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Gilmore Car Museum
The Gilmore museum is located in Hickory Corners Michigan which is part of Barry county at the intersection of M-43 and West Hickory Road. The museum includes the Michigan Motor…
Peaceful Beauty
One of my favorite places to take photos is at St. David’s Episcopal church in Lansing. Photographing the different seasons of the altar as well as the seasons of the…
The Green Book
Decades after the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery, African-Americans continued to suffer unequal treatment, especially in the South. Jim Crow Laws discriminated against blacks in nearly every…
RIP Ukie
Had the misfortune of losing a fury family member this month. Ukie was 11 years old and developed advanced diabetes which took her over the bridge in less then a…
Colors of Spring
Beautiful day with temperatures around 70 degrees! The kind of day which could be considered perfect for tuning up and cleaning camera gear. As always my backyard is the choice…
Sleeping Bear Dunes
What could make for a better day than spending a day with the wife on the shores of Lake Michigan and Sleeping Bear Dunes? For those who have never visited…
MY SCALE MODELS
Having been active as a collector for over 25 years, I have managed to gather a fairly large collection of models in various scales.
I enjoy working on different ways that I can display, share and enjoy my collection and at different times have had as many as 150 models viewable in themed displays.
The scale model section of this site is an active extension of my model collection and one that allows me to enjoy and share another of my longtime hobbies which is photography.
Pro Touring
Long time collectors of 1:18 scale die cast have come to consider scale models from GMP (Acme Trading) to be…
1959 Nash Metropolitan
Series IV 1959 Metropolitan January 1959 saw the start of Metropolitan Series IV (NK4) production (Commencing with VIN E59048 on…
1971 Super Bee
The Super Bee underwent drastic exterior changes in 1971. It moved from the previous Coronet body style to join ranks…
1957 Chrysler 300
Chrysler 300C The Popular Mechanics™ 1957 Chrysler 300C may have been the 3rd of the iconic 1950’s “muscle luxury” cars…
Glidden Mustang
In 1977 Bob Glidden raced this 1970 Mustang built by Don Hardy and used a 366 Ford Cleveland engine he…
Big John Mazmanian
Hot Rod Magazine featured “Big John” Mazmanian’s beautiful candy-apple red, drag racing Corvette on their March 1963 cover and called…
Yankee Peddler
Bill Flynn’s 1965 Dodge altered wheelbase sedan from Supercar Collectibles. Great detail and history in this 1:18 scale model. Features…
1955 Pontiac Star Chief
1955 Star Chief Convertible by Sunstar Manufactured between 1954 and 1966 the Starchief was easily identified by it’s chrome star…
Vintage Camera
Pentax ME Super
Maker: Asahi Optical Co. LtdType: SLRLens Mount: Pentax KFSensor: 135 FilmFocus: ManualFlash: Hot ShoeShutter Speeds: 4-1/2000Status: In Collection The Pentax…
Minolta X-700
The X-700 was marketed as a professional tool, as it incorporated features one would expect from a professional camera of…
Minolta HTsi
Camera Type: 35mm SLRYear of release: 1998Lens Mount: Minolta Type AShutter speed: 30 – 1/4,000Status: In Collection First of Minolta’s SLR camera bodies with the…
Ansco 35mm
This Anso 35 mm fixed lens camera was added to the collection simply because it is a fixed lens product that was…
Mavica FD 95
Sony Mavica FD 95Format: DigitalRelease Date: 2000Mega Pixel: 2.1Zoom: 10XStatus: In collection Sony promotional text from late 1999 High Resolution And Floppy Disk Ease-of-Use The…