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Commentary on current events or industry news

A WW1 site you must visit

Mike "Sandbagger" Norris is one of the best WW1 modelers out there. His models are stunning. And the 100+ page PDF build logs are textbooks in their own right - and are downloadable. I just added all of them to my library and [...]

A small step for Mars rover one giant leap for model competition

A small step for Mars rover one giant leap for model competition 🙂 Great news from friends and organizers of Mosonshow. : "We need to confess you something important ? As mentioned earlier, we were looking for an optimal solution [...]

Great color photos from WW2

Some things are misidentified, but nothing anyone here can't figure out. (link)

Sir Peter Jackson and the airplane thiefa fascinating read

A really fascinating - that's right, I said FASCINATING! - article on Sir Peter Jackson and Gene DeMarco. If you wondered why WNW got dragged down with the rest of the wreckage, this will fill you in. (link)

Hispano Me 109E

Just checked the site of SBS-model for their latest news, and lo-and-behold, they have added a conversion for Eduards 1/32 109E to their growing range of 109 variations. From what I can see, they are of the same high quality as in the [...]

HK’s new 1/48 Lancaster

The scale-down of the excellent H-K 1/32 Lancaster to 1/48 ships next month. MSRP US$107.00 - the 45-year old Tamiya Lancaster lists for $130.00 according to the Tamiya America website. For those who may be interested, Kits World Decals [...]

With winter comes news for russian planes on LP Models

Just released new 3D printed ladders for modern russian jets.

Just arrived on my porch

From H-K. First review kit. 1/48 Kit decals for "Memphis Bell" also "Old Faithful" of the 303rd BG. Accurate clear noses for 2-gun and single-gun set-up with supporting interior structure.

It’s official…

RIP Squadron Mailorder. They officially closed the doors yesterday. It was apparent over the weekend. They had a 70% off sale started last Friday, and by Sunday night, the website came up "under construction." Some locals had [...]

Eduard 2021 releases

That Tempest II in July is nice. Hopefully the S.199 will be in 1/48 first. 4-cannon Fw-190A-5 is also interesting, as is the Spitfire V in the fall. I like the Fw-190F-8. Doing 109Es with the Special Hobby kit is great - that is [...]