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02-08-2010 —
The last three
albums from the
Pacific Coast Dream
and one from Castle
Air museum machines
comprise our
Softskins update.
We've added the
albums containing
Dodge M37 Cargo 4x4,
Dodge WC57 Command
Car,
International
Harvester M-3L-4 Tow
Truck and
M43 3/4 ton 4x4
Dodge Ambulance
Truck.
02-04-2010 —
The aircraft in
today's update come
from Pacific Coast
Dream Machines Air
Show 2009.
We've added
Mitsubishi A6M3 Type
22 Zero and it's
opponent -
Grumman F6F-5K
Hellcat to the
Fighters 1919-1945
section, while the
Civilian section
was updated with
Yakovlev Yak-55M
and
Piper Super Cub.
02-01-2010 —
This Monday we
have the artillery
related update for
you. The
Soviet 122mm A-19
Field Gun was
added from Fort Sill
Artillery Museum in
Oklahoma, the
US 10" Rodman Cannon
and Model 1861
Barbette Mount
came from Fort Point
in San Francisco,
while
US M1 57mm Anti-Tank
Gun and
Browning M2 0.50
caliber Water Cooled
Anti-Aircraft
Machine Gun both
come from Virginia
War Museum.
01-28-2010 —
The photos from
from last year's
Castle Air Museum
open cockpit day
give us the
following albums -
Convair F-102A-70-CO
Delta Dagger,
McDonell-Douglas
A-4L Skyhawk,
Fairchild C-123K
Provider and new
photos of the rear
gunner cockpit for
the
Boeing B-52D-80-BO
Stratofortress.
01-25-2010 —
A day dedicated
to the armored
vehicles brings us
four different
albums from four
different places.
Worthington Tank
Park gives us a
Italian
Fiat M13/40
light tank, Patton
Museum delivers an
XM551 Sheridan -
prototype of the air
droppable tank,
Aberdeen Proving
Grounds shows off
it's
SdKfz 186 Jagdtiger
heavy tank destroyer
and finally
Littlefield
Collection closes
off the selection
with a
Dragoon ASV 150
armored car.
01-21-2010 —
Today's aircraft
come from last
year's
Pacific Coast Dream
Machines 2009
air show.
We've added the
photos of
North American
P-51A-1NA Mustang,
North American T-6G
Texan and
Waco YMF-5.
01-18-2010 —
The softskin
photos in the update
for Monday all come
from former Soviet
Union. We've
added the photos of
the
Laffly S20TL and
Dodge WC63 from
Lehn Collection in
Moscow while
BKT-RK2 Wheeled
Bulldozer and
P-37 Radar
Rangefinder come
from the Stalin Line
Museum in Belarus.
01-14-2010 —
Even more clean
up brings us the
last four albums
from the Beale AFB
2009 Air Show.
We've added the
photos of latest
version of the
venerable Huey -
Bell UH-1Y Venom,
rare training
version of the U-2
spy plane -
Lockheed TU-2S,
Northrop T-38C Talon
trainer and one of
the last US Air
Force
Cessna T-37B Tweety
Birds which was
flying straight from
the Air Show to its
retirement home in
Pima Arizona.
01-11-2010 —
The theme for
today's update is
British tanks from
WWI to WWII and to
that extent we've
posted the photos of
the
Medium Mark A
Whippet,
MkII Medium,
Matilda Mk.II
and
Infantry Tank III
Valentine Mk. VI.
The Mk II Medium is
from the Aberdeen
Proving Grounds and
the rest of the
tanks are from
Worthington Tank
Park in Ontario,
Canada.
We've also added
two new models to the Members' Models gallery -
1/48 F2G Number 84
and
1/48 F-18 Hornet
(Blue Angels)
both built by Rodney
Williams.
01-07-2010 —
Posted the last
four albums from
Hiller museum.
We've added the
photos of the
Boeing 747-100
Cockpit,
Fairchild 24 C8C,
Hiller XROE-1
Rotorcycle and
Pratt-Whitney JT9D.
01-04-2010 —
Continuing the
clean up theme we've
added last three
walkarounds from the
The Air Force Museum
of the German
Federal Armed Forces
in Gatow -
S-125 Neva (NATO -
SA-3 Goa),
S-200 Angara (NATO -
SA-5 Gammon) and
UB-32 Rocket
Launcher.
We've also added the
photos of the
SdKfz 184 Elephant
(Ferdinand) from
Aberdeen Proving
Ground.
12-28-2009 —
Posted last two walkarounds from the USS Hornet - McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II and United Tractor GC-340-4 A9 Tow Tractor. Also added two albums from 2009 Beale Air Show - Nanchang CJ-6A and Bell AH-1Z Viper.
We've also posted photos from December 2009 meeting and gift exchange of the SVSM.
12-24-2009 —
Today's artillery update brings us four new guns - US M1A1 Howitzer on the M6A2 Mount and French 25mm SA Mle.37 Anti-Tank Gun from Motts Military Museum in Ohio, 100+ new photos of the Soviet ZPU-4 14.5mm AA Gun from Jacques Littlefield's and US 155mm GPF Model 1918 Coast Defense Gun from Park Presidio in San Francisco, CA.
We've also added a new model to the Members' Models gallery - USS Annapolis SSN-760 scratchbuilt by Vladimir Yakubov in 1/700 scale.
12-21-2009 —
Hiller museum
provides more
unusual stuff
for an aviation
update today.
We've added a
Hiller OH-23A
Raven,
Brown B-2 Racer
"Miss Los
Angeles",
Bell Jet Pack
and
1914 Ford Model
T Station Wagon.
12-17-2009 —
Haven't had any
dedicated armor
updates in a
while, so here
is one.
We've added to
US and two
Russian
subjects.
The US armor is
LVT(A)1
amphibious tank
from Patton
Museum and
T29
experimental
heavy tank from
Fort Knox, while
the Russian
subjects are
Ba-64B
armored car from
Lehn Collection
and
IRM Engineering
Reconnaissance
Vehicle from
Stalin Line
Museum.
All have been
added to the
Armor album.
12-14-2009 —
Today's aviation
update brings us
Dassault/Dornier
Alpha Jet
and
Northrop RQ-4
Global Hawk
both from Beale
AFB Air Show
2009,
Grumman F11F
Tiger Nose
from USS Hornet
and finally
Wright J65
Jet Engine from
Wings over the
Rockies Museum.
12-10-2009 —
Two museums, a
gun and a jeep
make up today's
update.
We've added the
photos of
California
Military Museum
and
California State
Railroad Museum
both located in
Sacramento, CA,
French 24pdr
Cannon from
Presidio, San
Francisco and
Willys MB
photographed at
the Oldtimer
Gallery, in
Moscow, Russia.
12-07-2009 —
Couple of
cockpits and
couple of
unusual flying
objects were
posted as a part
of today's air
update.
We've added a
Douglas A-4M
Skyhawk Cockpit
and
Boeing 737-200
Cockpit, as
well as
Buhl Autogyro
and
Solotech XFV
(Exoskeleton
Flying Vehicle)
to the
Aircraft
album.
We've also
posted the
photos from the
last two local
contests of the
year -
Antelope Valley
Classic 2009
and
SilverCon 2009
- to the
Model Shows
category.
12-03-2009 —
This update
contains a
little bit of
everything taken
at former NAS
Alameda.
The album with
the photos of
the
Alameda Naval
Air Museum
was added to the
Museums,
Airshows &
Military Bases
album,
International
Harvester M-1-4
1/2 Ton Weapons
Carrier Truck
with a trailer
was added to the
Softskins
album,
Browning .303
Anti-Aircraft
Machine Gun
was added to the
Infantry Weapons
album and
finally
Golden Gate
Classic
Thunderbird Club
Display was
added to the
Automotive
album.
11-30-2009 —
After missing a
Thursday update
for the
Thanksgiving
break we've
added four
aircraft related
walkarounds.
From USS Hornet
-
North American
FJ-2 Fury
and
Lockheed S-3B
Viking, from
McMinnville Air
Museum -
North American
T-2C Buckeye
and finally from
Tillamo0k Air
Museum -
Continental
O-470-11 Engine.
11-23-2009 —
The armor in
today's update
comes from
Littlefield's
collection.
We've added the
photos of
M4A2E8 76(W),
M551 Sheridan,
Alvis FV 610
Saracen Armored
Command Post
and
Ford GAA V-8
engine to
the
Armor album.
11-19-2009 —
Thursday aircraft update has four albums from the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA. The albums are -
1911 Black Diamond aircraft, the
Wright 4 Cylinder engine that powered the first aircraft to fly across US,
Hiller YH-32A an experimental ram-jet powered attack helicopter from the 40s and a civilian acrobatic biplane
Travel Air D-4-D.
11-16-2009 —
The
Motts Military Museum from Columbus Ohio brings us the new military walkarounds. We've added the photos of the
M42A1 Duster,
Soviet 122mm D-74 Field Gun and
4.7" Gun Caisson Model 1916.
11-12-2009 —
Beale AFB air show is the source of the photographs in the today's update. We've added the albums containing a
Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II,
Canadair T-33A-N Silver Star,
Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady and
Grove Model MB-2 Tow Tractor.
11-08-2009 —
The missiles in the today's update come from the
The Air Force Museum of the German Federal Armed Forces in Gatow, Germany. We've added the photos of the
Raytheon MIM-23 Hawk,
Western Electric MIM-14 Nike Hercules and
S-75 Dvina (NATO - SA-2 Guideline) to the
Missiles album.
11-05-2009 —
During another trip to the
Hiller Air Museum, we shot another series of walkarounds from there. To being with we've added the photos of the
United Helicopters UH-12C,
Christen Eagle II and updated the
Boeing Condor High Altitude Drone album with 40 more photos.
We've also added a new model to the
Members' Models gallery -
Soviet Attack Submarine K-461 (Akula class) from Takara built by Vladimir Yakubov in 1/700 scale.
11-02-2009 —
Today's armor and softskin update comes from Fort Knox and Patton Museum. We've added the photos of the
M60A1 MBT,
Type 97 Te-Ke tankette, General Patton's Limousine -
1938 Cadillac Limousine Series 75 and his
Headquarters Truck.
We've also added a new model to the
Members' Models gallery -
Revell 1/72 Boeing P-26A Peashooter built by Vladimir Yakubov.
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