Marty Sanford
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Retired Fire Chief |
| Introduction | Model building has been a way for me to combine my three great passions: Aviation and Military History, Art and imagery through the technical skills of building, detailing, painting and decaling models, and finally that of telling the story behind the model. In Civil Air Patrol I learned an appreciation for for how Aerospace has shaped our world, but my love of aviation history was rooted long before even then, when I built my first model, an Aurora P-40 Warhawk as a kid in the early 1960's. Painting and weathering models are my favorite parts of model building, but almost equally I enjoy researching the history of a given machine and it's crew. The quest for authenticity fascinates me to this day. I hope you agree as you follow along. Also, I always admired the modelers I have met who were willing to share what they knew freely with others. Those guys who kept secrets on how they did something weren't very worthy of respect in my eyes. This blog is dedicated to opening the window on how I have pursued a project on its path to being one of my models. |