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Bob in front of his Agusta A-109C on the hospital helipad. |
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Bob Steinbrunn Stillwater, Minnesnowta IPMS/Twin City Aero Historians (Minneapolis/St. Paul) IPMS member #3345 |
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Bob is a former U.S.
Army pilot who flew UH-1C Huey gunships (Alpha Troop, 7th Squadron,
17th Air Cavalry) and UH-1H "slicks" (189th Assault
Helicopter Company) in Vietnam during 1967-1968.
He joined the
Dallas/Ft. Worth chapter of IPMS while stationed at Ft. Wolters,
Texas, as a flight instructor after returning from Vietnam. He had
the honor of being associated with Jim Sage (IPMS/USA #1) and
Richard Marmo (IPMS/USA #2). Here he took an exponential leap in his
modeling skills when he learned to fill seams, airbrush, and detail
models, thanks to his IPMS association.
He has also been a
member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter while living in the
Philadelphia area.
Bob currently flies an
Agusta A-109C helicopter, one of seven his hospital in Minneapolis
operates at four full-time bases for Emergency Medical Services.
It's a high-tech extension of military medevac and is a very
rewarding job, he says.
Bob has been a modeler
since age six and always knew he'd grow up to be a pilot. He has built
1/48 scale aircraft for a number of years and wrote several dozen
articles for FineScale Modeler magazine during this period. He then
branched out to ships where he could work with different types
of wood, metal, and other materials, while at the same time learning
machining operations on his lathe and other tools.
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Below here are Some models Mr. Steinbrunn has created and a couple shots of the workroom/library.
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Part of Bob's study.
Bob's computer workstation in his study.
Bob's workshop.
USS KIDD, a 1/192 scale WWII Fletcher-class destroyer from the BlueJacket Ship Crafters kit. The model is made of basswood, pewter, brass, and styrene.
1/48 Monogram B-25H.
1/48 Trimaster Heinkel He 162.
1/48 Otaki (Arii) F4U-1A.
1/48 Otaki (Arii) Bf 109G-6/R6 |
