Exhibit for Chattanooga’s Capt. Larry Taylor set to open Saturday at National Medal of Honor Heritage Center

One of Chattanooga’s own is the subject of a new exhibit opening Saturday at the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center.

The exhibit highlights the story of the late Capt. Larry Taylor, a Chattanooga area native who received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. As part of the exhibit, there is a ceiling-mounted, life-size replica of the Cobra helicopter Taylor flew during the war, audial and visual elements that evoke the experience of Taylor’s actions, and six figures representing the likenesses of Taylor and his fellow soldiers.

While a Nashville-based fabricator built the helicopter replica, the exhibit’s figures came from Brooklyn-based Kodiak Studios, which creates “hyper-realistic museum figures and three-dimensional, custom-fabricated objects,” according to its website. Kodiak Studios is no stranger to the Medal of Honor Heritage Center as it has made plenty of figures for the museum, the studio’s owner and art director, Alex Tisch, said by phone.