MarkYoungCrewChief

A quick heads-up troops. For whatever reason, I went in and checked my hotel reservation. For some reason it had me arriving on Tuesday the 13th, (OK so far) but leaving on Saturday the 17th - Not OK. I called and was able to straighten it out and change the departure date to Sunday, 18 August. All is good now, but I had a lump in my throat there for a few minutes. I'd hate to be sleeping on the sidewalk outside the hotel on Saturday. See you in Loveland.

I am looking for a RVHP 1/72nd scale Learjet 35, known to the U S Air Force as the C-21A. There were several kits released, all with the same castings, differing only in the decals included. Any version of markings will do what needs to be done. This model is for the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Please contact me at the address below if you have one you are willing to part with. myoung135cc AT hughes.net Thank you OOPS - I meant to put this in Wants and Disposals. Please accept my apologies. Thank you (again)

I am looking for the Hobbycraft C-7A Caribou in 1/72nd scale, Kit #1343 (Vietnam version) Please contact me at myoung135cc at hughes.net if you have one you are willing to part with. TIA

Mark, Thanks for your offer, and we may take you up on it some time, but right now almost all of the kits are resin or vac form. Bob Jeff Garity at RarePlanes has already told us that finding the O'Neil kit will be virtually impossible. He gave us that verdict a couple of days ago and that is when the Curator asked me to try to find an already built model. Thanks again guys for your interest. We know this is a long shot, but stranger things have happened.

The National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, USA, is in need of a model of the Fairchild C-82 Packet in 1/72nd scale. We have tried finding a kit, but apparently none are available. If you have a built up model completed, would you be willing to donate it to the NMUSAF? I will put any responders in direct contact with the Curator, as I do not wish to be involved in the actual transaction. I am posting this appeal only due to my knowledge of the modeling community. I will gain nothing personally from this, other than the satisfaction of setting up the transfer. That, and I won't have to build the model myself, as I have a long list of other models they want done yesterday! Thank you for your consideration.

I am in need of a kit for the Fairchild C-82 Packet in 1/72 scale. So far my search on Google has turned up one very small mention of a vacform kit possibly being produced near the turn of the century by O'Neil Vacforms. If anyone knows of an injection molded kit, I sure would like to know about it. If anyone knows of the whereabouts of an available kit in any medium, I sure would like to know about it. Please email me direct at myoung135cc@hughes.net Thank You, Thank You Vurry Much, Ladies and Gentlemen. Added: Apparently O'Neil Vacforms did release the kit around 2000.

James has been kind enough to offer me his spare set of cowling. Thanks to James and thanks to those of you that have looked in on my request. Happy Modeling.

Hi Ed, Thanks for your informative reply. I am hoping someone will have a set of D cowls laying about that they will not be using. If none show up, then I will see about tracking down the QB set. Again, thanks for taking the time to reply to my request. Happy Modeling.

I am working on a model of the Swoose and need the "B-17D" model cowling with the cowl flaps. The Academy kit I have, number 2150, B-17C/D (and picked up on the trading table), has 8 "C" model cowls and 0 "D" model cowling. Does anyone have a set of 4 "D" model cowls with the cowl flaps they would be willing to send my way? I will gladly trade you 8 "C" cowls for the 4 "D" cowls or pay you outright for them, plus what ever postage fees are incurred. Thank you in advance for your interest and your assistance.

Wow, I have been a member since 1972. My first convention was Washington DC in '75 and counting Omaha, have been to 24 (of 39) of them. As much as I enjoy the models, seminars, tours and the vendors, it is the membership that I enjoy the best. Making new friends and renewing old friendships is the hightlight of the event. BTW, yours truely, Mark Young, was the chair of the 1988 Convention, hosted by the Dayton Area Plastic Modelers Society

Rob, Thanks for the reply. Like you say, not exactly what I am looking for, but there is some interesting background information here. I appreciate your interest and help. Thanks again. Mark

I'm looking for a photo, preferrably in color, of the DC-6B in which Dag Hammarskjold was killed near N´dola in Zambia, 18 Sept, 1961. The aircraft, C/N 43559, coded SE-BDY, was operated by Transair of Sweden and was under charter to the UN at the time. The aircaft was nicknamed "Albertina". I have Googled the web and images and have found very little on this, other than a reference that the aircraft was in UN markings, whatever that means. My search turned up one b&w photo taken in 1956, but I need one taken of the aircraft in the markings she was wearing when she crashed. Any assistance you can provide will be appreciated.

Hi Guys, Thanks to those that looked and tried to help, but I have found the decals. You can stop looking now. DRAW Decal has them.

I am looking for a set of decals in 1/72nd scale for C-130E 62-1787. She was an Air Force Cross recipient in Viet Nam and is headed for the National Museum of the Air Force. I am building a model for the museum to use in display planning, and if I can find that decal sheet, I think it will be neat. To be certain, I do not know for sure if a set has been released. It was heavily rumored a couple of years ago that release was pending, but I have not been able to find out anything definite. (So far, everything I have learned, I found it on Google). If you have a set you are willing to part with, or know where I can find a set, please em me at: myoungcc AT gmail.com Or, if you know for certain that they have not been released, I'd appreciate that information too.

I see a problem cutting the wheel and tire to fit into the spat like that. It will cause a definite "THUMP" as you roll the model across the table on the take off roll.

It was early spring, 1966, when the Navy was full and I went into the Air Force. Shifting sands of time and war I suppose. Bruce, when were you at NAVCOMSTA GUAM? I was at Andersen from May 1970 to May 1972 and had a good friend at NAVCOMSTA. He was a WO in personnel. Neither of us really knew what an airbrush was nor could either of us afford one by ourselves, so we went halves on our first airbrush, a Badger 200. We lived across the street from each other in Dededo until we moved into our respective base houses, but we would alternate between the houses, working together and teaching each other how to build a model. Neither of us had heard of IPMS at the time and were just a couple of neophytes floundering along. Contact with a model building chaplain at the main Naval base exposed us to IPMS and REAL model building. What a rush!! Please contact me off forum if you wish to continue this thread. myoungcc at gmail.com

Hi Chris, Thanks for the insight on the Naval Ops. It never hurts to hear about the other man's shoes. In reality, I tried joining the Navy first, but they were full up for a while, so went next do to the Air Force recruiter and the rest is history.

Pete, Thanks for the pics. I've gotten them downloaded and in my KC-135 directory. BTW, the B-52 is a G, not a D as captioned. Small, non-droppable tanks and blisters under the nose are the first clues. All of the Ds wore black bellys and I am most certain all Ds were scrapped long before 1981. I could not get the u-tube to work, as I am on a phone card in our camp trailer. We had one co-pilot in particular that was unofficially forbidden to bring the generators on line. He could shear a shaft just by looking at the generator sync panel. The boom operator usually did that part and was known to smack the back of the co's hand pretty hard if he even looked like he was reaching for the panel. One had to be very careful in cold weather. (You know these things, but others reading this might be interested) Take it easy - Happy Modeling BTW - you going to the Nats? I'll be there (if the creeks dont rise and the Dodge keeps running) and maybe we can get together.

Hey, it worked. Amazing. This picture was taken 12 June this year.

Hi guys, It is always great to talk to guys that have been there and done that. I was with the 17th OMS at Wright-Pat 1966-1970 and we had a reunion in early June. It was a blast from the past. Lots of war stories and you know every one of them was true! I'll try pasting the Photobucket file here - let's see what happens. I really like the avatar with the water wagon on lift off. I was at a fishing pond, right off the end of the runway, one day when an 8 ship MITO came right over the head. Awesome. "Gear Up - Flaps Up - Water burn out in...30 seconds." Actually, from what I hear, LeMay wanted the J-57 over the more expensive, but more powerful, TF-33, reasoning that "Fuel is Cheap".

John, I don't know how soon you need the information, but I was on the tanker task force that took the first 6 F-111's to SEA and have some 8mm film of them on the boom. Unfortunately, it will be the end of August before I get home from vacation (and the convention).

Oops, looks like I don't know how to post pictures. Need to go find out, huh?

Ah, just a bunch of kids!!! Back in the 60s we started the engines with a pull cord and Zippo lighter!! The procedures changed a little through the years, but the mission and the dedication did not. As a tanker toad, we spent a lot of time in the winter heating, dumping and servicing water, but that was winter in Ohio. That was the only time we would use the MD-3A power cart. Probably wrong, but I don't remember using it even during the crew change overs. My profile has a picture of me with my KC-135A taken in 1968. In June I was priviledged enough to visit my old bird. She is with the Iowa ANG and is in excellent hands. It was a very emotional day for me. The Alert B-52E Bomber Bums used MD3s on a daily basis, if I remember correctly, for preflight at least. They did not use them for alert engine starts, but positioned them between engine pods #1 and #2, so it would be cleared when the aircraft did have to taxi. I doubt that I want to repeat my experiances with SAC, but I am glad to have had them and will never forget them. Mark

Dave Thanks for the reply and reference. I have two on order from Hobbylinc.com. Happy Modeling

Nice work on the Wildcat but I could not help but notice the fixture you had the model setting on. Can you tell us what it is and where you got it? Wanna sell yours? Happy modeling