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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.

Choices… Choices…

I'll be receiving these three models in the next couple of days. I am putting this out there for you viewers of this page to make the choice as to which one should be built first. I will include a full write-up upon completion. Lets see [...]

Review: Tamiya 1/12 Kawasaki Ninja H2RBuild Review

The Kawasaki Ninja H2 is a "supercharged supersport" class motorcycle in the Ninja sportbike series, manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, featuring a variable-speed centrifugal-type supercharger. The H2R with 310 [...]

Review: Tamiya 1/12 Kawasaki Ninja H2RKit Review

This is the 1/12 scale Kawasaki Ninja H2R made by Tamiya. Kit number 14131. This kit was released in late 2016. Upon opening the box you are met with multiple part sprues in plastic bags. There are eight bags total including the decals, [...]

A Short Photo Tutorial

Occasionally, I am asked just how I go about shooting photos in the way that I do. So, what follows, is a very short tutorial as to how I go about it. Please feel free to ask any questions that you might have. STEP ONE is to choose a [...]

REVELL SURFITE

This model was originally released in 1965. It is a real car that was designed over the Austin Mini frame by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. The model was re-released in 1993 and then again in 2015 with new tooling and a few new parts. There [...]

TAMIYA 1/6 scale KAWASAKI KZ1300 B TOURING

The model of the Kawasaki KZ1300 B Touring motorcycle finally arrived. Needless to say I wasted almost no time in opening the package. I did a visual inventory before opening the plastic bags. The, one by one, I opened them to make [...]

TOURING

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1/6 Scale Tamiya Harley-Davidson AMF Electra-Glide FLH1200

Recently acquired this one and, since it's a hard-to-find kit I'll be building this one with some special attention to details. While searching for a release date for this kit I discovered that it is not listed any longer on the Tamiya [...]

TAMIYA FLH CLASSIC

Once again I am in the 1/6 realm with my fourth FLH Classic. I decided to build this one using both black metallic and blue metallic Dupli-Color from the auto parts store. As with 99% of the Tamiya kits this was packaged nicely and was [...]

Revell 1/12 Custom Chopper

I'll be reviewing the Revell Custom Chopper here. This is kit number 85-7324 As you can see by the box art there doesn't seem to be a lot of detail on this kit. However, upon opening of the kit there are a number of options available. [...]