Warbird Information Exchange

I like the office display. Very nice.
I wish I had a little more space to do something similar!

I would recommend that you maybe post multiple images in one post rather than many separate posts. It would make it easier for everyone to browse through the photos of your collection.
Jerry

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I'm new at this on Wix Jerry, and if I knew how to do that, I would! Had a hard enough time posting the photos!! I'm not computer savy!! Thanks for the comeback!

As a model builder, I love the photos of the B-17, B-29, and B-25s. But they are in the wrong forum; they belong in the WIX Modelers forum.

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"Welcome back Mr. Lasky."

How do I do that?

I guess you would post the photos there the same way you posted them in the WIX hangar, but I guess that would be next time you post photos of your excellent work. If it bothers the moderators, I am sure they will move the thread over there.

I have over 400 unbuilt, brand new 1/48 scale WWII aircraft models in storage. I did not start out as a collector--it just kind of happened. I also have about twenty 1/48 scale WWII airplanes flying around my house or in diorama displays (not counting Car models, Motorcycles, military vehicles, tracked vehicles, Auto and Airplane powerplant models and structure/building models I have all over the place).

Keep up the great work and check out the excellent model gallery here on WIX (also see the great models on the armyairforces.com model forum).

By the way, where did you get the airplane wreckage nailed to the wall next to the B-25 models? What is it from? What are the details ?

TonyM.

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Hi Tony,
I believe you are talking about Glacier Girl, and the parts or pieces thereof. She became a passion of mine back in 1992. I made several trips to the museum when it was based in Middlesboro, Kentucky. I gave every chance I got a spare dollar, even to the point of having some special Polo shirts made up for Project Manager Bob Cardin and his wife Kathy. Bob, a man of few words, would sent me pieces of value, ones that could not be replaced for any price to show his appreciation, thus, the pieces on the wall. I even have an engine bearing our of her left engine after her first flight of which I attended in 2002. These pieces were under the glacier for over 50 years, covered by 268 feet of snow and ice. One piece of the aileron from the left wing still has writting on the inside in pencil with an arrow pointing to a hole that says, "put one more rivet here"! You can't get much more historical than that! On one trip there, I had recently purchased an IFF box from a P-38 for my office display. I asked if I could take a look at the IFF lights under the "Girl" so Bob got under the fuselage with me. He told me the original IFF lights were of no use so they had to build new ones for the Glacier Girl. I told him I wanted to build one for my office. He went back in the shop, and brought out the original oak template that they used to make the rebuild, handed it to me and said, take this home, and when you get done with it send it back COD!! Well, I built one to match for my office, and took it back by hand to him. We lived 600 miles from the museum, but it was well worth each and every trip we took! Sadly, after Roy Shoffner passed away, the family sold the plane to Rod Lewis in Texas, and Bob and wife went with the plane.

You and me both brother BTW I really like how you paint your display shelves O.D. Green. Really sets off the theme. I'll hafta keep that in mind when I do my office. Thanks for posting and don't mind the Nit-Pickers. Plenty of people have posted pictures of their "offices" and "man-caves" in the WIX Hanger. I wouldn't sweat it.





















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Man, those photos bring back some memories!!! I still give talks on the "Girl" from time to time here where I live, mainly for veterans groups etc. I take all the pieces I have of her so they can actually feel her, and know that the pieces they are holding were under a glacier for 50 years! I often refer to her as the "8th wonder of the world". She is probably one of the finest restorations out there. Bob was the kind of guy that if it wasn't done his way, it wasn't done. I still say if it weren't for Bob and his passion for this P-38, she would still be in the ice!!
Thanks for the kind words about the display. I love my office! It is my sanctuary!! If you would like to see more photos of the office, send your email address and I'll be moe than happy to send. Mine mrb17f@verizon.net.

Howdy Shay

Have sent you a PM

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