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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.
I bought this kit not knowing that the canopy & windscreen was modeled with a seam down the middle.
I had the experience with clear part's like this, so all I did was sand off the ridge using "3M's wet/dry sandpaper. I started [...]
This is my 139th story that I'm posting here on "iModeler." I purchased the model sometime in the summer of 2016, and with the writing on one of the photos it say's I finished the model around late November, 2016. The price that [...]
I built this model back in October, 2009. I cut out and then filled in the window area's with white styrene stock because Revell supplied excellent window decals. I don't know who flew this airline, nor when it flew. I added [...]
Here is how I add the "b-b's" to the nose area of any "tail dragon" model. I just apply some white glue or superglue then pour in some of the small lead bb's!
The second photo shows my two panel line scribing tools that [...]
I promised to post one of my "Out-of-Box" models and here it is. The written data say's I built the model in December, 2006. (14 years ago).
Photo's 2 & 3 show's that I already knew how to make scribing templates, with the [...]
This was time consuming building in all these metal parts. I took in-progress photos and sent them to the buyer for approval and there were some changes made. I don't recall why I painted the instrument dials red. Hey! it's been 30 plus [...]
My first photo shows one of my scribing tools which also doubles as a "rivet" maker.
I draw lines on the model, then use my ruler to line up all the rivets to be put in, then make pencil marks on the kit plastic. I just push in [...]
I was happy with my results working with metal for this AH-64 helicopter so I thought
I could add some metal parts to the kits canon. Remember...it's cut and fit until it fit's.
Hope you like the outcome of my efforts.
When I showed these [...]
This show's some photo's of my clients 1/48 scale Apache helicopter.
This was my first "TRY" at making parts using a sheet of flat copper. I soldered the parts together.
Ten year's ago this month I built this big beautiful bomber. The kit had the "Yellow and Green" wing decals but I painted them on which eliminate any silvering that the decals would give off. I have used ordinary masking tape [...]
