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Hey Fred, weren't you AF in your younger days?

Amazing! Please share your techniques, if you can.

10 hours ago, John Morris said:

Hey Fred, weren't you AF in your younger days?

Yes, dire I was.  Worked radio/radar repair on (mainly) B47s, B52H, KC97 and KC135 aircraft.  (And any other crazy airplanes that had trouble and lande at Homestead.

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

Amazing! Please share your techniques, if you can.

Gene.  Thanks for asking.  The background is your standard 3/4" Sepele and stained a little darker.  Normally I would use Black Walnut but the prices are beyond my reach.  The other pieces ar 1/4".  As you can tell, each of the feather pieces are cut an glued in place.  Then the emblem is cut and glued on the top of it all.  Unfortunately, I can not stack cut these pieces since some of them are really small and, knowing me, I would lose them.....  When all it done, they are finished with several coats of gloss lacquer.

Thanks, Fred.

My AF time was '59-'65. I was a crew chief on B47s, KC 35s and, BUFFS, at Davis Monthan and, Ramey. 

IIRC, you guys had some pretty tight working space on the B47s.

Thanks for the information Fred! And once again, thank you for your service