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General thoughts, musings and incidental or supplemental comments.

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A Captive Wulf

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on May 29, 2022May 28, 2022

…instead, it is modelled in the markings of one of its victors, one whose sacrifice in defeating the evil represented and defended by these aircraft and those who flew them, was without limit of effort or self-sacrifice. It is that above all else which is “cool” and we would do well to remember that.

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Time Flies – Updated October 2021

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on August 29, 2021October 2, 2021

Updated October 2021 – explaining a hitherto unexplained lack of activity on Making-History…

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Remembrance

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on November 11, 2019November 14, 2019

What Remembrance means to me.

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Welcome to Making History

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on December 12, 2018March 5, 2019

Welcome!  This site is predominately a collection of true stories (tagged as “Feature Article”) about real people represented in part by scale models of the machines they used. I hope you find it interesting.

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Inspiration

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on November 8, 2018November 8, 2018

…the reason I pursue these projects; it was ordinarily extraordinary and he, and they, deserve to be remembered for it.

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Added Value

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on October 28, 2018October 28, 2018

The F/O Ian Keltie, RCAF Feature Article I published a few days ago…

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