38, too, is a natural...
Hot-Rod Butcher Bird - ...as is this 190, cuz I also have a fascination with captured aircraft operated by the USAAF. I've actually already built this particular airplane, but I used the old Otaki kit and would like to redo it with something better.
Pre-Paintshop Butcher Bird - This is what the above aircraft looked like before it got the flashy paintjob. I kinda like to do before and after models every once in awhile...
Hell hath no Fury... - I wanna build a Fury and I wanna paint it green, brown, black and white. (with some silver too) This is a project that I've been putting off for years because of a lack of good reference. Also, the available kits (Airfix and Pyro) don't exactly inspire awe these days. So I'm waiting for Roden to expand on their recent theme of releases. One can hope, can't they? (Although this guy did a damn nice job with one of the two older kits)
Kennscht mi noch? - Some of the old hands here on the forum may remember one of my old sigs. I have an affinity for crates of the Great War and this is one I like a whole lot more than most...
Pacific Princess - I usually don't build models of warbirds, but this would be an exception. Although I'd build it in the scheme it wore before it was stripped for Pearl Harbor, one of the most entertaining flicks made in the last ten years, but one of the most god-awful war movies ever made...
Tolly - Did I mention that I'm one of the foremost aficionados of cheesecake in the modern world?
LOL I'm addicted to T&A and it shows, I guess. This is one that I need to get some more reference on before I can dig in.
Repeat, please... - Okay, so it's not a Hurri, but it is a Pole in the cockpit. And seeing as I'm 3/4 Polish I'm quite interested in the history of Polish Military Aviation. Even if that weren't so, this is one of the most appealing Spits I've seen.
MY EYES!!! - I like weird stuff, just like the next guy. And the experimental disruptive schemes applied to VF-3 F2A's in 1940 are kinda weird.
Hawk - I'm Mr. P-40 and this is a P-40, so it MUST be built. But it's the fact that this is a very unusual example of an early Hawk which really draws me in. It's also in a locale which is virtually unknown to many and that's another attractive feature of this particular bird.
So that's part of what's in the R&D department here at der Wolfschanze.
Next up: Chapter Two - Converters
Fade to Black...