All posts by Hutchins AAron

Born in Deutschland 1965, hometown was Bütthart, parents were not U.S. government employees. However, when father was tricked into joining the U.S. Air Force Civil Service, in 1969, with the promise that we could remain in Germany, we were promptly shipped off to Iran. Due to one of my Iranian educators being disappeared, along with her husband, by the U.S. ally Shah of Iran's Israeli & U.S. created Savak (for the then official terrorist act of promoting the idea that women can vote), and due to my U.S. citizen mother being placed on Savak's Terrorist Arrest List (for supporting the idea that women should vote, at that time the U.S. ally Shah of Iran did not allow women to vote, now they can) we left Iran for the United States in 1973, literally in the middle of the night. At the U.S. Embassy airbase the CIA operated Gooney Bird (C-47) was so packed with other U.S. citizens fleeing our ally Iran (because the Shah gave the OK to arrest any U.S. citizen for such terrorist acts as promoting the concept of voting) that we were turned away by the Loadmaster and had to take a chance on a civilian flight out of Tehran's airport. My father told me he and my mother had three culture shocks; first when they arrived in Germany as civilians, then after being shipped off to Iran as U.S. government employees, then again returning to the United States as unemployed civilians (because so much had changed in the U.S. while they were gone, their only news source was the U.S. Armed Forces Radio & Television Service which heavily censored information about the home front). Since I graduated high school in 1982 I've worked for U.S. government contractors and state & local government agencies (in California), convenience store manager in California, retail/property management in Georgia, California and Idaho. Spent the 1990s in the TV news business producing number one rated local news programs in California, Arizona and Idaho. 14+ years with California and Idaho Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force. Obtained a BA degree in International Studies from Idaho State University at the age of 42. Unemployed since 2015, so don't tell me the economy has recovered.

Kit Bashing

Stalled gift build hell, and a trip down memory lane?

Video December 3, 2023 Hutchins AAron

Once again I’ve taken on too many model kit build projects, time to procrastinate with a Dave Deal/Deal’s Wheels mind-trip back to the early 1970s!

Part 1, stalled gift build from last year, and new gift builds:

Part 2, taking a break and wasting your time:

Part 3, Williston, North Dakota, and the Rank Tank:

Part 4, more Williston, more procrastination:

Part 9: ‘TIS DONE, XMAS BEERWAGON!

Influenza

PANDĒMUS TOTALITARIAN: National Guard mandatory immunizations!

Video November 29, 2023 Hutchins AAron

California Army National Guard’s 115th Regional Support Group lines-up for mandatory influenza immunizations in Roseville, 19NOV2023. Video (released without audio) by Specialist Shae Cox:

Influenza vaccines during drill at the Roseville Army National Guard Armory, Roseville, California, 18NOV2023. California Army National Guard photo by Specialist Elizabeth Buck.

Vaccinations took place in California, Georgia and Massachusetts (at least those were the vax operations that were publicized).

Influenza vaccines on Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, 05NOV2023. California Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Francesca Skridulis.

Influenza immunizations on Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts, 05NOV2023. Massachusetts Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Lindsey S. Watson.

Vaccinations during the annual 165th Medical Rodeo on Savannah Air National Guard Base, Georgia, 04NOV2023. Georgia Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Morgan R. Whitehouse.

PANDĒMUS TOTALITARIAN: GLOBAL PANDEMIC TREATY ENDS YOUR SOVEREIGNTY!

Vaccine Fail: NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VAXXED & NON-VAXXED!

Operation Jupiter: ANOTHER U.S. STATE CAUGHT ILLEGALLY SELLING BABY BLOOD TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE!?

Kit Bashing

Part 9: ‘Tis done, Xmas Beerwagon!

Video November 26, 2023 Hutchins AAron

Weihnachten Bier Wagon build update;

Part-1, ’tis done:

Part-2, where am I?:

Part 8: XMAS BEER WAGON GETTING CLOSE, KIT-BASH CORVETTES

U.S.

A decade of U.S. Veterans Day Cars & Trucks

Image November 26, 2023 Hutchins AAron

November 2023:

Hull Technician First Class Justin Reinhardt was surprised when his own POV (Personally Owned Vehicle) was customized, and then presented to him on Veterans Day 2023, in San Diego, California. Photo via Petty Officer Second Class Adora Okafor.

Reinhardt’s car was chosen out of 4-thousand others for the transformation, it was sponsored by Fuel Off-Road, and Black Rifle Coffee Company. Photo via PO2 Adora Okafor.

Salinas, California, 11NOV2023. Photo by Winifred Brown.

Special guest during the Nashville, Tennessee, parade. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Jayden Woods, 11NOV2023.

Suez Shriners during 20th annual San Angelo Veterans Day Parade, Texas, 11NOV2023. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sergeant Nathan Call.

Quincy, Illinois, Veterans Day Parade, 04NOV2023. Illinois National Guard photo by Lieutenant Colonel Bradford Leighton.

Manhattan, Kansas, 10NOV2023. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Charles Leitner.

Jacksonville, North Carolina, parade, 04NOV2023. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Zeta Johnson.

Jacksonville, North Carolina, parade, 04NOV2023. USMC photo by Corporal Zeta Johnson.

Orcutt, California, 2022:

U.S. Space Force photo by Technical Sergeant Luke Kitterman, 11NOV2022.

Albany, Oregon, 2022:

Oregon National Guard photo by John Hughel, 11NOV2022.

NYC, New York, 2021:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Tojyea G. Matally, 11NOV2021.

Biloxi, Mississippi, 2020:

USAF photo by Kemberly Groue, 07NOV2020.

San Angelo, Texas, 2020:

U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sergeant Seraiah Wolf, 07NOV2020.

Palm Springs, California, 2019:

California National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Crystal Housman, 11NOV2019.

Salinas, California, 2019:

Photo by Zack Frank, 11NOV2019.

Salinas, California, 2018:

Photo by Joseph Kumzak, 11NOV2018.

Saint Simons Islands, Georgia, 2018:

U.S. Navy photo by PO2 Bryan Tomforde, 12NOV2018.

Louisville, Kentucky, 2018:

Photo by Renee Rhodes, 09NOV2018.

Jacksonville, North Carolina, 2018:

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Ginnie Lee, 03NOV2018.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2017:

Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Ryan Conley, 11NOV2017.

Tucson, Arizona, 2016:

USAF photo by Airman Nathan H. Barbour, 11NOV2016.

Los Angeles, California, 2016:

U.S. Army photo by Captain Albert Jernegan, 11NOV2016.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2016:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Ashley D. Gomez, 05NOV2016.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Ursula V. Estrella, 05NOV2016.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Ashley D. Gomez, 05NOV2016.

Mobile, Alabama, 2015:

U.S. Coast Guard photo by PO3 Ryan Tippets, 11NOV2015.

Waianae, Hawaii, 2015:

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Armando R. Limon, 05NOV2023.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2015:

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Joshua Canup, 11NOV2015.

USCG photo by PO3 Joshua Canup, 11NOV2015.

San Angelo, Texas, 2012:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Joshua Edwards, 10NOV2012.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2012:

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Betsy Knapper, 12NOV2012.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Betsy Knapper, 12NOV2012.

Veterans Day: CLASSIC VEHICLES SEEN IN THE BOISE, IDAHO, PARADE.

2018-19: JOIN THE U.S. MILITARY GET A CLASSIC CAR? (with videos)

Kit Bashing

Part 8: Xmas Beer Wagon getting close, kit-bash Corvettes

Video November 24, 2023 Hutchins AAron

Weihnachten Bier Wagon build update;

Part-1, fixing the axle, time has been rough on a Corvette kit bash (see below for a link to the original kit-bash build):

Part-2, mystery missing Corvette parts (I forget to point out that the brake master cylinder is also missing), paint etching dust, and Zinger stacks:

Part 7: ALMOST THERE, BEER WAGON, XMAS

2013 Kit Bashing:

An old MPC custom Corvette and an AMT 1995 Corvette, missing parts, broken or unusable parts, combined to make a unique kit.

SALVAGING TWO DIFFERENT JUNK KITS INTO ONE UNIQUE CORVETTE

Idaho

SAC show, 2023: Old Fords

Video November 23, 2023 Hutchins AAron

On 10JUN2023, the Oldies Rod & Custom Car Show was held in Historic Oldtown Pocatello, Idaho, to benefit the Senior Activity Center‘s (SAC) food delivery service.

Videos by me. Take notice that these are not all the Ford/Mercury vehicles I’ve recorded in the past year, you will have to search all my car show posts for the year 2023.

1941 (Ford) Mercury: