Originally posted by jetfool
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I have always loved to do some of my own engineering work, making scratchbuilt spacecraft, rockets, and airplanes, and that has been quite rewarding. I am still doing work for the NASM in Washington, DC where I built 5 different space models for them. I've been working with them since 1994, and other museums like the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL donating the model I made of Lt. Robert M. Hanson's Corsair that we installed in the Emil Buehler memorial library. A really fantastic museum.
I'm glad you found some details from my planes things that you wanted to add to your planes with, too. Bob Frey and I had a lot of fun working the national rc warbird contest circuit for a few years. That Yellow P-47M that you mentioned, a wildly painted plane in various blue colors was flown by the 56th Fighter Group in England in the last months of WWII in Europe. It has been on display at the Valiant Air Command Museum in Titusville FL since about 2010 or so, when I retired it. I was just there a few months ago to try and see the Artemis 1 launch (it scrubbed at the last minute but I did get to see it on November 16). It was still in great shape, just as I had left it almost 13 years ago.
Keep on working on your models. I'm happy if you used some of my little details to improve how yours look.
Best,
Davegee
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