"Devotion" trailer out
(link)
This looks a whole lot better than I was expecting it to. The CGI - which they had to have - looks close to "real."
Maybe this time, my hopes of a good movie will come true.
iModeler News
Commentary on current events or industry news
Review: Eduard April 2022 releases
Ze Beeg Box from EdUard landed on the porch here at Le Chateau du Chat today.
Nothing brand new, but some nice re-releases of previous kits.
"Zero-Zero! A6M2 Zero Type 21 1941-1944" - limited double release. 1/48 Item [...]
RIP Valery Grygorenko
Brett Green reports:
I am greatly saddened to report that prominent Ukrainian artist Valery Grygorenko was killed in a Russian attack near Kyiv yesterday. Even if you don't recognise the name you will almost certainly know his work, in [...]
Ukraine and the plastic modeling community
The following companies are all in Kyiv:
My friend Eugen Evtushenko at Dora Wings has let me know everyone he knows in the scale modeling community are sheltering.
Armory Models Group
Big Planes Kits
A&A Models
Dora Wings
ICM [...]
80 Years Ago Today… the Japanese Bombing of Darwin
On 19th of February 1942, just 73 days after the attack on Pearl Harbour (8th December 1941 Australian time) the Australian city of Darwin was bombed by the Japanese. The attack was led by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, who had also led the [...]
And now the news
Tamiya has announced a 1/48 P-38J, for release "later this year."
Vietnam War Group Build is ready
Anything that was used from 1955 to 1975 by any armed forces...JOIN NOW:
(link)
Charles Mcgee, Tuskegee and 332 F.G. hero, dies at 102.
Charles Mcgee fits the title "Superhero" much better than any comic book character. I won't get long winded, just post the AP article which sums up his story OK. And his P-51B "Kitten", named for his Wife.
Once tough, [...]
This Was Unexpected
Just got word today that the Vietnam Veterans of America named my book "Best Vietnam history of 2021."
All compliments are wonderful, but a compliment from the people who know what they're talking about is better.
