We have a pair of simulators that players can buy minutes to either fly solo or dogfight with the other player. Over the top of the sims we wanted a dogfight display so I moved the BF-109G trailing smoke with a chewed up rudder and the pilot having popped the hood and starting to bail out with the victorious P-51 breaking off after delivering the fatal blow. I had to lengthen the smoke trail from its previous location.
In the second hanger we have our CV-12 Hornet (Essex Class) display in conjuntion with our long association with both the Doolittle Raiders and the first Hornet CV-8 (Yorktown class) and the Hornet Association and our local combat Vets from the Hornet.
I did a custom 21st C Avenger to represent plane 82 assigned to our very own Lt.JG. Ken Glass, TBF pilot and combat veteran in 1944. I have had the honor of associating with this gentleman through our Museum.
Our other Hornet Vet., Lt.JG. Don Brandt flew F6F Hellcats off the Hornet and was shot down by Japanese AA and was saved by a daring Submarine rescue in enemy waters. We have a stock BBI Helcat hanging that I will mod into Don's plane in the future. These two gentlemen are true American treasures and I am blessed to be able to associate with them.
Some of the stuffings are a gray-green color and made good shadowed bottom layers for the clouds. The clouds are stretched over and through a wire grid.
