My friend Mike gave me a Monogram
1:48 AT-6 Texan for my birthday. It was a terrific kit with a detailed interior
and excellent figures. I built the kit OOB and painted/decaled it as an Army
trainer. I finished it with a coat of Future. It was a pleasure to build and I
am particularly proud of my work on the figures.
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As you can see, the kit is
posed on a cutting board in the kitchen in front of my wife's "I Love
Lucy" collection. Well...this is disgraceful. I had to do something
about that.
I also build models in 3D. I asked myself, "Why not build a 3D
airfield?" I can pose the Texan at a classic 1940's rural Texas Army
airfield. So I began the 3D work and it really "took off."
"Whitney Field" is named
after my wife. It includes a variety of 3D models I have built over the years.
So I asked myself again, "How
can I showcase 3D models from different ages of flight in my airfield?"
Answer: Whitney Field has a Flight Museum!
I typically build a 3D model after I
have built a scale model. I built a 1:48 Stuka (also featured on ARC) and a 1:48
Spirit of St. Louis. I used the scale models as a reference for construction of
the 3D models.
I'd like to invite you to visit
Whitney Field to see more 3D aircraft and the art gallery. There are also some
animated P-40's playing chicken. Put those guys on report!
http://www.shortfuse3d.com
Konley Kelley
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