I was a freshman in secondary school--what we Americans than called Senior High School--I fell madly in love. No. It wasn't with a girl; although there were certainly a few that would have liked to go with but I was too shy to ask. It was with an airplane. A Beech Model 18 to be exact. I lived in Minneapolis, Kansas, the country seat for Ottawa County. It was just a small Kansas town of around 2,400 persons at the time. We even had an airport of sorts, about a mile east of the south edge of town. There were two small hangers of corrugated tin and a grassy field that stretched about a half-mile north to south. The buildings were at the south end. I don't know if there were any aircraft parked inside the hangers, but there was a windsocket of sorts. Parked outside was a Yellow Piper Cub with black trim and a Beech 18. The latter was a shiny all metal plane with simple black markings. Just the leading edge of the wings and the ID markings. I would walk all around that plane and duck under it to study the landing gear or peek into the cowling to drink in the engine details. Then I'd go over to the door or the lowest window to the ground and peer into the interior. The seats were fairly utilitarian and plain. I would never touch the door to see if it was unlocked. I was a good kid and felt that I had no right to trespass in that way. Indeed, I felt guilty for just going up to it and looking it over. I had a lot of daydreams about flying away in that airplane. Never got to, though. Didn't even know who owned it. Think it might have been someone living in Salina, a much larger municipality of 35,000 people about twenty-five miles south of us. Recently, I asked Neil Wilson, who has gifted the CG community with a number of fine aircraft models, if he would give serious thought to making a model of the Beech 18. Neil not only decided to do it, he did it right quick! This model is a sweety and detailed inside and out. (See insets.) Bless his heart, he even gave the plane my moniker. K-JER99. That was very pleasing. At any rate, Neil has promised that it will be available to the rest of you within a few days. However, still some small details to tweak. So, I'm dedicating this posting to Neil. Thanks, Mate! And thank you to those who have visited and encouraged me with your kind comments. Jeremy CREDITS: Vue7 Pro Studio, Poser 6. Aircraft: Neil Wilson aka neiwil aka willo "Beech 18" (soon to be ShareCG). Bushes: Modualz "DNA FloraSumac" (RDNA). Field: Realms_Art "Green Wheat ecosytem material from the "Cereal Crop Farms" collection (Cornucopia3d). Hanger: from Eugenia's "Small Airport3" (Cornucopia3d). Atmosphere: from "All Aboard" from Robin Kleb's "Good Cloud Day" atmosphere collection (Cornucopia3d).