Merry Christmas and Happy Modeling New Year!

[dane]

Building a 1/350 Battleship New Jersey cause I'm visiting family for Holidays. Its not a warbird,but all my other kits are in Texas. Snowed in Chesapeake,VA. Over 12 in. in my parents yard. Mostly build 1/48 aircraft, have quite a few 1/72 WW2 planes(P-51,PBY-5 Catalina BlackCat,Airfix PBY-5A,and modernjets(F-4's,B/C,J's and N) and MARINE CH-46's(D,E/F). Planning on getting a Hobbyboss CH-46E/F, granddad was in HMM-774,MasterGunny in charge of the squadrons maintenance until he retired.My uncle took over after that. Got interested in what granddad did in WW2 and in USMCR. Started building F4U-4,A-4B and CH-46's.

[mazdaP5]

Sounds like good fun, hope you can dig yourself out!

[dane]

Wow, looks like you get snowed in alot. Those dioramas are really nice! I'm hoping to get to one of the local hobbyshops in the Hampton Roads/Tidewater area when the roads are clear. Seemed like 18 in. of snow on the driveway that had to be shoveled.

[mazdaP5]

Wow, looks like you get snowed in alot. Those dioramas are really nice! I'm hoping to get to one of the local hobbyshops in the Hampton Roads/Tidewater area when the roads are clear. Seemed like 18 in. of snow on the driveway that had to be shoveled.

Cheers mate

[dane]

Is the Grosse Isle NAS still operational? I know that quite a few of the NAAS still exist here in my area,within 20min. to a few hours drive.

[mazdaP5]

Is the Grosse Isle NAS still operational? I know that quite a few of the NAAS still exist here in my area,within 20min. to a few hours drive.

Well, it stopped being Grosse Ile NAS in the late 60's, and now it is a municiple airport. However, the Yankee Air Museums B-17, B-24, and C-47 all fly out of Grosse Ile right now while the new hangar is being built at Willow Run, so it's still got round engines flying in and out.