I spent 35 years collecting original WWI and WWII German militaria...I had eniugh of reproductions ruining the hobby, as well as ruining the people in the hobby that I sold it all off to buy Pinball Machines...my Avatar is the Pour Le Merit, better known as the "Blue Max"...my name "Ftrmech" is short for "Fighter Mechanic"...I spent 23 years in the Air Force fixing F-4s, F-15s, F-16s and A-10s...I now work for Lockheed doing CM on the F-22.