The final photos of the ship.

More ship photos.

More ship photos.

The ship 99% complete.

I want one of these.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101201/sc_afp/usmilitaryweaponsafghanistan

Wow cool design. Lego P-51 Mustang.

More airshow pics.

Don't rock the boat.

Are those storm clouds on the horizon? Read article on carrier-killing-missiles.

Wow!

Man this is cool. http://www.mechanizedbrick.com/mb.html

Interruption

Quick break from air show photos, I stole these photos off Tad's facebook wall today. He is out in Seattle and shot this pic of the navy's USS Green Bay (LPD 20) Click here to visit an informational page about the ship.

Air Show

This past June we all went as a family to an air show in St Cloud. The next few posts will have photos from our day.

First, the F-22 Raptor (Diagram photo also included.)

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)

Cool new multipourpose attack ship - US Navy. Site holds photos and video.

Go to site now >

F-35

Follow this link to view the new F-35 fighter jet.

Watch F-35 now.

F-35

Follow this link to view the new F-35 fighter jet.

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/how/stories/F35_STOVL_player.html

USS Makin Island (LHD-8)

Video of the ship I modeled ours after.

Ordered some parts today.

Found some cool parts to add to our ship today. See photos. I need to post some updated photos because the ship has come a long way since my last post. New photos soon to follow.

Field operations

Today I took the two older kids out to my parents new property to play around and enjoy the great day. Madeline brought her horse Penney and rode the open prairie. Reese however geared up in his army fatigues and stormed the sandy hills. Above are a few of the photos of Reese diving into fox-holes, charging over a ridge and pointing out a possible target. Fun times! Click on any image for larger photo >

Favorite photo

This is my favorite photo of Reese. Click for super-sized image >

Chinook

Couple of photos from last fall of Reese and a Chinook.

Redesigned training for troops.

Battlefield lessons from Afghanistan and Iraq force the first basic-training overhaul in 30 years.

Read full article >

More construction photos.

New additions include;

A bunk room
Lighting on the interior
Working missile launcher
Side dock in the rear bay for hovercraft.

Progress report.

Hey, thought I better post a progress report on the ship that Reese and I are building. Man did it get big quick. I really had no idea that it would end up quite so large. I have made some adjustments to the design so it can also serve as a toy bin. (Only redeeming factor about the size of this thing.)

But we have come a long way. The thing has really taken shape. I love working with the wood material I have. It bends to shape well.

I'm jumping ahead of myself a bit with these photos, but I'll post the photos of inside the ships belly later. I have left one side of the bridge open so the boys can still play inside. Kind of like a cross section. The opposite side of part of the bridge opens to allow them to park a chopper in the chopper bay. Click to super-size image.