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X-3 Classic Revell

I remember buying this kit at the 99 cent store that was above Pioneer Market in my home town of Ashland Oregon when I was 9 or 10 years old. Slapped it together and played with it until it was broken and tossed. Leap forward 50+ years [...]

Toyota Panda Truen ae86, Aoshima

FNC1A1 Canadian Army

This is one of my orders. Built from scratch FNC1A1 Rifle. This is one of Canadas main Cold War battle rifles. Basically the Canadian version of the British SLR version of the FAL. Which is semi automatic. Chambered in 7.62x51 standard [...]

Fifty shades of grey-Eduard(Revell) 1/48 Tornado F3 ADV

Hi all, My recently completed Tornado F3 ADV in 1/48 scale. This is a rebox of Revell kit by Eduard with theirs usual goodies to create an Limited Edition box. Revell tornado is nothing but a nightmare, it is as bad as the movie mentioned [...]

What should be the entry when goods are purchased at a discount?

This account is treated as either an operating expense or an interest expense. If you want a budget-friendly TV for casual viewing and don't care about getting top-notch contrast or color, an entry-level LED panel should do the job. Though [...]

Donor kit, Airfix MRCA Panavia 200

This old kit donated various parts to other builds, First the swing wing assy. for a Phantom proposal. second ejection seat for COIN F7F whatifer, third seat/cockpit and exhaust for a Lindberg Mig21. and last the nose for the Matchbox [...]

Happy New Years, and my resolution is.....

My modeling resolution is to build some fun kits before I tackle any long projects, which are enjoyable, and rewarding, but I never find them "fun". So I got out a bunch of my classics I knew I planned building straight out of [...]

Coming up in 2022 - Content TeaserFortunes Of War Models

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Some Interesting Projects in 2021

I completed fewer kits in 2021 than during the prior Covid-lockdown year. I tried some new things though--a comparison side-by-side build of Bf-109 kits, my first 1/48 scale aircraft in years (with extensive weathering to boot), my first [...]

2021 Modeling ReviewFour Essexes, Nine Aircraft and a 88mm

The first half of 2021 was the same as 2020 - multiple 1/700 Essex-class carrier builds. But the second half was something completely different. The first several months of 2021 were devoted to finishing a "double build" of the [...]