Thanks for the kind words, Mike. I am pretty pleased how this one turned out. Of course, I had to add one of my cats to the scene as I like to do stuff like that. 
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That is a heck of a way to to arrive to a work site, Wayne. I bet the pucker factor was high after that announcement.
Was the runway made out of the same planking that I used on this diorama? If so, this scene would be quite doable. Royal Models has a couple of figures of welders that I could convert into US Engineers. I would need to know what the damage may have looked like and the process that ya’ll used to perform the repair work. I could probably show a part that was still damaged and parts that were fixed. The creative juices are flowing…
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Absolutely gorgeous work!
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I would have to dig out my pictures, but it seemed like it was the older PSP matting. We were repairing bent, or missing pieces and filling in washed out places to make it usable for the C 130s in case they had to evacuate in a hurry. We would cut out a piece, fill and pack down the dirt, and weld the patch back in. We were only about 15 or 20 miles from Kontum which was under siege at the time, so they were nervous.Most of the civilian contract workers weren’t coming in, so we ended up doing their jobs. I ended up on the fire truck crew. Another crazy story for another time. Wayne
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