Hi Everyone,

I have been sorting through all of the pictures that I took while at the USAF National Museum and the Dayton Air Show.  I am still not done, but here are some of what I have gone through so far.  The planes that are indoors are taken at the museum, the planes that are outdoors are at the air show.

A-7D Corsair II

F-111A Aardvark

RB-66B Destroyer

F-4C Phantom II

 YF-5A Freedom Fighter

F-105D Thunderchief

Ken

I am going to do these in small groups to make sure I don't go through all the trouble of adding these just to have this website loose it.

C-123K Provider

QU-22B Bonanza

UH-1P Iroquois

B-26K Counter Invader

OV-10A Bronco

YA-37A Dragonfly

F-105G Thunderchief "Wild Weasel"

T-28B Trojan

Ken 

RF-101C Voodoo

Authentic German built V-1

B-17F "Memphis Belle"

B-17F Memphis Belle Ball Turret

F-84E Thunderjet

B-26C Invader

F-86A Sabre

F-80C Shooting Star

B-52D Stratofortress

Ken

AD-1 Skyraider

F-89J Scorpion

F-86F-30-NA Sabre

Pan American DC-3

C-54 Skymaster "Spirit of Freedom"

Navy T-28B Trojan

AC-47 Gunship "Spooky"

B-25 Mitchell "Champaign Gal"

B-25 Mitchell "Axis Nightmare"

Ken

B-24D Liberator "Diamond Lil"

Blue Angel F/A-18 Hornet

Blue Angel C-130 "Fat Albert"

USMC AV-8B Harrier

F-4U-5 Corsair

P-51D-25-NA Mustang

UH-1H Huey "Lucky Star"

Cool pictures, Ken!!  Thanks for posting them!!  

Russ

Striker8241

Cool pictures, Ken!!  Thanks for posting them!!  

Russ

You are most welcome Russ!  Like I said, I have not gone through and sorted the rest yet.  And I left out the ones that are more localized areas of the aircraft.  When I have sorted the remainder, which is of the aircraft performing at the air show, I will post them.

Ken

Hey Ken!!

    Great pictures from your weekend in Dayton!  I saw many of my favorites there among your pictures and they sure look like they are well cared for!!  

Thanks for sharing them; they are really beautiful!

Dave

Wow, those are fantastic Ken! Now I want to go back and visit the museum again!

Those photos of the Memphis Belle are from your behind the scenes tour?

Does anyone know if the Memphis Belle will be returning back to Memphis after completion??  I know that it fell into a sad state sitting outside.  Hopefully the Belle will get the respect she deserves when she is returned to her former glory!

Tal Afar Dave

Hey Ken!!

    Great pictures from your weekend in Dayton!  I saw many of my favorites there among your pictures and they sure look like they are well cared for!!  

Thanks for sharing them; they are really beautiful!

Dave

You are most welcome Dave, I am glad you enjoyed them!   

Ken

Gamera

Wow, those are fantastic Ken! Now I want to go back and visit the museum again!

Those photos of the Memphis Belle are from your behind the scenes tour?

Thank you for the compliments Cliff.

Yes, the pictures of the Memphis Belle are from the "Behind the Scenes" tour.  It looks like it is coming along quite well.  It will be completely restored inside and out when they are done.

Ken

Tal Afar Dave

Does anyone know if the Memphis Belle will be returning back to Memphis after completion??  I know that it fell into a sad state sitting outside.  Hopefully the Belle will get the respect she deserves when she is returned to her former glory!

Hi Dave (again    )

The Memphis Belle will be displayed at the USAF National Museum when it is completed.  Funny you should ask that.  The guide did mention that the current B-17G on display at the museum is going to be "traded" for two other aircraft.  I can't remember at the moment what aircraft it is being traded for, but they are significant.  The only thing is that the B-17G, "Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby", was completely restored by the museum and the two aircraft they are trading it for are in poor shape.  So they will need to be restored as well.

But the museum likes to have authentic aircraft, and that is the reason for the trade.

Ken

Wow Ken, something for everyone! Unreal. I would be like a kid in a candy store as I'm sure you were as well. Speaking of the Memphis Belle, Just before I transferred here in 2005 the aircraft had been on display in various locations one being a place called Mud Island, which is actually a peninsula, but that's a different story, anyway they kept it pretty much exposed to the elements as well as dirtbag vandals so, long story short, the Air Force museum took it. It disturbs me that elements of the city here had no respect or appreciation for that proud bird but at least she's in better care now.

Those are a lot of great photos, Ken! Makes me thing of something you might see in a book! I'm curious if you kept some notes as you went, so you could remember that this was an "A" version, that was a "C", on so on? I don't think I would remember it all.

I know what you mean about taking pictures for too long. I spent about 3 hours at the little museum here, and was pretty much done for that day. I exhausted both my batteries, (they go fast in flash mode) and was surprised that I came back with way less than a 100 photos.

I have to post a few more of those, but later as I don't want to steal your thunder of the moment! Bring on more pictures!

Some stunning pics there Ken, that's one great looking museum. Shame to see the belle in such a bad condition, but at least she is getting the treatment she now deserves. I went to Duxford a couple of years back and they had the Sally B done in the OD scheme with the belle's markings on one side.

Look forward to seeing some more.

Ken-

Great pictures!!  Someday I would love to make a trip to Dayton to the museum there; however, its a little bit of a road-trip from Idaho!  LOL  If I am not mistaken, the museum has an F-4G with the markings from the Idaho Air National Guard here in Boise.

jimbot58

Those are a lot of great photos, Ken! Makes me thing of something you might see in a book! I'm curious if you kept some notes as you went, so you could remember that this was an "A" version, that was a "C", on so on? I don't think I would remember it all.

I know what you mean about taking pictures for too long. I spent about 3 hours at the little museum here, and was pretty much done for that day. I exhausted both my batteries, (they go fast in flash mode) and was surprised that I came back with way less than a 100 photos.

I have to post a few more of those, but later as I don't want to steal your thunder of the moment! Bring on more pictures!

Actually Jim, what I do when taking those pictures is find the placard with the description and take a picture of it first, that way I know the aircraft type, and some of the history behind it.

Ken

Bish

Some stunning pics there Ken, that's one great looking museum. Shame to see the belle in such a bad condition, but at least she is getting the treatment she now deserves. I went to Duxford a couple of years back and they had the Sally B done in the OD scheme with the belle's markings on one side.

Look forward to seeing some more.

Very glad you enjoyed them Bish!  I will be posting more as soon as I can get them sorted.

Ken

jelliott523

Ken-

Great pictures!!  Someday I would love to make a trip to Dayton to the museum there; however, its a little bit of a road-trip from Idaho!  LOL  If I am not mistaken, the museum has an F-4G with the markings from the Idaho Air National Guard here in Boise.

The "G" model would have been in the "Cold War" section.  I didn't manage to get all the way through it.  Hopefully next time!  Glad you enjoyed the pics!

Ken

Son Of Medicine Man

jimbot58

Those are a lot of great photos, Ken! Makes me thing of something you might see in a book! I'm curious if you kept some notes as you went, so you could remember that this was an "A" version, that was a "C", on so on? I don't think I would remember it all.

I know what you mean about taking pictures for too long. I spent about 3 hours at the little museum here, and was pretty much done for that day. I exhausted both my batteries, (they go fast in flash mode) and was surprised that I came back with way less than a 100 photos.

I have to post a few more of those, but later as I don't want to steal your thunder of the moment! Bring on more pictures!

Actually Jim, what I do when taking those pictures is find the placard with the description and take a picture of it first, that way I know the aircraft type, and some of the history behind it.

Ken

Ken, that idea is so simple I feel stupid for not even thinking of it!

I have been looking the web site over, and this museum would be a place I could die in! A cool thing is that some (not all) of the aircraft have a virtual cockpit! What a great resource for a modeler!

  I was in the cockpit of the F-4G and looking to the right, what do you think I could see?

It's even more impressive with my new monitor!

Here is the view of the business side of the front office!

I was also looking at the virtual cockpit of the B-36 Peacemaker, and learned something new! It appears that the Aircraft Commander (left seat) and the Pilot (right seat) look after and control the 4 that are burnin'...

And the flight engineer looks after the 6 that are turnin'!

With all that going on, it's no wonder it took a crew of 15 to fly it!

Unfortunately, the F-101 does not have a virtual cockpit, but I urge you guys to check it out.

In the meantime, I'm going to jot this down on my bucket list.....

Jim

For you armor buffs, here's an interesting item I came across by accident - a modern version of Atomic Annie. First I ever heard of this one . 

Check it out.  www.goldismoney2.com/showthread.php

Cheers,

Russ

Wow, that B-36 oh wow......

I gripe about computers and stuff now it does have some advantages over all that analog manual stuff from back then!!! 

Russ: Now that's interesting, I didn't know anything about those missile toting boxcars. Thank God the Cold War is over...

Awesome pics Jimbot, I'm going to have to check that out when I get the Aries parts for my F-4G!

Gamera

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Russ: Now that's interesting, I didn't know anything about those missile toting boxcars. Thank God the Cold War is over...

Roger that, Cliff. Many things in those days to put a chill up your spine... , but I was referring more to this...

Not sure how to do this right...

6 Turnin' and 4' burnin'!

Scene from Strategic Air Command

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGjyH2ulsCk

I can never figure out how to embed you tube.

Those B-36 interior shots made my day Ken; don't know why but I really like that plane! As much as I've read on it and I didn't even know that about the engine monitoring thing. I always watch the SAC movie with Jimmy Stewart whenever it's on just for the panoramic views. 

I finally got my 3/4 shot of the Hyakushiki for this GB which you may put on the "wall" whenever you get chance (no rush). Work has been getting the better of my time lately and that's why it's taken so long to get the thing posted. Thanks again for the amazing photos, I think we all appreciate you taking the time to do it!

BTW there should have been a dorsal gun on it but it became a casualty while being moved by me for the pic. So I decided to make it a recon version.

mikeymize

Those B-36 interior shots made my day Ken; don't know why but I really like that plane! As much as I've read on it and I didn't even know that about the engine monitoring thing. I always watch the SAC movie with Jimmy Stewart whenever it's on just for the panoramic views. 

I finally got my 3/4 shot of the Hyakushiki for this GB which you may put on the "wall" whenever you get chance (no rush). Work has been getting the better of my time lately and that's why it's taken so long to get the thing posted. Thanks again for the amazing photos, I think we all appreciate you taking the time to do it!

Interesting shape it has. Almost like an elogated egg or something. First time I ever saw one of those. Nice work!

Jim

I have managed a bit here and there on the Voodoo.

More decals:

This light needs to be red, the other would be clear, but I will probably just paint it silver.

The Voodoo took a tumble to the floor the other day. The only casualty was this sensor on the side that I had to re-attach. My museum trip showed that I should have flattened out the base to fit flush with the fuselage and they are actually pointing slightly about 10 or 15 degrees.

They are a bit overscale and you can still see the blob of CA where I repaired the breakage.

I also had done something underneath I wanted to share, but I accidentally deleted the photo.I reshoot later.

Until next time!

Jim