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Here are some pictures of a B25 that arrived in Helena yesterday. The other man with me in the picture had his dad in WW2 and was a pilot on a plane in the South Pacific.I'm on the left and he's on the right in the first picture.The plane is here until Sunday. elkhunter The helicopter is on...

These are a few pictures taken at the museum while traveling to the 2012 PNW in Washington.One shows the insturment panel of a B-17 and the other is an l-5 on display there.

These are the planes I've been working on. One is a 1/72 scale De Havilland U-1A "Otter" in typical Arctic colors including Alaska. The other one is a 1/48th scale De Havilland U-1A "Otter" that has been partially modified. The U.S. Army decals on the right wing on the 1/48th scale are a...

Just had a P51 Mustang fly in front of the cabin here at the lake about 15 minutes ago. He was about 200 feet above the water. I heard him but couldn't get to my camera fast enough for a picture. Boy was he a sight to see! If anyone can post a picture feel free to do it. He comes thru here every...

These helicopters were coming from Helena and going to Great Falls to the Air Guard base. There were 4 but was only able to catch 3 of them in the picture.

Chrysler Jeep is coming out with a new version of the M715 this year. Saw pictures and information on it on AOL autoblog. Posting this for you M715 types.

Saw them in a military vehicle modeling magazine today. If anyone is interested I'll get the name of the magazine and the company who makes the model kits.This trailer kit is a perfect " match " for the 1/35 scale model of the M35A2 by AFV.

Just watched an interesting episode on Meccum Auto Auctions. There was a real nice 1965 CJ5 Military Jeep with a recoiless rifle on it. the winning bid was $ 12,500. It was very nice. Did such a beast exist ?

This Blackhawk helicopter was practicing in front of our cabin at Upper Holter Lake northeast of Helena, Montana in preparation for the upcomingfire season..

M62 Wrecker (restored by Sgt. Sam) This wrecker got ohhh's and ahhh's in a couple of parades in Idaho! Nice job Sgt. Sam

Took my two grandsons for a short ride yesterday and went thru the proper shifting sequence with the 15 year old to show him how easy it was. He did a perfect job shifting the gears and the smile on his face was awsome! Anyway his first experience driving a deuce wil be something we will...

I have to use a lot of pressure with my foot to push down on the accelerator to give my deuce fuel to give it forward momentum. My foot gets tired keeping it pushed down. Is there something I can do like installing a spring thats less stiff? Anyone have a suggestion? Hope this isn't a stupid...

On Dish satellite on Saturday at 9:00AM on channel 168(Spike) on the program Extreme 4X4 the first part of" bobbing "a deuce is going to be shown. They are converting a 6x6 firetruck into a "Bobbed Deuce". It comes on again Sunday morning at 7:30 AM MST and will show Part 1 again. Just for your...

A new run of M35A2's (Cargo Truck are now available). They are the 1/35 Scale by AFV and can be ordered by going to Hobby Search. The item code is:AF35004.Store code is:10106472. I am in the understanding that there are only a limited run of 2,000. Someone on SteelSoldiers had this information a...

This picture used in my avatar was in the Army National Guard Magazine and was taken by my daughter in the Merriwether Fire in 2007 Near Helena Montana in a lighting caused fire that eventually burned 40,000 acres. Attached are more picturs including a "Sky Crane" behind my house at the...

This replica no longer in production since 2001 is nicely detailed. I changed the .30 cal Browning for a .50 cal Browning and added a figure manning the gun. Enjoy!

I have a radio controlled M113 and it is available if anyone is interested.

Can anyone guess what this is? It came off my deuce that came from Alaska. I'll put on a few pictures to help. This might be fun!

Finally brought in my M35A2 "Cheechako" home from town where it's been since November when it was used for "Toys for Tots". It's nice tgo have it at the cabin again. Had three steep hills to bring it up, but it was chained up on the front. The trip went well and the truck performed as it...

There is a good article on the M35A2 in the December Issue of Hemmings Motor News Magazine on page 58. Some pictures also. Photo's are a courtesy of BROADBANDTACTICAL.COM and BUSCHANDBUSCH.COM