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Currently I live in Virginia Beach. I have been building models off and on for around 50 some years now. Give or take. As you can see by the posts of models that I have made I generally build motorcycles. Any scale, it doesn't matter. Small to large. Favorites would be the Tamiya kits as the engineering in these are far superior to other model companies. I hope that you all enjoy the posts that I make and I'll be posting more as they become available.

Review: Airfix 1/48 Supermarine Walrus Mk.I Review

Well, I am stepping WAY out of my "comfort zone" with this one. I have not built an aircraft model of any kind in many, MANY years. I'll be building this one specifically as a review for IMODELER. This model arrived safely and [...]

HOLY GRAIL TEASER

Well, as most of you know, the "Holy Grail" arrived. I am currently working on the 1/6 scale Tamiya Harley with sidecar. So I thought I would post a few "teaser" photos. So here are shots of the engine in-progress as [...]

“Holy Grail” arriving relatively soon…..

As you can see by the screen shot below the model should be arriving any day now. I have a few ideas floating around for this one. But I am putting it out there and asking for suggestions. Sometimes those help to get my old rusty gears [...]

LIGHTING TUTORIAL

This is a simple and quick lighting tutorial for those that have been thinking about doing this. I'll be using the 1/6 scale Tamiya Harley FLH Classic main headlight here. Assembly is covered in step 30 of the instructions. First, get [...]

Holy Grail?

George Williams hit the nail on the head with the 1/6 Tamiya kit. So here's what I'll be building soon. Yes, it's a 1/6 Tamiya Harley with the sidecar. Personally, I consider this to be the "Holy Grail" of the Tamiya [...]

REVELL 1/8 HARLEY SPRINGER SOFTAIL SNAPTITE KIT

Well, some folks were looking forward to the build of a snap kit from me. So here it is. First it's necessary to let you know that the deal I made was for an incomplete kit. Which I knew going in. I made the deal because I happened to [...]

TAMIYA 1/12 SUZUKI GSX1100S KATANA

Well, this one is now complete. Although an older kit from Tamiya it was a good build. With the exception of just a couple of very minor issues. Starting off was the usual engine build. Seems that almost all of the Tamiya motorcycle [...]

Review: Tamiya 1/12 Suzuki GSX1100S KatanaKit Review

This is the opening of the still sealed box of the 1982 release of the Tamiya Suzuki 1/2 GSX1100S Katana. Even though this model was produced in 1982 the contents were still sealed in their plastic bags. I noticed that NONE of the parts [...]

Review: Tamiya 1/12 Yamaha RZ250 Build Review

TAMIYA 1/12 YAMAHA RZ250 This model start with the assembly of the engine. This is relative simple and is accomplished in two steps using only 12 pieces. However, just because there aren’t many parts does not mean that it’s not open [...]

Review: Tamiya 1/12 Yamaha RZ250 – In-Box Review

When first opening the box you are met with multiple bags of parts that are nicely, and firmly, placed in the box. As seen here. There are only five total sprues of parts. One white, one chrome, one clear and two black. Also is a bag [...]