Fly Like A Model

Okay, so I forgot the glue. I finally found the model I wanted for my birthday, and I forgot the glue. I can offer up a defense, though. Painting a model is something I've never done, actually finising a model is something I've never done, so finding all the paints listed on the side of the model box was a new expierience for me; In short, I was distracted. The last time I tried to put together a model, was over a decade ago, and it was a Blue Angel. It crashed. I've also tried to construct this very model before, too, but without any forethought. Now, thanks to all the advice that's been given me by my parents and my many therapists during my illustrious career in hospitals, I'm ready to do this model right, slowly, and as accurately as possible. As a matter of fact, a certain plane (the model I'm making) and I have a history. I made it a point to go see it almost seven years ago (2002) a week before my first brain surgery. Woozy, nauseated, and on the verge of passing out, I made the trip, and took several pictures of the plane. Six and some-odd years later (2008), at an airshow, the exact same airplane shows up. I know I will fly her one day. I would love to fly. Oh by the way, the plane is the P-40B Flying Tiger No. 5.

Here it is in 2002



And again in 2008