New photo Format? Whoo Hoo! How about a bit of a walk around….
I fell in love with this aircraft. You can see why. Here are some detail closeups.
Martin! This is wonderful! Thanks.
California Steve
Model builder, Bass player. Captain KAOS from the Doctor Demento radio program. I love to build almost anything in plastic. Love scratch building. On30 railroad geek. Modifying everything I build. Sharing ideas of the hobby, and seeing what others have made magnificent.
Oh, and Chicks dig me! (from the movie Stripes)
A different kind of Spitfire......... Cindi's Drag Car!
A few posts back I posted my build of the USS Midway. This was done for Cindi's father who served on her. Cindi and her husband Kenny are drag racers. And they both drive this Chevy.
A few notes about the paint on this race car. It has a [...]
My Midway break. A little vacation into the past..
I wanted to take a break from aircraft carriers this weekend. So I chose this M4 18 ton tractor.
This is the Nitto Kagaku kit that is as basic as you can get. I wanted something that I could complete in a weekend, and this was just the [...]
USS Midway CVB 41 straight deck, before the retrofit.
I had a request from some dear friends to build this for their father who served aboard her
during the late fifty's. Not just one but three. One for their father, and the other two for the family. This is the first one. Two more to go. I [...]
As promised…Winter dio with my clients tanks & stuff.
My client is my brother n law. I also included all of the dioramas I have built for him. Along with some photos of his WW II collection of German uniforms and helmets and things.
Note the tan jacket is made out of tent material. His [...]
What has Steve gone and done now? Sikorsky Sea Hook…………..
I have been working on this concept for a year or two. What to do with all of those retired Sea King Helicopters. Fit the front cockpit to a new air frame and wire her up..
You wouldn't need to retrain most of the pilots to a new [...]
My winter diorama is finished!
This has been a long journey. I usually don't post my projects from start to finish, but you can go to the diorama section and see where I started. This has been a challenge, but very rewarding. This is built for my brother n laws King [...]
Ah, Smithers, Revenge is a sweet thing... And a Rat-Tat-Tat!
Single photo. OK two. This just came together. I am really working on a real model... Really..
California Steve
Scout car. Looks like things were getting a little hot at the front!
And maybe it is time to find better cover. I am goofing with the new series of backgrounds I picked up today at a gigantic collectors event in Orange County CA.. This is one of them.
I just had to have the one with the Stukas diving [...]
My Rat Rod… With a bit of mood lighting. New photos and blabbering added!..
This was modeled after a actual car. The only difference is I added a Offenhauser engine.
Here is the updated blabbering.
I first saw this car in California in a hot rod magazine. A year after I built her I met the real car and owner in [...]
