IPMS Roscoe Turner held their annual invitational yesterday at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Indiana, always a much-anticipated show. This is a highlight of the Region 4 model show circuit, the Indianapolis-based show lived up [...]
The Kugisho E14Y Type Zero Reconnaissance Seaplane (Allied reporting name “Glen”) bears the distinction of being the only Axis aircraft to bomb the continental United States during the Second World War. The mission was to start forest [...]
The Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui (Sharp Sword) was a reverse-engineered copy of the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. It was built as a rare cooperative project between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army, the Army version was designated Ki-200. [...]
This was a side-by-side comparison build of the Vespid and Border Tiger I kits in 1/72 scale to see how they stack up. Here are the finished models with their crews in place, Vespid on the left and Border on the right. The models were [...]
BlizzCon 2025 was a great show, the first show of the 2025 modeling campaign for me and a much-needed day out! Fortunately, the show did not live up to its name this year and while cold, the day was sunny and clear. The show was very [...]
The Jagdpanther has always been a popular subject with modelers and there is no shortage of kits available in all the popular scales. The latest Jagdpanther in 1/72 scale is this 2021 offering from Vespid which depicts a late production [...]
Here is a pair of the Vespid Models Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer (early production) kits. Some manufacturers get a whole lot of mileage from their Hetzer tools – Attack has 13 in their line-up and UM has 15, we’ll see how far Vespid goes [...]
The last completions of 2024, a pair of Eduard F6F-3 Hellcats. “Double Nuts” are the markings of CDR James Flatley, Commander Air Group 5 and an ace credited with six victories aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during the Marcus Island [...]
Total output from the Inch High Secret Underground Workshop for year 2024 comes down to 44 completions, 38 aircraft and 6 vehicles. 3 of these completions were large four-engine types and 2 of those were rather extensive conversions, 6 [...]
Here are a pair of Arma Hobby Bell P-39D / P-400 Airacobras which I recently completed. The Arma P-39s are excellent kits which build up well and look the part, these were built OOB with no aftermarket or scratchbuilding of any kind. [...]
