Living in the Past?

Feb 9

Posted by

box-top-p-61

Back in December 2016, researcher, historian and hobbyist, Pierre Lagacé offered to construct a model of the P-61 Black Widow from WWII for me. The Northrop aircraft had operated around the SW Pacific during Smitty’s tour on the ground, which only increased my interest. To read a first-hand account of a P-61 in action:
https://forgottenhobby.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/on-december-29th-1944/

My Forgotten Hobby

I am not living in the past. I am just remembering the past.

Remembering is something I just can’t over with just like writing about the past.

This is an update about my P-61 Black Widow I built which someone will always remember.

  001-640x606

It all started when I asked my readers to choose the next project. The Black Widow won hands down.

It was GP’s favorite plane…

Then I had this plan about GP’s favorite plane.

Packing the Black Widow and shipping it to GP in a box within a box.

20170122_153709

I did not have time to take pictures on how I packed it so I asked GP to take pictures.

This is the end result.

001-640x480-3

The box

002-640x480-3

The box within the box

003-640x480-3

004-640x480-3

005-640x480

The Black Widow arrived safety except for a broken strut which GP repaired gingerly.

001-640x480-2 

Next time on this blog…

g11635

View original post

About GP

Everett Smith served with the Headquarters Company, 187th Regiment, 11th A/B Division during WWII. This site is in tribute to my father, "Smitty." GP is a member of the 11th Airborne Association. Member # 4511 and extremely proud of that fact!

Posted on February 9, 2017, in Current News, Uncategorized, WWII and tagged , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 111 Comments.

  1. Carl D'Agostino | March 8, 2017 at 12:12 PM

    I still make model airplanes, WW I. 1/72 scale , small for these old arthritic fingers. It is enjoyable to paint them to match origin markings.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  2. jcalberta | March 1, 2017 at 2:52 PM

    Nice. My 4 brothers and I had lots of models.
    Unfortunately, boys think models are toys and their lifespan is pretty short.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  3. 56packardman | February 22, 2017 at 12:55 AM

    What a fine model – and what a fine gesture on Pierre’s part! 🙂

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  4. Pierre Lagacé | February 17, 2017 at 2:14 PM

    This is comment no. 100.
    I will read what I missed.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  5. aussieian2011 | February 17, 2017 at 2:04 AM

    A beautiful gesture from a Word press Buddy gp, lovely to see two friends whose shared interests form such a great bond of friendship.

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  6. shoreacres | February 16, 2017 at 8:05 AM

    I’ve had this post open in a tab forever, just so I’d remember to come by and mention the one thing that really impressed me: the packing job. I spent a good bit of time buying and selling antique china on ebay, and believe me — learning to ship that stuff so it wasn’t broken when it arrived was a challenge. I’m so glad you’re arrived in good order, and that you shared it with us.

    I’ve never built a model before, but I have one waiting for me in the closet. It’s not an airplane — well, not exactly — but one of these days I’ll get around to it, and you can see it on my blog.

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
    • GP Cox | February 16, 2017 at 1:42 PM

      I’ll definitely look for it, Linda.
      When Pierre told me he was going to do this for me, I was floored!! It shows just what a good job packing he did, it went from Quebec to So. Florida – 2 different postal systems didn’t destroy it!!

      Liked by 2 people

      Reply
  7. Lady G | February 14, 2017 at 5:55 PM

    THIS IS AWESOME! How kind that was? It goes to show how many people have come to ‘know’, admire and respect you and your Dad 🙂

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  8. PARTNERING WITH EAGLES | February 13, 2017 at 10:51 PM

    One of many other models I built before I reached 17. Many of those were Monogram, in preference to Revell, Lindberg, and especially the mediocre company, Aurora. Another memorable one was Airfix’s B17 “G”

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  9. Amy | February 12, 2017 at 1:27 PM

    Truly amazing! Thanks for sharing!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  10. Linda Arthur Tejera | February 11, 2017 at 3:31 PM

    How cool 😎 is that! What a great blogger friend to create that bit of history for you! 🤗

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  11. Curt Mekemson | February 11, 2017 at 12:47 PM

    What fun, G. A nice reward for all of your efforts. Hats off to Pierre! –Curt

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  12. Sheryl | February 11, 2017 at 9:41 AM

    It was so kind of Pierre to send you the plane. This post brought brought back warm memories of my children making similar kits years ago.

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  13. chattykerry | February 11, 2017 at 9:05 AM

    Is that you, naked, in front of the model. Naughty!

    Like

    Reply
  15. elizabeth ann johnson-murphree | February 10, 2017 at 9:50 AM

    Living in the past; we all do to a certain extent, there are many who will not admit it as we are suppose to move forward. I say, how can we get to the future if we do not remember the past. Have a great weekend. Ann

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  17. YellowCable | February 9, 2017 at 7:47 PM

    Building plastic models used to be my favorite hobby when I was younger. I got many planes but I do not think I ever had Black Widow. Good to see the model of Black Widow here and glad that you show the box. I still remember Monogram well.

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  18. Int'l Historical Research Associates | February 9, 2017 at 6:07 PM

    Bet that made your week! How nice of Pierre to send you that plane. Also, there’s a familiar book in the background of that first shot 🙂

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply
  21. Jacqui Murray | February 9, 2017 at 11:48 AM

    What a treasure. How are you going to display it?

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  22. Susan Marie Molloy | February 9, 2017 at 11:33 AM

    That’s great; so well done!

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  23. Jet Eliot | February 9, 2017 at 10:32 AM

    I love the sweetness here of friendship, salutation, craft, and honor — lovely post, GP.

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply
  24. gunnardeckare | February 9, 2017 at 10:17 AM

    Your posts are always interesting to read

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  25. Dan Antion | February 9, 2017 at 8:13 AM

    I’ve received parcels like that. I think model makers are excellent at packing. I have an A-10 Warthog that made it safely from England.

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply
  26. Dina | February 9, 2017 at 7:53 AM

    Amazing work! And what a treat! 🙂
    All smiles,
    warm greetings from Norway. x

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply
  27. Heartafire | February 9, 2017 at 7:49 AM

    A beauty!

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  28. jfwknifton | February 9, 2017 at 7:39 AM

    That delicate parcel would be a worthy challenge to our postal service, and one which they would eagerly take up.

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  29. swabby429 | February 9, 2017 at 7:30 AM

    That’s a beautifully detailed scale model. Very nicely done. I know what it takes to build one of these, because I used to enjoy building models, too.

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply
  30. Eric Alagan | February 9, 2017 at 7:28 AM

    When model building was a hobby of mine – about a 100 years ago – I preferred building ships. But this is cool – the Black Widow.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  31. derrickjknight | February 9, 2017 at 6:50 AM

    Your comments all over WordPress demonstrate your ability to stay in the present

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply
  32. usathroughoureyes | February 9, 2017 at 6:43 AM

    I remember as a child building a plastic model of this airplane and see its history is enlightening. Thank you.

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply
  33. lobotero | February 9, 2017 at 6:22 AM

    P-38 was the one I was thinking of…sorry about that….I digress….have a good day….chuq

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  35. lobotero | February 9, 2017 at 6:14 AM

    P-61? I had not heard of it before now….amazing in itself….chuq

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply
  36. The Tactical Hermit | February 9, 2017 at 6:13 AM

    The P-38 Lightning and P-61 Black Widow are two of my ALL TIME Favorite WW2 airplanes. I remember doing models as a kid and for each plane I would do research. I would then copy what I had found onto a 3×5 note card and display it with each plane! My room looked like a small Airplane museum! I guess that was the beginnings of how I became a Military Historian!!

    Beautiful piece of work GP!!

    Liked by 4 people

    Reply
  37. beetleypete | February 9, 2017 at 6:00 AM

    I think my comment was lost again…
    It might show up, as it did before.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  38. beetleypete | February 9, 2017 at 6:00 AM

    What a great gift of model-building. And so nice to see the ‘giving process’ in action.
    Best wishes, Pete.

    Liked by 5 people

    Reply
  39. inavukic | February 9, 2017 at 5:46 AM

    Looks true to life, that’s for sure 🙂

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.