dustin Posted March 15, 2014 Author #101 Posted March 15, 2014 Thanks Franco! I have been making a bunch of minor adjustments and as always new additions across the room. I also took better resolution photos for in update.
BlueBookGuy Posted March 15, 2014 #109 Posted March 15, 2014 Always GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( maybe, better HUGE )
jerry_k Posted March 16, 2014 #110 Posted March 16, 2014 Nice new vest Dustin ! Glad You got it! Cheers, Jerry
dustin Posted July 26, 2014 Author #111 Posted July 26, 2014 I put together a new themed display recently of a "Well Prepared" USAAF pilot or aircrew member. In "survival" indoctrination it always stated to be prepared , this individual took steps to assure he would have a compliment of provisions to assure his survival. This USAAF member was forced to bailout somewhere over the Philippines in the spring of 1945. He has just taken inventory of his provisions and on his person is a C-1 vest, pistol belt with two extra magazines, M1910 canteen and supplemented with a E-17 sustenance kit and Australian leg machete attached to left shin. In his left hand he retained the life vest as it may be useful to ford steams, use as a seat cushion or sleeping pad and could prove valuable to store fresh water. He has taken initial steps to have at his ready signaling means, around his neck is the ESM/1 signal mirror and in the right hand is a T-49/M-75 distress signal salvaged from the C-2 raft that was attached to his parachute harness. He has also retained articles from the raft kit that may prove valuable later such as the desalting kit, distress signals and vinylite containers. Overall he was very well prepared but he neglected to wear proper foot wear which were lost during the opening shock of the parachute (this is a cheap excuse not to invest in shoes for display purposes..haha) displayed as a back drop between the legs is the waterproof E&E pouch he is carrying containing cloth maps, drift charts and a compass.
jerry_k Posted July 28, 2014 #112 Posted July 28, 2014 Nice impression Dustin! You should make similar display with US NAVY pilot seated in raft:) Cheers, Jerry
dustin Posted July 28, 2014 Author #113 Posted July 28, 2014 I knew it! I figured if anyone was going to reply it would be Jerry saying "you need a navy guy!"..... I'm working on it
dustin Posted July 31, 2014 Author #115 Posted July 31, 2014 I cannot find a mannequin suitable for that kind display.
jerry_k Posted August 2, 2014 #116 Posted August 2, 2014 I could be full mobile manequin I guess... Good luck Jerry
Infantry Grunt Posted August 16, 2014 #117 Posted August 16, 2014 Man, to think that Louie Zamperini and many others lasted for so long on a raft like that. What was it, 46 days that he and two other men were on 2 rafts like that?! Great display, it really captures the hardships of pilots and sea men stranded in the Pacific.
etienne Posted August 16, 2014 #118 Posted August 16, 2014 Well, it's not a collector room, it's a QM Depot Each time I look at this thread, I am really impressed by the quantity and quality of the displayed items. E
268th C.A. Posted January 15, 2015 #119 Posted January 15, 2015 geeez....That's amazing! Great collection! I cant believe it. No wonder there's no survival stuff out there! LOL.
monsoon Posted January 17, 2015 #120 Posted January 17, 2015 Very nice collection of rescue equipment. I like the blood chits. I had a "Wing King" in Germany who's office was lined with them. Big time collector.
dustin Posted June 17, 2015 Author #121 Posted June 17, 2015 Finally got around to putting together a new display and just for Jerry a Marine aviator....so hope your happy now! This is a representation of an "Aviator Adrift" summer of 1945 outfitted with all the new emergency equipment available at that time along with some older types.
jerry_k Posted June 18, 2015 #124 Posted June 18, 2015 Dustin that is nice Im happy now! Cheers, Jerry
etienne Posted June 19, 2015 #125 Posted June 19, 2015 Outch ... I almost fell of my chair when I saw your display When will you stop to amaze us ... no, no, don't stop please, that's always a pleasure to enter your on-screen emergency room !! Thanks, E
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