[WWI] How did you get here

[oRC51o at gmail.com]

I have always been fascinated by aircraft. It has been a passion of mine  
for as long as I can remember. I love the history of the men and I love the  
march of technology from wooden and fabric wings to corrugated metal wings.  
The engine technology from 1915 to 1945 (which is a really short period of  
time) is amazing. So, I build models as a homage to the brave men who flew  
these things and to the minds that created the machines in the first place.

I don't know what others do. My models are a gateway for conversations with  
others. Non-modelers will ask about the green and white banded DV and then  
we can have a conversation about poor Dilthey. Or people ask who Lo and Li  
are. That sparks a conversation about Stark and Udet. Both of him lead  
interesting lives. Women in particular seem to like the pretty colors of  
Stark's Fokker. :-)

This is curious to me. Do you mean family politics? I don't know enough  
about these men to understand if they were good guys or not. I recall a  
story of Jonnie strapping two kegs of beer to his bomb pylons and bringing  
them across the channel. When he landed they were nice and chilled. I don't  
remember the details precisely and it has the ring of urban legend. But  
like my Dad always says "don't let the truth get in the way of a good  
story!"

"So I moved onto WW2 stuff and the Spits my dad flew and the Lancs my uncle  
captained. Politics quickly raised their collective heads and I was  
forbidden to depict the aircraft of certain pilots. Interestingly, they  
were all Allied pilots.

 From what I can remember, Stanford-Tuck and his bunch of Merry Men were  
good guys. Mention of Jonnie Johnson was an invitation to make an  
appointment with a dentist."
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