I saw a diecast model of one of these laying around the house and decided to model it. Funny thing is I just remembered my stepfather, who passed away several years ago, was shot down over the Pacific by a Japanese plane in WWII. Since this was such a popular plane I'll bet it was one of these that he was flying. The funny part of his story was that he was floating around in the ocean for a week with a weeks worth of rations and of course they were gone in 3 days.

Well, I just spent a week in the hospital. I've been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. There is no cure yet, but it is very treatable now. I will have to give myself injections of a drug called Rebif 3 times a week. In the hospital I was given 12 doses of cortazone via an IV, that's to fix a symptom of me losing some of the sight in my right eye. Apparently in a couple weeks my sight will be back to normal. For the next couple of weeks I'll be taking pills to taper off the cortazone. Luckilly they're in the final stages of testing a new drug that will replace the rebif shots with pills, that should be available some time next year. Wish me luck and hey, these medications are very expensive so if you'd like to donate to the cause I'd be very grateful. You can Paypal me at phil@philnolan3d.com