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Video: Building the Tamiya F4U-1A 1/48 Scale Model Aircraft | Let's go old school!

Video: Building The Tamiya F-4B Phantom II Part 1 How to build the cockpit.

Video: Tamiya Mark Fit -Super Strong- Demonstration

I'm going to be testing out Tamiya's newest decal solvent. I've had mixed results with their "Strong" formula so I'm hopeful that this newest product is as "Super Strong" as they claim. I'll also be testing it along [...]

Video: F-14A Tomcat VF-111 Miss MollyBuilding the Tamiya F-14A Scale Model Aircraft PART 2

How to make a metal plate out of cardboard

I've been asked, many times over, how I achieved the steel plate loads, I did for a build, many years ago. It's not the most updated fancy method, that everyone seems to be doing today, but it works and give pretty much the same results. [...]

Test Trail Water Effects Using Toilet Paper

Test Trail Water Effects Using Toilet Paper: Now, I am no way an expert, so what you see here is purely amateurish. Compared to some of the water effects I've seen by amazing artist, this cannot be compared. So go easy on me and perhaps [...]

Review: Assembling and Using a Model Jig

For over 20 years I’ve been lusting after a jig to hold my model airplanes in place so I can work on them without gumming up everything with fingerprints, glue splotches, errant paint and breakage. I was just too cheap to buy one. I [...]

Video: Building the Tamiya F-14A Scale Model Aircraft in 1/48 Scale PART 1 Building the Cockpit

Video: How to Make A Realistic Explosion Diorama in 1/700 Scale

Video: Rubber Dam Material for Scale Modeling

This video shows a few ways that I use dental rubber dam material as a paint mask for scale models.