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I have been building plastic models for most of my life Started out as a kid, got sidetracked by girls, marriage and kids, (But I never stopped building though...) then got back into it in the early 80's...
I really got serious about HOW I build after reading a Kalmbach book titled, "How to Build Scale Models" by Roscoe Creed. It's written in plain English, and it's written to someone who really had no idea how to make, "those seams go away." From there the rest is history.
Mostly I build aircraft, but I have started to dabble with some armor and ships. we'll see how that turns out!
I've met many great folks while enjoying this hobby and hopefully will meet a few more from this website. I LOVE the low key approach, and the complete lack of whining that can be seen on other sites.
Thanks for having me aboard!
Hey Folks
Decent little kit that goes together very well and was a lot of fun to build. Overall fit was good and everything aligned up without any trouble.
I used Gunze Mr. Color and Model Master Enamels for paint, Eagle Cals Decals, [...]
Happy New Year, iModelers!
Hoping everyone survived the new year as painlessly as possible. I'm calling this one as DONE, and my first for 2025.
I was originally going to build this kit as an OOB project. Once I decided on which [...]
This past year, 2024, was by far my most productive year as far as completing kits is concerned. My usual output is between five to eight kits depending on time. This year I made the most of the time I had and completed twelve model [...]
Another one kicked off the "Shelf of DOOM!"
Like the others I managed to finish, this one sat for a little while, not as long as the A-36 or the P-51B, but it too sat for a couple years. I think I just have the P-51A left to [...]
Grumman's first attempt at a carrier based, twin engine heavy fighter. Lessons learned from this would be used to develop the outstanding F7F, "Tigercat".
Model is built straight from the box. I added a couple paper strip [...]
Calling this one to be finished for 2024!
This is a new release of Grumman's stubby little fighter. Academy I think wanted to get this to market for the 80th Anniversary of Midway, but they fell short and Eduard released their awesome [...]
This one ALSO got finished...
Trumpeter, 1:48 scale, Grumman F9F-3 "Panther". Two things with this kit; it is not in my usual wheelhouse of models I like to build being a jet, and it did not sit upon the SoD, It was a model I [...]
Another one escapes the ..."Shelf of DOOM!"
1:48 scale, Accurate Miniatures P-51B, "Mustang". This kit sat languishing on the aforementioned "SoD" for quite a few more years than I'd like to mention. For [...]
Being a Jet engined aircraft, this was not my usual type of kit to build. There are no 'Spinny Things' or big fans on the nose, so it's been a bit of a departure for me.
Still, this is a nice nice kit and it is a really fun build as well. [...]
Calling this one, DONE!
Accurate Miniatures, 1:48 scale, North American Aircraft, A-36A-1-Na, "Apache". To be honest, I've no idea how the name "Apache" was tagged onto these aircraft. As far I know, the name was [...]
