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Archive for Guest Submission – Page 3

Haiti Relief Mission

by Gerald Voigt
January 25th, 2010

Fellow modeler and decal manufacturer Greg Drawbaugh owner of Draw Decal was in Florida on business when opportunity knocked to serve in the relief efforts for Haiti. I recently received this note from Greg.

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I was exceptionally fortunate to fly with Florida Air Transport and act as their liason with a Fox News crew from WSVN in Miami on a relief flight to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  We departed on C-54G (DC-4) N406WA at 0300 from Opa Locka airport and arrived in Haiti 3½ hours later.  Our flight was carrying 18,000 pounds of donated food items.  After off-loading the freight, we then loaded the equipment from a Dutch search and rescue crew and headed for Curacao.

After unloading the search and rescue equipment in Curacao, we then refueled and headed back to Miami on a 1100 mile leg, cleared customs, then made the short hop back to Opa Locka arriving at 0115.  Needless to say, it was a long but exceptionally rewarding day.  We had flown over 2000 miles in a DC-4, delivered aid to the Haitian earthquake vicitms, returned a search and rescue crews equipment and had a great time doing all of it.

More to follow later, when I get a bit more sleep and after I edit more of the almost 250 photos I shot.
Greg also appeared in this local news report about Florida Air Transport’s efforts to support Haiti relief. Thanks Greg for your support and sharing your experience. Looking forward to seeing and hearing more about your experiences.


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Scale Modeling Tips: Hold That Model II

by Gerald Voigt
January 15th, 2010

Here’s another tool resource that you probably already have in your kitchen…EGG CARTONS!

Egg_Jig_Baltrinic1Chris Baltrinic says:  “Basically, this is a good way to hold small models in various positions during decaling and construction. It is also a good place to rest your model during construction to prevent damaging the finish and/or to keep the surface from getting scratched up.

Just take a standard styrofoam egg carton and remove the top part (lid). Turn the bottom part upside down and you are ready to go.”

Chris’s pictures show that he is using those soft cushion type egg cartons. The compressed fiber and plastic ones are suitable as well but they don’t protect as well as these. I like the clear plastic ones for sorting small parts as I remove them from their sprues before storing them away in the appropriate drawer or bin of my parts stash.
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Thanks Chris for sharing another handy idea. One that helps not only the quality of our builds, but one that also stretches the modeling budget just a little further.

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THUNDERSTEAK

by Gerald Voigt
January 11th, 2010

This just in from friend and fellow modeler Bill Dye, his model of a  1/72 scale model of the Republic YF-96A Thunderstreak prototype.  Heller fuselage, Italeri wings, HAWK kit top fuselage/canopy area.

Finished with SnJ Spray Metal (no base coat or primer but plastic polished with Micro Surfacer Polishing system from Micro Mark).

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YF-96A Thunderstreak

AWESOME!!!  Thanks for sharing it with us Bill!

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