Getting Her Ready

This year the Lancaster of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum one of only two flying Lancasters in the world will be crossing, “The Pond,” to join up with the Battle of Britain Commemorative Flight in the United Kingdom to honor the sacrifices of Bomber Command Veterans.  The flight will be the first formation of Lancaster …

Another Bike Show

So I made it out to the last bike show of the season at the International Center last weekend.  My goal was of course to pick up a new helmet and snap some shots of any interesting bikes that might be there. It’s not been a good year for motorcycle shows or should I say …

Heritagecon 8 – 2014 – Part 3

So now we’re into the diorama section and this year was different from any of the other years or at least it felt different.  For example in, “The Interrogation,” it depicts a pretty bleak period at the very beginning of the second World War.  Not something I’ve ever seen at a model show before.  Even …

Heritagecon 8 – 2014 – Part 2

So it’s taken me three days of concerted effort to work my way through the shots I took at Heritagecon 8 on Sunday.  It’s still been worth it. I’ll be honest, I never mastered the art of dry brushing and while I know scale models of armor are very popular  and I’ve always been impressed …

Heritagecon 8 – 2014 – Part 1

Each year I look forward to the Heritagecon held at the Canadian Heritage Warplane Museum in Mount Hope.  The mastery of the model builders is always inspiring to see and the atmosphere is pretty cool too.  This year I was able to get my hands on the old Airfix Stirling Bomber Kit in its original …