(Editor's Note: After almost exactly a year's absence - no doubt recovering from the last presidential election, and the "Change" we actually got stuck with - John Bange returns, now building in 1/72 scale. Note below, however, that even in this scale - almost 7 times larger than his earlier, preferred scale of 1/500 - John is still bashing on the classic kits - still Johnny Bange! -Ed.)


" Here are some photos of my latest efforts in various stages of completion:


Click on Image to Enlarge It is a lot more comfortable to be able to see without some fly tying goggles on top of my glasses.

The subchaser is an old Glencoe kit waiting for a paint scheme:


Click on Image to Enlarge (ANY SUGGESTIONS!) As an old kit basher, I could not resist. Thinking the early WWII (US) navy was short of ships, I assumed they used whatever was floating. I have upgraded this ship a little with a new main gun...a new 37 mm auto Oldsmobile cannon from White Ensign and a new 20 mm from Lt. Kennedy('s PT-109) via Revell.

The Flower class corvette is slowly getting there:


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In the next few months I plan to build a Revell Gato, Uboat (Type VII), PBY, (Revell) PT boat (missing it's 20mm and upgraded with a 40mm), Vosper mtb, and a (German) S boat...don't know where I'm going to store them..."