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After building models for over 40 years I quit in October, 2016. I have 284 models here at home with 300 awards. I have written several dozen model stories for 5 websites and 4 monthly newsletters.
Again, next to no "in-progress" building photos. The windscreen was painted on the inside then it was glued onto the fuselage by using Future Floor Wax, (FFW). I coated the seam with thin super glue and sanded the outside from [...]
This 1/72 scale F7U-3 Cutlass model was made by Fujimi.
It's been 31 years since I built this model and it was my first attempt to use the new "SnJ Spray Metal Aluminum" paint.
While attending the IPMS/USA Sacramento, California [...]
RALPH J. MAGLIONE and I grew up together in Portage Lakes, Ohio, which is 7 miles South of Akron, Ohio/U.S.A.
I have other written data concerning Ralph's USAF history and I produced a 38.27 minute color/silent 16mm film of the air show [...]
Remember? I showed you my home made tool that I made out of some 0.10"/0.15" flat styrene stock. I just sanded the round edge down to a semi knife cutting edge, then rolled it down the panel line before the decal liquid dries. [...]
This is another two-winger model I built. It's in 1/48 scale and was made by "Classic Airframes." The box art says one name, while another name is listed on one of the parts. Let's call it both names.
I.M.A.N AND I.M.A.M. = [...]
Fifty to 70 years ago we use to call this kind of bird a "Double-Winger." Sometime later the name was change to "Bi-Wing" or something like that.
Anyways the kit was a snap to build. "Snap" in American English [...]
Lindberg made an excellent starter kit for the "Advanced" modeler like me, so I went full-bore on the project by scratch-building just about everything.
All 3 landing gears were made out of aluminum and styrene. I cut in the [...]
Back in 2007 I found a photo of this P-47D Thunderbolt and I bought a kit of it. The decals came from "AeroMaster Decals." When we moved from Colorado in 2016 to a town near the Los Angeles area of California, the model was [...]
There are other LearJets here on "iModeler" so I'll enclose mine and show a couple of new things that I tried out.
First off I painted the inside of the windows with some medium blue colored Tamiya gloss paint then looked at it [...]
A real treat it was to find this model for sale at my hobby shop. I forgot what it cost, but I did not care as I wanted it. None of the parts had hardly any flashing and the instructions were very easy to follow.
One photo show's the [...]
