Today myself and a couple of other members of the team were very lucky to slip out of 29 Palms and down to the Palm Springs Air Museum. If you love all things that fly then this is the place for you. I'm not much of a expert on aircraft from the second world war but I was extremely impressed with the collection, many of which can be rolled out the door and flown. The Museum virtually runs off donations so if you do happen to drive by I encourage you to call in and have look at the fantastic collection they have.
The B-17G Flying Fortress. Very impressive in size I could not believe that out of the 12000 odd thousand they made, over 40% were lost in combat.
I'm not sure on this one but it was introduced right at the end of the second war war and did not see combat. However in Korea it saw plenty.
P40N - Kittyhawk (I think) This one saw combat in China.
PBY-5A - Catalina
Another set of images from Leroy's painting table - Perry Miniatures Hesse-Cassel Grenadiers for the American War of Independence. The figures are being painted for a friend of both myself and Leroy - Gavin Shanks who is one of Queensland's gentleman gamers and a very lucky man to have Leroy doing some work for him.
As promised I have had Leroy send through images of his latest and greatest painting commissions for me, just so that I can place something for you up on the blog other then my holiday. The figures pictured are from the great Old Glory Ottoman Range (The Long Decline) and are firstly the Ottoman Artillery and crew and followed by the Albanian Infantry (18th to 19th Century). The figures have been painted for John Maguire's ever growing Ottoman Collection in Townsville..the lucky buggar.
Landed in the USA just three days ago, still feeling a little jet lagged so I thought I might go for a run up into the hills. Not much to look at but this is where I will be working for the next five months.
