Hello all,
I am saddened today to report the sudden passing of member James Berkman, aka "Old Man".
James was one of the 'old comtemptables' of the site; he joined back in the early days of the forum in 2012. He was a strong contributor right through the forum's life, always quick with an encouraging word. He was also a fine modeler.
I tip my hat to you James, Blue Skies, until we meet again at the officer's mess bar in the sky.
His Partner, Deb, has now joined our site (member 'olady'). Deb still has plenty of James' kits and tools which she would love to offer to our members here. In her words:
"His workshop is a big fat mess, which is how he liked to work. Many planes are in various stages of completion. Many kits are stacked all over. In addition to kits he purchased glue, accelerator, spray paint, jars of paint, plastic rods, brushes and more.
I joined ww1aircraftmodels hoping I can offer the members the unused materials he worked with, as well as his kits, in very affordable lots. Even the incomplete kits could be of use to someone. There are several books like French Aircraft of the First World War and stacks of datafile booklets that he also printed out. I'm thinking I could just post those for anyone to download. Even with family helping it will take months to work out.
He was generous with information he found and techniques he shared. He would have liked to know his workshop was shared with others"It would be fitting that a part of James would find a loving home amongst the membership here.
I invite Deb to post more details here (or in the buy-swap-sell-trade section of the forum).
Thank you all,
Brad Cancian
Owner and Administrator
forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com
