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OOPS: Forgot to say the show is open through July 8th at the Octagon Gallery.

"A MIghty Endeavor"-- a tribute to the men and women who made the world safe for democracy during WWII, will open in the Patterson Library Octagon Gallery in Westfield, NY, on June 14th, at 7 pm. Seventy-five years ago, June 6th, 1944, the Allied Invasion of Normandy marred the turning point...

Great information fellas. I just ordered a Hobby Boss 1/48 scale model and wanted to see what you said about the bird.

The only figures I have are these: Between January and April 1941, flak accounted for 79% of the 144 aircraft downed in the West. In 1944 Flak accounted for 3,500 American planes destroyed; fighters shot down about 2,900 in the same time period. Between June and August 1944 the US 8thAF lost 341...

Well done! You have expanded the knowledge I had of this.

Thanks again.

Thanks. The circumstances of the event were so unusual, Spanish Civil War veterans firing the first shots in the liberation of Paris, that it inspired me to make a diorama instead of the one I had planned to make.

I apologize for the fact that the only winged creature's in this diorama are chickens. But I've been lurking forever without posting anything, and I just completed a WWII diorama I'd like to share with the group. The most celebrated moment in the Free French 2nd Armored Division’s history was...

Very nice work!

Beautiful work, John. Great detail. Totally clean.

Interesting choice.

Nice bird, Vic. Beautiful markings.

Nothing short of spectacular in my eyes!

So am I.

Very nice. Clean, crisp paint work.